Guide to the Lurton Blassingame Literary Agency Records 1965-1978

Creator:	Lurton Blassingame Literary Agency
Title:	Lurton Blassingame Literary Agency Records
Dates:	1965-1978 ( inclusive )
Quantity:	33 linear feet (22 containers)
Collection Number:	Ax 043
Summary:	Lurton Blassingame (1904-1988) was a notable literary agent. The collection primarily includes correspondence with clients.
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections & University Archives 1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
Languages:	Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical Note

Lurton Blassingame (1904-1988) is one of the earliest and most respected publishing agents. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and attended Columbia where he wrote his masters thesis on the history of pulp fiction. His first notable job was as a film writer in Hollywood. In 1937 he founded the American Library Foundation with William Allen. He wrote numerous articles for Writer's Digest, giving advice on the fiction markets during the era when pulp literature was popular, formed a public relations firm named Houston Branch Associates which later merged with Eleanor Wood's Spectrum Literary Agency in 1978.

Content Description

The Lurton Blassingame Literary Agency Records comprise a decade's worth of correspondence with authors, publishers, magazines, newspapers, filmmakers, agents, etc.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :

Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :

[Identification of item], Lurton Blassingame Literary Agency Records, Ax 043, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Collection is organized into the following series:

Core Collection
Addendum I
Addendum II
Addendum III
Photographs

Processing Note :

Collection processed by processing staff, August 2006.

Separated Materials :

Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH256.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Core Collection

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Correspondence	1965-1966
Box	Folder
1	1	Adams, Ouida
1	2	Alverson, Charles
1	3	Annabel, Russell
1	4	Archibald, Joe
1	5	Atkinson, Buddy
1	6	Autry, Ewart
1	7	Baker, Louise
1	8	Balcke, Renata
1	9	Bartholomew, Cecilia
1	10	Behme, Bob
1	11	Best, Jim
1	12	Bixby, William
1	13	Black, Lois Hobart
1	14	Blackwell, Louis
1	15	Blassingame, Wyatt
1	16	Booth, W. B.
1	17	Botty, Ken
1	18	Bracco, Edgar
1	19	Brackett, Leigh
1	20	Brooks, Joe
1	21	Brown, Ned
1	22	Buckingham, Nash
1	23	Burton, Hal
1	24	Calvert William
1	25	Carney, Otis
1	26	Carrick, Virginia
1	27	Cave, Hugh
1	28	Combs, Homer
1	29	Connor, Jack
1	30	Constiner, Merle
1	31	Coykendall, Ralf Jr.
1	32	Cromie, Robert
1	33	Davidson, Avram
1	34	Davis, Maggie
1	35	Decker, Duane
1	36	De Jong, Ralph
1	37	Disney, Walt
1	38	Drimmer, Fred
1	39	DuBois, Donald
1	40	Du Soe, Lillian
1	41	Einstein, Charles
1	42	Elliot, Bob
1	43	Elliott, Chandler
1	44	Elliott, Keith
1	45	Ellis, Edward
1	46	Fay, William
1	47	Felsher, Howard
1	48	Fensterman, R. J.
1	49	Fineberg, Andhil
1	50	Finney, Gertrude
1	51	Foster, John
1	52	Frazier, Neta
1	53	Free, James
1	54	Frost, Mary
1	55	Gorsline, Douglas
1	56	Gowan, Emmett
1	57	Grant, Betsy
1	58	Green, Gerald
1	59	Green, Joseph
1	60	Gresham, Grits
1	61	Hall, Edward
1	62	Handley, Dorothy
1	63	Harkey, Ira
1	64	Heilner, Van Campen
1	65	Heinlein, Robert. CLOSED
1	66	Heinlein, Robert. CLOSED
1	67	Heinlein, Robert. CLOSED
1	68	Heinzman, George
1	69	Helmuth, Jerome
1	70	Hennell, Pamela
1	71	Herbert, Frank
1	72	Hersey, Jean
1	73	Hibben, Frank
1	74	Higgens, Gerald
1	1	Hoag, Edwin
1	2	Hoehling, A. A. & Mary
1	3	Hoffman, Randall
1	4	Hunter, Gerald
1	5	Hunter, Jack
1	6	Issler, Anne
1	7	Jacobs, Emma
1	8	Janes, Ted
1	9	Jarvis, Woodie
1	10	Johnson, Ryerson
1	11	Johnston, Velda
1	12	Joseph, James
2	13	Judah, Charles
2	14	Katz, Steven
2	15	Keleman, Pál
2	16	Keller, Beverly
2	17	Kenney, Lona
2	18	Ker, Donald
2	19	Kisling, Jack
2	20	Kitjay, Geraldine
2	21	Kjelgaard, Eddy
2	22	Knight, Doug
2	23	Kreis, Bernadine
2	24	Krepps, Robert & Nina
2	25	Kroll, Francis
2	26	LaPrade, Ernest
2	27	Lavender, David
2	28	Lens, Sidney
2	29	Leonard, William
2	30	Litsey, Sarah
2	31	McGivern, Maureen
2	32	McGivern, William
2	33	McGrady, Mike
2	34	MacGregor, James
2	35	McMillen, Wheeler
2	36	McVay, Mrs. Charles B.
2	37	Mallon, John
2	38	Mann, Stella
2	39	Matthewson, Guinn
2	40	Mears, Joe
2	41	Monroe, Keith
2	42	Muir, Jean
2	43	Murphy, Lawrence
2	44	Musmanno, Michael
2	45	Myers, James
2	46	Needham, Jane
2	47	Newell, Dave
2	48	Niehuis, Charles.
2	49	O'Dell, Betty
2	50	Orlovitz, Gil
2	51	Owen, Jean
2	52	Pearsall, William
2	53	Perzan, Janet
2	54	Jetaja, Emil
2	55	Peterson, Harold
2	56	Pond, Alonzo
2	57	Powers, Beulah Karney
2	58	Prince, Alain
2	59	Putnam, Carleton
2	60	Rainbow, Elizabeth
2	61	Ramsdell, Charles
2	62	Rearden, Jim
2	63	Rechnizter, Mabel E.
2	64	Reese, John
2	65	Reynolds, Barbara
2	66	Rogers, Matilda
2	67	Roisum, Bryant
2	68	Rose, Innes
2	69	Rush, Richard
2	70	Russell, Andy
2	71	Sagar, Robert
2	72	Scherf, Margaret
2	73	Seaver, Jacqueline
2	74	Seifert, Elizabeth
2	75	Seifert, Shirley
2	76	Selater, William
3	1	Self, Margaret
3	2	Sherwan, Earl
3	3	Shestack, Mel
3	4	Shipley, Clarke
3	5	Smith, Frances
3	6	Smith, George
3	7	Smith, McGregor
3	8	Smith, Phillip
3	9	Smith, Roger
3	10	Sparks, Fred
3	11	Spencer, Sue
3	12	Stanford, Don
3	13	Steele, Ted
3	14	Stine, Harry
3	15	Sullivan, George
3	16	Taylor, Rosemary
3	17	Thompson, Charlie
3	18	Thornburg, Newton
3	19	Thum, Marcella
3	20	Tufty, Barbara
3	21	Turner, Calvin
3	22	Turner, Steve
3	23	Turner, Tom
3	24	Turner, William
3	25	Tyndall, Ruth
3	26	Van Atta, Winfred
3	27	Varnum, Zoe Shippen
3	28	Verner, Eyvind
3	29	Warner, Robert
3	30	Waterman, Charles
3	31	Webb, John
3	32	White, Glenn
3	33	White, Sheila Daly
3	34	Whitney, Leon
3	35	Wilcox, Don
3	36	Wilder, Paul
3	37	Williams, Robert M.
3	38	Williamson, Rosa
3	39	Willis, Priscilla
3	40	Willoughby, Maj. Gen. Chas. A.
3	41	Woodbury, Sam
3	42	Worth, Helen
3	43	Young, Bob & Jean
3	44	Young, Rosamund
3	45	Youngs, Delight
3	46	Ziemer, Gregor
		Correspondence	1964-1967
Box	Folder
4	1	Author, A-Z (Miscellaneous)
4	2	Addington, Luther
4	3	Alverson, Charles
4	4	Annabel, Russell
4	5	Archibald, Joe
4	6	Baker, W. W
4	7	Balcke, Renate
4	8	Ball, Dorothy Whitney
4	9	Bartholomew, Cecilia
4	10	Behme, Bob
4	11	Black, Lois Hobart
4	12	Blasingame, Clara
4	13	Brooks, Joseph W.
4	14	Buckingham, Nash
4	15	Byrd, Betty
4	16	Carney, Otis
4	17	Colwell, John K.
4	18	Constiner, Merle
4	19	Copeland, Bill
4	20	Coykendall, Ralf Jr. and Sr.
4	21	Csida, Joseph
4	22	Dary, David
4	23	Deibler, Marie
4	24	Downs, Hunton
4	25	Einstein, Charles
4	26	Elliott, Chandler
4	27	Elliott, Charles
4	28	Ellis, Edward
4	29	Falkner, Leonard
4	30	Finney, Gertrude
4	31	Fisk, Harold J.
4	32	Fitzpatrick, R. C.
4	33	Flick, Art
4	34	Formolo, Rosemary
4	35	Foster, John
4	36	Frank, June
4	37	Frazier, Neta
4	38	Gewecke, Cliff
4	39	Green, Joe
4	40	Hall, Edward T.
4	41	Handley, Dorothy
4	42	Harkey, Ira
4	43	Heinlein, Robert CLOSED
4	44	Herber, Frank
4	45	Hoag, Edwin
4	46	Hoehling, A. H. & Mary
4	47	Hunter, Jack
4	48	Issler, Anne
4	49	Janes, Ted
4	50	Johnston, Velda
4	51	Joseph, Jim
4	52	Judah, Charles
4	53	Katz, Steven
4	54	Kayser, Ronal
4	55	Keany, B. P.
4	56	Kisling, Jack
4	57	Knight, Doug
4	58	Krauss, Bob
4	59	Kreis, Bernardine
4	60	Kutner, Luis
4	61	Lavender, David
4	62	Lawrence, Lea
4	63	MacDonald, Phyllis
4	64	McGivern, William
4	65	McGrady, Mike
4	66	McGregor, James
4	67	McKibben, Frank
4	68	McMillen, Wheller
4	69	Marsh, Roy
4	70	Mayfield, Sara
4	71	Mears, Joe
4	72	Mebane, John
4	73	Metcalf, Maggie
4	74	Monroe, Keith
4	75	Muir, Jean
4	76	Murphy, Lawrence
4	77	Neihuis, Charley
4	78	O'Kane, Dick.
4	79	Opal, Chester
4	80	Owen, Jean
4	81	Petaja, Emil
4	82	Peterson, Harold
4	83	Pond, Anonzo
4	84	Power, Mark
4	85	Prince, Alain
4	86	Rearden, Jim
4	87	Reynolds, Barbara
4	88	Reynolds, Earle
4	89	Rogers, Matilda
4	90	Rose, Ralph
4	91	Rosenfeld, Alvin
4	92	Rush, Richard
4	93	Russell, Andy
4	94	Scherf, Margaret
4	95	Seaver, Jacqueline
4	96	Seifert, Elizabeth
4	97	Seifert, Shirley
4	98	Self, Margaret
4	99	Sherwan, Earl
4	100	Shrader, Wesley
4	101	Simpson, Howard
4	102	Slaymaker, S. R.
4	103	Smith, George O.
4	104	Smith, Phillip H.
4	105	Stanford, Donald Kent
4	106	Sullivan, George
4	107	Taylor, Rosemary
4	108	Thornburg, Newton
4	109	Thum, Marcella
4	110	Tufty, Barbara
4	111	Turner, William
4	112	Tyndall, Ruth
4	113	Van Atta, Winfred
4	114	Varnum, Zoe, Shippen
4	115	Wallack, Bob
4	116	Warner, Robert
4	117	Waterman, Charles F.
4	118	Webb, Todd
4	119	Whitney, Leon
4	120	Willis, Priscilla
4	121	Young, Rosamond
4	122	Youngs, Delight
		Publisher's Correspondence
Box	Folder
4	123	Miscellaneous Publishers A-Z
4	124	Ace Books
4	125	Avon
4	126	Ballantine Books
4	127	Berkeley
4	128	Bobbs-Merrill
4	129	Coward-McCann
4	130	Dodd, Mead
4	131	Doubleday
4	132	E. P. Dutton
4	133	Follett
4	134	Funk and Wagnalls
4	135	Garrard
4	136	Gold Medal
4	137	Harper and Row
4	138	Holt, Rinehart and Winston
4	139	Alfred A. Knopf
4	140	J. B. Lippincott
4	141	Lothrop Lee and Shepard
4	142	McGraw-Hill
4	143	David McKay
4	144	MacMillan
4	145	MacRae Smith
4	146	Meredith Press
4	147	Julian Messner
4	148	William Morrow
4	149	W. W. Norton
4	150	Popular Science
4	151	Frederick A. Praeger
4	152	Purex
4	153	G. P. Putnam's Sons
4	154	Rand McNally
5	1	Random House
5	2	Scott Foresman
5	3	Charles Scribner's Son's
5	4	Simon and Schuster
5	5	Stackpole
5	6	Tab Books
		Magazines
Box	Folder
5	7	Miscellaneous A-Z
5	8	Field and Stream
5	9	McCall's
5	10	Outdoor Life
5	11	Reader's Digest
5	13	Redbook
5	14	The Saturday Evening Post
5	15	Sports Afield
5	16	True
		Newspapers
Box	Folder
5	17	Newspapers
		Film Makers
Box	Folder
5	18	Walt Disney
5	19	Miscellaneous Filmmakers
		Film Agents
Box	Folder
5	20	Ashley Famous Agency
5	21	Berkley Associates
5	22	Ned Brown
5	23	H. N. Swanson
5	24	Miscellaneous Movie Agents
5	25	John Farquharson Ltd.
5	26	Miscellaneous Foreign Agents
		Correspondence	1964-1968
Box	Folder
5	27	Correspondence	1964
5	28	Correspondence	1965
5	29	Correspondence	January 1966-November 1966
5	30	Correspondence	December 1966
5	31	Correspondence	January 1967
5	32	Correspondence	February 1967
5	33	Correspondence	March 1967
5	34	Correspondence	April 1967
5	35	Correspondence	May 1967
5	36	Correspondence	June 1967
5	37	Correspondence	July 1967
5	38	Correspondence	August 1967
5	39	Correspondence	September 1967
5	40	Correspondence	October 1967
5	41	Correspondence	November 1967
5	42	Correspondence	December 1967
5	43	Correspondence	1968
5	44	Correspondence	undated
		Correspondence	1968
Box	Folder
6	1	Abeel, William
6	2	Addington, Luther
6	3	Alexander-Kozak, Charlotte
6	4	Annabel, Russell
6	5	Ansley, Delight
6	6	Archibald, Joe
6	7	Archibald, Joe
6	8	Armstrong, Gurney
6	9	Arnold, Virginia G. (pseudonym, Stella Kirby)
6	10	Aten, Harold D.
6	11	Atkingon, Buddy
6	12	Baker, Louise
6	13	Batholomew, Mrs. Dwight F.
6	14	Beal, Stephen
6	15	Behme, Robert
6	16	Behme, Robert
6	17	Bertoch, Marvin
6	18	Bixby, William
6	19	Bixler, Norma
6	20	Black, Lois (Lois Hobart)
6	21	Blassingame, Wyatt
6	22	Blassingame, Wyatt
6	23	Blassingame, Wyatt
6	24	Blassingame, Wyatt
6	25	Blassingame,