Guide to the Robert Ormond Case Papers 1926-1924

Creator:	Case, Robert Ormond, 1895-1964
Title:	Robert Ormond Case papers
Dates:	1926-1964 ( inclusive )
Quantity:	6.5 linear feet (5 containers)
Collection Number:	Ax 467
Summary:	Robert Ormond Case lived from 1895 to 1964, residing in Oregon most of his life. He was educated at the University of Oregon and went on to become a popular author of books and stories in the western genre, as well as a prominent resident of Portland. This collection contains several examples of his writing, in both published and manuscript forms. It also includes a large quantity of personal and private correspondence and documents.
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 written in English.
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Robert Ormond Case was a well-known Oregon author and a prominent, long-time resident of Portland. He was born in Dallas, Texas in 1895 and moved to Portland as a boy. He graduated from Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove, Oregon and went on to attend the University of Oregon.

In 1917, while a sophomore at the University, Case enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served 22 months with the 65th Artillery, CAC, including 52 consecutive days at the front. Case returned to U.O. and received a B.A. in 1920. During his years at the university he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta social fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi honorary journalistic society, and Sigma Upsilon honorary fiction society. In addition he was a member of the Cross-Roads philosophical society and founder of a campus humor magazine.

After his graduation from the University of Oregon. Case went to work as a reporter for the Portland Morning Oregonian. In 1921 he served as financial editor. From 1922 to 1925 he was involved in the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce. His career as a free-lance writer began in 1926 and soon thereafter published his first western, historically-inspired stories. He is best remembered as a writer of western stories, his most well-known dating from the 1930s through the 1950s. He wrote fourteen books and over 200 novelettes. In 1944 he received a Peabody award for the radio scripts of Song of Columbia. Most of Case's serials and short stories were written for national magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's and Country Gentleman.

Case spent most of his mature life in Portland, Oregon with periods of residency in New York and California. In Portland he was a member of the school board as well as the City Club and the Rotarians. He was a prominent member of the state Republican Party, particularly as a leader of the Conservative wing during the time of Wayne Morse. He spent the final years of his life in Oakland, California, where he died on 27 March 1964.

Content Description

The Robert Ormond Case papers include correspondence, documents, literary manuscripts and published works. Of particular value to the researcher is the quantity of both professional and personal correspondence from much of his mature life, and documents pertaining to his career, private life and health. These include letters to and from family and friends, correspondence to and from his agents and lawyers, and communications with publishers. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to his divorce from his first wife and papers dealing with persistent medical problems during the last years of his life. There is unfortunately very little material dealing with the author's youth and education directly. One searching for information on his years at the University of Oregon would have to rely on very few incidental recollections in papers of much later years. The majority of the materials date from the mid-1930s on, with most of the family correspondence dating from the 1950s to the end of Case's life.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :

Collection is open to the public.

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

Restrictions on Use :

Property rights reside with Special Collections & 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 the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :

[Identification of item], Robert Ormond Case Papers, Ax 467, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Collection is organized into the following series: Papers.

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Papers

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	Box
1	1	A Brief Spititual Guide
Box	Folder
1	2	A Rational Spiritual Concept
Box	Folder
1	3	Always Eleven 1
Box	Folder
1	4	Always Eleven 2
Box	Folder
1	5	Always Eleven 3
Box	Folder
1	6	Candy Man 1
Box	Folder
1	7	Candy Man 2
Box	Folder
1	8	Castle-Crawling in Merrie England 1
Box	Folder
1	9	Castle-Crawling in Merrie England 2
Box	Folder
1	10	"The Cosmetics Caper"
Box	Folder
1	11	"Diogenes Triumphant"
Box	Folder
1	12	"The Falling Warriors at the Pali"
Box	Folder
1	13	Flower by the Snowdrift 1
Box	Folder
1	14	Flower by the Snowdrift 2
Box	Folder
1	15	"The Free World's Greatest Oil Reserve"
Box	Folder
1	16	The Golden Shadow
Box	Folder
1	17	"Heartbreak Hill"
Box	Folder
1	18	"Hong Kong Pioneers"
Box	Folder
1	19	"I Learned About Cows from Her"
Box	Folder
1	20	"Lost and Found"
Box	Folder
1	21	"Our Far-Flung 'Security' Line"
Box	Folder
1	22	"The Purple Lagoon"
Box	Folder
1	23	"Random Thoughts from an Old Hand"
Box	Folder
1	24	Song of the Columbia
Box	Folder
1	25	"Trouble at Midas Creek"
Box	Folder
1	26	Voodoo
Box	Folder
1	27	War on Glacier River (Ravenhill) 1
Box	Folder
1	28	War on Glacier River (Ravenhill) 2
Box	Folder
1	29	Robert Ormond Case
Box	Folder
1	30	Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Box	Folder
1	31	"And One Loved Dogs"
Box	Folder
1	32	"Any Tax You Can Pay, Truman Can Spend it Faster"
Box	Folder
1	33	"Arctic Justice"
Box	Folder
1	34	"Between Friends"
Box	Folder
1	35	"Big Timber"
Box	Folder
1	36	"Big Timber Gets Religion"
Box	Folder
1	37	"Black Hollander"
Box	Folder
1	38	"Bootleg Gold"
Box	Folder
1	39	"The Boy From Willapa"
Box	Folder
1	40	"Brush-off"
Box	Folder
1	41	"Buccaneer of the Barrens"
Box	Folder
2	1	"Burned Matches"
Box	Folder
2	2	"Christmas at Whitman's Mansion"
Box	Folder
2	3	"Corpses Can't Eat Flapjacks"
Box	Folder
2	4	"A Dash of Sentiment"
Box	Folder
2	5	"Direct Hits"
Box	Folder
2	6	"The Eighth World Wonder"
Box	Folder
2	7	"Expert Witness"
Box	Folder
2	8	"Fifth in Command"
Box	Folder
2	9	"Fortitude"
Box	Folder
2	10	"The Golden Hills"
Box	Folder
2	11	"Golden Portage"
Box	Folder
2	12	"The Golden Shadow"
Box	Folder
2	13	"Go Northwest, Soldier"
Box	Folder
2	14	"He Shot the Colorado Alone"
Box	Folder
2	15	"The High Climber"
Box	Folder
2	16	"Hired Hand"
Box	Folder
2	17	"Home on the Ranch"
Box	Folder
2	18	"I Am Against the New Deal"
Box	Folder
2	19	"Iron Woman"
Box	Folder
2	20	"Joe's War"
Box	Folder
2	21	"The King Sleeps"
Box	Folder
2	22	"Lost and Found"
Box	Folder
2	23	"Man-killer"
Box	Folder
2	24	"Mighty Horizon"
Box	Folder
2	25	"Morale"
Box	Folder
2	26	"Mortgage Man"
Box	Folder
2	27	"The Ninety and Nine"
Box	Folder
2	28	"North West Empire"
Box	Folder
2	29	"Northwest's New Big Dams Prove Private Power Can Build 'em too"
Box	Folder
2	30	"Not For Millions"
Box	Folder
2	31	"Oregon Wonderland"
Box	Folder
2	32	"Path of Empire"
Box	Folder
2	33	"Pattern of Destiny"
Box	Folder
2	34	"Romances of Industry - Oregon Wool"
Box	Folder
2	35	"The Secret of Glacier River"
Box	Folder
2	36	"Stable Boy"
Box	Folder
2	37	"Treasure of the Athabaska"
Box	Folder
2	38	"Trouble at Midas Creek"
Box	Folder
2	39	"Understanding Sea"
Box	Folder
2	40	"Viking Valley"
Box	Folder
2	41	"Who's Behind the CVA Propaganda Drive?"
Box	Folder
2	42	"Wings North"
Box	Folder
2	43	"Wolves Preferred"
Box	Folder
2	44	"A Tangled Buckaroo"
Box	Folder
2	45	"Buckaroos and Beef"
Box	Folder
2	46	"Dynamite's Gentile Ways"
Box	Folder
2	47	"Fence Across the Canyon"
Box	Folder
2	48	"Five-Minute Outlaw"
Box	Folder
2	49	"A Flurry in Fuzztails"
Box	Folder
2	50	"Fought and Paid For"
Box	Folder
2	51	"Fought and Paid for"
Box	Folder
2	52	"The Silver Concha"
Box	Folder
2	53	"Motor Mavericks"
Box	Folder
2	54	"Exit Star Cross"
Box	Folder
2	55	"The Rider From Hell"
Box	Folder
2	56	"Riding Luck"
Box	Folder
2	57	"Sheriff's Choice"
Box	Folder
2	58	"The Tailor-Made Wrangler"
Box	Folder
2	59	"A Tangled Buckaroo"
Box	Folder
2	60	"Suicide Trail"
Box	Folder
2	61	"Suicide Trail"
Box	Folder
2	62	"Unwilling Outlaw"
Box	Folder
2	63	"The Widow Smiles on Windy"
Box	Folder
2	64	"Winded Bandits"
Box	Folder
2	65	"Windy DeLong --- Diplomat"
Box	Folder
2	66	"Windy Rides 'em Rough"
Box	Folder
2	67	"Windy's Overgrown Pet"
Box	Folder
2	68	"When Pete Used his Bean"
Box	Folder
2	69	Professional Correspondence Sent	1900-1955
Box	Folder
2	70	Professional Correspondence Sent	1956
Box	Folder
2	71	Professional Correspondence Sent	1957
Box	Folder
2	72	Professional Correspondence Sent	1958
Box	Folder
2	73	Professional Correspondence Sent	1959
Box	Folder
2	74	Professional Correspondence Sent	1960
Box	Folder
2	75	Professional Correspondence Sent	1961
Box	Folder
2	76	Professional Correspondence Sent	1962
Box	Folder
2	77	Professional Correspondence Sent	1963
Box	Folder
2	78	Professional Correspondence Sent	1964
Box	Folder
2	79	Professional Correspondence Sent, Fan Letters
Box	Folder
3	1	Professional Correspondence Received "A"
Box	Folder
3	2	Professional Correspondence Received "B"
Box	Folder
3	3	Professional Correspondence Received - Belding
Box	Folder
3	4	Professional Correspondence Received - Brown
Box	Folder
3	5	Professional Correspondence Received - Buisseret
Box	Folder
3	6	Professional Correspondence Received "C"
Box	Folder
3	7	Professional Correspondence Received - Church
Box	Folder
3	8	Professional Correspondence Received - Council on Foreign Relations
Box	Folder
3	9	Professional Correspondence Received "D"
Box	Folder
3	10	Professional Correspondence Received "E"
Box	Folder
3	11	Professional Correspondence Received - Epperson
Box	Folder
3	12	Professional Correspondence Received - Etulain
Box	Folder
3	13	Professional Correspondence Received - Fan Mail
Box	Folder
3	14	Professional Correspondence Received - Farrell
Box	Folder
3	15	Professional Correspondence Received "G"
Box	Folder
3	16	Professional Correspondence Received - Gilbert
Box	Folder
3	17	Professional Correspondence Received "H"
Box	Folder
3	18	Professional Correspondence Received - Hawkins
Box	Folder
3	19	Professional Correspondence Received - Holman
Box	Folder
3	20	Professional Correspondence Received - Horsfields
Box	Folder
3	21	Professional Correspondence Received - Hough
Box	Folder
3	22	Professional Correspondence Received - Hoyt
Box	Folder
3	23	Professional Correspondence Received "J"
Box	Folder
3	24	Professional Correspondence Received - Jackman, Cecil
Box	Folder
3	25	Professional Correspondence Received "K"
Box	Folder
3	26	Professional Correspondence Received "L"
Box	Folder
3	27	Professional Correspondence Received "M"
Box	Folder
3	28	Professional Correspondence Received - Maris
Box	Folder
3	29	Professional Correspondence Received - Marshall
Box	Folder
3	30	Professional Correspondence Received - Morrison
Box	Folder
3	31	Professional Correspondence Received "N"
Box	Folder
3	32	Professional Correspondence Received - Neff
Box	Folder
3	33	Professional Correspondence Received - Newton
Box	Folder
3	34	Professional Correspondence Received - Nims
Box	Folder
3	35	Professional Correspondence Received "O"
Box	Folder
3	36	Professional Correspondence Received - Penny
Box	Folder
3	37	Professional Correspondence Received - Pierce
Box	Folder
3	38	Professional Correspondence Received "R"
Box	Folder
3	39	Professional Correspondence Received "S"
Box	Folder
3	40	Professional Correspondence Received - Scearce
Box	Folder
3	41	Professional Correspondence Received - Steinle
Box	Folder
3	42	Professional Correspondence Received - Stoddard
Box	Folder
3	43	Professional Correspondence Received - Stowe
Box	Folder
3	44	Professional Correspondence Received "T"
Box	Folder
3	45	Professional Correspondence Received - Thacher
Box	Folder
3	46	Professional Correspondence Received - Thompson
Box	Folder
3	47	Professional Correspondence Received - Unander
Box	Folder
3	48	Professional Correspondence Received "W"
Box	Folder
3	49	Professional Correspondence Received "XYZ"
Box	Folder
3	50	Max Coleman Correspondence
Box	Folder
3	51	Robert Ormond Case to Brandt and Brandt #1
Box	Folder
3	52	Robert Ormond Case to Brandt and Brandt #2
Box	Folder
3	53	Robert Ormond Case to Brandt and Brandt #3
Box	Folder
3	54	Brandt and Brandt to Robert Ormond Case - Carbons	1935-1948
Box	Folder
3	55	Brandt and Brandt to Robert Ormond Case - Carbons	1949-1952
Box	Folder
3	56	Brandt and Brandt to Robert Ormond Case - Originals	1953-1964
Box	Folder
3	57	Brandt and Brandt to Robert Ormond Case - Carbons	1953-1959
Box	Folder
3	58	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1941-1945
Box	Folder
3	59	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1935-1938
Box	Folder
3	60	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1938-1940
Box	Folder
3	61	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1946-1950
Box	Folder
3	62	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1951-1954
Box	Folder
3	63	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1948
Box	Folder
3	64	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1949
Box	Folder
3	65	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1950
Box	Folder
3	66	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1951
Box	Folder
3	67	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1952
Box	Folder
3	68	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1953
Box	Folder
3	69	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1954
Box	Folder
3	70	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1955
Box	Folder
3	71	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1956
Box	Folder
3	72	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1957
Box	Folder
3	73	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1958
Box	Folder
3	74	Brandt and Brandt - Business Files	1959
Box	Folder
4	1	Family Correspondence Sent	1900-1954
Box	Folder
4	2	Family Correspondence Sent	1955
Box	Folder
4	3	Family Correspondence Sent	1956
Box	Folder
4	4	Family Correspondence Sent	1957
Box	Folder
4	5	Family Correspondence Sent	1958
Box	Folder
4	6	Family Correspondence Sent	1959
Box	Folder
4	7	Family Correspondence Sent	1960
Box	Folder
4	8	Family Correspondence Sent	1961
Box	Folder
4	9	Family Correspondence Sent	1962
Box	Folder
4	10	Family Correspondence Sent	1963
Box	Folder
4	11	Family Correspondence Sent	1964
Box	Folder
4	12	Family Correspondence Received - Case, James
Box	Folder
4	13	Family Correspondence Received - Owen, Patricia Case
Box	Folder
4	14	Family Correspondence Received - Children
Box	Folder
4	15	Family Correspondence Received - Foster, Anne Case
Box	Folder
4	16	Family Correspondence Received - Case, Robert Ormond, Jr.
Box	Folder
4	17	Family Correspondence Received - Lowe, Lillian Case
Box	Folder
4	18	Family Correspondence Received - Robertson, Bertha Case
Box	Folder
4	19	Family Correspondence Received - Schoonover, Catherine Case
Box	Folder
4	20	Family Correspondence Received - Schoonover, Margaret
Box	Folder
4	21	Family Correspondence Received - Baldwin
Box	Folder
4	22	Family Correspondence Received - Case, Victoria
Box	Folder
4	23	Family Letters to Vivian Case
Box	Folder
4	24	Biographical Data
Box	Folder
4	25	Personal - Health
Box	Folder
4	26	Family History
Box	Folder
4	27	Divorce Papers
Box	Folder
4	28	Newspaper Article on Case
Box	Folder
4	29	Correspondences - Unidentified Fragments
Box	Folder
4	30	Notebooks
Box	Folder
4	31	Magazine Stories, Articles - Tearsheets
Box	Folder
4	32	Book Reviews
Box	Folder
4	33	River of the West
Box	Folder
4	34	We Called it culture
Box	Folder
4	35	West of Barter River
Box	Folder
4	36	White Victory
Box	Folder
4	37	Whispering Valley
Box	Folder
4	38	Riders of the Grande Ronde
Box	Folder
4	39	The Empire Builders
Box	Folder
4	40	Golden Portage
Box	Folder
5	1	Always Eleven. Query, Book-length manuscript
Box	Folder
5	2	The Boro-Man. Synopsis, fragment, letter, Book-length manuscript
Box	Folder
5	3	A Brief Spiritual Guide. Original, Book-length manuscript
Box	Folder
5	4	A Brief Spiritual Guide, Ch.4-5, Book-length manuscript
Box	Folder
5	5	Mss. Stories and Articles. A-L
Box	Folder
5	6	Mss. Stories and Articles. M-W
Box	Folder
5	7	Mss. Screen Treatments
Box	Folder
5	8	Mss. Teleplays
Box	Folder
5	9	Tearsheets
Box	Folder
5	10	Miscellaneous
Box	Folder
5	11	Letters - Publishers, Agents	1955-1964

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Personal Names :
Case, Robert Ormond, 1895-1964--Archives

Subject Terms :
Authors, American--20th century
Western stories--Authorship

Form or Genre Terms :
Manuscripts for publication
Western stories

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Guide to the Robert Ormond Case Papers
1926-1924

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by Erick Arenas
©2004

Guide to the Robert Ormond Case Papers 1926-1924

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by Erick Arenas©2004

Guide to the Robert Ormond Case Papers
1926-1924

Finding aid prepared by Erick Arenas
©2004