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Eugene, OR 97403-1299
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Guide to the Todhunter Ballard Papers, 1926-1975


Coll. 049





Finding aid prepared by Francis Keating and Vida Germano

Finding aid encoded by Linda J. Long, 2006
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
 
Collection Number:
 

Coll. 049
 
Creator:
 

Ballard, Todhunter, 1903-
 
Title:
 

Todhunter Ballard Papers
 
Dates:
 

1926-1975 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

31.5 linear feet
59 containers
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Willis Todhunter Ballard (1903-1980) was a writer of the western and mystery fiction genre. The collection consists of professional correspondence from 1947 to 1972, publication records, papers of the Western Fiction Writers of America (WWA) documenting his activity in that organization, and literary manuscripts of 70 books, 17 teleplays, one screenplay, and a few magazine articles.

 

Biographical Note

Willis Todhunter Ballard was born on December 13, 1903 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended schools in Cleveland and Westtown, Pennsylvania and, in 1926, graduated from Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio. Right after college he began working for his father’s company, F. W. Ballard Company, as an engineer constructing power plants and transmission lines. He stayed there for two years.

His transition to a career as a professional writer began with the editorship of an electrical trade magazine. His first published story, “Gambler’s Luck,” appeared in Brief Stories in 1927. Ballard was a prolific writer and went on to write over a thousand stories for magazines such as Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Argosy, McCall’s, Esquire, and Liberty. He also wrote stories for pulp magazines such as Black Mask, Brief Stories, Dime Mystery, Popular Western, and Ranch Romances. Ballard wrote about fifty televison and movie scripts including The Outcast for Republic Pictures. Some television series he wrote for were “Cowboy G-Men,” “Death Valley Days,” “Shotgun Slade,” “Shannon,” and “Alias Smith and Jones.”

Ballard’s main interests as a writer were in the mystery and western genres. He wrote over seventy books under such pseudonyms as Brian Agar, P. D. Ballard, Todhunter Ballard, W. T. Ballard, Parker Bonner, Hunter D’Allard, Harrison Hunt, Tod Hunt, John Hunter, Neil MacNeil, John Shepherd, and others. Ballard wrote as part of a pool of writers hired by publisher Tower Books to write stories using the pseudonym of Jack Slade.

Ballard was an active member of the Western Writes of America. He served on the applications committee and also won their “Spur Award” in 1965 for Gold in California (Doubleday, 1965) as “best historical novel.”

After a long, successful career as a writer, Mr. Ballard died on December 27, 1980 in Mount Dora, Florida at the age of 77.

Content Description

The Todhunter Ballard Papers consist of professional correspondence from 1947 to 1972, publication records, papers of Western Writers of America (WWA) documenting his activity in that organization, and manuscripts of 70 books, 17 teleplays, one screenplay, and a few magazine articles. There are also 127 books which are largely paperback foreign additions.

The correspondence section is arranged chronologically and contains business correspondence between Ballard and various publishers, agents and lawyers including Doubleday, MacMillian, Houghton-Mifflin, Fawcett, Lenniger Literary Agency, Gordon Molson Associates and H. N. Sawnson Agency.

Following the correspondence are ledger sheets containing the publication history of 51 of Ballard’s stories. They are filed numerically according to the number assigned to each story. The publication histories contain information about publisher, contract dates, domestic and foreign rights, publication dates and sales volume. Some related correspondence is also included.

The Western Writers of America material consists of correspondence arranged chronologically from 1960-1974, and applications for entry into the WWA with related correspondence. The applications are arranged alphabetically. A miscellaneous folder contains membership lists, the WWA Constitution and miscellaneous issues of Roundup, the WWA’s monthly newsletter.

The various sections of the manuscript series are arranged alphabetically by title of the work. In the book manuscript section some of the manuscripts listed under one title can also be found in the section under another alternate title, as indicated by an asterisk.*

The last box in the collection contains ten bound volumes of tearsheets of pulp magazines stories written by Ballard. Several indexes are included. Wrapped in a separate package is a scrapbook of book reviews and a few photographs of Ballard. Filed with it is a folder of loose material removed from the scrapbook. It contains documents relating to Ballard’s wartime service from 1942-1945 as a civilian connected with a production control staff at Write Patterson Field, Ohio. Loose photographs (3) of Ballard have been removed to the Photograph Collection in order to be stored properly.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series:

  • Series I. Correspondence, professional
  • Series II. Correspondence, publications
  • Series III. Western Writers of America
  • Series IV. Literary manuscripts, books
  • Series V. Literary manuscripts, teleplays
  • Series VI. Literary manuscripts, screenplays
  • Series VII. Artwork
  • Series VIII. Tearsheets

Administrative Information

Separated Materials 

Photographs in this collection stored separately under call number PH056.

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 the Special Collections & University Archives. 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], Todhunter Ballard Papers, Coll. 049, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

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.

 
Ballard, Todhunter, 1903---Archives
Western Writers of America--Records and correspondence
American fiction--20th century
Authors, American--20th century
Detective and mystery stories, American
Pulp literature
Screenwriters--United States
Television writers--United States
Western stories
Manuscripts for publication
Tear sheets

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 

Series I:  Correspondence, professional
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
1		 folder
1
Correspondence
   1947-1960
 
2
Correspondence
   1961-1963
 
3
Correspondence
   1964
 
4
Correspondence
   1965
 
5
Correspondence
   1966
 
6
Correspondence
   1967
 
2 1
Correspondence
  
 
2
Correspondence
   1969
 
3
Correspondence
   1970
 
4
Correspondence
   1971
 
5
Correspondence
   1972
 

Series II:  Correspondence, publications
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
3		 folder
1
Publications
  
 

#1: Detective--Bill Lennox
 
 

#2: Dealing Out Death (Waiting at the Grave)
 
 

#3: Murder Can't Stop (Trouble is My Business)
 
 

#4: Murder Picks the Jury
 
 

#5: Two Edged Vengeance (Red Horizon)
 
 

#6: Incident at Sun Mountain (Sun Mountain)
 
 
2
Publications
  
 

#7: West of Quarantine
 
 

#8: High Iron
 
 

#9: West of Justice (I am the Law)
 
 

#10: Showdown (Dry Camp)
 
 

#11: Walk in Fear (I Could Kill You) (Dead to Rights)
 
 

#12: Supersitition Range (Superstition Mountain)
 
 
3
Publications
  
 

#13: Outlaw Brand (Railroad Doctor)
 
 

#14: Rawhide Gunman (A Man Called Donovan)
 
 

#15: The Package Deal (Scene in the Air)
 
 

#16: Killer Range (Winter Kill)
 
 

#17: Gunman from Texas (Texas Gun)
 
 

#18: Trigger Trail (Empire West)
 
 
4
Publications
  
 

#19: Guns of the Lawless
 
 

#20: Chance Elson (The Big Mirage)
 
 

#21: Roundup
 
 

#22: Ride the Wind South
 
 

#23: Trail Town Marshal
 
 

#24: Saddle Tramp
 
 
4 1
Publications
  
 

#25: Marshal from Deadwood (Two Mile)
 
 

#26: Death Takes an Option (Option on Death)
 
 

#27: Thunderbird Range (Thunderhead)
 
 

#28: Trouble on the Massacre
 
 

#29: Third on a Seesaw
 
 

#30: Badlands Buccaneer
 
 
2
Publications
  
 

#31: Two Guns for Hire (Death on Wheels)
 
 

#32: The Long Trail Back
 
 

#33: Fury in the Heart (The Cheap People)
 
 

#34: Hot Dam (McCall of the Wild)
 
 

#35: The Death Ride
 
 

#36: The Night Riders
 
 

#37: Pretty Miss Murder
 
 
3
Publications
  
 

#41: The Long Sword (Cardinal's Ring)
 
 

#42: Lights, Camera, Murder (Hollywood Eye)
 
 

#43: Have Love, Will Share
 
 

#44: Mexican Slay Ride
 
 

#45: Gopher Gold (Gold Field)
 
 

#46: The Seven Sisters
 
 

#47: Westward the Monitors Roar
 
 

#48: Three for the Money
 
 
4
Publications
  
 

#49: Desperation Valley
 
 

#50: Gold in California! (The Golden Hills)
 
 

#51: Age of the Junkman
 
 

#54: Tough in the Saddle
 
 

#55: End of a Millionaire
 
 

#59: Duke
 
 

Series III:  Western Writers of America (WWA)
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
5		 folder
1
Correspondence
   1960-1962
 
2
Correspondence
   1963-1967
 
3
Correspondence
   1968-1969
 
4
Correspondence
   1970
 
5
Correspondence
   1971
 
6
Correspondence
   1972-1974
 
6 1
Applications (with related correspondence), A-B
   1960-1962
 
2
Applications (with related correspondence), C-E
   1963-1967
 
3
Applications (with related correspondence), F-G
   1968-1969
 
4
Applications (with related correspondence), H
   1970
 
5
Applications (with related correspondence), I-N
   1971
 
6
Applications (with related correspondence), O-R
   1972-1974
 
7
Applications (with related correspondence), S-Y
   1972-1974
 
8
Miscellaneous: Includes membership lists, constitution, voting ballots two issues of the The Roundup and Spur Awards judging instructions.
   1972-1974
 

Series IV:  Manuscripts: Books
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Angel of Death (Gold Medal Books)
  
 
box
7		 folder
1
Typed draft, final carbon, pp. 1-180
  
 
2
Typed draft, final carbon, pp. 181-361
  
 
3
Typed draft, early version, 193 pp.
  
 
8 1
Typed draft, carbon, incomplete, 109 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, fragments, 97 pp.
  
 
3
Typed draft, fragments, 58 pp.
  
 
4
Outlines, typed, 5 pp., 6 pp.; character outline, 2 pp.
  
   
Applegate's Gold, by Parker Bonner (pseud.) (Avon Books, 1967)
   1967
 
5
Printer's copy, 202 pp.; plus front material
  
 
9 1
Typed draft, carbon, 202 pp.; plus outline, 4 pp.
  
 
2
Reader's proof
  
   
Bearcats! by John Hunter (pseud.). (Ballantine Books)
  
 
3
Typed draft, original, 241 pp.
  
 
10 1
Typed draft, 220 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 241 pp.
  
 
3
Galley proofs
  
   
Borders to Cross by Parker Bonner (pseud.) (Paperback Library)
   1971
 
11 1
Revised typed draft, 153 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 163 pp.
  
 
3
Sample chapters (1-5), typed, 49 pp.
  
 
4
Typed draft, incomplete, 48 pp.; typed draft, carbon, incomplete, 41 pp.; fragments, typed, 22 pp.
  
 
5
Outlines, typed, 55 pp.; 5 pp; 4 pp.
  
   
Brothers in Blood by P.D. Ballard (pseud.) (Gold Medal Books, 1972) by Parker Bonner (pseud.) (Paperback Library)
   1972
 
12 1
Typed draft, carbon, pp. 1-136 (ch. 1-8)
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, pp. 137-264 (ch. 9-18)
  
 
3
Author's proof
  
   
Building the Impossible(for Doubleday anthology)
  
 
4
Typed draft, carbon, 20 pp.
  
   
The Burning Land, by John Hunter (pseud.). (Ballantine Books, 1973).
   1973
 
13 1
Typed draft, printer’s copy, 241 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 241 pp
  
 
3
Galley proofs.
  
   
The Californian, (Doubleday, 1971). Alternate titles: *The Man on a Mule; California Express.
   1971
 
14 1
Printer’s copy, pp. 1-184, includes front material
  
 
2
Printer’s copy, pp. 185-362
  
 
3
Printer’s copy, pp. 363-549
  
 
15 1
Final draft, carbon, pp. 1-180
  
 
2
Final draft, carbon, pp. 181-360
  
 
3
Final draft, carbon, pp. 361-549
  
 
16 1
Outline, 4 pp.
  
 
2
Galley proofs, final
  
 
3
Page proofs
  
 
4
Page proofs, carbon, 549 pp.
  
 
17 1
Reject pages, carbon, 549 pp.
  
 
2
Reject pages, carbon, 549 pp.
  
 
3
Reject pages, carbon, 549 pp.
  
   
A Canyon Called Death, by John Hunter (pseud.).(Berkeley, 1968). Alternate titles: *The Canyon They Called Death; *Rogue Range.
   1968
 
18 1
Typed draft carbon, 229 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, incomplete, pp. 73-229
  
 

Outline, typed 7 pp.
  
 

Character list, typed, 1 p.
  
 
3
Typed draft, sample chapters
  
 

Outline, 7 pp.
  
   
Canyon War, by Sam Bowie (pseud.).(Ace Books).
  
 
4
Typed draft, printer's copy, 168 pp.
  
 
19 1
Typed draft, original, 161 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, 4 pp.
  
 

Character list, typed, 1 p.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 168 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, 4 pp.
  
   
Caribbean Cadre, by Nick Carter (pseud.).(Ace Books). Alternate title: The Kremlin File.
  
 
3
Typed draft, final, 239 pp.
  
 
20 1
Typed draft, original, 185 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, chapters 3-5, 47 pp.
  
 
3
Outline, typed, 5 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, carbon, 5 pp.
  
 

Character list, 1 p.
  
   
Chapter Eleven
 
 
4
Final draft, typed, carbon, 110 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, 7 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, carbon, 5 pp.
  
 

Character list, 1 p.
  
   
Chisum, by Sam Bowie (Ace Books, 1971). Novelized from the screenplay
   1971
 
5
Printer's copy, 196 pp.
  
 
21 1
Final draft, 169 pp.
  
   
Crime Confidential, by Lindsay Stuart (pseud.). Alternate titles: *A Time for Terror, by Brian Agar (pseud.)
  
 
2
Typed draft carbon, 5 chapters, 55 pp.
  
 

Outline of remaining chapters, 5 pp.
  
   
Day of the Superpower, by Neil MacNeil (pseud.). Alternate title: The Island of Tall Men
 
 
3
Final draft, typed, carbon, 199 pp.
  
 
4
Revised draft, typed, carbon, 199 pp.
  
 

Character list, typed, 1 p.
  
 
22 1
Typed draft, 109 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, revised chapters, 85 pp.
  
   
Dead Ringer. (Novel based on TV series, "Alias Smith and Jones") Alternate title: His Brother's Keeper.
 
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, 243 pp.
  
   
Death in the Mountain, by John Hunter (pseud.) (Ballantine Books).
 
 
4
Typed draft, final carbon, 242 pp. (last page missing)
  
 
23 1
Typed draft, original, 243 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 243 pp.
  
 
3
Typed draft, 243 pp.
  
 
4
Outline (of remaining chapters), carbon, 6 pp.
  
 

Outline (of remaining chapters), carbon, 6 pp.
  
 

Outline (of remaining chapter), 7 pp.
  
 

Miscellaneous pages, 15 pp.
  
   
Desperation Valley, by John Hunter (pseud.)
 
 
24 1
Proofs
  
   
Don't Ride Home Again, by John Hunter (pseud.) (Banner, 1967)
  1967
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 184 pp.
  
   
For a King's Ransom, by Joe Millard (pseud.) (Universal Publishers)
 
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, 181 pp.
  
   
Gambler's Gun, by John Hunter (pseud.) (Ballantine Books, 1973)
  1973
 
25 1
Typed draft, printer's copy, 205 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 205 pp.
  
 
3
Page proofs
  
   
Gambler's Luck, (Published in Bief Stories, October 1927. Written in 1926; Mr. Ballard's first western)
  1926
 
26 1
Typed draft, carbon, 109 pp.
  
 
25 2
Typed draft, carbon, 205 pp.
  
 
3
Page proofs
  
   
Give a Man a Gun, by Clay Turner (pseud.)
 
 
26 2
Typed draft, original carbon, 197 pp.
  
   
Go West, Ben Gold
 
 
3
Typed draft, final carbon, 203 pp.
  
 
4
Typed draft, carbon, incomplete, 110 pp.
  
 
5
Character list, 1 p.
  
 

Outline, typed, 4 pp.
  
   
Gold Goes to the Mountain, by Clay Turner (pseud.) (Paperback Library, 1974).
  1974
 
27 1
Typed draft, carbon, 202 pp.
  
 
2
Rewritten and miscellaneous pages
  
   
Gold in California, (Doubleday, 1965)
  1965
 
28 1
Miscellaneous pages, 150 pp.
  
 
2
Scrapbook (including fan correspondence and book reviews)
  
   
Gold in Central City, (Outlines for a Ben Gold story.)
 
 
3
Outlines, typed, 3 pp.; 3 pp.
  
   
Gunlock, by Sam Bowie (pseud.). (Universal Publishing and Distributing, 1968)
  1968
 
29 1
Typed draft, 199 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 199 pp.
  
   
Heiress to Murder
  1926
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, inclomplete, 73 pp. Character list, holograph, 1 p.
  
 

Character list, holograph, 1 p.
  
   
The Higraders (Ballatine Books). Alternate title: The Boomers
 
 
30 1
Typed draft, final carbon, p. 1-120
  
 
2
Typed draft, final carbon, p. 121-244
  
 
3
Typed draft, early version, fragments, 209 pp.
  
 
4
Character list, typed, 1 p.
  
 

Title page, (The Boomers), typed, 1 p.
  
 

Title page, (The Higraders), typed, 1 p.
  
   
His Brother's Keeper (Novel based on TV series, "Alias Smith and Jones"). Alternate title: Dead Ringer
 
 
31 1
Typed draft, carbon, 243 pp.
  
 
2
Character list, holograph, 1 p.
  
 

Outline, typed, 5 pp.
  
   
History of the PulpsBy Al Norton and Harry Steeger of Argosy.
 
 
3
Ballard's reminiscences, 17 pp.
  
 

Letter from Ballard to Al Norton, 1 p.
  
   
Home to Texas. (Doubleday, 1974).
  1974
 
4
Typed draft, printer's copy, 203 pp.
  
 
32 1
Typed draft, final carbon, 203 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 203 pp.
  
 
3
Typed draft, early version, 174 pp.
  
 
4
Character list, holograph, 2 pp.
  
 
33 1
Galley proofs
  
 
2
Page proofs
  
   
Johnny Who Rode the Ghost Train. By Phoebe and Todhunter Ballard for WWA Anthology.
 
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, 13 pp.
  
   
Lassiter. By Parker Bonner (pseud.) (Tower, 1967).
  1967
 
4
Typed draft, carbon, 174 pp.
  
 
5
Typed draft, carbon, 174 pp.
  
   
Lassiter and the Wild Bunch. By Jack Slade (pseud.) (Tower, 1968).
  1968
 
34 1
Typed draft, carbon, 173 pp.
  
   
Lassiter and the Wild Women. By Jack Slade (pseud.) (Tower).
 
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 162 pp.
  
 
3
Typed draft, carbon
  
 
4
Typed draft, early version, 153 pp.
  
 

Outline, 5 pp.
  
   
Loco and the Wolf. (Doubleday, 1973.
  1973
 
35 1
Typed draft, printer's copy, 197 pp.; front material
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 198 pp.
  
 
3
Character list, typed, 1 p.
  
 

Outline, typed, 10 pp.
  
 
4
Galley proofs
  
 
36 1
Page proofs
  
   
Look to Your Guns. By Parker Bonner (pseud.) (Paperback Library).
 
 
2
Typed draft, final carbon, 163 pp.
  
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, 16 pp.
  
 
4
Typed draft, 160 pp.
  
 

Revised Chapters (8, 10), 18 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, 10 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, 9 pp.
  
 

Character list, 2 pp.
  
   
Lost Valley. By John Hunter (pseud.) (Ballantine). Alternate title: * Thirty Million Pesos-Silver.
 
 
37 1
Typed draft, final, 243 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, original carbon, 243 pp.
  
   
The Man from Yuma.. By Jack Slade (pseud.) (Tower, 1968). Original title: Lassiter and the River Pirates.
  1968
 
38 1
Typed draft, final carbon, 170 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, original, 245 pp.
  
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, 170 pp.; outline, 4 pp.
  
 
39 1
Typed draft, carbon, 245 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 245 pp.
  
 
3
Typed draft, incomplete, 130 pp. (missing pp. 1-29)
  
 
4
Outline, typed, 6 pp.
  
 

Character list, 1 p.
  
   
Man on a Mule. By Phoebe and Todhunter Ballard. Alternate title: * The Californian.
 
 
40 1
Typed draft, miscellaneous pages, chapters, 221 pp.
  
   
The Man Who Stole a University.. By Phoebe and Todhunter Ballard (Doubleday, 1968).
  1967
 
2
Typed draft, printer's copy, pp. 1-230 (includes front material)
  
 
3
Typed draft, printer's copy, pp. 231-502
  
 
41 1
Typed draft, original, pp. 1-278
  
 
2
Typed draft, original, pp. 279-495
  
 
42 1
Typed draft, carbon, pp. 1-280
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, pp. 281-502
  
 
3
Rewritten chapter (19), typed, 12 pp. (original and carbon)
  
 
4
Fragments, typed, 50 pp.
  
 
5
Outlines, typed, 9 pp.; 7 pp.; 10 pp.
  
 

Character list, typed and holograph, 5 pp.
  
 
43 1
Galley proofs
  
 
2
Galley proofs
  
 
3
Page proofs
  
 
4
Page proofs
  
   
The Modoc Indian Wars. By Parker Bonner (pseud.). (Monarch Books).
 
 
44 1
Typed draft, final, carbon, 193 pp.
  
 

Revised pages, typed, 10 pp.
  
 

Correspondence
  
   
The Modoc Tragedy. for WWA anthology).
 
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 23 pp.
  
 

Typed pages, 4-6
  
   
Murder Las Vegas Style. (Tower, 1967). Original title: 'Til Death Do Us Part
  1967
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, incomplete, 186 pp.
  
   
Nowhere Left to Run. (Doubleday, 1972).
  1972
 
4
Typed draft, printer's copy, 216 pp.; front material
  
   
Plunder Canyon. By Parker Bonner (pseud.) (Banner Books, 1967).
  1967
 
45 1
Typed draft, carbon, 185 pp.
  
   
Rafferty and the Wild Bunch. By Parker Bonner (pseud.) Alternate title: *Lassiter and the Wild Bunch.
 
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 173 pp.
  
   
The Return of the Sabata. By Sam Bowie (pseud.).
 
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, 200 pp.
  
   
Ride the Lone Trail. By John Hunter (pseud.).
 
 
46 1
Typed draft, original, 88 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, 5 pp.
  
   
Rogue Range. By John Hunter (pseud.). Alternate titles: *A Canyon Called Death; The Canyon They Called Death
 
 
2
Typed draft, original, 229 pp.
  
   
Sabata. By Brian Fox (pseud.). (Universal Publishing and Distributing). (Novel from the screenplay.)
 
 
3
Typed draft, final, carbon, 197 pp.
  
   
The Saga of Toby Riddle. (for WWA anthology)
 
 
4
Typed draft, 22 pp.
  
 

Typed draft, carbon, 22 pp.
  
   
The Sex Web. (Soft Cover Library, 1967.) Alternate titles: Land of Promise; Run, Run, Run Chicken; The Exploiters.
  1967
 
47 1
Typed draft, original, 195 pp.
  
 

Character list, holograph, 1 p.
  
 

Outline, typed, 1 p.
  
 

Miscellaneous pages, typed, 10 pp.
  
   
Sierra Slaughter. By Clint Reno (pseud.) (Gold Medal Books) Original title: *The Vigilante.
  1967
 
2
Typed draft, final, carbon, 159 pp.
  
 
3
Typed draft, early version, fragments, 150 pp.
  
 
4
Outline, typed, background historical fact, 5 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, factual background, 6 pp.
  
 

Character list, typed and holograph, 1 p.
  
   
The Spycatchers,. By Neil MacNeil (pseud.) (Fawcett, 1966; Argosy.) Original title: *So Beautifully Deadly.
  1967
 
48 1
Typed draft, long version, carbon, 202 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, Argosy version, carbon, 97 pp.
  
 

Character list, typed and holograph, 1 p.
  
 

Miscellaneous, pp. 73-80
  
   
They Built with Silver
 
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, 113 pp.
  
 

Outlines, typed, 4 pp.; 6 pp.
  
   
Thirty Million Pesos-Silver. By John Shepherd (pseud.). Alternate title: Lost Valley.
 
 
4
Typed draft, carbon, 243 pp.
  
   
A Time for Terror. By Brian Agar (pseud.). Alternate title: Crime Confidential.
 
 
49 1
Typed draft, 71 pp.
  
 

Typed draft, carbon, 71 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, 6 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, carbon, 6 pp.
  
   
To Ride Again. (for WWA anthology).
 
 
2
Typed draft, 20 pp.
  
 

Outline, typed, 1 p.
  
   
The Town Tamer. By Parker Bonner (pseud.). Alternate title: The Man Who Hit Custer.
 
 
3
Typed draft, final, carbon, 166 pp.
  
 
4
Typed draft, original, 166 pp.
  
 
5
Typed draft, carbon, 166 pp.; miscellaneous pp. 64-65
  
 
50 1
Typed draft, early version, 164 pp.
  
 
2
Character list, holograph, 1 p.
  
 

Outine, typed, 12 pp.
  
 

Critique, typed, 3 pp. (by H. Stearman)
  
   
Trail of Rage. (Doubleday, 1975).
  1975
 
3
Typed draft, 22 pp.; front material
  
 
4
Typed draft, carbon, 200 pp.
  
 

Character list, typed and holograph, 1 p.
  
 
51 1
Rewritten pages, typed, miscellaneous, 96 pp.
  
 
2
Galley proofs
  
 
3
Page proofs
  
   
The Troubled Range. By John Hunter (pseud).
 
 
4
Typed draft, incomplete, 55 pp.
  
   
The Train Robbers. By Sam Bowie (pseud.). (Ace Books).
 
 
52 1
Typed draft, original, 194 pp.
  
 

Character list, holograph, 2 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 201 pp.
  
   
Unholy Angel. (Based on the TV series, "Alias Smith and Jones.").
 
 
3
Typed draft, 228 pp.
  
 
53 1
Typed draft, carbon, 236 pp.
  
   
The Vigilante. By Dorne Reno (pseud.). Alternate titles: Sun Moutnain Sadist, Sun Mountain Sabotage; Mayhem on the Mountain; The Vigilente.
 
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 199 pp.
  
 

Character list, tped and holograph, 1 p.
  
 
3
Typed draft, 199 pp.
  
 
54 1
Typed draft, chapter 1, final, carbon, 20 pp.
  
 
2
Typed draft, chapter 1, early version, carbon, 19 pp.
  
 
3
Outlines, typed, 3 pp.; 3 pp.
  
 
4
Miscellaneous pages, typed, 5 pp.
  
   
The Western in the Seventies.
 
 
5
Typed draft, 5 pp.
  
   
Western Writers of America Anthology.
 
 
6
Untitled typed draft, 7 pp.
  
   
The Wild Bunch.
 
 
7
Typed draft, 204 pp.
  
 
8
Untitled, typed draft, 101 pp.
  
 
9
Miscellaneous pages, 4 pp.
  
 

Series V:  Manuscripts: Teleplays
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
"Bronco (The Cheyenne Show)." (Warner Brothers)
  
   
Guns of the Lawless, by William Stuart, based on a novel by Todhunter Ballard
  
 
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Typed script, final, 59 pp. (January 11, 1961)
   January 11, 1961
 

Typed script, carbon, 63 pp.
  
 

Writing credits agreement
  
   
"Cowboy G-Men"
  
 
2
Hangfire (Alternate title: Manhunt)
  
   
Typed script, carbon, three versions, 32 pp.; 33 pp.; 32 pp.
  
 
5
Hush Money
  
   
Typed script, carbon, 35 pp.
  
 
4
Salted Mines
  
   
Typed script, carbon, 31 pp.
  
 
6
Silver Fraud
  
   
Typed script, carbon, 31 pp.
  
   
"Death Valley Days." Filmaster, Inc. (with closing comments by Ronald Reagan)
   1971
 
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6
A City is Born, by Todhunter Ballard and Robert Leslie Bellem
  
   
Premise, typed, 10 pp.
  
   
Typescript, carbon, 36 pp. (May 24, 1965)
   May 24, 1965
   
Closing comments by Ronald Reagan
  
 
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55		 folder
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Dry Water Sailros, by Todhunter Ballard and Robert Leslie Bellem
  
   
Premise, typed, 8 pp.
  
   
Typescript, carbon, 38 pp. (June 3, 1965)
   June 3, 1965
   
Typescript, mimeograph, 31 pp.
  
 
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55		 folder
8
Fighting Sky-Pilot, by Todhunter Ballard and Robert Leslie Bellem
  
   
Premise, typed, 9 ppp. (titled: "Fighting Dominie")
   June 3, 1965
   
Typescript, carbon, 37 pp.
  
   
Typescript, carbon, 38 pp.
  
   
Writer's contract, 2 pp.
  
   
Correspondence, 1 p.
  
   
Writing credits agreement, 1 p.
  
 
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55		 folder
9
Temporary Warden, by Todhunter Ballard and Robert Leslie Bellem
  
   
Premise, typed, 9 pp.
   June 3, 1965
   
Typescript, carbon, 35 pp.
  
   
Correspondence, 2 pp.
  
   
"Dick Tracy." Snader Telescription Sales, Inc.
   1972
 
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55		 folder
10
Dick Tracy and the Sapphire Mystery (November 1951)
   November 1951
   
Typescript, mimeograph, 45 pp.
  
 
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Dick Tracy and the Smugglers (November 1951)
   November 1951
   
Typescript, mimeograph, 40 pp.
  
   
"Shannon"
   1972
 
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Delayed Delivery, teleplay by Todhunter Ballard; story by Seymour Friedman.
  
   
Typescript, final draft, 42 pp.
   December 28, 1961
 
3
The Fallers, teleplay by Todhunter Ballard; story by George and Gertrude Fass.
   November 1951
   
Typescripts, 4 versions, including final draft, original and carbon, 39 pp.; 39 pp.; 40 pp.; 39 pp.
  
   
Revised pages, 8 pp.
  
 
folder
4
The Patriarch, by Todhunter Ballard
  
   
Typescript, final draft, mimeograph, 38 pp. 4 versions (October 23, 1961)
   October 23, 1961
   
Typescript, revised draft, carbon, 39 pp.
   October 26, 1961
 
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5
The Sports Car Story, teleplay by Todhunter Ballard
  
   
Typescript, final draft, mimeograph, 44 pp.
   November 13, 1961
   
"Shotgun Slade." Revue Productions, Inc.(for Doubleday anthology)
  
 
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5
Bob Ford (Original title: Dirty Little Coward), teleplay by Todhunter Ballard nad Dwight Newton; story by Ralph Conger
  
   
Typescript, mimeograph, 30 pp.
  
   
Typescript, carbon, 31 pp.
  
 
folder
7
Too Smart to Live, teleplay by Todhunter Ballard and Bill S. Ballinger; story by Ralph Conger.
  
   
Typescript, mimeograph, 37 pp. (August 10, 1959)
   August 10, 1959
   
Typescript, carbon, 36 pp.
  
 

Series VI:  Manuscripts: Screenplays
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Ride the Blind Stallion, by Todhunter Ballard and Robert Leslie Bellem
  
 
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57		 folder
1
Typed script, final, mimeograph, 140 pp.
  
   
Crescent City Blues (sold to Leo Margulies, August 13, 1956)
   August 13, 1972
 
2
Typed draft, carbon, 19 pp.
  
   
Run Out of Town (from Saturday Evening Post, September 30, 1950)
   September 30, 1950
 
3
Typed draft, carbon, 19 pp.
  
 

Typed draft, incomplete, 7 pp.
  
 

Series VII:  Tearsheets
 
Container(s)
Description
   
Bound Tearsheets
  
 
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Ace G_Men
 
 


All Sports
 
 


All-Star Detective
 
 


Big Book Detective
 
 


Black Book Detective
 
 


Black Mask
 
 


Brief Stories
 
 


Captain Satan
 
 


Clues Detective
 
 


Cowboy Stories
 
 


Crack Detective
 
 


Crime Busters
 
 


Detective Aces
 
 


Detective Dragnet
 
 


Detective Novel
 
 


Detective Short Stories
 
 


Detective Tales
 
 


Detective Yarns
 
 


Dime Mystery
 
 


Double Action
 
 


Exciting Mystery
 
 


Feds
 
 


Flynn's Detective Fiction
 
 


Gun Molls
 
 


Lariat
 
 
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Lone Wolf Detective
 
 


Mammoth Detective
 
 


Masked Detective
 
 


New Detective
 
 


New Western
 
 


Phantom Detective
 
 


Popular Detective
 
 


Popular Western
 
 


Private Detective
 
 


Ranch Romances
 
 


Romance
 
 


Shadow
 
 


Shadow Mystery
 
 


Short Stories
 
 


Sports Action
 
 


Strange Detective
 
 


Street and Smith Clue Detective
 
 


Street and Smith Mystery
 
 


Super Detective
 
 


Ten Detective Aces
 
 


Ten Story Detective
 
 


Thrilling Detective
 
 


Thrilling Western
 
 


Top Notch Detective
 
 


Underworld
 
 


Variety Detective
 
 


Western Short Stories
 
   
Loose Tearsheets
  
 


Argosy
 
 


Black Mask
 
 


Collier's
 
 


Detective Short Stories
 
 


Esquire
 
 


McCall's
 
 


Ranch Romances
 
 


Redbook
 
 


Saturday Evening Post
 
 


Ten Detective Aces
 
 


This Week
 
 


Toronto Star Weekly Novel
 
 


Turf and Sport Digest
 
   
Indexes
  
 


Ledger book index to stories, sales, prices, rejections, receipts, and expenditures during 1933-1934
  
 


Card index, alphabetical, to stories and articles written between 1935 and 1938 containing writing and publication histories, and income statistics
  
 
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Index to the already mentioned bound volumes containing publication histories: titel of story, magazine it appeared in, and the date of the issue.
  
 
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Series VIII:  Scrapbook

Scrapbook containing book reviews, articles about Ballard, and some photographs. Filed with it is a folder containing loose materials from the the scrapbook, including documents pertaining to Ballard's employment by the Army Air Forces during World War II.