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
|
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1947-1960 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1961-1963 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1964 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1965 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1966 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1967 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1969 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1970 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1971 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1972 |
| |
Series II:
Correspondence, publications
|
| |
Container(s)
|
Description
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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
|
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1960-1962 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1963-1967 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1968-1969 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1970 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1971 |
| |
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
1972-1974 |
| |
|
|
Applications (with related correspondence), A-B
|
|
1960-1962 |
| |
|
|
Applications (with related correspondence), C-E
|
|
1963-1967 |
| |
|
|
Applications (with related correspondence), F-G
|
|
1968-1969 |
| |
|
|
Applications (with related correspondence), H
|
|
1970 |
| |
|
|
Applications (with related correspondence), I-N
|
|
1971 |
| |
|
|
Applications (with related correspondence), O-R
|
|
1972-1974 |
| |
|
|
Applications (with related correspondence), S-Y
|
|
1972-1974 |
| |
|
|
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)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, final carbon, pp. 1-180
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, final carbon, pp. 181-361
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, early version, 193 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, incomplete, 109 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, fragments, 97 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, fragments, 58 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Outlines, typed, 5 pp., 6 pp.; character outline, 2 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Applegate's Gold, by Parker Bonner (pseud.) (Avon Books, 1967)
|
|
1967 |
| |
|
|
Printer's copy, 202 pp.; plus front material
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, 202 pp.; plus outline, 4 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Reader's proof
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Bearcats! by John Hunter (pseud.). (Ballantine Books)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, original, 241 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, 220 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, 241 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Galley proofs
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Borders to Cross by Parker Bonner (pseud.) (Paperback Library)
|
|
1971 |
| |
|
|
Revised typed draft, 153 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, 163 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Sample chapters (1-5), typed, 49 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, incomplete, 48 pp.; typed draft,
carbon, incomplete, 41 pp.; fragments, typed, 22 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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 |
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, pp. 1-136 (ch. 1-8)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, pp. 137-264 (ch. 9-18)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Author's proof
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Building the Impossible(for Doubleday anthology)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, 20 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
The Burning Land, by John Hunter (pseud.). (Ballantine Books, 1973).
|
|
1973 |
| |
|
|
Typed draft, printer’s copy, 241 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, 241 pp
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Galley proofs.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
The Californian, (Doubleday, 1971).
Alternate titles: *The Man on a Mule; California Express.
|
|
1971 |
| |
|
|
Printer’s copy, pp. 1-184, includes front material
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Printer’s copy, pp. 185-362
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Printer’s copy, pp. 363-549
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Final draft, carbon, pp. 1-180
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Final draft, carbon, pp. 181-360
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Final draft, carbon, pp. 361-549
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Outline, 4 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Galley proofs, final
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Page proofs
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Page proofs, carbon, 549 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Reject pages, carbon, 549 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Reject pages, carbon, 549 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
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 |
| |
|
|
Typed draft carbon, 229 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, carbon, incomplete, pp. 73-229
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Outline, typed 7 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Character list, typed, 1 p.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, sample chapters
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Outline, 7 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Canyon War, by Sam Bowie (pseud.).(Ace Books).
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, printer's copy, 168 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Typed draft, original, 161 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Outline, typed, 4 pp.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Character list, typed, 1 p.
|
|
|
| |
| |