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George Waller: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Waller, George Title: George Waller Collection Dates: 1934-1966, undated Extent: 6 record center cartons, 1 document box (6.42 linear feet), 15 galley files (gf), 2 oversize folders (osf), 1 oversize box (osb) Abstract: George Waller was an American writer. His collection mainly contains his scripts for "The Lone Ranger" radio play, drafts and notes for his books Kidnap and Saratoga, and correspondence. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-04393 Language: English and German Access: Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may require up to three business days’ notice for access in the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this material: [email protected] Use Policies: Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin assume no responsibility. Administrative Information Preferred George Waller Collection (Manuscript Collection MS-04393). Harry Citation Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. Waller, George Manuscript Collection MS-04393 Acquisition: Gift, 1967 Processed by: Hagan Barber, 2012; Richard Workman, 2021 Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions. Repository: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin 2 Waller, George Manuscript Collection MS-04393 3 Waller, George Manuscript Collection MS-04393 Works: Untitled article on Lindbergh’s flight, Tms / working notes and rough draft, 32 Container pages, undated. 1.1 Untitled article on Lindbergh’s flight, Tccms, 11 pages; 2 galley proofs, 4 pages Container each; undated. gf 1 Untitled book on Wendell Willkie, T and TccmsS / preliminary plans and proposals, Container 57 pages, 1963. 1.2 Broadcast: The bondwagon, Tms / draft / incomplete, 3 pages; Tccms / draft / Container incomplete, 3 pages; mimeo / early version with A emendations, 13 pages; 2 1.3 hectograph / final versions, 22 pages each; 29 August 1942. Final version. Broadcast: The bondwagon: Notes, Tms / notes, 2 pages; Mimeo / outline, 6 pages; 1942. Broadcast: Challenge of the Yukon: Ace of spades, 2 hectograph / radio scripts, 19 Container pages each, 10 April 1943. 1.4 Broadcast: Challenge of the Yukon: All that glitters, hectograph / radio script, 19 pages; hectograph / radio script / incomplete, 18 pages; 20 March 1943. Broadcast: Challenge of the Yukon: Gambler’s pay-off, hectograph / radio script, 20 pages, 13 March 1943. Broadcast: Challenge of the Yukon: What’s in a name, hectograph / radio script, 19 Container pages, 3 April 1943. 1.5 Broadcast: Challenge of the Yukon: Wolf trap, 2 hectograph / radio scripts, 21 pages each, 27 March 1943. Broadcast: The green hornet: Blackout for murder, Tms / synopsis, 2 pages; Container hectograph / radio script, 30 pages; 11 April 1943. 1.6 Broadcast: Hitler’s children, 3 hectograph / radio scripts, 21 pages each, 16 February 1943. Container Broadcast: Hop Harrigan, 30 mimeo / radio scripts, 458 pages, 1943. 1.7-11 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Untitled episode, hectograph / radio script / incomplete, Container 6 pages, undated. 1.12 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Anniversary program, 2 hectograph / radio scripts, 17 pages each, 23 January 1943. 4 Waller, George Manuscript Collection MS-04393 Broadcast: The lone ranger: The avenger, hectograph / radio script, 33 pages, 20 November 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Badge of courage, hectograph / radio script, 32 pages, 9 Container December 1942. 1.13 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Bandits at bay, 2 hectograph / radio scripts, 35 pages each, 8 February 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Dead end, hectograph / radio script, 31 pages, 2 Container November 1942. 1.14 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Death and taxes, hectograph / radio script, 35 pages, 1 March 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Design for murder, hectograph / radio script, 30 pages, 14 December 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Double counterfeit, hectograph / radio script, 31 pages, 30 September 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Double cross, hectograph / radio script, 36 pages, 8 Container March 1943. 1.15 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Double exposure, hectograph / radio script, 31 pages, 21 October 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Double trouble, hectograph / radio script with A revisions, 35 pages, 15 February 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Dynasty of terror, hectograph / radio script, 31 pages, 4 December 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Indian trouble, hectograph / radio script, 21 pages, 16 Container October 1942. 1.16 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Jail bait, 2 hectograph / radio scripts, one with A revisions, 37 pages each, 24 February 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Live wire, hectograph / radio script with A revisions, 32 pages, 18 January 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Marked money, hectograph / radio script, 34 pages, 22 Container February 1943. 1.17 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Masquerade, hectograph / radio script, 34 pages, 20 January 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Mountain trap, hectograph / radio script with A 5 Waller, George Manuscript Collection MS-04393 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Mountain trap, hectograph / radio script with A revisions, 32 pages, 1 January 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Murder for profit, hectograph / radio script, 31 pages, 20 Container November 1942. 1.18 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Murder strikes thrice, hectograph / radio script, 30 pages, 2 October 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Murder will out, hectograph / radio script with A emendations, 33 pages, 30 December 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Murder’s pay-off, 2 hectograph / radio scripts with A emendations, 31 pages, 32 pages, 28 December 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Nester’s gold, 2 hectograph / radio scripts with A Container revisions, 31 pages, 32 pages, 3 March 1943. 1.19 Broadcast: The lone ranger: The phantom killer, hectograph / radio script, 31 pages, 6 November 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Quicksand tells a tale, hectograph / radio script, 31 pages, 9 October 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Red uprising, hectograph / radio script with A revisions, Container 29 January 1943. 1.20 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Renegade, hectograph / radio script, 30 pages, 9 December 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Rope’s end, hectograph / radio script, 31 pages, 18 December 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Showdown, hectograph / radio script, 34 pages, 11 Container January 1943. 1.21 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Sign of the swastika, hectograph / radio script with A revisions, 31 pages, 7 December 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Six-guns smoke, hectograph / radio script with A emendations, 30 pages, 3 February 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Spurs that jingle, hectograph / radio script, 29 pages, Container 1942. 1.22 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Stampede, 2 hectograph / radio scripts, 35 pages each, 12 February 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Thieves fall out, hectograph / radio script, 29 pages, 11 Container 6 Waller, George Manuscript Collection MS-04393 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Thieves fall out, hectograph / radio script, 29 pages, 11 Container November 1942. 1.23 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Thunder god, hectograph / radio script, 34 pages, 17 February 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Thundering hoofs, hectograph / radio script, 30 pages, 18 November 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Trails end, hectograph / radio script, 34 pages, 25 January 1943. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Turnabout, hectograph / radio script, 30 pages, 26 October 1942. Broadcast: The lone ranger: Wagons roll west, 2 hectograph / radio scripts with A Container emendations, 33 pages each, 19 March 1943. 2.1 Broadcast: The lone ranger: Wagons westward, hectograph / radio script, 34 pages, 13 January 1943. Broadcast: Victory is our business, Show, novel number, hectograph / radio script, 3 Container pages, undated. 2.2 Broadcast: Victory is our business, Show 33, hectograph / radio script, 2 pages, undated. Broadcast: Victory is our business, Show 34, hectograph / radio script, 2 pages, undated. Broadcast: Victory is our business, Show 35, hectograph / radio script, 3 pages, undated. Kidnap, Tms with A revisions and with illustrations and sketches for fore pages, Container 1095 pages, 1961. 2.3-15 Container Kidnap, Tms / discarded pages with A revisions, 247 pages, undated. 2.16-18 Container Kidnap, Tccms with A revisions, 1066 pages, 1959. 2.19-3.3 Container Kidnap, Tccms, 661 pages, approximately 1960. 3.4-10 Container Kidnap, Tccms, 807 pages, approximately 1960. 3.11-18 Container 7 Waller, George Manuscript Collection