The Inventory of the Howard Browne Collection #1195
The Inventory
of the
Howard Browne
Collection
#1195
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center BROWNE, HOWARD 1908- (Pseudonym: John Evans] Arrived February 1988 - March 1993
Novelist, mystery, crime, and short story writer; television and film script writer. A collection of 6 manuscript boxes (3 linear feet) consisting of over 30 TV scripts, many for popular series; a few film scripts; short stories; prefaces to mystery reissues; articles; photographs; correspondence, mainly 1987-1992, with a few 1962-1986 (Correspondents include agent, editors, friends and fans); printed pieces, a few by him; publicity and reviews for recent novels and films; general items about him, including interview. Photocopies of manuscript material permitted only with permission of Howard Browne.
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I. SCRIPTS, 1956-1974 Box 1 A. Television Scripts: by series and alphabetical by title within series. Most mimeo. 1. Alias Smith and Jones The Girl in Boxcar #3 December 28, 1970 2. Bourbon Street Beat Public Enemy Final March 18, 1958 Rev. Final November 9, 1959 3. Bus Stop ••• And the Pursuit of Evil September 5, 1961 4. Cheyenne Hard Bargain March 25, 1967 Hell Waits at Dodge September 11, 1956 Renegades November 14, 1957 White Warrior December 30, 1957 5. Chrysler Theatre The War and Eric Kurtz Prod. #25557 n.d. (carbon typescript) 6, Colt ,45 Circle of Fear December 24, 1957
7, Conflict The Incorrigible January 23, 1957 Pattern for Violence March 18, 1957 8. Destry One Hundred Bibles Prod. #2420 n.d. 9. Follow the Sun Another Part of the Jungle September 25, 1961 Box 2 A Rage For Justice August 15, 1961 10. Keyes to Danger Ask Me No Questions March 18, 1960 11. Kraft Suspense Theatre The Wine-Dark Sea April 7, 1964 12. Mannix Run, Sheep, Run September 27, 1967
13. Maverick Black Fire January 20, 1958 Burning Sky (Johnny Bolero) January 7, 1958 Last Stop Oblivion December 29, 1960 The Naked Gallows October 23, 1957 Substitute Gun February 10, 1961 14. Mission Impossible Boomerang October 12, 1972 Cat's Paw September 28, 1970 Stone Pillow October 4, 1970
2 Box 3 15. Playhouse 90 Seven Against the Wall carbon typescript n.d.
16. Run For Your Life Uneven Exchange January 19, 1968
17. 77 Sunset Strip Edge of Doubt October 23, 1958 The Inverness Cape Caper April 5, 1961
18. The Virginian The Trouble with Harriet Prod. #24725, n.d.
B. TV Scripts (not in series)
The Criminal career of Matthew Resnick, 1979. Typescript, Photocopy typescript
The Gangster Chronicles. An American Story. Chapter XI First draft.
O'Rourke's Town, 1970. Proposed daytime serial. 3 folders.
List of characters, prospectus, pilot story outline in several drafts.
Box 4 The People Against McQuade August 23, 1956
Shock Wave June 29, 1956
II. SCREENPLAYS
The Ball Breakers August 29, 1975
The Burning Sky April 2, 1957
Capone November 17, 1974
The st. Valentine's Day Massacre October 11, 1966
III. SHORT PIECES (Fiction and non-fiction)
"Dwight Swain." Eulogy.
"My Kind of Town Chicago Is." Autobiographical
"Paul Pine Today." (An Interview)
Preface to soft-cover edition of Halo in Brass
Preface to soft-cover edition of The Taste of Ashes
"The Roscoe Said Ka-Chow." Re pulps
"The Seventh Bottle." Fiction.
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1962, 1 item 1970, 1 item 1973, 1 item 1976, 1 item 1978, 2 items 1985, 5 items 1986, 3 items 1987 - 1992. Much fuller files. One folder for each year, Including letters from:
Mike Avallone Robert Bloch James Fox, agent William Campbell Gault John Jakes Joan Kahn, editor Herman Kogan Irv Kupcinet William Radebaugh Maureen Daly McGivern Collin Wilcox (many) III. PHOTOGRAPHS (4) Box 6 Howard Browne, 2 black and white glossies ca. 1930, and March 1986
Award to HB. Polaroid snapshot with negative of "The Private Eye Writers of American Lifetime Achievement Award The Eye" to HB, October 26, 1985.
Al Capone and his friends, ca. 1928. (copy)
V. PRINTED
A. By HB 1954-1987
"The Seventh Bottle" by Ivan Jorgensen, pseud. Fantastic, vol.3, no.4, August 1954
"A Night on Hell Street" Rogue for Men, June 1956
"Taste of Ashes" Cosmopolitan, August 1957
"A Profit Without Honor" Amazing Stories, May 1984
"Adventures in Hollywood" Mystery Scene, vol. 1, no. 3
"The Roscoe Said Ka-Chow" Mystery Scene, no. 14, 1987
Column: "Spade Work", mystery review column in San Diego Tribune, 1978 (4 clippings)
B. Review and publicity for books and films including: HALO IN BLOOD; HALO FOR SATAN; HALO IN BRASS; IF YOU HAVE TEARS; PORK CITY; PORTRAIT OF A MOBSTER; ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE; SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS; SEVEN AGAINST THE WAR; THE TASTE OF ASHES; THIN AIR; WARRIOR OF THE DAWN;
4 Box 6 c. General: bibliography, biography, mentions, interviews. D. Programs of events in which HB took part
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Browne,Howard #1195 5/2/14 Preliminary Listing Added to Box 6 I. Correspondence. A. Fan letters, TS, TLS, 1993 and undated. [F. 8]
IL Printed Material. A. "The Roscoe Said Ka-chow," article by HB, Mystery Scene, 2 p., (photocopy).
III. Professional Materials. A. Notes and outlines re: P.I. novel, Paul Pine, TS with holograph notes, 14 p., n.d.
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