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The Inventory of the Phoebe Atwood Taylor Collection #533 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD Deposit: December 1971 Manuscripts 1 Box 1 1 1) THE CAPE COD MYSTERY. Bobbs-Merrill, 1931. Signed, bound typescript with holograph corrections and printer's marks, 310 pp. Also included is: 1. newsclip of advertisement for book. 2. 'Chambers, D.L. (Bobbs-Merrill). Telegram, June 5, 1931 3. St. Nicholas, September 1931 containing 11 The Champion's Sister" by P.A.T. 2) DEAD ERNEST by Alice Tilton (pseud.). W.W.Norton, 1944. Typescript with holograph corrections and printer's marks, 295 pp. (Ill). Box 2 3) THE DEADLY SUNSHADE. W.W.Norton, c. 1940. Typescript with holograph corrections and printer's marks, 323 pp. (//2). 4) DEATH LIGHTS A C½NDLE. Bobbs Merrill, 1932. Signed bound typescript with holograph corrections and printer's marks, 296 pp. Also included: 3 TLS and 1 CTL fan letters, 1932. Box 3 5) DIPLOMATIC CORPSE. Little Brown, 1951. Typescript with holograph corrections and printer's marks, 307 pp. (1/3). 6) FILE FOR RECORD by Alice Tilton (pseud.). W,W,Norton, c. 1943. Typescript with holograph corrections and printer's marks, 297 pp. (1/4). Box 4 7) GOING, GOING, GONE! W.W.Norton, c. 1943. Tyipescript with holograph .corrections and printer's marks, 295 pp. (1/5). page 2 TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD Deposit: December 1971 8) SIX IRON SPIDERS, W.W.Norton, c. 1942. Typescript with holograph corrections and printer's marks, 307 pp. ({/6). Correspondence Box 5 1) Cabell, James Branch. TLS to 11 My dear Farrar", January 2, 1945 (117). 2) 11 M" (Farrar, Straus & Company). TL with typed signature "M", no date. (117). 3) Taylor, Phoebe Atwood. 3 holograph postcards to Mrs. L. Washburn, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1948. (#7). 4) Taylor,Phoebe Atwood. 15 ALS to Mrs. William Prescott White, Baldwin, New York, ·1948 with envelopes,from England and Sweden. 4 holograph postcards to Mrs. White, 1948 from Norway. (117). 5) Taylor, Phoebe Atwood. 12 ALS to Miss E.M.Manwaring, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1948, with envelopes, from England. 10 holograph postcards to Miss Manwaring, 1948, from Sweden. Manwaring, E.M. ALS to P.A.T., July 14, 1948, with envelope. (117). 6) Margaret Mitchell Letters to Phoebe Atwood Taylor, 1941~ 1944, 25 letters and 2 telegrams. (t/8). Mitchell, Margaret. TLS, July 30, 1941, with envelope, 2 pp, II TLS, June 1, 1942,. w±tl) envelope, 2 pp. II TLS, June 22, 1942, with envelope, 2 PP• II TLS, June 30, 1942, with envelope, 2 PP• II TLS, July 29, 1942, with envelope, 1 p. II TLS, September 18, 1942, with.envelope, 2 PP• page 3 TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD Deposit: December 1971 Mitchell, Margaret. TLS, October 26, 1942, with envelope, 2 pp. If TLS, November 4, 1942, with envelope, 1 p.-, If TLS, January 8, 1943, with envelope, 3 pp. If TLS, April 27, 1943, with envelope, 1 p. " TLS, May 14, 1943, with envelope, 3 pp. If TLS, June 14, 1943, with envelope, 1 p. If TLS, June 22, 1943, with envelope, 2 pp. If TLS, July 14, 1943, with envelope, 2 pp. with postcard to MM enclosed. II TLS, August 4, 1943, with envelope, 3 pp. II TLS, October 13, 1943, with envelope, 3 pp. " TLS, December 9, 1943, with envelope, 2 pp. If TLS, January 10, 1944, with envelope, 2 pp. If TLS, February 1, 1944, with envelope, 1 p. If TLS, February 14, 1944, with envelope, 1 p. with enclosed: "John" (Marsh, MM's husband). ALS to P.A.T., February 13, 1944. If TLS, March 6, 1944, with envelope, 2 pp. " TLS, May 11, 1944, with envelope, 2 pp. with unsigned birthday card laid in. If TLS, September 12, 1944, with envelope, 2 pp. II TLS, October 11, 1944, with envelope, 2 pp. If TLS, November 16, 1944, with envelope, 2 pp. page 4 TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD Deposit: December 1971 Mitchell, Margaret. Telegraw,June 4, 1942 II Telegram, June 10, 1942. Printed acknowledgement of condolences from the family of Mr. Eugene Muse Mitchell (Margaret Mitchell's father) with envelope, postmarked, July 1, 1944. Printed acknowledgement of condolences from the family of Margaret Mitchell Marsh. Baugh, Margaret (MM's secretary). TLS, June 19, 1944 re: the death of Margaret Mitchell's father. Baugh, Margaret. ,, TLS, May 30, 1947. Taylor, Phoebe Atwood Addenda: March 1977 Box 5 I. ART WORK A. Design for dustjacket of FILE FOR RECORD. Pastel, charcoal and pencil, 1943. (#9) II. PRINTED ITEMS A. By PAT 1. Short fiction. a. "The Criminal C.O.D." Detective Mystery Novel Magazine, Fall 1947, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, p. 11. (1/10) b. "Dead Ernest" Detective Novel Magazine, Jan. 1948, Vol. XX, No. 3, p. 13. (#10) c. "Deadly Festival" American, March 1948, Vol. CXLV, No. 3, p. 146. (#10) d. "The Disappearing Hermit" The American, April 1945, Vol. CXLI, No. 4, p. 163. (#10) e. "The Headacre Plot" The Americai;t July 1941, Vol. CXXXII, No. 1, July 1941, p. 125. (#10) f. "The Iron Clew" Detective Novel Magazine, Vol. XXII, No. 1, p. 13. (till) g. "Murder Amidships" The Star Weekly (Toronto newspaper). (1/11) i. First installment. March 11, 1950, p. 1. ii. Second installment. March 18, 1950, p. 5. iii. Third installment. March 25, 1950, p. 11. iv. Fourth installment. April 1, 1950, p. 7. v. Conclusion. April 8, 1950, p. 6. h. "Murder in the Antique Shop" Triple Detective, Spring 1949, Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 62. (//11) Taylor, Phoebe Atwood page 2 Box 5 i. "Murder Rides the Gale" The American, May 1944, Vol. CXXXVII, No. 5, p. 147. (#11) j, "Mystery of the Wander Bird" The American, April 1939, Vol. CXXVII, No. 4, p. 57, (#11) Box 6 k. "Proof of the Pudding" Detective Novel Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, p. 13. (Ill) 1. "Punch With Care" Triple Detctive, Fall 1947, Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 11 (//1) m. "The Riddle of Volume Four" Mystery League, Nov. 1933, Vol. 1, No, 2, p. 4. (//1) n. "The Stars Spell Death" The American, May 1943, Vo. CXXXV, No. 5, p. 145. (//1) o. "The Swan-Boat Murder" The American, October 1942, Vol. CXXXIV, No. 5, p. 125. (//2) p. "Swan Boat Plot" The Star Weekly, (Toronto newspaper), 2 copies of each. (//2) i. First installment, Aug. 18, 1951, p. 1. ii. Second installment, Aug. 25, 1951, p. 8. iii. Third installment, Sept, 1, 1951, p. 8. iv. Fourth installment, Sept. 8, 1951, p. 11. v. Conclusion, Sept, 15, 1951, p, 11. q. "The Third Murderer" The American~ March 1945, Vol, CXXXIX, . No, 3, p, 145, (//2) 2. Book dummies, Includes cover, preliminary pages; first few pages of text and dust jacket. (#2) a, THE CRIMSON PATH, an Asey Mayo Mystery, signed, Jan. 9, 1936. b, OUT OF ORDER, c, SPRING HARROWING, Taylor, Phoebe Atwood page 3 Box 6 B. About PAT. Reviews of books by PAT and some publicity; newspaper clippings. 1. THE CRIMSON PATCH, 8 pieces from 1936. (#3) 2. THE CUT DIRECT, 4 pieces from 1938. (#4) 3. THE DEADLY SUNSHADE, 3 pieces,' (//,5) 4. DEATHBLOW HIIL, 2 pieces. (#6) 5. FILE FOR RECORD, 2 pieces. (#7) 6. GOING, GOING, GONE, 3 pieces from 1943. (#8) 7. OCTAGON HOUSE, 2 pieces from 1937. (#9) 8, OUT OF ORDER, 20 pieces from 1936. (#10) 9. SPRING HARROWING, 2 .pieces, ( //11) III. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM with signature of Alice Stephens. Brown album with clasp 4½" x 611 • Contains photos and reproductions of family, friends, men in civil war uniform, U.S. Presidents, paint ings and drawings. Listed in order they appear, each occupying a page, (//13) 1. Edward Everett. 13. T.M. Stineman. 2, Mrs, Abraham Lincoln. 14. Drawing;"The Teaser". 3. Jennie Freeman, 15. Adam Roker. 4. Abraham Lincoln and his son. 16. Anna Dickinson. 5, David Price. 17. P. Bernhard. 6, Mrs. Douglas (Elizabeth). 18. J, Lisinger. 7. Painting: ''The Volunteer Vision". 19, Jacob Stephens. 8. George Washington. 20. The Stephens family. 9. W, Shelow, 21. J.P. Hibbs, Charles McMartne. 10. George R, Huse. 22. Pierre P. Hurlburt. 11, John McCartney, 23, Painting;"The Signal". 12, Mary and her lamb. 24, Ella Cummings. Taylor, Phoebe Atwood page 4 Box 6 25. C.H. Dodge. 30. Maj. General Heintzelman. 26. John Scott, signed. 31. Edwin H. Dodge. 27. The Grouf family. 32. Unidentified woman. 28. ·unidentified man and woman. 33. Painting;"Empress Eugenie and 29. Brigadier-General Joseph B, Carr. the Maids of Honor". 34. Abraham Lincoln. IV, CORRESPONDENCE A. Personal and professional correspondence, 7 ALS, 7 TLS from 1917-1962. (1114) Includes: Boyd, Ruth (agent), TLS, March 2, 1943. Houghton, Carolyn Wells TLS, July 21, 1936, Catalogued as Wells, Carolyn, Mitchell, Margaret, TLS, June 10, 1941, 2 p. Pallington, Humphrey, ALS, Nov. 24, 1940. Taylor, Phoebe Atwood, 2 ALS, 1914 (n.d.), March 5, 1917. Wells, Carolyn, See Houghton. V. MISCELLANEOUS A. PAT's holog'.tiaph notes on 3" x 5 11 card. B, 25 cent "Thrift Stamp" and 10 cent' currency·bill from Young's Hotel, Boston, dated Nov. 1, 1862, (#15) TAYLOR; PHOEBE ATWOOD Addendum: November 1983 Box 6 Printed Item About PAT (#'.1,6) "Little Known Author.Previews 'World of Tomorrow'" by Sister Rafael Tilton in The Armchair Detective, Vol. 16, no. 3, summer 1983, p. 305. Author's autograph inscription on title page and her signature on p. 305. Addendum: May 1984 Box 6 Letter Wilson, Edward Arthur, 1886- Autograph note on card, unsigned, undated, ca. 1942. Removed from Joseph Conrad's THE TR~MOLINO, New York. Philip C. Duschnes, 1942, with illustrations engraved on wood by Wilson.