The Inventory

of the

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Collection

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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

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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 , 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

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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)

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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,

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Box 6 B. About PAT.

Reviews of books by PAT and some publicity; newspaper clippings.

1. , 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. Copy inscribed by him to PAT. (#17)

1 TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD

1909-1976 ADDENDA: MARCH, 1987

Gift of Mrs. Taylor's Estate

I. BUSINESS II. PERSONAL DOCUMENTS III. PHOTOGRAPHS IV. RESEARCH V. MISCELLANY

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I. BUSINESS Box 7 1. Agreements, Contracts 1934-1962 Including some foreign rights and some relevant correspondence. PAT was represented mostly by Curtis Brown Limited or by Pearce, Pollinger and Higham Limited. (#1,2) 2. Royalty Statements 1943-1947 Mostly W.W. Norton & company and Pearce, Pollinger & Higham, Ltd, (#3) 3. Correspondence with Agents. 1940-1946 Mostly Pearce Pollinger & Higham, Ltd; also Curtis Brown Ltd. and William Morris Agency. (#4) II. PERSONAL DOCUMENTS 1. Family Material a. Old letters (1889) b. Mortgage for property on Cape Cod, dated November 5, 1931 c. Will of Dr. Grantley W. Taylor (husband) April 27, 1967. Photocopy. d. Births in Carver, MA. January-June, 1889 photocopy, in poor condition, pasted together. 2. PAT School reports a. Girls' Latin School; 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, n. d. b. Barnard College. n. d. c. Dean, Barnard College. TLS. November 9, 1928 (#6) 3. Day books 1934-1949 Also included: packing slips and notes for trips Holo. (#7) 4. Travel Notebooks 3 small leather bound travel notebooks. 1950, 1953, 1954. holo notes. (envelope #1) 5. Appointment Calendar 1964 holo. entries (#8) III. PHOTOGRAPHS 1. Dr Grantley W. Taylor. 2 1/2 x 2 1/211 black and white, 3 identical passport size photos. May 12, 1958

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Box 7 2. PAT 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" black and white passport photos. May 13, 1958 3. PAT and husband at table with friends, 6 x 4" black and white

4. Indoors and grounds of Church (Dr. Taylor's grave site, St Vincent?) 4 3 x 311 color photos.

5. Dr. Taylor's headstone in St. Vincent. holo. note on verso. 6 1/2 x 4 3/4" black and white. 6. Photos of grave without plaque. Typescript note on verso. 6 1/2" x 4 11 2 copies of same photo. (#9) IV. RESEARCH MATERIAL On Edaville Railroad, on firearms. Also correspondence and printed material. Some research followed up by Sr. Rafael Tilton. Cape Cod Map, 1905 (#10) V. MISCELLANY Small leather bound blank "shopping companion;" printed matter, holo. notes, cancelled check (PAT to Dr. Taylor, 1949), postcard. (#11)

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