Thomas B. Costain: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885-1965 Title: Thomas B. Costain Collection Dates: 1885-1966 Extent: 12 document boxes, 12 record center cartons (16.2 linear feet), 17 galley folders (gf), 2 oversize folders (osf) Abstract: Thomas Bertram Costain was a Canadian journalist and writer of historical novels. His collection mainly consists of correspondence and miscellaneous items, including memoranda, notes, and correspondence between publishing companies and literary agents. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-0940 Language: English Access: Open for research. 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]. Administrative Information Acquisition: Purchases and gifts, 1962-1995 (R1304, R2347, R5374, G10283) Processed by: Heather Bollinger, 2012 Note: This finding aid replicates some 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: The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885-1965 Manuscript Collection MS-0940 2 Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885-1965 Manuscript Collection MS-0940 3 Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885-1965 Manuscript Collection MS-0940 Works: Container [Untitled article re Sinclair Lewis], Tccms (5pp), 1954 March 31. 1.1 [Untitled lecture re The Canadian Club of New York], Tms/draft/inc with A revisions [4pp], Tccms with A emendations (5pp), nd. [Untitled lecture of annual convention of authors in Canada], Tms with A revisions (13pp), nd. [Untitled speech re The chord of steel], Tms with A emendations [1p], Tccms [1p], 1964. [Autobiographical sketch], Tccms [2pp], 1950, Included with this: TLS New York Herald Tribune to Thomas Bertram Costain re autobiographical sketch. Container Below the salt, Tccms with A corrections [722pp], 1957 [publication]. 1.2-5 Below the salt, Tms/inc with A revisions [546pp], nd, Included with this: Reference Container notes, Tms, 5pp. 1.6-10 The black rose, Tms with A revisions and printer’s notes [609pp], 1945, Included Container with this: proof of forepages. 1.11-16 The black rose, TmsS with A revisions [566pp], 1945 (publication), Included with Container this: The Black Rose, The Strange Legend, TmsS [2pp], 1964 December 5, and 1.17-20 Tccms/draft. The black rose, Galley proof with A corrections, 1945. Container gf 1 The black rose: [comments on the characters for the film], Tccms/excerpts from the Container novel and comments directed to A. P. Tedesco with A emendations (3pp), 1945 1.1 May 15. The Black Rose: Notes on University Life, Tms (2pp), nd. Container Bountiful Hill, Tms/draft/inc with A revisions [148pp], nd. 1.21 [Bountiful Hill]: Summary, Tms with A revisions [27pp], 3 Tccms (24pp, each), nd, Container Included with this: Summary of The obedient heart, Tccms/draft/variant version 1.22 [9pp]. The Canadian Novel Contest: [analysis of three novels], TmsS with A corrections Container [2pp], nd. 1.1 4 Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885-1965 Manuscript Collection MS-0940 Container The chord of steel, Page proof with A corrections and typed inserts, 1960. gf 2 [Chord of Steel: Comments on Bell’s invention], Ams/inc with A revisions [15pp], Container ns, Included with this: Notes re the Bell Book. 1.1 [The Chord of Steel]: Reason for writing], Tccms with Tcc insertion [4pp], nd. The chord of steel [Television script by Lyon Todd] Episodes 1-7, 7 Mimeo mss Container [211pp total], c. 1964. 1.23 The Conquering family (The Plantagenets): Corrections, Tms/inc with printer’s Container notes [13pp], nd. 1.1 The Conquering family (A history of the Plantagenets), Page proof of the Container Conquerors with A revisions for new edition, Page proof with A notations, 1962, 2.1-3, gf 3 Revision of the Conquerors. The conquerors (The pageant of England series), Tms with A corrections and Container printer’s notes [613pp], 1949. 2.4-8 The conquerors [The pageant of England series], First galley proof with A revisions Container and T and map inserts, Second galley proof, 1949. gf 4-5 Container Copy for Chicago News [re the book trade], Tccms (3pp), nd. 1.1 The darkness and the dawn, Composite T and TccmsS with A revisions and printers Container notes [630pp], nd, Included with this: Outline of novel based on Attila, Tms with A 2.9-11 revisions, 45 pages. The darkness and the dawn, T and Tccmss/drafts/inc with A notes and revisions Container [355pp], nd. 2.13-14 [The darkness and the dawn:] outline of a novel based on Attila, the scourge of God, Container Tccms (43pp), nd. 2.12 For my great folly: Article for trade paper, Tccms (3pp), nd. Container [For my great folly] The reluctant pirate, Tms (51pp), Tccms (51pp), nd. 2.15 For the Literary Guild, Tccms [2pp], c. 1950. Container 2.12 Foreward [to 6 days flying time by D. R. Sims], Tccms [3pp], nd. High Towers, Tms/printer’s copy [595pp], 1948 August 9. Container 13 High Towers: Note on background, TmsS, nd. Container 2.16 5 Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885-1965 Manuscript Collection MS-0940 Introduction to The Bible as history in pictures, Tms/draft with A revisions (2pp), Tccms/draft with A revisions (2pp), nd. Invest in victory, Tccms (2pp), 1942 May, Included with this: TLS from G. P. Putnam’s sons to T. B. Costain re War Bond article.-TccL/reply. Container The last love, Ams/frags with A revisions [19pp], Tms/inc with A revisions and T 2.18-21, inserts [498pp], nd. 3.1-2 The last love, Tccms [672pp], c. 1961, Included with this: Second copy of Book Container one, Tccms (204pp). 3.1-6 Container The last love, Tccms/copies of various versions, nd. 3.7-12 Container The last love, Tms with A emendations and printer’s notes [679pp], 1963. 3.13-16 The last love, Galley proofs with A corrections, 1963. Container gf 6 [The last love]: Article for The Literary Guild Bulletin, Tms with A revisions [3pp], Container Tccms (3pp), 1963 May. 2.17 [The last love] Dermier Amour à Sainte Heléne translated by R. C. Ducasse, Page Container proofs of French transcript, 1964. 3.17-18 The last Plantagenets (A history of the Plantagenets), Tccms/drafts of various Container versions with few A emendations [665pp], nd. 4.1-6 The Last Plantagenets: blurb, Tccms [1p], nd. Container 2.17 The last Plantagenets (The pageant of England), Tms with A revisions and printers Container notes [623pp], 1961. 4.7-15 Container [Magna Carta] Brief summary of untitled novel about, Tms (24pp), nd. 2.17 The magnificent century, Pages from the 1951 edition with editorial A notes and Container markings for a new edition [5ll, 368pp], 1962. 4.16 The magnificent century, Page proofs on galleys [112 sheets], 1962, Proof for the 1962 edition published in a four-volume set under the title A history of the Container Plantagenets, Included with this: Index, Tms with A revisions (47pp); T and Tccms gf 7 corrections [2pp]. The magnificent century (the pageant of England), Tms with A revisions [488pp], Container 6 Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885-1965 Manuscript Collection MS-0940 The magnificent century (the pageant of England), Tms with A revisions [488pp], Container 1951, Included with this: Layout; Proof of forepages; Index, Tms (37pp), Index, 4.17-21 galley proofs. Container Mississippi bubble, Tms/first draft with A revisions, nd. 4.22 Container No mss Mississippi bubble, Notes, Tms/copy, nd. found 7/18/86 The Mississippi Bubble: Outline, Tccms [12pp], nd, Included with this: Tccms [3pp] Container from the Mississippi Bubble. 2.17 Container 14 The moneyman, Tms with A revisions [719pp], 1947 March 27. The moneyman: note on background, TmsS, nd. Container 2.17 [The Moneyman] Scenario of the Moneyman, Tccms [6pp], nd. More stories to remember: [blurb], Tccms with A emendations [4pp], nd. [Read with me, a personal anthology], T and Tccms/drafts/inc with some A Container revisions [156pp], nd. 4.24 Ride with me, Printed with A revisions, 1956 October 25. Container 15 Ride with me, Galley proofs [179pp], nd. Container gf 8 Ride with me: note on background, TmsS, nd. Container 4.23 [The silver chalice], AmsS/fair copy/last paragraph of the novel [1p], 1959 September 26 (date of copy). The silver chalice, TmsS with extensive A revisions and AN from Costain, Thomas Container Bertram to "Bernice," nd. 15-16 The silver chalice, TmsS/printer’s copy, nd. Container 17 Container gf The silver chalice, Galley proof with A revisions [203 sheets], nd. 9 Container No The silver chalice [scenario], Mimeographed with ANS by Costain, Thomas manuscript Bertram, [1954]. (3 cards). found 7/1986 The Silver Chalice: Scenario, shooting version by Lesser Samuels, Tms (131pp), Container 7 Costain, Thomas Bertram, 1885-1965 Manuscript Collection MS-0940 The Silver Chalice: Scenario, shooting version by Lesser Samuels, Tms (131pp), Container 1954 March 4, Included with this: Tccms/revisions to the script (2 pages). 5.1 The Silver Chalice, written for the screen by Lesser Samuels, Duplicated ms with A Container notes (147pp), nd. 5.2 Son of a hundred kings, Tms with A revisions, nd. Container 18 Son of a hundred kings: note on background, TmsS, nd. Container 4.23 Container Son of a hundred kings [sheets eliminated], Tms with A revisions, nd (3 cards). 5.3 Son of a hundred kings [Television script by Leslie McFarlan] Episodes 1-10, 10 Container mimeo mss [375pp total], c.