Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Box
Title
Manuscripts and Notes
Date(s)
- 1946-1986; Undated (Creation)
Extent
10 folders
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
8/1
Scientific Method by Chad Oliver. Rewritten May 12, 1955, published in SFT. Original manuscript. Typed, 20 leaves. Included is carbon copy of original, 20 leaves.
8/2
One Night At Medicine Trail by Chad Oliver. Original manuscript. Typed, 25 leaves.
8/3
Afterword to Trail of the Spanish Bit by Chad Oliver. July 1986. Original manuscript. Typed, 6 leaves, carbon copies.
8/4
Two Horizons of Man: Parallels and Interconnections Between Anthropology and Science Fiction. Paper given to AAA in Mexico City. Never published, but was instrumental in creating both a new Anthropology journal and a whole new sub-discipline. Typed, 19 leaves.
8/5
The Last Word by Chad Oliver and Charles Beaumont. September 25, 1954. Manuscript. Typed, 16 leaves, carbon copies. Controlled Experiment by Chad Oliver. February 1, 1954. Rewritten version. Typed, 27 leaves, carbon copies. Any More At Home Like You? by Chad Oliver. November 7, 1954. Manuscript. Typed, 20 leaves, carbon copies. Artifact by Chad Oliver. November 10, 1954. Manuscript. Typed, 34 leaves, carbon copies. Book reviews by Chad Oliver for two science fiction anthologies, Beyond Time and Space and Big Book of Science Fiction. November 27, 1950. Typed, 2 leaves, carbon copies.
8/6
Mists of Dawn: A Story of the Ice Age. Manuscript. Typed, 199 leaves, carbon copies.
8/7
Mists of Dawn. Broad outline. November 4, 1951. TL, 1 leaf. Mists of Dawn. Outline. Typed, 19 leaves, carbon copies. Mists of Dawn. Addenda. Typed, 2 leaves, carbon copies. Mists of Dawn. Geographical map, hand drawn. 1 leaf. Original song from Mists of Dawn. Manuscript leaf 136. Handwritten, 1 leaf. Science fiction oriented printed drawing. 8x11, B&W. 1 leaf. Introduction to Mists of Dawn, missing first leaf. Typed, 9 leaves, carbon copies.
8/8
The Students (published as Final Exam). Original partial first draft and handwritten notes. 6 leaves. The Reporter, original notes for story. April 29, 1950. 1 leaf. Let Me Live In A House, original handwritten notes. 6 leaves. Win The World (published as The Subversives). Original first draft. 1 leaf. The Mark of the Deep. Unpublished, original manuscript. Ca. 1947. 25 leaves. Evolution. ca. 1948. Original manuscript, 3 leaves. The Land of Lost Content (or The Roof of the World). March 2, 1950, Original notes for story. 1 leaf. The Specialist. Unpublished, written about 1946 for Harry Ranson's English class. Original manuscript. 13 leaves. The Island. Unpublished, rewritten version, original manuscript. 8 leaves. The Robot. ca. 1948. Unpublished, original manuscript. 20 leaves. The Strangest Animal. ca. 1947. Unpublished, original manuscript. 20 leaves. The Real Thing. ca. 1949. Unpublished, original manuscript. 15 leaves. The Coming of the Ship (published as The Blood Star). First draft, June 24, 1950. Original manuscript. 22 leaves.
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The Winds of Time. Dated December 20, 1955 to April 26, 1956. Carbon copy of original manuscript with original pencil corrections, 211 leaves.
8/10
Manuscript of Guardian Spirit. October 14, 1957. Typed, 56 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of From Little Acorns. January 26, 1956. Typed, 20 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of Pilgrimage. June 10, 1957. Revised October 21, 1957. Typed, 24 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of The Rocket's Red Glare. October 22, 1957. Written for Austin American Statesman. Typed, 4 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of Shoulder the Sky (published as The Space Horde). April 16, 1957. Typed, 25 leaves, carbon copies.