Box

Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Notes

• 1946-1993; Undated (Creation)

45 folders

12/1
The Daily Texan. Volume 92, No. 201. Contains article "Oliver Remembered." (4 copies). August 25, 1993.

12/2
Silver World Lake City, Colorado newspaper. Volume 16, No. 15. Contains article: "Chad Oliver, Obituary." (3 copies). August 20, 1993.

12/3
Logos newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin. Number 16. Contains article "College Establishes Scholarship Honoring Professor Chad Oliver." Fall 1993.

12/4
Notes for speech "Astronomy and Science Fiction (You Can't Do that on Mars)." Handwritten, 12 cards.

12/5
-Locus magazine. Volume 31, No. 4. Contains letters to the editor regarding Oliver's death. (3 copies). October 1993.
-Inserted in one copy is: Bishop, Michael [Pine Mountain, GA] to Chad Oliver [Austin TX]. TLS, 1 leaf. Inside original envelope. November 23, 1987.

12/6: More recent letters, etc. from home.
-Notes for AggieCon by Chad Oliver. Typed, 4 leaves. February 26, 1983.
-Nolan, William F. [Agoura Hills CA] to Chad Oliver and Family [Austin TX]. ALS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. January 2, 1988.
-Nolan, William F. [Agoura Hills CA] to Chad Oliver and Family [Austin TX]. ALS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. September 21, 1987.
-Neal to Chad. TLS, 1 leaf. April 23, 1987.
-Nolan, William F. [Agoura Hills CA] to Chad Oliver and Family [Austin TX]. ALS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. July 31, 1987.
-"Tangent Interviews: William F. Nolan." Photocopy from an unknown publication. Includes a handwritten note from William Nolan to Chad Oliver. Attached is the original envelope.
-ArmadilloCon 3 program. The guest of honor is Chad Oliver. Printed. AggieCon IV program. Chad Oliver is listed as a guest. Printed. Notes.
-"Supporting Characters." Typed and handwritten, 1 leaf.
-Excerpt from Oliver Afterword. Page 2 only. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy.

12/7
Alcalde, the University of Texas Alumni magazine. Contains article: "Sci Fi Guy" by Maggie Nadler. July/August 1990.

12/8
Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Magazine. June 1989.

12/13
-Manuscript of interview with Chad Oliver by T. W. Knowles, III. October 14, 1989. Typed, 30 leaves.
-Newspaper clipping from The Eagle. February 25, 1990. "Returning to his first love" regarding Chad Oliver. 2 leaves.

12/14: Various personal correspondence
-Chad to "Dearest Folks." ALS, 2 leaves. October 3, 1946.
-Miller, Walt [Daytona Beach, FL] to Chad. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. February 6, 1957.
-Knight, Damon [Milford, PA] to Chad. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. January 30, 1956.
-Oliver, Chad [Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin] to Valerie McCoy. TLS, 1 leaf, carbon copy. September 9, 1989.
-Nolan, Bill [Agoura Hills, CA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. March 26, 1986.
-Get Well Card to Chad Oliver. Norman, Jackie [Wimberly, TX] to Chad Oliver [Austin TX]. ALS, 1 card. Attached is the original envelope. April 5, 1993.
-Doty, Chula [Austin, TX] to Chad Oliver. Postmarked October 17, 1992.
-Envelope contains newspaper clipping "Crystal City High School exes have reunion" from Sentinel, Crystal City, TX. 1 leaf. October 15, 1992.

12/15: Various correspondence re: anthropology
-Illegible to Chad. ALS, 2 leaves. July 15, [no year].
-Attached: Brown, Dorothy J. [Director of Nurses, Valley Baptist Hospital, Harlingen, TX] to Professor McAllister. ALS, 2 leaves. April 5, 1952.
-McAllister, J. Gilbert [Chairman] to Chief Samuel W. Brown [Harlingen, TX]. TL, 1 leaf, carbon copy. April 9, 1952.
-McAllister, Gilbert J. to Dr. Harry Ransom. TL, 2 leaves, carbon copy. April 23, 1953.
-McAllister, Gilbert J. to Dorothy J. Brown, R. N. [Valley Baptist Hospital, Harlingen, TX]. TL, 2 leaves, carbon copy. July 10, 1953.
-Bordes, F. [Paris, France] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. January 9, 1956.
-Miller, John [Beaumont TX] to Dr. Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. August 2, 1992.
-Livingston, William S. [Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Texas] to Chad Oliver [Department of Anthropology]. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. March 3, 1993.
-Update of Student Academic Record form. 1 leaf. Attached is a university mail envelope.

12/16: Various correspondence re: science fiction
-Conklin, Groff to Chad Oliver. Western Union Telegram, 2 leaves. July 26, 1953.
-Conklin, Groff [Hudson, NY] to Chad Oliver [Kerrville, TX]. TLS, 1 leaf. July 25, 1953.
-Tony to Chad. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached: Notes. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy. November 21, 1955.
-Ted [Nova Publications Ltd., London] to Forrest J. Ackerman [Los Angeles CA]. TLS, 1 leaf. February 9, 1955.
-Capobianco, Michael [Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Woodbridge, VA] to Chad Oliver [Austin TX]. TL, 1 leaf. Undated.
-Wing, Willis Kingsley [Author's Representative, New York, NY] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. September 4, 1956.
-Walt [Orange City, FL] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 2 leaves. August 17, 1956.
-Kammen, Jean [Indianapolis, IN] to Charles Beaumont [North Hollywood CA]. ALS, 3 leaves. Attached is the original envelope. December 7, 1956.
-Conklin, Groff [New York, NY] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. October 4, 1955.
-Harris, Larry M. [Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., New York, NY] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. November 25, 1957.
-Miller, Walter M. [Orange City, FL] to Chad Oliver [Austin, TX]. TLS, 2 leaves. Attached is the original envelope. August 23, 1957.
-Harris, Larry M. [Milford, PA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. November 12, 1957.
-Stine, G. Harry [Las Cruces, NM] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 2 leaves. Attached is the original envelope. November 21, 1956.
-Harp, Jr., Elmer [Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH] to Chad Oliver [c/o Doubleday and Co., Garden City, NY]. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. July 19, 1957.
-Walt [Orange City, FL] to Chad. TLS, 1 leaf. May 11, 1955.
-Ballantine, Ian [Ballantine Books, Inc. New York NY] to Chad Oliver [Austin TX]. TL, 1 leaf. October 10, 1955.
-Dein, Immer to Chad Oliver. TL, 1 leaf. March 14, 1956.
-Conklin, Groff [New York, NY] to Mr. and Mrs. Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. May 25, 1957.
-Ballantine, Ian [Ballantine Books, Inc. New York NY] to Willis Kingsley King [New York NY]. TL, 1 leaf. March 1, 1957.
-Oliver, Chad to Neal Barrett. TLS, 1 leaf, carbon copy. September 18, 1991.
-McCoy, Valerie [Belgrade, MT] to Chad Oliver. ALS, 3 leaves. Attached is the original envelope. August 1, 1989.
-Oliver, Chad [University of Texas, Austin] to Bill. TLS, 1 leaf, carbon copy. May 29, 1989.
-Rockwell, Jim [TB Sanatorium, Flint, Michigan] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. May 14, 1956.
-Matheson, Richard [Calabasas, CA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is: Original envelope. September 1, 1989.
-Oliver, Chad [University of Texas, Austin] to Richard Matheson. TLS, 1 leaf, carbon copy. September 9, 1989.
-Barrett, Neal to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached: Original envelope. Undated.
-Oliver, Chad [University of Texas, Austin] to Neal Barrett. TLS, 1 leaf, carbon copy. September 23, 1989.
-Unknown to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. December 16, 1986.
-Attached: Article "Spurs to Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" by Preston Lewis. 1 leaf, photocopy.
-Article "1986 Spur Award Judges." 1 leaf, photocopy. Original envelope.
-Marx, John N. [Lubbock, TX] to Chad Oliver [Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin]. TL, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. May 22, 1992.

12/17: Material from Box marked "Records"
-Note. Handwritten, 1 leaf. February 15, 1949.
-Story Ideas. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy. September 20, 1958.
-Book review by Chad Oliver of "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Typed, 2 leaves, carbon copy.
-"Silver Moon" manuscript. Typed, 4 leaves.
-Notes. Handwritten, 5 leaves.
-"Variations In Plains Indian Social Structure" by Symmes C. Oliver. June 12, 1955.
-Report for Anthropology 299 with Dr. Lessa. Typed, 18 leaves, carbon copy.
-Oliver, Chad to "Dearest Folks." ALS, 2 leaves. Undated.
-Davison, Peter H. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. January 14, 1963.
-Wing, Willis Kingsley [Author's Representative, New York, NY] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. April 4, 1960.
-Davison, Peter H. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. December 21, 1962.
-Sherrill, Sarah B. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. July 20, 1962.
-Davison, Peter H. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 2 leaves. Attached is the original envelope. July 9, 1962.
-Ballantine, Ian [Ballantine Books, Inc. New York NY] to Chad Oliver [Austin TX]. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. April 27, 1959.
-Davison, Peter H. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. April 18, 1963.
-Davison, Peter H. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. February 14, 1963.
-Davison, Peter H. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. Attached: Original envelope. October 27, 1959.
-Davison, Peter H. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. March 4, 1960.
-Davison, Peter H. [The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 2 leaves. August 20, 1962.
-Conklin, Groff [New York NY] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. April 25, 1960.
-Attached: Excerpt from Fantasy and Science Fiction. "Guardian Spirit" by Chad Oliver. 18 leaves, torn from the book. Original envelope.
-Permission to Reprint contract for "Mother of Necessity" by Chad Oliver. 1 leaf.
-Permission to Reprint contract for "Transfusion" by Chad Oliver. 1 leaf.
-Newspaper clipping "Texas Slight Favorite in 1960 SWC Grid Scramble" from The Daily Texan. In envelope addressed to Chad Oliver from Futura Press [Austin TX]. August 11, 1960.
-Final examination from Chad Oliver's Anthropology 336L class. Typed, 3 leaves.
-Johnson, Dawn [Cedar Rapids, IA] to Chad Oliver [c/o Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY]. ALS, 1 leaf. Attached is the original envelope. March 27, 1961.
-Wing, Willis [New York, NY] to Chad Oliver [Riverside, CA]. Western Union Telegram, 1 leaf. April 25, 1961.
-Stout, Rex [Chairman, Membership Committee, The Author's Guild of the Authors League of America] to Chad Oliver [c/o Doubleday & Co., New York, NY]. TLS, 2 leaves. October 6, 1960.
-Attached: Pamphlet of The Authors League of America, Inc. Printed.
-Invitation to join the Authors League of America. Printed, 1 card, with a return envelope.
-Authors Guild Bulletin. Printed, 7 leaves. Original envelope. September 1960.
-Oliver, Chad [c/o Willis Kingsley Wing, New York NY] to Monsieur Peter Oser [Vaud, Switzerland]. TL, 2 leaves, carbon copy. Written in French. March 10, 1960.
-Wing, Willis Kingsley [Author's Representative, New York, NY] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. March 17, 1960.
-Draft of two telegrams sent to Willis Kingsley Wing from Chad Oliver. Typed and handwritten, 1 leaf. April 24, 1961.
-Permission to Reprint contract for "Field Experiment" by Chad Oliver. 1 leaf.
-Envelope containing payment receipts from Willis Kingsley King to Chad Oliver, mainly for foreign royalties. 35 leaves.
-Included in the envelope: Meredith, Scott to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. October 28, 1960.
-Dusek, A. J. [University of Texas] to Symmes C. Oliver [UCLA, Los Angeles, CA]. TLS, 1 leaf. September 20, 1960.
-Receipt for payment to Chad Oliver from Doubleday and Co. 2 leaves. April 30, 1960.
-Ballantine, Betty [Ballantine Books, Inc., New York, NY] to Willis Kingsley Wing [New York, NY]. TLS, 1 leaf, carbon copy. November 30, 1960.
-One leaf of Chad Oliver's letterhead notepaper.
-Oliver, Symmes, C. [Riverside, CA] to Fred Sublette [Howard T. Cox, Co., Austin TX]. TL, 1 leaf, carbon copy. March 31, 1961.
-Form for depositing Chad Oliver's Thesis into the Texas University Archives. 1 leaf.
-Spiral notebook containing Chad Oliver's notes for "Ghost Dance." Handwritten.
-Spiral notebook containing Chad Oliver's notes for "Espantosa Lake." Handwritten.
-Oliver, Chad to Peter Oser [Paris, France]. TL, 1 leaf, carbon copy. February 9, 1960.
-Oser, Peter [Paris, France] to Chad Oliver. Typed copy of the letter, 1 leaf. February 5, 1960.
-Wing, Willis Kingsley [Author's Representative, New York, NY] to Chad Oliver. TLS, 1 leaf. March 24, 1960.
-Housman, A. E. to Groff Conklin. TL, 2 leaves, carbon copy. January 23, 1960.
-Thoughts for Stories. Typed, 1 leaf. May 28, 1957.
-Thoughts for Stories. Typed, 1 leaf. June 3, 1957.
-Extract from Sooner Magazine. "The Ball Game 100 Years Ago" by Stephan Borhegyi. Printed, 2 leaves. November 1957.
-Idioms and idiomatic expressions list. By Chad Oliver. Typed, 2 leaves.

12/18
Excerpt from manuscript "The Sounds of the Earth." Typed, 31 leaves, carbon copies.

12/19
Untitled script manuscript. Typed, 8 leaves, with handwritten editing.

12/20
-Oliver, Chad [Riverside, CA] to Peter. May 28, 1961. TL, 3 leaves, carbon copy.
-Oliver, Chad [Riverside, CA] to Peter. March 25, 1961. TL, 2 leaves, carbon copy.
-Oliver, Chad [Riverside, CA] to Peter. September 21, 1960. TL, 3 leaves, carbon copy.
-Oliver, Chad [Austin, TX] to Groff Conklin. June 5, 1957. TL, 1 leaf, carbon copy. Attached: Oliver, Chad [Austin, TX] to Mr. Wing. May 8, 1956. TL, 1 leaf, carbon copy.
-Bradbury, Walter I. [Doubleday & Co., New York, NY] to Chad Oliver [Austin, TX]. October 11, 1956. TLS, 1 leaf.
-Oliver, Chad [Austin, TX] to Mr. Wing. February 5, 1956. TL, 3 leaves, carbon copy.
-Oliver, Chad [Austin, TX] to Mr. Bradbury. March 22, 1957. TL, 1 leaf, carbon copy.
-Oliver, Chad [Austin, TX] to Mr. Bradbury. May 25, 1957. TL, 2 leaves, carbon copy.

12/21
Afterword for "Shadows in the Sun" by Chad Oliver. January 1985. Typed, 7 leaves, photocopy.

12/22
Short biography on Chad Oliver. 1 leaf, photocopy from unknown publication. 2 copies.

12/23
Notes, "Set 1." Handwritten, 1 leaf. Notes, "The High Places." Handwritten, 1 leaf. Ballantine Books, Inc., Royalty Report. September 26, 1955. 1 leaf. Notes. June 28, 1958. Typed, 1 leaf. Excerpt from unknown manuscript by Chad Oliver. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy. Income Tax form 1099. 1956. 2 leaves. Fellowship Application form for John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

12/24
"Final Report" manuscript by Symmes C. Oliver and Edgar V. Winans. May 28, 1955. Typed, 36 leaves, carbon copy.

12/25
"Rewrite Man" manuscript by Chad Oliver. December 2, 1956. Typed, 33 leaves, carbon copy.

12/26
"Between the Thunder and the Sun" manuscript by Chad Oliver. July 10, 1956. Typed, 76 leaves, carbon copy.

12/27
Excerpt from manuscript "The Sounds of the Earth." Typed, 38 leaves, carbon copies.

12/28
"A Picture Technique for the Study of Values" by Walter Goldschmidt and Robert B. Edgarton. Reprint from American Anthropologist, Volume 63, No. 1. February 1961.

Folder 29
Saturday Review magazine. May 12, 1956. Contains article "Science-Fiction and the Opinion of the Universe" by John W. Campbell, Jr.

12/30
"Indian Summer" manuscript by Chad Oliver. December 1, 1957. Typed, 21 leaves, carbon copy.

12/31
"The High Places" manuscript by Chad Oliver. September 11, 1957. Typed, 20 leaves, carbon copy.

12/32
"Special Series on How 20th Century Americans React to the crisis of a Disaster Situation." Radio/Television script. By Chad Oliver. June 1, 1957. Typed, 25 leaves, carbon copy.

12/33
"The Valley of the Shadow" manuscript by Chad Oliver. February 26, 1958. Typed, 22 leaves, carbon copy.

12/34
"It's Our Vacation Too" manuscript by Chad Oliver. August 9, 1956. Typed, 22 leaves, carbon copy.

12/35
"Espintosa Lake" first draft manuscript by Chad Oliver. January 1957. Typed, 13 leaves, carbon copy. Included is a photocopy of this manuscript.

12/36
Texas Ranger magazine. October 1952. Contains article "Science Fiction, What It Is and What It Isn't" by Chad Oliver. (2 copies).

12/37
Texas Literary Quarterly. Volume 1, No. 1. Summer, 1948. Contains article "The Imperfect Machine" by Chad Oliver. (2 copies).

12/38
Portion of a Ph.D. dissertation. Typed, pages 101 through 204, with handwritten editing.

12/39
-Jake [Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, NY] to Chad Oliver. March 12, no year. ALS, 1 leaf.
-"Unearthly Neighbors" manuscript by Chad Oliver. Crown revision. Fall 1983. Typed, 43 leaves, carbon copy.

12/40
Mystery Scene magazine. August/September 1989. Contains "Not Smoking the Pipe with Broken Eagle" by Chad Oliver.

12/41
Notes for Transfusion by Chad Oliver. Handwritten, 1 notebook.

12/42
Caves and Shelters in Dawson and Borden Counties. Reprint Volume 20 of Texas archeological and Paleontological Society. October 1949. 1 booklet.

12/43
Inside and Science Fiction Advisor. March 1955. Issue No. 8.

12/44
Insert from "The Ship."March 12, 1955. From Bill. Typed, 2 leaves, carbon copy.

12/45
Notes by Chad Oliver. March 28, 1950. Handwritten, 1 spiral notebook.

12/46
Scrapbook "The Crystal Circe" by Henry Kuttner. Excerpt from Astonishing Stories. 1 loose leaf notebook.

12/47
Science Fiction Plus magazine. August 1953. Contains "Hands Across Space" by Chad Oliver.

12/48
"Special Series on How 20th Century Americans React to the crisis of a Disaster Situation." Radio/Television script. By Chad Oliver. Typed, 25 leaves, carbon copy.

12/49
"Sounds of the Earth" outline manuscript by Chad Oliver. Typed, 81 leaves.