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Title
Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Notes
Date(s)
- 1943-1983; Undated (Creation)
Extent
11 folders
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7/1
Transfusion by Chad Oliver. August 31, 1958. Published in Astounding. Original manuscript. Typed, 60 leaves, carbon copies.
7/2
A Star Above It by Chad Oliver. Novelette for Another Kind, never reprinted, author feels it is one of his best stories. Original manuscript. Typed, 57 leaves, included are carbon copies. Oliver, Chad to Mr. Stanley Kauffmann. May 23, 1955, re: Another Kind. TL, 2 leaves, carbon copies. Original idea for A Star Above It. Typed, 1 index card.
7/3
The One That Got Away by Chad Oliver. September 10, 1958, published in F & SF. Original manuscript. Typed, 17 leaves, carbon copies.
7/4
Judgment Day by Chad Oliver. Published in SF Adventure in 1953. Original manuscript. Typed, 26 leaves, carbon copies. Of Course by Chad Oliver. September 29, 1953. Published in Astounding in 1954. Original manuscript. Typed, 19 leaves, carbon copies. Transformer by Chad Oliver. Published in F & SF in 1954, one of the author's favorite stories. Original manuscript. Typed, 21 leaves, carbon copies. Transformer. Galleys. 7 leaves.
7/5
The Students by Chad Oliver. Published as Final Exam in Fantastic, 1952. Typed, 24 leaves, several different versions of manuscript.
7/6
Boucher, Anthony to Chad Oliver. February 3, 1950, re: acceptance of The Boy Next Door. TLS, 1 leaf, photocopy. The Boy Next Door by Chad Oliver. First professional sale. Typed, 13 leaves, several versions of manuscript. Tearsheets, 3 leaves of published version. Fiction House, Inc. Publishers to Chad Oliver. March 23, 1948, re: rejection of The Imperfect Machine by Planet Stories. TLS, 1 leaf. Texas Literary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, (2 copies). Contains The Imperfect Machine by Chad Oliver. My Ancient Enemies by Richard Matheson and Chad Oliver. Started about 1944, never completed. Typed, 20 leaves, carbon copies. Merwin, Sam to Chad Oliver. October 10, 1950, re: The Fisherman rejection. TLS, 1 leaf. The Fisherman by Chad Oliver. Written in 1950. Unpublished original manuscript. Typed, 21 leaves.
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Just Like A Man by Chad Oliver. October 21, 1965. Original manuscript. Typed, 67 leaves, carbon copies. Notes regarding Just Like A Man. Typed, 5 leaves. A Stick for Harry Eddington by Chad Oliver. September 15, 1964. Manuscript. Typed, 31 leaves, carbon copies. A Stick for Harry Eddington. March 17, 1965, rewritten version. Typed, 24 leaves, carbon copies.
7/8
Shoulder the Sky by Chad Oliver. Published as Unearthly Neighbors by Ballantine. Original manuscript. Typed, 202 leaves, carbon copies. Revisions for Unearthly Neighbors. 1983. Typed, 33 leaves, carbon copies.
7/9
A Quiet Year At The Baboonery, Prospectus for a novel. Typed, pages 1-137, carbon copies. A Quiet Year At The Baboonery, Prospectus for a novel. Typed, Pages 138-238, carbon copies.
7/10
Horsehead Crossing by Chad Oliver. July 14, 1958. Unpublished manuscript. Typed, 21 leaves, carbon copies.
7/11
The Fiction-Science Story -or- Life Begins at 27. May 30, 1953. Address to the WesterCon. Typed, 10 leaves, carbon copies