Box

Folder 1
Davidson, Avram. Manuscript of short story Mr. Stillwell's Stage. Typed, 11 leaves, carbon copies with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
One 3x5 card with notes re: story's publication
Manuscript of short story Goobers. Typed, 12 leaves, carbon copies with handwritten notes and corrections, and author's signature.
Two bits of paper attached regarding story's publication.
Manuscript of short story The Roads, the Roads, the Beautiful Roads. Typed, 6 leaves, carbon copies with handwritten note and author's signature.
Manuscript of short story Zon. Typed, 39 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature. Attached:
Benjamin, Judy-Lynn [Managing Editor, Galaxy] to Avram Davidson. June 30, re: If. ALS, 1 leaf.
Manuscript of short story The Lord of Central Park. Typed, 31 leaves, photocopies, with author's signature. The first leaf has a handwritten note to Davidson by Virginia Kidd.
Manuscript of short story Sacre Du Printemps. Typed, 7 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections, with author's signature.
Manuscript of short story The Patient Cup. Typed, 15 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Folder 2
Davidson, Avram. Manuscript of short story A Very Low Priced Book. Typed, 6 leaves, carbon copies, with handwritten corrections and author's signature. Included are one handwritten leaf of notes and two letters:
Zak, Joan [Playboy] to Avram Davidson. May 5, 1975, re: And Don't Forget the One Red Rose. TLS, 1 leaf.
Macauley, Robie [Playboy] to Avram Davidson. January 21, 1975, re: A Very Low Priced Book. TLS, 1 leaf.
Manuscript of short story Naples. Typed, 10 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Manuscript of short story Selectra Six Ten. Typed, 7 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections and author's signature. Attached:
Ferman, Edward L. to Virginia Kidd. TLS, 1 leaf
Manuscript of short story Tea for the Watch. Typed, 9 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections, and author's signature.
Manuscript of short story Timeserver. Typed, 7 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections, and author's signature. Attached:
Two photocopies of notes from Jakobsson to Boots. December 29, 1969.
Manuscript of Timeserver. Typed, 7 leaves, carbon copies, with handwritten notes and corrections, and author's signature.
Manuscript of short story Basileikon: summer. Typed, 11 leaves, carbon copies, with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Manuscript of short story The Metaphysical Force. Typed, 19 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Manuscript of short story No Bracelets for the Lady. Typed, 4 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections, with author's signature.
Folder 3
Davidson, Avram. Manuscript of short story Man Without a Necktie. Typed, 35 leaves, carbon copies, with handwritten notes and corrections.
Manuscript of Man Without a Necktie. Typed 55 leaves, with author's signature. Attached are two leaves of notes about story.
Tentative first draft of short story O Brave Old World. Typed, 16 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections.
Excerpts of O Brave Old World. Typed, 6 leaves, carbon copies.
Mumble sheet for old idea of author's, File Number Eight. Typed, 3 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Manuscript of short story File Number Eight. Typed, 5 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Manuscript for short story A Contemporary Story. Typed, 11 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections, and author's signature.
Folder 4
Davidson, Avram. Manuscript of short story Mr. And Mrs. Piggott. Typed, 8 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature. Attached:
Note from Virginia Kidd, 1 leaf.
Manuscript for short story The Trefoil Company. Typed, 6 leaves, carbon copies with author's signature.
Mumblesheet for The Trefoil Company. Typed, 1 leaf, with handwritten notes.
First draft manuscript of Crazy Old Lady. Typed, 5 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Second draft manuscript of Crazy Old Lady. Typed, 6 leaves, carbon copies, with author's signature.
First draft manuscript of How My Grandmother Came Around the Horn to California. Typed, 2 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Second draft manuscript of How My Grandmother Came Around the Horn to California. Typed, 3 leaves, carbon copies, with author's signature.
Manuscript of And Taken Possession. Typed, 6 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections, and author's signature.
Rewrite of paragraph. Typed, 1 leaf, with handwritten corrections.
Davidson to Ms. Eleanor Sullivan. January 26, 1972/ Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy.
Manuscript of short story The Hills of Night. Typed, 16 leaves, typed with handwritten notes and corrections, and author's signature. Two leaves of carbon copies of notes with handwritten note and author's signature.
Second draft manuscript An Apple for the Teacher. Typed, 6 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature. One leaf of first draft, carbon copy. Attached:
McCauley, Robie to Avram Davidson. December 11, 1974. TLS, 1 leaf.
Manuscript of short story Big Same. Typed, 10 leaves, carbon copies with handwritten notes and author's signature.
First draft manuscript of Mexican Merry-Go-Round. Typed, 8 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Second draft manuscript Mexican Merry-Go-Round. Typed, 11 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections.
Mumble sheets. Typed, 4 leaves, with handwritten notes.
Folder 5
Davidson, Avram. Manuscript of speech given at Westercon, 1971. Typed, 14 leaves, with handwritten corrections.
SFCON '71: WesterCon XXIV pamphlet. July 1971, San Francisco.
Synopsis of Davidson's literary career printed for WesterCon XXIV. Typed, 2 leaves, with typed and handwritten notes.
Original artwork for Fanzine related to Davidson's work. 10 leaves. Attached:
Printed biographical information on Davidson's career.
"The Little Green Man Science Fiction Award" certificate presented to Davidson for Best Magazine, 1963.
Folder 6
Davidson, Avram. Excerpt from manuscript Murdery by Mail. Handwritten, 2 leaves.
Magazine article from California Monthly magazine. "Upgrading Law Enforcement".
Magazine article from California Monthly magazine. "The Noble Art of Murder".
Magazine article from California Monthly magazine. "Spots of Blood, Bits of Metal, and Traces of Powder".
Davidson, Avram to Knox Berger. August 15, 1973, re: The Unknown Law. TLS, 1 leaf.
Berger, Knox to Avram Davidson. October 8, 1973, re: The Unknown Law. ALS, 1 leaf.
Excerpt from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, "The Unknown Law" by Davidson. Photocopies from magazine, 10 leaves.
Bookletter, Volume 2, No. 2, September 1, 1975. Contains story on leaf 14 re: Davidson.
Folder 7
Davidson, Avram. Handwritten diary from authors post World War II college days.
Note from Principles of Veterinary Science. Handwritten, 1 leaf.
Davidson, Avram to Editor of The Jewish Monthly. Tevet 26, 5711 [January 4, 1950], re: Belloc's rhyme. ALS, 1 leaf.
Note re: punch line for unwritten story. Handwritten in back of the Rev. H. Gillman's business card.
Folder 8
Davidson, Avram. Hanukkah card from Pappy, with handwritten verse by Wm. Black re: adoption and abortion written on back.
Manuscript of Mr. Blundall's Blunder. Typed, 3 leaves, carbon copies with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Excerpt from manuscript of The Shirt of Nessus (or) No Fire Burns. Typed, 1 leaf, typed with handwritten corrections.
Excerpt from manuscript Rest & Residue. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Notes for a novel on the U.S. Antimasonic Movement. Typed, 1 leaf, with handwritten note and author's signature.
Excerpt from manuscript Rosarito. Typed, 5 leaves, carbon copies, with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Excerpt from unknown manuscript (leaf 12). Typed, 1 leaf, typed with carbon copy included.
Excerpt from manuscript On the Right Is Michael. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy with handwritten note and author's signature.
Title leaf from The Ninth Complaint. Typed, 1 leaf, with carbon copy included, with author's signature.
Excerpt from manuscript Starport Andromeda. Typed, 1 leaf, typed with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Newspaper article by Jack Burgess "Fiction, Yes; Science Fiction, No". Photocopy, 1 leaf.
Excerpt from The Cold Fish, or, Harry and the Clam Man. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy.
Title leaf from The Sad Saga of Baby Glynnis by Grania Daiman Davis. Typed, 1 leaf, with author's initials.
Excerpt from manuscript re: Soviet Union. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy.
Plotts SF Novels. Typed, 11 leaves, with handwritten title leaf.
Excerpt from manuscript of untitled story. Typed, 5 leaves, carbon copies.
Manuscript of article It Ain't Necessarily So! Typed, 1 leaf, typed with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Excerpt from manuscript of "Circle of Guilt" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Typed, 1 leaf, with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Excerpt from manuscript "A Shot from the Dark Night" from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Typed, 4 leaves, carbon copies with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Chapter X outline fro Rork!. Typed, 1 leaf, carbon copy with author's signature.
Folder 9
Davidson, Avram. Book review by Davidson. Typed, 4 leaves, from the April, 1973 issue Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Book review by Davidson of The Fellowship of the Hand, 1974. Typed, 1 leaf, with handwritten corrections and author's signature.
Fanzine titled Avram Davidson: Aphrodite & the Archbishop. 2 leaves.
Handwritten note re: "Jesus Bug," attached to printed article "Avram, Will Travel: Bombachos, Bigotes, & Bustos". 2 leaves.
Excerpt from book reviews by Davidson of Poul Anderson's work, December 1974 for F&SF. Typed, 5 leaves, carbon copies, with author's signature. First draft for reviews, 3 leaves, typed with handwritten corrections.
Excerpt from book reviews by Davidson on Poul Anderson's work. Typed, 6 leaves, with author's signature. Attached:
Note re: the hero of Tempest being Prince Rupert. Handwritten, 1 leaf.
Book review by Davidson on Cosmic Laughter. Typed, 3 leaves, with handwritten notes and corrections.
Book review by Davidson on Country Love and Poison Rain. Typed, 5 leaves, with handwritten corrections and author's signature. Attached:
Note on "Book for Review" notepaper. Handwritten, 1 leaf.
Folder 10
Campbell, John W. to John Schaffner. August 26, 1957, re: The Certificate. TLS, 1 leaf
Disel, Tom to Avram Davidson. February 1, 1975, re: poem The Trojans, new anthology New Constellations. TLS, 1 leaf.
Wilson, Gahan to Avram Davidson. December 27, 1974, re: Polly Charms. TLS, 1 leaf.
Marriage announcement of Melissa Wallace and Michael Kurland. August 15, 1970, with Davidson's signature.
Davidson, Avram to Ward. May 2, 1973, re: working at the University of California at Irvine, Robert Purvin, Jr. TLS, 1 leaf.
Ramsay, Ray to Avram Davidson. September 27, 1974, re: selling material, Friesland idea, science fiction readings. TLS, 1 leaf.
Goulart, Ron to Avram Davidson. January 28, 1973, re: version of Nemo, selling material, personal news. TLS, 1 leaf, with envelope.
Beagle, Peter to Avram Davidson. March 30, 1975, re: Simon Forman, publishing, The Valley of Fear, Arthur Machen, Hope Hodgson. TLS, 2 leaves, with envelope.
Edmondson, G.C. to Avram Davidson. May 27, 1975, re: Vicky's last name. TLS, postcard.
Wellen, Edward to Avram Davidson. March 3, 1973, re: mischances, his introduction. TLS, postcard.
Schiff, Stuart to Avram Davidson. May 26, 1975, re: publishing story. TLS, 1 card.
Reginald, Robert to Avram Davidson. December 2, 1974, re: biography. TLS, 1 leaf.
Van Troyer to Avram Davidson. December 9, 1972, re: book reviews, writing, rewrite of Foda and the Sawol, poem Pacem in Terris, The Forges of Nainland Are Cold. TLS, 2 leaves.
Beagle, Peter S. to Avram Davidson. August 31, 1975, re: Les Goldman, Zoe Oldenbourg's historical novels. TLS, 1 leaf, with envelope.
Christmas card from Poul Anderson, postmarked February 20, 1974, with envelope.
Envelope from the Beagles to Davidson, postmarked May 17, 1973.
Anderson, Karen to Avram Davidson. April 15, 1975, re: Prisoners of Zenda, Truxton King. ALS, 1 leaf.
Open House Invitation from Robert Silverberg. January 1, 1974. 1 card.
Russ, Joanna to Davidson. April 9, 1974, re: her work at the university. ALS, 1 postcard.
Tiptree, James to Avram Davidson. September 28, 1975, re: Polly Charms. ALS, 1 postcard
Tiptree, James to Avram Davidson. October 21, 1975, re: Bob Mills. TLS, 1 leaf with envelope.
Beagle, Peter to Avram Davidson. September 16, 1974, re: Strange Seas and Shores, rejection by publishers, The Last Unicorn. TLS, 2 leaves, with envelope.
Silverberg, Robert to Avram Davidson. October 15, 1975, re: price paid for Oysters. TLS, 1 postcard
Leiber, Fritz to Avram Davidson. September 15, re: invitation to screening of Harlan's A Boy and His Dog. ALS, 1 postcard.
Farmer, Philip Jose to Avram Davidson. September 27, 1973, re: recommending books to read. TLS, 1 leaf.
Folder 11
Davidson, Avram. Manuscript of My Neighbor, Hannes Bok. Typed, 5 leaves, carbon copies with handwritten notes and author's signature.
Memorial portfolio for Hannes Bok, signed by Davidson.
One picture of science fiction nature.