1/1: Correspondence to Geis

• From Edward E. Watts on general topics. June 18, 1950 (1 holograph leaf)
• From Donald R. Cummings on bring in the air force. December 7, 1950 (2 holograph leaves; envelope with stamp removed)
• From Edward E. Watts on SF pulps and general topics. April 11, 1951 (1 holograph leaf)
• From Edward E. Watts on general topics. April 23, 1951 (2 holograph leaves)
• From [?]. June 27, 1951 (1 holograph leaf)
• From Edward E. Watts on general topics. July 4, 1951 (2 holograph leaves)
• From Edward E. Watts on service off Korea. July 22, 1951 (1 holograph leaf)
• From Edward E. Watts on naval service in the Korean war; envelope, 3 photographs of Japanese women in Sasebo, Japan. August 15, 1951 (2 holograph leaves)
• From Edward E. Watts on general topics and recreation. September 8, 1951 (5 holograph leaves)
• From Edward E. Watts on general topics. October 31, 1951 (1 holograph leaf)
• From Edward E. Watts on general topics. October 31, 1951 (1 holograph leaf)
• From Edward E. Watts on general topics. November 11, 1951 (2 holograph leaves)
• From Jerome Hastings. November 18, 1951 (1 holograph sheet with envelope)

1/2: Correspondence

• Jerome Hastings to Geis, January 12, 1952 (2 holograph sheets with envelope)
• Geis to Samuel Mines re: Startling Stories. January 30, 1952
• J. Ben Stark to Geis on subscribing to Rhodomagnetic Digest. February 5, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Erling E. Olsen to Geis on the Vari-typer Composing Machine. February 8, 1952
• Geis to Don Fabun commenting on Rhodomagnetic Digest No. 17. February 20, 1952 (1 typed leaf with 2 leaf holograph draft attached)
• Geis to Samuel Mines re: Startling Stories. February 24, 1952
• Jerome Hastings to Geis. February 25, 1952 (1 holograph sheet; envelope)
• Joan DeMario to Geis on subscription difficulties. March 3, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Jerome Hastings to Geis. March 19, 1952 (2 holograph sheets and clipping; envelope)
• Geis to Samuel Mines re: Startling Stories. May 21, 1952
• Geis to Samuel Mines re: Startling Stories. May 30, 1952
• Geis to Samuel Mines commenting on the August Thrilling Wonder Stories, and offering a short poem. June 4, 1952 (4 typed leaves)
• Geis to Samuel Mines re: Startling Stories. June 8, 1952
• G. M. (Gertrude Martha) Carr to Geis on the N3F. June 20, 1952 (1 leaf, trifold)
• G. M. (Gertrude Martha) Carr to Geis on the N3F and fanzines. June 24, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from G. M. (Gertrude Martha) Carr to Geis on the N3F and reported death of Walter A. Willis. June 24, 1952
• Postcard from Isabella E. Dinwiddie to Geis requesting a copy of Psychotic. June 27, 1953
• Postcard from Stu Hoffman to Geis re: N3F order. June 28, 1952
• John to Geis. July 6, 1953
• Postcard from G. M. (Gertrude Martha) Carr to Geis on the Spectator Amateur Publishing Association (SAPA0 and the Fantasy Amateur Publishing Association (FAPA). July 8, 1952
• Daniel E. MacMurray to Geis on Geis correspondence and the contents of the first issue of Sci-Fic. August 7, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Peter Graham to Geis re: Psychotic, Issue 1. August 11, 1953
• Peter Graham to Geis. August 18, 1953
• K. J. Krueger [?] to Geis noting an order and shipment. August 18, 1952 (1 holograph leaf)
• Paul Mittelbuscher to Geis re: Psychotic. August 20, 1953 (3 holograph sheets)
• G. M. (Gertrude Martha) Carr to Geis on the N3F Manuscript Bureau. August 22, 1952
• Geis to Samuel Mines re: Startling Stories. August 26, 1952
• Wilkie Conner to Geis on the Geis story The Pin Ball Player. September 10, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Wilkie Conner to Geis accepting Geis' The Pin Ball Player for TLMA, and commenting on television. September 24, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Daniel E. MacMurray to Geis on poems submitted to Sci Fic, Heinlein cover art, and publishing a fanzine. October 2, 1952 (2 holograph leaves, note on the caricature drawing of Heinlein on the second leaf)
• Edward E. Watts to Geis. October 14, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Raleigh Evans Multog to Geis noting a Geis letter in the December 1952 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories, and seeking to start correspondence with Geis. October 24, 1952 (1 holograph leaf)
• Edward E. Watts to Geis on miscellaneous. October 30, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from G. M. (Gertrude Martha) Carr to Geis on the N3F and dues. October 31, 1952
• Daniel E. MacMurray to Geis requesting more submissions to Sci-Fi, including a bunch of Willy-a-ma-jiggs and a controversial article. November 24, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from Donald Susan to Geis offering to an agent the Geis story The House by the Graveyard to prozines. November 24, 1952
• John L. Magnus, Jr. to Geis on sending the fanzine Science Fiction and requesting submissions. November 25, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Daniel E. MacMurray to Geis requesting the article, Raymond A. Palmer, A Depreciation, and a letter by Paul Wyszkowski in the fanzine Vanations. December 6, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Daniel E. MacMurray to Geis noting receipt of a poem and an article, Raymond A. Palmer, A Depreciation. December 10, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Raleigh Evans Multog to Geis on publishing Star Rockets fanzine and the Star Rocket Science Fiction Correspondence Club (SRSFC). December 10, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from Gregg Calkins to Geis on a Geis story to be published. December 15, 1952
• Postcard from SOL to Geis re: subscription to SOL. December 30, 1952

1/3: Correspondence

• John L. Magnus, Jr. to Geis on submissions to his fanzine, Science Fiction. January 3, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Raleigh Evans Multog to Geis on fan activities, request more poems and stories. January 13, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Samuel Mines to Geis on a letter to the editor sent by Geis, noting it is in the press and cannot be withdrawn. January 22, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from Bob Silverberg to Geis on a subscription to Silverberg's fanzine, Spaceship. January 22, 1953
• Postcard from Harlan Ellison to Geis on subscribing to Ellison's Science Fantasy Bulletin. January 23, 1953
• Postcard from W. Max Keasler to Geis noting a Geis subscription to the fanzine Opus. January 28, 1953
• Postcard form from Galaxy Publications to Geis acknowledging subscription to Beyond. February 9, 1953
• William Weldon Lau to Geis on a Geis letter to Space Stories, and commenting on The Big Jump, by Brackett. February 16, 1953 (1 holograph folded leaf)
• Joe Semenovich to Gei requesting stories and articles. March 4, 1953 (3 holograph pages on 2 leaves)
• Postcard from Lynn A. Hickman to Geis on publishing a submission by Geis. March 7, 1953
• Postcard from Daniel E. MacMurray to Geis. March 8, 1953
• Carol Lowery to Geis regarding a book, Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways by C. L. R. James. March 9, 1953 (1 holograph leaf)
• Sam Sackett to Geis rejecting a short story, The Dream. March 19, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Joe Semenovich to Geis rejecting a Geis story. March 20, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Harlan Ellison to Geis including a holograph note about Ellison: Patronizing attitude toward fans…, a typed rejection with a note attached and two tearsheets. March 22, 1953
• Postcard from Stuart K. Nock to Geis noting a subscription to The Cosmic Frontier fanzine, and soliciting submissions. March 23, 1953
• Raleigh Evans Multog to Geis on fan clubs, submissions. March 29, 1953 (1 holograph leaf)
• Harlan, Ellison to Geis rejecting the Geis story The Dream, and a poem The Volunteer. Cites Eric Frank Russell's Somewhere a Voice as a good example. April 3, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Donald Susan to Geis on revising stories, and on the NFFF organization. April 6, 1953 (2 typed leaves; revised story beginning on 1 leaf)
• Geis to Carol Lowery replying to Lowery's March 9 letter. April 7, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Geis to FBI, Washington, DC inquiring about C. L. R. James' political leanings and if he is in the FBI files. April 8, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Raleigh Evans Multog to Geis on publishing, and submitting a story. April 14, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• J. Edgar Hoover to Geis declining to provide information to Geis. April 17, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Shelby Vick to Geis on fan publishing and writing. April 19, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Paul Wyszkowski to Geis requesting a submission to the fanzine Funzine. April 26, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• W. Kermit Snell to Geis opening correspondence, discussing interests, and asking about fans in the northwest. April 29, 1953 (3 holograph leaves)
• W. Kermit Snell to Geis on working in a hospital, SF prozines, and books read. May 5, 1953 (3 holograph leaves and photograph)
• Joe Semenovich to Geis on fanzine submissions. May 11, 1953 (2 holograph leaves)
• W. Kermit Snell to Geis on working in a hospital with mental patients. May 13, 1953 (3 holograph leaves)
• Postcard from G. M. (Gertrude Martha) Carr to Geis declining to do an article on What's Wrong with the N3F. May 15, 1953
• W. Kermit Snell to Geis on working in a hospital; questions the title Psychotic for the fanzine. May 20, 1953 (3 holograph leaves)
• Postcard from Malcolm Willits to Geis on trading Psychotic for Destiny. May 22, 1953
• Larry (Wilson?) to Geis on fanzines. June 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Terry Carr to Geis on Psychotic and fan publishing. June 14, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from Alice and Kent to Geis requesting a fanzine review. June 18, 1952
• Stuart K. Nock to Geis noting receipt of Psychotic, and requesting material for his fanzine The Cosmic Frontier. July 1, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Terry Carr to Geis on Psychotic, fan publishing. July 2, 1953[?] (1 typed leaf)
• Raleigh Evans Multog to Geis commenting on Psychotic and submitting a story. July 2, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Henry Oden to Geis sending a copy of his fanzine Starfarer, and commenting on Psychotic. July 4, 1953 (2 typed leaves)
• Henry Moskowitz to Geis submitting a prozine review. July 9, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from Kent and Alice to Geis request for submission. July 10, 1953
• Bob Berger to Geis commenting on Psychotic. July 10, 1953 (1 holograph folded leaf)
• [?] to Geis on fanzines. July 11, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from Tom Piper to Geis on publishing the fanzine Reason. July 14, 1953
• T. T. Turner to Geis requesting help on an article. July 14, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Terry Carr to Geis on Psychotic, favorite fan writers, and publishing. July 16, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Paul Mittelbuscher to Geis commenting on Psychotic No. 1. July 17, 1953
• [?] to Geis on the first issue of Psychotic. July 20, 1953 (2 typed leaves)
• Stuart K. Nock to Geis noting receipt of a story, and submitting some filler. July 20, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Dean A. Grennell commenting on Psychotic. July 21, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Shelby Vick to Geis submitting a column to Psychotic. July 24, 1953[?] (1 typed leaf)
• Shelby Vick to Geis form letter to subscribers, with a plug for Psychotic. July 24, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Joe Semenovich to Geis on publishing a fanzine, and comment on Psychotic. July 29, 1953 (1 holograph leaf)
• Marion Zimmer Bradley to Geis commenting on Psychotic. August 2, 1953 (2 typed leaves)
• Raleigh Evans Multog to Geis commenting on publishing and the rejection of his story. August 2, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Charles Harris to Geis commenting on Psychotic. August 4, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Vernon McCain to Geis on fan publishing. August 4, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Henry Oden to Geis on exchanging fanzines. August 4, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Bill Reynoll [?] to Geis commenting on Psychotic, etc. August 4, 1953 (4 pages on two typed leaves)
• [?] to Geis on the SF art, fanzine trades for Fantasias. August 5, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Jerry Burge to Geis commenting on Psychotic and purchasing an advertisement for The Immortal Storm. August 5, 1953 (2 typed leaves)
• Henry Oden to Geis commenting on Psychotic and on fan writers. August 5, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from Lee Hoffman to Geis. August 7, 1953
• Bill Berger to Geis on Psychotic No. 2 and fan fiction. August 7, 1953 (1 leaf folded)
• [?] to Geis on Psychotic and Fantasta. August 7, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Henry (Hank) Moskowitz to Geis commenting on Psychotic. August 10, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Jerry Burge to Geis on advertising The Immortal Storm, Other Worlds and Richard Palmer. August 12, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Stuart K. Nock to Geis commenting on Psychotic No. 2, and on fan writers. August 16, 1953 (1 typed leaf)
• Postcard from Boob to Geis on a submission, and on the fanzine Boo!. August 19, 1953
• Edward E. Watts to Geis, December 2, 1952 (1 typed leaf)
• Charles Adkins to Geis a critique of the first issue of Psychotic. Undated (3 typed leaves)
• Larry Anderson to Geis on Psychotic, fanzines. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Terry Carr to Geis comments on Psychotic, and submission of an article about Balint's article. Mss not in file. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Terry Carr to Geis on Psychotic and miscellaneous topics. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Terry Carr to Geis on Psychotic, fan publishing, best fan writers. Undated (2 typed leaves)
• Wilkie Conner to Geis on the Geis story In the House by the Graveyard. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Norman G. Brown to Geis on a manuscript by Jack Harness, attached. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Norman G. Brown to Geis rejecting a Geis story submitted to Vanations and detailing reasons. Undated
• Larry Balint to Geis of typed note with attached comment form on Psychotic. Undated
• Larry to Geis on fanzines and Fantasta. Undated (circa 1953, 1 typed leaf)
• Raleigh Evans Multog To Geis commenting on Psychotic No. 2, and his fanzine, Star Rockets. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Vernon McCain to Geis commenting on Psychotic. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• John L. Magnus, Jr. to Geis general, with a note on a Geis poem. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Daniel E. MacMurray to Geis requesting a submission. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Tom Piper to Geis noting that the fanzine Reason will cease publication with the June 1953 issue. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Ron Smith to Geis on metaphysical veils and mysticism and fanzine submissions. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Ron Smith to Geis on publishing the fanzine Inside, commenting on Psychotic, etc. Undated (2 typed leaves)
• Bob Silverberg to Geis commenting on Psychotic No. 1. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Bob Silverberg to Geis on fanzines. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Ron Smith to Geis on Inside, pseudonyms William Freeman and Julian Webb, and submissions to Psychotic and a poem. Undated (1 typed leaf)
• Joe Semenovich to Geis on the fanzine Renaissance, rejecting a story and article. Undated (4 pages on 2 holograph leaves)
• Amateur radio call card, W7ASF, Mike Horvat, Undated

This collection contains over 100 letters and postcards, most written by science fiction fan writers and editors regarding amateur writing and publishing, largely related to Psychotic (later Science Fiction Review), a fanzine published by Richard E. Geis from July 1953 to October/November 1955.

The correspondence includes letters from influential science fiction fans and fanzine editors of the period: Terry Carr (6 letters, 1 postcard), Harlan Ellison (2 letters, 1 postcard), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1 letter), Robert Silverberg (2 letters, 1 postcard), Ron Smith (editor of Inside, one of the more important fanzines of the 1950s) and others, as well as a letter from pro editor Samuel Mines (accompanied by drafts and carbon copies of fan letters from Geis to Mines critiquing material published in Startling Stories), and a typed letter on FBI letterhead from J. Edgar Hoover.