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.

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