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Box
Title
Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Notes
Date(s)
- 1951-1980; Undated (Creation)
Extent
8 folders
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9/1
Caravans. Outline for series for Roger Elwood's Continuum books. Dated January 1972. Photocopy of original, 4 leaves. Attached: Oliver, Chad to Roger Elwood. January 30, 1972, re: above outline, Shaka, The Gift. TLS, 1 leaf, photocopy. Manuscript of Introduction for A Stick for Harry Eddington. February 23, 1969. Typed, 5 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of To Whom It May Concern. March 11, 1979. Typed, 27 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of The Gift. January 26, 1972. Typed, 35 leaves, carbon copies, with some handwritten leaves. Manuscript of The Fires of Forever. Pages 6‑10 are missing. Typed, 60 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of The Subversives. January 1951. Sold but never published. Typed, 15 leaves, carbon copies.
9/2
Transfusion. Unfinished version, maybe an early version of Shadows in the Sun. 53 leaves. Notes and original manuscript for unfinished story titled Transfusion, not the same story as published under that title. 38 leaves. Manuscript of Second Nature. November 9, 1971. Typed, 35 leaves, carbon copies. Attached: Notes for Second Nature. Handwritten, 7 leaves.
9/3
Manuscript of Two Cheers for the Neolithic: Some Observations on the Past, Present, and Future. December 1969. Typed, 13 leaves, with handwritten corrections. Attached: Notes. Handwritten, 1 leaf. Town and Gown Club meeting announcement regarding Oliver reading Two Cheers for the Neolithic, 1 leaf. Manuscript of Afterthoughts, written for Bill Nolan, The Edge of Forever. January 24, 1971. Typed, 8 leaves, carbon copies. Oliver, Chad to Bill Nolan. February 26, 1971, re: Shores, the Baboonery smuggling ring, dedication of Another Kind. TLS, 1 leaf, photocopy. Manuscript of North Wind. Typed, 32 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of The Snake and the Hand. Unfinished story, a sequel to The Ant and the Eye. Typed, 40 leaves, some carbon copies. Manuscript of King of the Hill. September 4, 1969, one leaf is missing from Afterword. Typed, 26 leaves, carbon copies. Manuscript of Meanwhile, Back at the Reservation. March 19, 1980. Typed, 31 leaves, carbon copies.
9/4
Stencils from second (unpublished) Moon Puddle, the first fanzine in Texas. Letters from Bradbury, Kuttner, and others are real responses to first issue.
9/5
Assorted material from second (unpublished) Moon Puddle. Written mainly by Chad Oliver.
9/6
Conversation with a Science Fiction Writer (Chad Oliver). Taped interview, 1973 Longhorn Radio Network. One reel to reel tape.
9/7
Addresses and introductions given as Toastmaster of North American Science Fiction Convention. One small spiral note book with handwritten ideas for speeches. What Johnny Has to Read: The Autobiography of a Textbook. Lecture given to faculty and students about the miseries of writing The Discovery of Humanity. One small spiral notebook with handwritten notes.
9/8
Notes for The Neal Barrett Roast. One small spiral notebook with handwritten notes.