Manuscripts
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., contract for "The Instant Enemy" by Ross Macdonald
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., contract for "The Far Side of the Dollar" by Ross Macdonald
Manuscripts
Signed: Kenneth Millar. Signed, original contract, author's copy; also enclosed: typewritten transmittal letter from Harold Ober Associates, May 5, 1964.
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
The correspondence in the collection includes both professional and personal letters written to editors, agents, work colleagues, friends, and fans. There is also one letter written to Margaret Millar in 1945 while Kenneth Millar was serving at sea during the Second World War. The letters include both originals and drafts, either autograph or author's retained typewritten copies; all the letters are written by Kenneth Millar, unless otherwise noted. Of the letters that are signed, the majority are signed Ken or Kenneth Millar.
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The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald: original slipcase box
Manuscripts
A collection of material assembled by Philip D. Nathanson related to the writer Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald). The collection includes drafts of novels, notebooks, screenplays, book reviews, essays, correspondence, and ephemera. The manuscript material includes drafts, notes, and introductions for the novels Black Money, The Galton Case, The Instant Enemy, and The Underground Man. Significant correspondents and companies in the collection include, among others: Don Freeman, Lydia Freeman, Douglas Heyes, Walter Hill, Marc Jaffe, Robert R. Kirsch, Margaret Millar, Dorothy Olding, Lorenzo Semple, Jr., Jack Smith, Harold Norling Swanson, Tracy Keenan Wynn, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., and Harold Ober Associates.
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Frank Norris: "Frank Norris: A Bibliography" by K. A. Lohf and E. P. Sheehy: book review: autograph and photocopy
Manuscripts
Signed: Kenneth Millar.
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Literary History and Criticism -- by Scholars Who Know to Write: "Textual and Literary Criticism" by F. Bowers, "The Professional Writer in Elizabethan England" by E. H. Miller, "The Business of Criticism" by H. Gardner: book review: autograph and photocopy
Manuscripts
Signed: Kenneth Millar.
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