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 The E.T. (Ned) Guymon Detective Fiction Collection (PCL MS-32) contains literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and more than 1,600 books, many of which are first editions.
Additional collections include correspondence of Ellery Queen and manuscripts by Ruth Rendell (Barbara Vine), John Boland
(Hugh Windsor), Patricia McGerr, Norman Daniels, Joan Hess, Les Roberts, Dennis Lynds, Marcia Muller (PCL MS-112), Bill Pronzini (PCL MS-152), Michael McDowell, and others.
Some of our manuscript collections have electronic finding aids and are listed below. For additional finding aids, visit the
BPCL reference area.
For more information on the mystery/detective fiction collections at the BPCL, consult the mystery/detective fiction page.
PCL MS-32 The Guymon Detective Fiction Collection.
1930s-1983.
Correspondence, literary manuscripts, and other non-book material relating to the life and career of E. T. (Ned) Guymon, Jr.,
one of the world's leading collectors of mystery and detective fiction books.
PCL MS-112 Marcia Muller Collection
1977-present.
Manuscripts of novelist Marcia Muller's novels, short stories and other writings as well as correspondence with her agent,
publishers, other writers and her readers. Miscellaneous files and copies of interviews are also included.
PCL MS-152 Bill Pronzini Collection
1987-present
Includes manuscripts of writer Bill Pronzini's novels, short stories and other writings, as well as correspondence with his
agent, publishers, editors, other writers and fans. Other files include reviews, interviews, book jacket designs, and audio
recordings of many of Pronzini's works.
View an A-Z list of all BPCL manuscript collections.
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