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PCL MS-185: Roberta Gellis Collection

Introduction

The Roberta Gellis Collection consists of 17 cubic feet of documents that date from 1964 to 1999, as well as undated manuscripts. It contains manuscripts, outlines, syntheses, corrections, handwritten first drafts of many published and unpublished works, manuscript fragments and some research notes.

Roberta Gellis transferred her collection to the Browne Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State University in September 1999. The collection has no restrictions placed on its use for scholarly purposes. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all unpublished manuscripts and published works, whether authored by Roberta Gellis or by other writers whose works may be found in this collection.

This finding aid was prepared by Mary Koslovsky in January 2006.

Biographical Sketch

Roberta Gellis is a prolific writer who has published approximately 25 historical novels since 1964. She has written and published in other genres as well: romantic suspense (both historical and contemporary); science fiction and fantasy. She has also written under the pseudonyms of Max Daniels, Priscilla Hamilton and Leah Jacobs.

She has received many awards for her writing including the Silver and Gold Medal Porgy for historical novels from West Coast Review of Books, the Golden Certificate and Golden Pen from Affaire de Coeur, The Romantic Times Award for Best Novel in the Medieval Period and Lifetime Achievement Award for Historical Fantasy and Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.

She has a varied educational background and working history. She has earned masters degrees in biochemistry and medieval literature and worked for 10 years as a research chemist, many years as a free-lance editor of scientific manuscripts and well over 30 years as a writer. She and her husband of 50 years live in Lafayette, Indiana. She has a son who teaches writing at Kettering University and one granddaughter.

Scope and Content

The Roberta Gellis Collection comprises 17 cu. ft. of manuscripts that date from 1964-1999 as well as undated manuscripts. The collection contains several handwritten first drafts of both published and unpublished works that will be of great interest to researchers. She has included research notes, outlines and synopses which will add to the researcher's understanding of the process of writing a manuscript for publication.

Series Description

Literary Manuscripts: Novel Manuscripts; 1964-1999, n.d.; Arranged chronologically; May include manuscripts, outlines, synopses, corrections, handwritten first drafts, manuscript fragments and some research notes.

Inventory

Box 1
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Knight's Honor		1964
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Draft, Book 3
4	Draft, Book 4
5	Draft, Book 5
6	Draft, Book 6
7	Draft, Book 7
8	Draft, Book 8
9	Draft, Book 9
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-2
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-5
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 6-8
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 9-11

Box 2
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Knight's Honor (con't.)		1964
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-14
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-17
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-19
Bond of Blood		1965
4	Draft, Book 1
5	Draft, Book 2
6	Draft, Book 3
7	Draft, Book 4
8	Draft, Book 5
9	Draft, Book 6
10	Draft, Book 7
11	Draft, Book 8
12	Draft, Book 9

Box 3
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Bond of Blood (con't.)		1965
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-21
Sing Witch, Sing Death		1975
8	Draft, Book 1
9	Draft, Book 2
10	Draft, Book 3
11	Draft, Book 4
12	Draft, Book 5

Box 4
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Sing Witch, Sing Death		1975
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-14
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-16
7	Discarded Material
Dragon and the Rose		1976
8	Draft, Book 1
9	Draft, Book 2
10	Draft, Book 3
11	Draft, Book 4
12	Draft, Book 5
13	Draft, Book 6
14	Draft, Book 7

Box 5
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Dragon and the Rose (con't.)		1976
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-4
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 5-7
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-10
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 11-14
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-17
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-22
7	Research notes and fragments
Alinor		1977
8	Draft, Book 1
9	Draft, Book 2
10	Draft, Book 3
11	Draft, Book 4

Box 6
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Alinor (con't.)		1977
1	Draft, Book 5
2	Draft, Book 6
3	Draft, Book 7
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-2
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-4
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 5-7
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-10
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 11-12
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-17
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-20
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 21-23
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 24-25
14	Edited manuscript, Chapters 26-27

Box 7
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Offworld		1978
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-7
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-11
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-14
5	Edited manuscript, Chapter 15 and Glossary
Space Guardian		1978
6	Draft, Book 1
7	Draft, Book 2
8	Draft, Book 3
9	Draft, Book 4
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-4
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 5-9
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-14
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-18

Box 8
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
English Heiress		1979
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-21
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-24

Box 9
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Joanna		1975
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Draft, Book 3
4	Draft, Book 4
5	Draft, Book 5
6	Draft, Book 6
7	Draft, Book 7
8	Draft, Book 8
9	Draft, Book 9
10	Draft, Book 10

Box 10
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Joanna (con't.)		1979
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-7
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-10
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 11-13
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-16
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-19
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-23
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 24-26
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 27-29
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 30-31

Box 11
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Love Token		1979
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Manuscript, Chapters 1-3
4	Manuscript, Chapters 4-6
5	Manuscript, Chapters 7-9
6	Manuscript, Chapters 10-12
7	Manuscript, Chapters 13-15
8	Manuscript, Chapters 16-18
9	Manuscript, Chapter 19
10	Manuscript, Chapter 20
11	Manuscript, Revised Outline

Box 12
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Gilliane		1980
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Draft, Book 3
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-7
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-12
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-16
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-20
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 21-25
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 26-27

Box 13
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Cornish Heiress		1981
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-21
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-24

Box 14
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Siren Song		1981
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Draft, Book 3
4	Draft, Book 4
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-7
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-10
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 11-13
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-16
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-19
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-22
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 23-26

Box 15
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Winter Song		1981
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-14
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-17
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-19
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-21
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-24

Box 16
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Kent Heiress		1982
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-2
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-5
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 6-7
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-9
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-11
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-13
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-15
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-17

Box 17
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Kent Heiress (con't.)		1982
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-19
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-21
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-24
Rhiannon		1982
4	Draft, Book 1
5	Draft, Book 2
6	Edited manuscript, Introduction-Chapter 2
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-5
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 6-8
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 9-11

Box 18
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Rhiannon (con't.)		1982
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-14
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-17
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-20
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 21-23
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 24-25
Fortune's Bride		1983
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-7
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-10
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 11-13
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-16
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-19
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-22
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 23-24

Box 19
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Fortune's Bride (con't.)		1983
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 25-27
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 28-29
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 30-31
Sybelle		1983
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-21
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-25
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 26-28

Box 20
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Fire Song		1984
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-13
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-16
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-19
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-22
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 23-25
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 26-28
10	Listing
Woman's Estate		1984
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
14	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
15	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15

Box 21
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Woman's Estate (con't.)		1984
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-17
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-20
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 21-23
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 24-26
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 27-28
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 29-30
7	Outline and Style Sheet
Tapestry of Dreams		1985
8	Manuscript, prologue-Chapter 2
9	Manuscript, Chapters 3-5
10	Manuscript, Chapters 6-8
11	Manuscript, Chapters 9-11
12	Manuscript, Chapters 12-13
13	Manuscript, Chapters 14-16

Box 22
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Tapestry of Dreams (con't.)		1985
1	Manuscript, Chapters 17-18
2	Manuscript, Chapters 19-21
3	Manuscript, Chapters 22-24
4	Manuscript, Chapters 25-27
5	Manuscript, Chapters 28-29
Rope Dancer		1986
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-2
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-5
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 6-7
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 8-10
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 11-12
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15

Box 23
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Rope Dancer (con't.)		1986
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-20
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 21-23
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 24-25
Fires of Winter		1987
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-14
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-16
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-18
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-20

Box 24
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Fires of Winter (con't.)		1987
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 21-22
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 23-24
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 25-epilogue
Masques of Gold		1988
4	Edited manuscript, Prologue-Chapter 3
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-17
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-19
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-22

Box 25
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Masques of Gold (con't.)		1988
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 26-28
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 29-31
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 32-33
Silver Mirror		1989
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-11
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-13
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-15
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-17
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-19
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-21
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-23

Box 26
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Silver Mirror (con't.)		1989
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 24-25
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 26-27
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 28-29
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 30-31
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 32- Author's Note
6	Double Page Layout
7	Outline
Delicate Balance		1993
8	Manuscript. Chapters 1-4
9	Manuscript. Chapters 5-7
10	Manuscript. Chapters 8-10
11	Manuscript. Chapters 11-13
12	Manuscript. Chapters 14-17
Dazzling Brightness		1994
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
14	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
15	Edited manuscript. Chapters 7-9
16	Edited manuscript. Chapters 10-12

Box 27
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Dazzling Brightness (con't.)		1994
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-21
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-23
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 24 - Epilogue and Author's Note
Rarer Than A White Crow		1995
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-2
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-4
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 5-6
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-8
10	Corrections
Shimmering Splendor		1995
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
14	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
15	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15

Box 28
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Shimmering Splendor (con't.)		1995
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-21
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-23
4	Synopsis
Enchanted Fire		1996
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
7	EEdited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-21
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-24
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 25-26

Box 29
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Bride Price		1997
1	Manuscript, Chapters 1-3
2	Manuscript, Chapters 4-6
3	Manuscript, Chapters 7-8
4	Manuscript, Chapters 9-10
Mortal Bane		1999
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-2
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-5
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-13
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-16
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-18
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-20
Psychiatrist's Wife		n.d.
12	Draft, Book 1
13	Draft, Book 2
14	Draft, Book 3
15	Draft, Book 4
16	Draft, Book 5

Box 30
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Psychiatrist's Wife (con't.)		n.d.
1	Edited fragments
2	Edited fragments
3	Edited fragments
Roselynde		n.d.
4	Draft, Book 1
5	Draft, Book 2
6	Draft, Book 3
7	Draft, Book 4
8	Draft, Book 5
9	Draft, Book 6
10	Draft, Book 7
11	Draft, Book 8

Box 31
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Sword and the Swan		n.d.
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Draft, Book 3
4	Draft, Book 4
5	Draft, Book 5
6	Draft, Book 6
7	Draft, Book 7
8	Draft, Book 8
9	Draft, Book 9

Box 32
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Love Song for Three Voices / Description		n.d.
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Draft, Book 3
4	Draft, Book 4
5	Fragments, Book A
6	Fragments, Book B
Overstars Mail
7	Draft, Book 1
8	Draft, Book 2
9	Draft, Book 3
Phoenix Pair
10	Draft, Book 1
11	Draft, Book 2

Box 33
Unpublished Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Phoenix Pair (con't.)		n.d.
1	Draft, Book 2A
2	Draft, Book 2B
3	Draft, Book 3
Picklock of Princes
4	Draft, Book 1
5	Draft, Book 2
6	Draft, Book 3
7	Draft, Book 4
8	Draft, Book 5
9	Draft, Book 6
10	Fragments, Drafts, Book 1
11	Fragments, Drafts, Book 2
12	Fragments, Drafts, Book 3 (?)

Box 34
Unpublished Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Second Time Around		n.d.
1	Draft, Book 1
2	Draft, Book 2
3	Draft, Book 3
4	Draft, Book 4
Survivors of the Fire
5	Draft, Book 1
6	Draft, Book 2
7	Draft, Book 3
8	Draft, Book 4
Thread of Malice
9	Draft, Book 1
10	Draft, Book 2
11	Draft, Book 3

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