Browne Popular Culture Library

PCL MS-48: Allen and John Saunders Collection

Inventory (Boxes 1-20)

Box 1
Series I: Personal Papers, Subseries A: Family and Personal Papers
Folder	Description	Date
1	Allen Saunders teaching certificate	1918
	Chautauqua contract	1926
	Toledo Police Dept. fingerprint	1932
2	letters, telegram, photographs, funeral programs for Allen's mother, Nancy Ellen Jackson Saunders; New Testament Bible.	1921-1929
3	Chautauqua material: diary kept by Saunders; snapshots	6 - 9/[1926]
	correspondence from family, fan	Aug 1926
	"Suggestions to Talent" and bulletin from Community Chautauqua's office, Indianapolis	June 1926
4	program: "Community Chautauquas" Albion [Saunders is pictured as a cast member of "A Message From Mars" play production as part of the Chautauqua]	Aug 28- Sept 1 [1926]
5	CONFIDENTIAL: Class Record Book: French class [grades listed, Wabash College]	1926
6	"Spiffledinking" columns by Joe Saunders (Allen's uncle);	[1920s]
6	biographical history of John R. Saunders (Grandfather of Allen)	1932
7	early portraits of Allen Saunders; Allen Saunders graduation pictures; photographs of Saunders attending later Wabash graduations	1920s-1953
8	obituary John R. Saunders, Allen's grandfather The Lebanon Reporter, Lebanon, Indiana	9/12/1932
9	memorial program, Idah Gibson;	1933
9	clipping of play review [Gibson was in the play] [author and columnist, Saunders worked with her at the Toledo News-Bee]	3/15/34
10	pamphlet: Hoosier Corn (A Series of Mash Notes), Al H. Wynkoop [Paul McCutcheon dinner?]	12/14/1940
11	correspondence; notes concerning issues of various magazines purchasing of back	1948
12	duplicate print of a Degas painting sent to Saunders	1948
13	CONFIDENTIAL: correspondence from Earl Timmons [farmed Saunders land in Boone County, Indiana]	2/1950 9/1951
14	CONFIDENTIAL: correspondence, documents, concerning Electric Line Easement [Boone County Property]	1951-1956
15	miscellaneous verses, excerpts; page of a speech [?]; speech ideas [?]; program for First Presbyterian Church, Maumee, Ohio	1952-1956
16	publicity release for Lois Saunders [daughter of Allen]	[1959]
17	CONFIDENTIAL: miscellaneous personal papers, including those pertaining to Saunders' Rolls Royce	1959-1960
18	funeral program, personal letters concerning death of Fred Saunders [Allen's father]	1963
19	CONFIDENTIAL: information concerning Saunders' family cemetery plot; correspondence from Perrysburg Commons; receipt from church donations	1965-1981
20	photographs: friends, family and club organization parties	1965-1985
21	Saunders family history: biographical history of Joseph M.; memoirs by John Rogers Saunders; article by John R.	1895-1976
22	CONFIDENTIAL: family correspondence	1976
23	CONFIDENTIAL: medical records for Lois Saunders; application for Crestview Center of Ohio; pamphlet from Maumee, Urgent Medical Care Center	1978-1980
24	newspaper: "A Tale of Two Toledos" The Miami Herald	2/25/1979
25	letter to Santa Claus from John Saunders;	n.d.
25	article on Allen's daughter, Lois (actress)	10/25/1979
26	play review [Lois Ann, Allen's daughter]	1978
	drawing by Juliette; excerpts from diary by Cindi [Dave Saunders' daughter, Allen's granddaughter]	1970
	program, First Presbyterian Church, Maumee	5/25/69
	Saunders family Christmas card	1941
	broadside: organ recital, David E. Saunders [Allen's son]	1985
27	CONFIDENTIAL: receipts, calling cards from Findlay Galleries and Field Syndicate	1981
28	church directory: First Presbyterian Church, Maumee	Fall 1981
29	original artwork by Saunders;	1982
29	pipe advertisement featuring Allen Saunders	12/16/1946
30	pamphlet for the Perrysburg Common;	n.d.
30	note of thanks to Allen Saunders from Commons; Post-operative cataract instructions from Dr. Clark D. Weidaw	[1980s]
31	newpaper clipping of Dave Saunders in award winning Perrysburg High School Jazz Singers; poetry of Juliette Morgan [first prize poetry contest]; P.T.A. membership drive letter; photographs of Saunders at the Commons	1980s
32	poem by Saunders; letter from Saunders; poem: "One Night I Had A Dream" [author unknown]	1980s
33	conference name tag: "Allen Saunders, creator of Mary Worth"; pocket prayer card from Fountain For Christian Living	n.d.
34	photographs: farm [Boone County?]	n.d.
35	index [this is an index prepared by Allen Saunders files that the Browne Popular Culture Library has interfiled into Series I and Series IV]	n.d.
36	Personal and correspondence: Sister letters from Allen's father	n.d.
37	photographs of family members and family property [?]	n.d.

Box 2
Series I (con't.)
Subseries B: Financial Records
Folder	Description	Date
NOTE: FOLDERS 1-43 ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND CLOSED TO PUBLIC ACCESS
1	Farm Reports from Earl Timmons, income/expenses [farmed Saunders land in Boone County, Indiana]	Feb. 1950 - March 1957
2	real estate and personal property tax statements, cancelled checks for Boone County property	1950 - 1957
3	fire insurance correspondence, invoices [Boone County property]	June 1951 - Aug. 1960
4	annual reports for various corporations: letters to shareholders	1959 - 1963
	booklet: The Language of Investing: A Glossary	Nov. 1959
	News clipping on stock market	4/22/59
	list of stock holdings of John Allen Saunders	2/1959
5	Social Security, Medicare, health insurance papers for John and Lois Saunders	1966 - 1972
6	individual income tax return, John and Lois Saunders	1969
7	personal income tax information for Allen Saunders	1970
8	Lucas County State Bank statements, Allen and Lois S.	1971
9	Wabash College pooled income fund account; statements for John Allen and Lois L. Saunders; life income contract; correspondence	1972 - 1980
10	check stubs [business?] Allen Saunders	1974-77
11	personal bank statements: Huntington Bank of Toledo; First National Bank of Toledo, Allen and Lois S.	1977 - 1978
12	personal bank statements/check stubs, Huntington Bank of Toledo, Deerfield Branch State Bank [Florida] Allen and Lois Saunders	1975-1978
13	banking documents, statements, personal income tax; tax documents for Allen and John Saunders	1977 - 79
14	personal income tax portfolio, Allen and Lois S.	1978
15	Family Financial Records, Trust Accounts	1981 - 1982
Folders 16 - 19:	Billing Reports from Field Newspaper Syndicate to Allen and John Saunders	1979 - 1983
Folders 20 - 24:	Payment stubs and receipts from personal and professional billing statements	1978 - 1980
Folders 25 - 28:	Medical insurance forms: Medicare and Blue Shield	1978 - 1981
Folders 29 - 34:	Ohio Citizens Trust Co. Investment statements and other receipts	1979 - 1983
Folders 35 - 37:	real estate, house bills, and appraisal	1962 - 1963, 1978 - 1981
Folders 38 - 39:	retirement and life insurance forms and policies [Travelers, Connecticut General]	1959,1973, 1976 - 1981
Folders 40 - 43:	Tax items [personal and professional]	1976-1981

Box 3
Series I (con't.)
Subseries C: Personal Correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
Folders 1-9 contain correspondence from friends, business associates, and from serviceman during World War II [may have been penpals]		1940-1947
10	political correspondence	1945-1948
11	miscellaneous personal correspondence with friends, admirers, artists	1923, 1950-1983
12	publicity release: First Annual Exhibit of Hoosier Cartoons	8/29/1978
	business cards; exhibit flyer; clipping	1970s
	copy: manuscript of "The Sugar Crick School of Art"	n.d.
13	correspondence with writers [television, comic strips]	1965 - 1970
14	answered letters	1976 - 1977
15	correspondence from Bob Franklin; two booklets of "Warning Fables" by Franklin	1977, 1983 1982, 1983
16	miscellaneous letter [from newsletter?] by Morris Weiss concerning death of Ham Fisher	n.d.
17	letter and manuscript on 1780 battle by "Steve" [battle near Wabash, Indiana]	n.d.

Box 4
Series II: Freelance writing and artwork files
Subseries A: Early Artwork Material
Folder	Description	Date
Folders 1 - 16 in Box #4 and 1 - 16 in Box #5 consist of reference files developed by Saunders on drawing techniques. They are organized by subject and include pages from correspondence art schools, clippings of published cartoons, and original sketches by Saunders.
1	Landon School material [correspondence school for cartoon art]	1914
2	How to Draw information from various correspondence schools;	1913 - 1914
2	booklet: How to Draw, by G. Sumner Groves, International School of Drawing	1914
3	Action Sketches [includes original sketches]	1914, 1942
4	Action Sketches, (con't.); booklet: Action Sketches, Book Two, Debeck and Carter Feature Service	1916
5	Animals	1913 - 1932
6	Animals--Birds	1916, 1918
7	Animals--Dogs and Cats	1915-1925
8	Animals--Farm [includes original sketches]	1918, 1922
9	Animals--Fish	1922, 1930
10	Animals--Horses, Mules [includes original sketches]	1922, 1925
11	Animals--Elephants	1922, 1940
12	Boats, Ships, etc.	1920s
13	Farm Detail [includes original sketches]	1920s
** This asterisk denotes that material(s) from that folder have been transferred to Box #37 for Oversize Materials. They are arranged in order by series starting with folder #8 in the Box #37.
14	Hands	n.d.
15	Newsprint booklet: The Dictator's Diary (How to Draw Dictators) cartoons by Hungerford, Toledo Blade	3/18/1941
16	Indians	1920s

Box 5
Series II (con't.)
Subseries A: Early Artwork (con't.)
Folder	Description	Date
1	Indoor Detail--Homes [includes original sketches]	1916-1922
2	Lettering	1914, 1922
3	Machines	1922-1930
4**	Outdoor Detail	[1920s]
5**	People--Drawings [includes original sketches]	1914, [1920s], 1950, 1951
6	People--Caricaturing [contemporary political figures]	[1910s - 20s]
7	People--Costumes	1919 - 1944
7	En-ar-co National News booklet	Jan 1928
8**	People--Figures [includes color ink sketch by H.W. Davis]	1914 - 1922
9**	Portraits [includes original sketches]; photo of woman	1920s
10	"School Days, Old Days"	1920s
11	Sports	1920s
12	Women [includes original sketches]	1914 - 1943
13	miscellaneous cartoon clippings; correspondence sheets;	1914 - 1920s
13	letter from John T. McCutchen, artist	n.d.
14	published and original artwork by Saunders;	1919
14	original ink sketches by "CY"	[1920s]
15	Miserable Moments proof sheets, United Feature Syndicate [by Saunders]	1922
16	En-ar-co National News Material: typed notes of ideas; clippings from publication; copies of the pamphlets; [includes original sketches. It appears Saunders freelanced as a humor writer and possibly illustrator for this publication.]	1925 - 1927

Box 6
Series II (con't.)
Subseries B: Short Stories
Folder	Description	Date
Note: Folders 1-33 contain typewritten manuscripts most likely written by Allen Saunders during his employment at Wabash College and while working for the Toledo News-Bee.
1	"Broad Hints on Bowling" [humorous piece]	n.d.
2	"Bubbles and Blackmail" [Pinky Boyle short story]
3	typed manuscripts [all unfinished]: "Change and Arrest" [Pinky Boyle]; "Murder By Moonlight"; untitled Pinky Boyle story; "Pinky Boyle Takes A Hand"
4	"Cobbler's Last"
5	"The Curse of Lyttleton Hall"
6	romance short stories: "Dangerous Forties"; "Cold-Packed Romance"; "Sign Language"
7	"Death on the Deadline" (with rejection letter from the Frank A. Munsey Co.)	[1931?] 7/14/31
8	"Death Rides Down" (with rejection letter from Detective Fiction Weekly)	[1933?] 12/27/1933
9	"Flash in the Dark"	n.d.
10	"Flash in the Dark" (with rejection letter from Standard Magazine, Inc.)
11	"The Fly-By-Knight Flop"
12	"The Gat and the Fiddle" [Pinky Boyle short story]
13	"The Ghost that Giggled"
14	"Government Aid"
15	"Hard Guy's Homecoming"
16	"Here Comes the Bribe"
17	"His Jumbo Jamboree" [Pinky Boyle's short story]
18	"Horror's Homecoming"
19	"Keys to the Death House"
20	"Murder at the Matinee"
21	"Nothing Ever Happens"
22	"Nothing Up the Sleeve"
23	Memorandum booklet: "Outward Bound" lists freelance articles Saunders sent out and payment records	1925 - 1926
24	"Picture Prowler"	n.d.
25	"Pink Slipper"
26	"Pinky's Campus Prowl" [Pinky Boyle short story]
27	"Pinky Nets a Prophet" (with rejection letter from The Frank A. Munsey Co.)	[1930?], 1/31/30
28	"Pinky Takes a Hand" [Pinky Boyle Short Story]	n.d.
29	Ring of the Mongol
30	"Sables for Sweetie"
31	"Sir Wally Bears a Torch"
32	"Soap, Soup and Saucers"
33	Typed manuscripts of "Starts and Stops" [stories, articles never finished]
34	"Why Motorists Grow Wary" [may be an article for the News-Bee]

Box 7
Series II (con't.)
Subseries B (con't.)
Folder	Description	Date
Note: Folders 1-11 contain published short stories by Saunders
1	original pages: "The Tryst" Flynn's Weekly [Vol. 20, No.6]	1/1/1927
2	original pages: "Heroes of Science" Flynn's Weekly [Vol. 22, No.2]	2/26/1927
3	original pages: "A Gamble of Gospels" Detective Fiction Weekly [Vol. 35, No.6]	9/22/1928
4	original pages: "Fireworks and Frogs" Detective Fiction Weekly [Vol. 40, No.3]	3/30/1929
5	original pages: "Little Gypping Sweetheart" Detective Fiction Weekly [Vol. 50, No.5]	6/7/1930
6	original pulp magazine: "The Movie House Murders" Complete Detective Novel Magazine [Vol. 1, No. 61] (cover illustration is for Saunders' story)	7/1933
7	two American Druggist magazines: contain "The Drug Store Murders" serial	8/1933 9/1933
8	original magazine: "Blond Blight" UEF News [Underwood Elliot Fisher]	7/1934
9	original pulp magazine: "The Man With One O'Clock Ears" Dime Detective Magazine [Vol. 14, No.3]	10/15/1934
10	one original pulp magazine and two copies of original pages: "The Nervous Corpse" Detective Fiction Weekly [Vol. 95, No.4]	8/10/1935
11	cover of Complete Western Book Magazine with note of thanks to Saunders from Richard Sprang	1/[?]
	Drug World paper	9/27/1935
	misc. pages from Opportunity Magazine [these contain no apparent material by Saunders]	11/1937
[Saunders also had his story "Out of the Hell Box" published in Vol. 26, No.2 of Flynn's Weekly Detective Fiction [Aug. 13, 1927] but this manuscript and magazine are not contained in the collection.]

Box 8
Series II (con't.)
Subseries C: Plays, Radio Scripts, Novels
Folder	Description	Date
Sarbeque [novel]		[1930?]
1	manuscript: Chapters 1-3
2	Chapters 4-7
3	Chapters 8-10
4	Chapters 11-end
5	manuscript: novel [no title]	n.d.
Cocktail Party [novel]
6	correspondence:	12/1938-6/43
7	typewritten theory and outline	[193-?]
8	typed notes
9
10
11	typewritten manuscript with handwritten revisions
12	manuscript: (carbon copy) final draft?
13	miscellaneous pages from manuscript with handwritten revisions
Crown on the Hall Tree [play]
14	correspondence:	1937-1938
15	typewritten manuscript	[193?]
16	programs: Toledo Repertoire Co.	10/1937
Death on the Deadline [novel]
17	manuscript: Chapters 1-4	[1930?]
18	Chapters 5-8	10/1937
19	Chapters 9-end	[1930s]
Eddie and Imogene [radio program by Saunders]
20	correspondence, clippings, publicity photos	1940
21	notes, original sketches, mock-up/publicity manuscript: "We Want You to Meet Eddie and Imogene"	[1940?]
22	typewritten radio scripts	[1939?]
23	(carbon copies), nos. 1-6	[1941?]
24	carbon copies of same scripts as in folder 23	1941
25	typewritten manuscript: Girl Under Glass ("Melodrama in One Act")	n.d.
26	typewritten manuscript: In the Waiting Room ("A Play in One Act")	n.d.
27	typed play treatment: Lonely Heart	n.d.
28	typed manuscript: The Matchmaker, A Comedy in Three Acts [incomplete]	n.d.
29	manuscript, bound: novel The Movie House Murders	[1930?]
30	typed synopses, misc. notes for play Satan Came Also	n.d.
31	typed [radio] script: Sidewalk Cafe by Saunders and Lawrence Grattan with letter from NBC [radio]	1934 10/19/34
32	typewritten manuscript: Supper At Seven ("One Act Comedy")	n.d.
33	programs of various productions of the play by Saunders, Three Taps at Twelve	1933 - 1934
33	review and publicity clippings; issue of Village Chatter, New York City	5/7/35
34	Photographs: production of Three Taps at Twelve, Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana	n.d.
35	typewritten manuscript: Uniforms ("One Act Comedy")	n.d.
36	rejection letter from Robert Thomas Hardy, Inc. [author agency] for Saunders' book manuscripts	2/29/30
37	rejection letters for Girl Under Glass, In the Waiting Room, Uniforms, and Supper At Seven	1938 - 39
38	CONFIDENTIAL: correspondence; royalty statements for plays by Saunders from Samuel French [play publishers]	1939 - 43
39	CONFIDENTIAL: receipts; statements from Samuel French for play royalties	1945 - 60

Box 9
Series III: Toledo News-Bee Material

Folders 1-15

These contain letters labeled by Saunders as: "Correspondence 1927 plus--Last Days at Wabash-Toledo News-Bee" Although most of this correspondence deals with articles Saunders published in the newspaper, a large proportion of the letters are professional correspondence regarding Saunders' freelance fiction writings, similar to correspondence contained in Series II, Subseries B and C.

None of the correspondence seems to be related to teaching at Wabash College. The letters in this subseries are arranged and filed alphabetically by folder, with dates ranging from 1926-1937.

[Saunders wrote a daily column called "Stage and Offstage" for the Toledo News-Bee and a weekly book review, short fiction, and other pieces.]

Box 10
Series III (con't.)
Folder	Description	Date
1	journals: Scripps-Howard News
	[contains article on Gibson and Saunders]	9/1929
	[contains article on Toledo News-Bee]	2/1930
2	typed reprints of "The University of Toledo--Your School" article series originally written by Saunders for the Toledo News-Bee	11/1934
3	misc. articles/columns by Saunders (originally filed loose at back of above notebook) [short fiction and "Stage and Offstage" column]	1934-38
4	clippings about paper's demise; press pass to New York Worlds Fair;	1939
	pamphlet: "Paul Whiteman in Person"	n.d.
	The Hotplate [satirical paper for the Toledo News-Bee staff]	2/3/1934
	movie article, The Literary Digest	11/9/1935
5	travel notes in Hollywood, eleven reporter pads for Europe, and Florida	1935 - 1938
6	original artwork cards to Saunders [one of a teepee by H.W. Davis]; ink caricature of Saunders by Clarence Gray [from Toledo News-Bee]	1936
7	three articles by Saunders on Hollywood	1936 - 1937
8	fan mail, letters from actors, etc. [last days of the paper being published]	1937 - 1938
9	Time [contains reprint of article by Saunders on actress Agna Enters]	1/3/1938
10	clippings of columns by Saunders;	1930s
	clippings of advertisement for "Forbidden Fires" serial story in the Toldeo News-Bee by Saunders and Ida McGlone Gibson	[9/9/?]
	Heritage Press flyer [quotes Saunders]	n.d.
	typed manuscript: "City Room Callers"	n.d.
11	artwork of Saunders by "CY", and others [unsigned]	[1930s]
	caricature of Saunders by Wygren	1932
	silhouette of Saunders by Budd-Jack	1936
12	notebook containing pasted articles by Saunders [short fiction pieces]	n.d.

Box 11
IV: Community Service and Professional Organizations
Subseries A: Community Service and Professional Organizational Papers
Folder	Description	Date
1	Art Interests, Inc., Toledo, Ohio minutes, correspondence, rosters, art programs for exhibition by Chinese-American artist Dong Kingman	1961 - 1971
2	Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio correspondence, articles, certificates	1941 - 1957
3	Community Chest publicity committee, Toledo, Ohio minutes, tentative publicity program	9/8/38 1938 - 1939
4	full page newspaper advertisements for the Community Chest, Toledo Blade, the Toledo Times, Catholic Chronicle	4/1940
5	ads from folder 4 (con't.)	4/1940
6	Community Chest correspondence concerning commissioned artwork by Saunders for advertising	4 - 5/1940
7	misc. memberships: "The Hermits": rosters	10/1/79
7	Friday Discussion Club Roster	12/1979
8	The Hermits [Toledo Country Club]: country club handbooks; (membership list, rules and regulations); pamphlet: A History of the Hermits; rosters; Flower Fund Notice; New Member Announcement	1979 - 1983
9	Minor Prophets history of organization; pamphlets; correspondence; pamphlet listing original members; address list	1955 - 1975
10	CONFIDENTIAL: "To the Members of the National Cartoonist's Society Only" [correspondence concerning ethics committee]	7/31/57
11	National Cartoonist's Society: correspondence; postcard; rosters; nomination form for NCS annual award	1949-1963
12	National Cartoonist's Association society roster	3/1968
13	The Cartoonist [publication of the National Cartoonist's Society] (beginning with Vol. 1, No.1 to Vol. 12, No.2: 27 separate issues)	1949-Spring 1960
14	The Cartoonist	Fall [1979]
	membership roster	3/1980
	nomination ballot, Reuben Awards	1979
15	National Cartoonist's Society Newsletter	7/14/54 - 2/12/56
16		4/29/57 - 12/26/57
17		1/23/58 - 5/21/62
18	Newsletter & Flyer for NCS Gala Double-Header Christmas - Birthday Party	1/64 - 6/65
19	Newsletter & letter from new president	1982 - 1984
20	National Cartoonist's Society Dinner Programs	4/23/52, 4/23/57, 4/23/63, 6/6/63
21	Booklet: 19th Annual Reuben Award Dinner	4/20/65
22	misc. publications
	The American Cartoonist	9/1947
	Phil Love Talks of Comics	1964
23	The Newcomen Society in North America correspondence, history, attendance roster	1963
23	pamphlet: From Fruit Jars to Satellites: The Story of Ball Brothers Company Incorporated by Edmund F. Ball. Princeton NY: The Newcomen Society in North America.	1960
Newspaper Comics Council
24	articles; news releases	4/55 - 11/61
24	correspondence [Saunders was Chairman of NCC]	1962
25	reports and minutes	6/56 - 9/21/60
26	reports and minutes	10/25/61 - 3/13/63
27	publications	1955 - 1957
28	Association of the Ohio Commodores bylaws and constitution pamphlet, correspondence, invitations	1969
29	People-to-People Program: correspondence; roster; minutes; press release; newsletter; articles; pamphlets	1956 - 1957
30	Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa correspondence, Toledo area Phi Beta Kappa graduate association roster	1971 - 1976
31	The Players Club New York City programs, correspondence, bulletins, article	1954 - 68
32	booklet: The Players Book [The Players Club]	1980
33	Players Magazine [Official Publication of National Collegiate Players]	5 - 6/1934
NOTE: Folders 34-43 contain information concerning The President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped
34	correspondence	12/63 - 6/69
35	notes; drafts of correspondence	n.d.
36	correspondence	10/58 - 11/62
37	samples of published cartoons on handicapped employment artwork; correspondence; newspapers with handicapped and employment themes	[ca. 1960]
38	roster; publicity releases; membership cards; Cartoonist's Committee; committee nomination forms	1959
39	clippings; articles on Cartoonist's Committee	12/1959
40	minutes [name changed to The President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped]; program	5/59 - 4/61 5/1969
41	publications of the President's Committee	1955 - 1964
42	miscellaneous publications on employing the handicapped [includes Toledo area publications]	1953 - 1960
43	correspondence; certificate of membership	1978 - 1980
44	booklet: The Press Club of Toledo Roster	7/1978
45	Sigma Delta Chi (Professional Journalistic Fraternity) correspondence	1962
46	Tile Club of Toledo [artist's club] rosters, correspondence regarding art exhibit	1980, 1983
47	Toledo Automobile Club Roster publication: AAA News Review [Saunders pictured]	11/1/80, 3/1961
48	United States Committee for the United Nations correspondence; annual report; bulletin	1957 - 1959
49	Friday Discussion Club, University of Toledo roster; photograph; schedule of speakers	1981
50	Voluntary Action Center correspondence; information sheet	1980 - 1981
51	miscellaneous correspondence	1945
	thank-you note from Joan Crawford, USO	6/29/1965
	invitation, Bond Drive Dinner	1949
	program for Michael V. DiSalle Recognition Dinner	1/7/59
	certificate from Toledo District Defense Council	12/12/44
	certificate from Toledo Public Health Association	1945 - 1946

Box 12
Series IV (con't.)
Subseries B: Wabash College, Board of Trustees Papers
Folder	Description	Date
1	miscellaneous correspondence concerning Byron Price, recommendations [for him to become board member]	June - July, 1942
2	correspondence from W. Norwood Brigance, regarding John Saunders, Speakers Bureau, Wabash College	11/10/1942, 5/14/43
3	"Class List-1920"	1/3/1948
	"1920 Class Roster"	3/1960
	index cards, Toledo area alumni [?]	n.d.
4	miscellaneous correspondence	1954 - 1974
4	Board of Trustees Roster	Sept 1972
5	itinerary "Five Week Adult Program"	Summer 1955
5	"A Personal Development Program for Young Men in Business and Industry"	n.d.
6	booklet: Report of Meeting of Members of Boards of Trustees of Colleges and Universities of Indiana	11/24/1956
7	supportive documents used to compile above report (contents sheet inside folder]	1958-1965
8	CONFIDENTIAL: correspondence concerning fraternity anti-discrimination situation	7 - 8/1960
9	CONFIDENTIAL: correspondence concerning faculty recommendation on fraternities and segregation [Saunders was chairman for trustee's special committee for consideration of the faculty recommendation on this subject] from Will H. Hays, Jr.; E.B. Martindale; Pete Edson; Marshall Pipin John P. Collett; Norman Treves; Dave Peck; Edmund F. Ball; IvaI Wiles; Gene Beesley; Hjalmar W. Johnson. [all members of the trustee's special committee]	Sept. 1960
10	CONFIDENTIAL: "Background on Faculty Recommendation on Fraternities and Segregation," by W.W. Shearer;	[1960]
10	"Regulations and Policies Concerning Membership in Wabash Fraternities"	[10/17/60]
11	statement by trustees of Wabash College concerning fraternal discrimination	n.d.
12	summary of Investment Position, Wabash College	1960
13	miscellaneous correspondence from B.K. Trippet, President of Wabash College; Ivan L. Wiles; Edmund F. Ball; Kenneth Tirmenstein; Pete Edson; Charles Follette concerning nominating committee [Saunders chairman]	Sept. 1960 - April 1965
14	material concerning Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, presented to Allen Saunders, Wabash College on June 9, 1963	1962 - 1963
15	"Report of Second 1964 Examination of Shade Trees on the Wabash College Campus," by J.C. Carter, Ph.D. Plant Pathologist	10/8/1964
16	correspondence concerning & rough drafts of the "Report of the Trustee's Committee to Review the Policy of Wabash College in Respect to the Use of Federal Funds for Educational Purposes" [Saunders was a member of the committee]	1964 - 65
17	"Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Wabash College"	2/13/1982
18	Wabash College Trustees Rosters	1980-1983

Box 13
Series IV (con't.)
Subseries C: Wabash College Publications
Folder	Description	Date
1	The Wabash Bulletin [alumni magazine]
	Vol. XXIV, No.6	March 1927
	Vol. L, No. 2	May 1954
	Vol. LII, No.4 [Saunders pictured]	Jan. 1957
	Vol. LVII, No. 2	Oct. 1959
	Vol. LVII, No. 5	April 1960
2	miscellaneous clippings about Wabash College [from newspapers and magazines]	1941 - 1980
3	pamphlets; clipping on Frank Sparks (past president of Wabash, in governor's race); publicity flyer for Rollo Walter Brown [professor at Wabash]	1956 1942 - 1943
4	The Caveman (independent campus magazine)	May 1954
5	program; article on new Wabash campus center	10/30/1954
6	Wabash College bulletins (admissions information)	1954, 1958 - 59, 1963 - 64
7	booklets: business and industry programs	1955
8	magazine: Saturday Review [includes article on fraternities and discrimination in section titled "Accent on Education"]	9/10/1955
9	publications by Byron K. Trippet, President, Wabash	1955 - 64
10	articles, brochures on finance and development	1957,1961 - 65
11	pamphlets: sports; theatre; liberal arts; admission facts	1961 - 1965
12	book: Phi Gamma Delta at Wabash College 1941-1966, by Ralph G. Hesler (?), Psi Chapter, Wabash College [Saunders was an honorary Fiji, Class of 1920]	1966

Box 14
Series V: *Big Chief Wahoo/Steve Roper/Mike Nomad* Comic Strip Material
Subseries A: General Professional and Reader Mail
Folder	Description	Date
1	general professional correspondence and reader mail (Big Chief Wahoo)	1937 - 1940
2	correspondence between Publisher's Syndicate and Allen Saunders concerning creation of the Steve Roper character	Feb 1938 - April 1963
3	general professional correspondence and reader mail	1941
3	[one has clipping of Big Chief Wahoo attached]	5/17/[41]
4	general professional correspondence	1942
4	letter from reader attached: b/w glossy strip Chief Wahoo	8/10/42
5	general reader mail and professional correspondence:	1943
	from Saunders to reader	2/10/43
	from editor, Toledo Blade	2/19/43
	attached:
	letter from reader	2/16/43
	three clippings of comic strips Li'l Abner, Chief Wahoo	2/15/[43]
6	general professional correspondence and reader mail	1944 - 1945
6	[one has clippings of two color comic strips of Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper]	[7/1945?]
[NOTE: Some of the letters in Folders 7 and 8 deal with a Polish character in the strip named Sonny Brownski, a wrestler.]
7	general professional correspondence and reader mail	1946
7	[two have clippings of Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper comic strip attached]	3/23/46, 8/27/46
8	general reader mail and professional correspondence	1947
	correspondence between "Gene" Connely, Publisher's Syndicate, editor of The Indianapolis Star, and A. Saunders	6/1947
	[includes attachment of color strip]	1/26/47
	correspondence between Ben Kocel, Glos Ludowy (People's Voice-Polish Weekly) and Saunders	10/1947
9	general professional correspondence and reader mail	1948
	[one includes three clippings of comic strip]	[5/48]
	from Henry Jaffe, Mycor Camera Co., Inc.	9/15/48
	attached: note to Saunders from H.H. Anderson, Publisher's Syndicate; b/w glossy advertisement for "Tiny 'Mycro' " camera	n.d.
	article on Nielsen Ratings for week of August 15-21, 1948	9/27/48
10	general reader mail correspondence	1949
11	general reader mail and professional correspondence [include clippings of the comic strip, letter to the editor]	1950
11	correspondence between H.H. Anderson, Publisher's Syndicate, editor of The Globe and Mail, Toronto, and with various readers	11 - 12/1950
12	correspondence from Robert E. Bordon, Director, LP-Gas Information Services	6/11/51
13	general reader mail correspondence	1952
13	postcard from A. Saunders with note from N.P. Revel	7/8/1952
14	general professional correspondence: correspondence between Publisher's Syndicate personnel, A. Saunders, and various newspaper editors general reader mail correspondence [some include attachments of news clippings of the strip, or b/w glossies of the strip]	1953
15	general reader mail correspondece:	1954
	[one has clipping attached of the comic strip]	10/21/[54]
	correspondence between William K. Fortner, Founder, The Christian Soldiers, Publisher's Syndicate, and A. Saunders	9/1954
16	general reader mail correspondence	1955
	[one has clipping attached of color panel of strip]	[3/20/55]
	draft of correspondence from A. Saunders to Steve Allen	[1/1955?]
17	general reader mail correspondence [several have clippings of the comic strip attached]	1956
	copy: from Saunders to reader, Gas Transmission Co.	11/8/56
	from reader with color news comic page attached from Famous Funnies #52 of Big Chief Wahoo	5/56
	correspondence between various newspaper editors, readers, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate personnel [several have clippings of the strip attached]	1956
	photocopy: Al Capp to William Overgard	8/8/1956
18	general professional correspondence and reader mail	1957
19	general reader mail correspondence [several include attached clippings of the strip]	1958
	correspondence between reader and Saunders	10 - 11/1958
	general professional correspondence between editors, readers, A. Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate personnel	1958
	correspondence from Publisher's Syndicate to A. Saunders	5/12/58
	attachment: clipping "Mary Haworth's Mail" The Washington Post and Times Herald	3/30/58
	correspondence between editor, The Charleston Daily Mail, Overgard, and Saunders. attachment: draft of article on the comic strip for the newspaper	7/1958
20	general reader mail correspondence Publisher's Syndicate, and Saunders	1959
	[one includes clipping of daily strip]	11/10/[59]
	general professional correspondence between editors	1959
	[one includes two b/w glossy dailies of, Steve Roper]	1/31/59, 2/2/59
21	general reader mail correspondence	1960
	[one includes handwritten notes by Saunders]	9/29/60
	carbon copy: from Saunders to reader	2/23/60
22	general reader mail correspondence [some include clippings of the comic strip] [many deal with story line concerning deaf character]	1961
	carbon copy: from Saunders to reader	8/16/61
	from reader	n.d.
	attached: pages from a children's book by Thornton Burgess, Famous Animal Tales	1959
	general professional correspondence between editors, Publisher's Syndicate, Saunders, and readers	1961
23	general reader mail correspondence	1962
	[one includes clipping of daily comic strip]	4/4/[62]
	general professional correspondence between editors, Publisher's Syndicate, readers, and Saunders	1962
	[one includes clipping of daily comic strip]	3/23/[62]
24	general reader mail correspondence	1963
	carbon copies: correspondence from Saunders to readers	6/11/63, 7/16/63
	correspondence between reader, Publisher's Syndicate, and Saunders	6 -7/63
25	general reader mail correspondence	1964
26	general reader mail correspondence [several include attachments of the daily strip]	1965
	carbon copy: correspondence from Saunders to reader	7/26/65
	general professional correspondence between editors, readers, and Publisher's Syndicate	1965
27	general reader mail correspondence [several include attachments of the daily strip]	1966
28	general reader mail correspondence	1967
29	general reader mail correspondence	1968
	[one includes attached daily comic strip]	12/12/68
	general professional correspondence between Saunders, readers, and newspaper editors	1968
30	general reader mail correspondence from "Your half-wit favorite, Mike Nomad"	n.d.
31	"Mail - Steve Roper" [folder labeled by Saunders] general reader mail correspondence	1955 - 1976
	[one includes clipping of one panel from daily strip]	[1976]
	from Ann Griffith [columnist], Charleston Daily Mail	n.d.
32	reader mail [most are thank you letters from charity organizations or professionals thanking Saunders for portraying their causes correctly in the strip]	1950 - 1962
33	CONFIDENTIAL: correspondence, papers concerning court cases brought against Publisher's Syndicate for Steve Roper comic strip	1957 - 1958
34	correspondence, charts on Steve Roper ratings	1955 - 1960

Box 15
Series V (con't.)
Subseries B: Research files, notes, clippings, story ideas
Folder	Description	Date
1	original watercolor and ink drawings of comic Indian characters by Horson [?]	n.d.
2	original ink panel of Chief Wahoo strip;	n.d.
2	caricature of Allen Saunders as Mary Worth with Chief Wahoo by ?	5/10/39
Note: Folders 3-11 all from file labeled by Saunders as "Steve Roper: Story Angles"
3	pamphlet: Mail Fraud, U.S. Post Office Department	9/1964
	pamphlet: Don't Be a Pigeon in the Old Con Game	[1966?]
	booklet: Consumer Alert Booklet, Better Business Bureau	n.d.
4	Story Angles: handwritten notes; typewritten page "Roper Plot"	n.d.
	handwritten notes, "Encore for Eros" [notes on use of hidden cameras in story]	n.d.
	handwritten notes	(1954-55)
	correspondence [from Overgard] to Saunders	9/2/70
	handwritten story outline, sketch of diamond ring	n.d.
	typewritten story "General Outline of RR Story for Steve Roper"	n.d.
	attached: news clipping: "Mafia Muscles in on Rustling" [n.p.]	n.d.
	handwritten story outline	n.d.
	"Biographical Background--Mike Nomad" fact sheet	[1953]
5	listing of Toledo Public Library Selected Non-Fiction Books	10/31/67
	article: "Brush With Danger: Writer Joins Nazis" Editor and Publisher	9/24/66
	clipping: "Secret-Size Recording Machine" [n.p.]	n.d.
	article: "Beware the Fast Buck!" Men, Vol. 7, No.3	n.d.
	clipping: "Tractor Rescues Self From Fire" The Circleville Herald	8/12/70
	advertisement: "A Banner for The Cleveland Press"	n.d.
	clipping: "That HH Thing Is A Spooky One" Toledo Blade	n.d.
	clipping: "18-State Hunt Pushed for Photographer's Killer" New York Times	4/21/69
	clipping: "Flying is Such Fun" New York Herald Tribune	4/7/63
	business card for record and tape service	n.d.
	clipping: "Cigaret (sic) Bootlegger Likely to Move in After Big Tax Hike" [n.p.]	n.d.
	clipping: "Get-Rich-Quick Gag Draws Cops" [NYC?]	n.d.
6	handwritten notes, clippings and sketches on hidden cameras	1947 - 1952
7	typewritten scripts for strip Steve Roper and Mike Nomad	5/28 - 6/3 [197-?]
8	typewritten scripts for Steve Roper and Mike Nomad	6/11 - 6/20, [197-?]
8	with typewritten letter from Alice and John [Saunders] [script by John Saunders]	"Wed. pm"
9	News clippings:	1971
	"Suzy Sorority Criticized Her, Across Nation"
	"California Case Illustrates Computer Data Theft Methods"
	"FBI Files Hide Memories of Mafia Official"
	"California Police Learn Fast-Shoot Method"
	letter from Daniel R. Pfoutz, Head, Science and Technology Dept., Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh	n.d.
	attached: clippings sent to Saunders by Pfoutz: "Baseball Sandal" [sic]; "Are Successful Businessmen Using ESP?; "Strictly Personal" [column]; "Mail Service Organizing Own Police"	[1971]
10	"Rackets and Swindles" folder
	handwritten notes: "Waitress Training	n.d.
	Better Business Bureau of Toledo Report on Operations	1963
	correspondence from D.R. Pfoutz, Phil Steitz	1954, 1956
	articles, clippings on topics such as beauty salon rackets, the Vanity Press, book thieves, fake charities, punchboard rackets, short change rackets, and others	1920 -
11	various news clippings on topics such as carnival games, phony glamour aids, furnace repair rackets, song sharks, teen pranksters, the Bureau of Standards, door sentry TV cameras, bank imposters, literary fraud, chinchilla racket, and others	1948 - 1972
12	pamphlets published by the Better Business Bureau:
	A House Is A Living Thing	1964
	Your Home Paradise for Gyps! (Cleveland)	1954
	Facts You Should Know About Health Cures	1951
13	misc. clippings, articles for Steve Roper story angles	1972 - 1974
NOTE: The following folders may contain newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, pamphlets, correspondence, and annotations of articles on the following subjects. These files were most likely used for Steve Roper/Mike Nomad story ideas, but they may have been used for his other strips too.
Folders 14-62 range in dates from May 1932 to Sept. 20, 1972.
14	Arson and Accidents
15	Autos
16	Aviation
17	Bombing
18	Burglaries, self defense, consumer awareness
19	Burglaries, etc. (con't.), news clippings
20	Camera
21	Cause of death
22	Chemistry
23	Codes, Signals, Flags
24	Concealment, Smuggling
25	Counterfeiting
26	Criminal Identification
27	Drugs
28	Eavesdropping
29	Eavesdropping, (con't.): news clippings
30	Escapes
31	Fights, Jujitsu, etc.
32	Firearms
33	Fires
34	Gags, Mottos, Sayings
35	Gags, etc. (con't.) news clippings; notes on newsprint
36	Gambling
37	Gambling, (con't.): news clippings
38	Gimmicks and trick weapons
39	Gimmicks, (con't.): news clippings
40	Indians/Sign Language
41	Insurance Swindles
42	Jewels
43	Journalism, Memory
44	Juvenile Crime
45	Locks, Alarms
46	Miscellaneous idea clippings
47	Pets
48	Poisons
49	Police and Detectives at Work
50	Police Procedure and Records
51	Police Procedure, (con't.): news clippings
52	Prisons
53	Psychology and Occult
54	Psychology, etc. (con't.),: news clippings
55	Rackets, Large Crimes, Forgery, Moon shining, Spies, Dope
56	Rackets, etc., (con't.): news clippings
57	Rackets, small
58	Rackets, Small, (con't.)
59	Science in Detection
60	Science in Detection, cont'd: news clippings, sketches, notes
61	Shoplifting
62	Survival Techniques

Box 16
Series V (con't.)
Subseries B (con't.)
Folder	Description	Date
1	correspondence from the Treasury Dept.; photo of counterfeit coin [is reproduced in a Steve Roper strip on counterfeiting in Sept. 1949);	April - Aug 1949
1	booklet: Know Your Money, U.S. Secret Service, Treasury Dept.	7/1948
2	handwritten notes, annotations, clippings on caves and spelunking	1950
3	Handwritten notes, annotations, clippings on carnivals and amusement parks	[1936 - 1950]
4	Handwritten research notes on car theft	1946 - 1947
5	Typewritten annotations on mining	1940s
6	Clippings: wild animal training	1961
7	Clippings on betting; horse race programs	1950
8	typed annotations on truck driving;	1947 - 1948
8	booklet: Truck Driver's Handbook, American Driving Association Truck	1961
9	Annotations, clippings on animals	1940s - 1960s
10	Misc. research clippings, annotations	1940s - 1960s
11	Handwritten notes on wrestling	1946
12	Carbon copies: Secret Service counterfeiting case reports	1940s
13	various clippings, annotations, and articles on crimes and procedures, mostly from police professional journals	1940s - 1960s
reprints of articles in FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin		1930s - 1940s
14	nos. 1-20
15	nos. 21-40
16	nos. 41-62
17	nos. 63-88
18	Typed manuscript: "Bibliography of Crime and Kindred Subjects" FBI	10/1/1950
19	reprints of articles from the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin [general crime information, new investigation techniques]; photographs of various equipment;	1950s
19	booklet: Electronic Fingerprint and Personal Appearance Identification, NY State Division of Criminal Identification	n.d.
20	correspondence from J. Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI; reprints of articles distributed by FBI and Treasury Dept.	11/9/1951
21	article reprints from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin of the regular "Identification" column	1950s
22	article reprints from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin of the regular "Feature Article" column (covers newest law enforcement techniques)	1950s
23	articles, annotations on crime and detection (most are from law enforcement professional journals)	1950s
24	article reprints from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin of the regular "Scientific Aids" column	1950s
25	pamphlet: Continental Secret Service Bureau (private detective agency in Toledo, Ohio)	n.d.
26	clippings, notes on art and crime	1952, 1963
27	clippings, police and detective work	1950s - 1960s
28	Story idea clippings [most on crime	1954 - 1973
29	Clippings for possible story plots/angles and research notes [most on crime]	1970s
30	Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] booklets:
	Uniform Crime Reports bulletin, Vol. 22, No.2	1951
	Uniform Crime Reports bulletin, Vol. 23, No.1	1952
	The Identification Facilities of the FBI	1941
	Scientific Methods of Crime Detection in the Judicial Process	4/1/39
	The Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice	1/1/43
	The Technical Laboratory of the FBI	1/2/42
31	Articles, clippings from front inside cover of scrapbook	1946 - 1971
32	Article from back inside cover of scrapbook, "My Life Inside the Mob"	1963
33	Scrapbook containing articles on crime and detection	1930s - 1953

Box 17
Series V (con't.)
Subseries C: Articles, Publicity about *Steve Roper* Comic Strip
Folder	Description	Date
1	typed manuscripts for promotional advertisements for Chief Wahoo comic strip	1945 - 1946
2	publicity flyers for Chief Wahoo strip; copies of gag/ spoof sketches; piece from board games	n.d.
3	clippings, articles about Big Chief Wahoo	1937 - 1940
4	clippings of Toledo Community Chest series of one panel strips using Big Chief Wahoo characters, Toledo Blade	1942
5	clippings about Steve Roper comic strip	1950 - 1972
6	photocopy: publicity letter from John and Allen Saunders	[197-?]
	spread sheet: publicity for strip Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, Field Newspaper Syndicate	n.d.
	photocopy, article: "Comic Clips, a new column by Shel Dorf" [Comic Buyer's Guide?]	n.d.
	photocopy: two comic strips showing transition from Chief Wahoo to transition to Steve Roper taking over and to Mike Nomad then taking over	1935 - 1940, 1975
	clipping: "See You in the Funny Papers" by Joe Bennet [reader's poll] Pittsburgh Press	2/23/75
7	clippings on Saunders and Elmer Woggon (artist for strip)	1975 - 1977
Series V (con't.) Subseries D: Big Chief Wahoo/Steve Roper Tie-Ins
8	typed manuscripts: "Wahoo's Wisdom" sayings [for Junior Safety Council Organization?]	n.d.
9	sheet music (seven copies): Big Chief Wahoo, lyrics by Saunders, M.M. Cole Publishing Co. [color cover with Wahoo and Minnie-Ha-Cha]	1940
10	Army Navy Hit Kit songbook [Wahoo and Minnie-Ha-Cha on cover]	1945
11	Steve Roper comic books
	No. 1	4/1948
	No. 5	12/1948
12	correspondence with Toni Mendez; script treatments; character sketches for Steve Roper television show	1953
13	typed manuscript: Steve Roper Television Treatment [includes information on Steve Roper circulation figures for the time period]	[1953]
14	typed script: [Steve Roper]	1953
15	typed script with handwritten notes [Steve Roper]	1953

Box 18
Series VI: *Kerry Drake* Comic Strip Material
Subseries A: Professional Correspondence
Folder	Description	Date
NOTE: All correspondence that follows may contain partial scripts for the strip by Saunders within the text of the correspondence. [The majority of the correspondence from Publisher's Syndicate is from H.H. Anderson.]
1	correspondence between Alfred Andriola and Allen Saunders	Dec. 1942 - July 1943
2	correspondence between Andriola and Saunders; from Publisher's Syndicate [includes correspondence concerning Dan Dunn comic strip and its possible similarity to Kerry Drake]	Aug. 1943 - Sept. 1943
3	correspondence between Andriola and Saunders, and from Publisher's Syndicate	Oct. 1943
	"The Thing Without a Face" plot synopses	10/18/43
	from H.H. Anderson to Andriola [critiquing the artwork of the strip, sample panels are attached]	10/26/43
4	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate;	Nov. 1943, Dec. 1943
4	"Preliminary Synopses of The Adventure of the Thing"	12/31/43
5	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	Jan. 1944, Feb. 1944
	"Dry Ice Plot"	1/3/44
	b/w glossy proof: special introductory strip	1/24/44
	"Comic Preferences" poll from H.H. Anderson	2/2/44
	handwritten notes by A. Saunders: "Liquor Ring Episode" synopsis	2/7/44
6	original watercolor of "Tiffany" character from the strip by Alfred Andriola to A. Saunders	[Feb. 1944]
7	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	March 1944 - May 1944
8	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	June 1944 - Sept. 1944
9	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	Oct. 1944 - Dec. 1944
	from H.H.Anderson	10/20/44
	attached: news clippings of Dick Tracy comic strip	11/16/44
10	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	Jan. 1945 - March 1945
	includes copies of cancellation letters from editors to the Syndicate of the Kerry Drake strip	March 1945
	b/w proof of the Kerry Drake strip	3/6/45
11	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	April 1945 - Aug. 1945
12	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	Sept. 1945 - Jan. 1946
	from Andriola: attached: two proofs of Kerry Drake	11/8/45
	from Andriola attached: clipping of the strip Batman and Robin	11/26/45
13	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	Jan. 1946 - May 1946
	from H.H.Anderson	1/26/46
	attached: clipping of strip Brenda Starr	1/21/46
	from Andriola, attached: sketchings of panel layouts	2/25/46
14	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	June 1946 - Sept. 1946
	from Andriola, attached: 8xl0 photograph of toy train Lionel transformer	[June 1946]
	from Andriola, attached: color strip Batman	7/1/46
15	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	Oct. 1946 - Aug. 1947
16	artwork by Andriola; photocopy of woman character artwork by Saunders pencil sketches of male character	Nov. 1946 - Jan. 1947
17	correspondence between Andriola, Saunders and Publisher's Syndicate	Sept. 1947 - April 1948
18		April 1948 - Dec. 1948
19		Feb. 1949 - Feb. 1954
20	miscellaneous professional correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate	1946 - 1948
21	Dan Dunn professional correspondence; publicity flyer for "Dan Dunn Secret Operative No. 48" transcribed radio programs	May 1942 - March 1943
Series VI (con't.) Subseries B: Reader mail
22	correspondence between readers, newspaper editors, Saunders, Andriola, and Publisher's Syndicate [many have clippings and proofs of the strip attached; miscellaneous news story clippings on crime; other comic strip clippings]	March 1945 - March 1948
23	correspondence between readers, newspaper editors, and Publisher's Syndicate	Jan. 1955 - Jan. 1967
Series VI (con't.) Subseries C: Clippings of and about Kerry Drake comic strip
24	newspaper clippings about strip	1943 - 1950
24	color news clipping of the strip	[1962?]
25	original clippings of newspaper strip Kerry Drake [added to collection by Browne Popular Culture Library through; purchase in 198?] [full run of strip from first one published in April 1944 through first six months]	April 1944 - Sept. 1944, Aug. 1947
Series VI (con't.) Subseries D: Story Ideas
26	story ideas for strip by A. Saunders: hand and typewritten notes; miscellaneous news clippings for story ideas	ca. 1966 - 1972
27	story ideas for strip by A. Saunders and from Andriola; hand and typewritten notes, correspondence, and miscellaneous news clippings and magazine articles for story ideas	ca. 1970 - 1971
28	story ideas for strip by Saunders and from Andriola; hand and typewritten notes, correspondence	ca. 1973
28	resume of Donald O. Schultz (top secret policeman)	[1972?]
Series VI (con't.) Subseries E: Kerry Drake Tie-Ins
29	Kerry Drake comic books
	A-1 Comic	n.d.
	No.3 (Compix Inc.)	[195-?]
	No.4 (Compix Inc.)	[195-?]
	No. 28 (Harvey Enterprises)	10/1951
30	hardbound book: Citizenship Booklets, Harvey Publications [five comic books, one is The Case of the Sleeping City featuring Kerry Drake]	1951
30	loose copy of The Case of the Sleeping City	1951
31	professional correspondence regarding Kerry Drake motion picture/television films	June 1952 - Oct 1953
32	Kerry Drake screen treatment by Malvin Wald;	[1953?]
32	carbon copy of letter from Saunders to Les Hafner [producer]	10/5/53
33	first draft, typed television screenplay Kerry Drake by Malvin Wald	[195-?]
34	typed screenplay Production #1, Kerry Drake introduction adaptation by Frances Hyland [for television]	1951
35	typed screenplay Kerry Drake "starring Sterling Hayden with Marjorie Reynolds" by Frances Hyland and Jackson Gillis;	6/4/52
35	publicity release; clipping about Sterling Hayden	5/28/[5-?]
36	typed screenplay Kerry Drake by Malvin Wald, Les Hafner Production	1953

Box 19
Series VII: *Mary Worth* Comic Strip
Subseries A: Professional Correspondence and General Reader Mail
Folder	Description	Date
1	reader "request" mail [many ask for paper dolls of Mary Worth characters and several home-made dolls are attached	June 1939 - Dec 1942
2	reader "request" mail	3/43 - 2/48
3	general reader and professional correspondence	1939 - 1942
4	general reader and professional correspondence	1/43 - 11/47
4	correspondence and original artwork by Ernst [of bride, faces, technical sketch/shading exercise of strip]	[1943?]
5	General reader mail correspondence	1948
6	general reader mail correspondence	1949
	from "Eddie" Edward T. Cheyfitz, Motion Picture Association of America; attached: copy of article from The Worker on Saunders and Cheyfitz	1/21/49, 6/20/49, 4/17/49
	from Steve Q. Shannon, Director, National Assn. of Greeting Card Publishers; carbon copy to H.H. Anderson, Publisher's Syndicate, from Shannon	9/16/49
	newspaper clipping from "Willis": "Omaha's Mary Worth Serves Others as Does Counterpart" Evening World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska	8/19/49
	black white glossy ink panel Mary Worth	3/13/49
	publicity spread sheet [Nancy-Margo-Tom triangle]	5/1949
7	General professional correspondence	1950
8	General reader mail correspondence; from Publishers Syndicate personnel	1951
9	General reader mail; correspondence from newspaper editors; from Publishers Syndicate personnel	1952
10	general reader mail correspondence	1953
10	from H.H. Anderson, Publishers Syndicate	4/2/53
11	"Pan" reader mail [disapprovals of story line]	5/49-10/53
12	general reader mail correspondence	1954
	from Earl Hall, Managing Editor, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA	12/25/54
	attached: carbon from H.H.A. [H.H. Anderson] to Hall [note from Hall is written on b/w daily glossy proof sheet of Mary Worth strip]	12/15/54
13	general reader mail correspondence	1955
	from Andy [H.H. Anderson], Publishers Syndicate; attached: copy of correspondence to H.H. Anderson from Jim Pope, Executive Editor, Courier-Journal/Louisville Times (with poll findings on readership of comic strips)	6/10/55, 5/25/55
	advertisement card for Mary Worth Gift shop	n.d.
14	general reader mail correspondence:	1956
	from "P.W.S" [Phil Steitz], Publishers Syndicate; attached: copy of correspondence from George H. Esselburne, Magazine and Feature Editor, Buffalo Evening News, to H.H. Anderson; b/w glossy of Mary Worth comic strip	3/19/56, 3/14/56, 3/26/56
	from Harry Mautin, Director, Office of Public Information, American National Red Cross, to Eugene Conley, Publisher's Syndicate	5/9/56
	from fan; attached: article, "Faith of a Cartoonist"	10/7/56
	carbon copy: from Philip W. Steitz to Sheila Martindale	6/20/56
	b/w glossy of sketches by Ken Ernst with notes by Saunders and note on back from Ernst	n.d.
15	general reader mail correspondence	1957
	general professional correspondence	1957
	copy of correspondence from Mark M. Cohen [attorney representing Billy Pierson, involved in television game show scam, complaining about similarity of comic strip character to his client]	5/10/57
	to Arthur Godfrey from Saunders (carbon)	1/9/57
	from A. Godfrey	1/28/57
16	general reader mail correspondence [some include replies from Saunders or handwritten notes on the correspondence by Saunders, others have newspaper clippings of the comic strip attached to their correspondence]	1958
	general professional correspondence	1958
	from Cecil J. Wilkinson, Executive Secretary, Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta to Publishers Syndicate; attached: newspaper strips of Mary Worth [includes greek letters in strip]	9/9/58, 8/29/[58], 8/30/[58]
	phonorecord: "A Personally Recorded Message for You" [from a fan to Saunders]	1/29/58
	news clipping: "Two Plays by Horton Foote Open at Sheridan Square" [New York]	7/2/58
	one panel from b/w glossy of comic strip [mentions reader's response to story line in the script of the panel]	n.d.
17	general reader mail correspondence; [includes correspondence concerning hearing loss, pertaining to the comic strip's story line]	1959
	from Saunders to fan	2/7/59
	anonymous poem: "Troubles" attached: newspaper clipping of Mary Worth comic strip	4/21/[59]
	general professional correspondence	1959
	from "Gene" [Eugene Conley], Publishers Syndicate; attached: obituary for "Mrs. Mary E. Worth" of Rolling Prairie, Indiana	[1959]
18	general reader mail correspondence	1960
	general professional correspondence; [some have newspaper clippings of the strip attached]	1960
	to Andy [H.H. Anderson] from Saunders; attached: handwritten notes on "Napoleonic Code" by "E. W."	"Friday"
	correspondence between A. Saunders and George C. Carter, attorney [concerning legal aspect of strip infringing on client]	3 - 4/1960
19	general reader mail correspondence; [one has b/w glossy of strip attached]	1961, 12/29/[61]
	from "Lonely" to "Mary" [Worth]	n.d.
	general professional correspondence	1961
	correspondence between Publishers Syndicate, Saunders, and A. Conforti, Professional Automobile Salesmen's Association	11 - 12/1961
20	general reader mail correspondence; [some have clippings of strips attached]	1962 8/62
	carbon copy: from Saunders to a reader	2/23/62
	carbon copy: from Saunders to a reader	8/22/62
	general professional correspondence concerning strip [some also have clippings of the strip attached]	1962, 8/62
21	correspondence with Ken Ernst regarding article on Mary Worth in This Month; manuscript of short publicity bio by Ernst about himself; page of Mary Worth dailies	1963, n.d., n.d.
22	general reader mail correspondence; [some include attachments of clippings from the comic strip]	1963
	carbon: from Saunders to Florence Poor	6 - 8/63
	carbons: responses from Saunders to various readers	6 - 8/63
	general professional correspondence	1963
23	general reader mail correspondence; [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]	1964
	from Linda A. "A Teenager in Distress" to "Mrs. Worth"	1/3/64
	from fan; attachment: photocopy "Gaelic Blessing;" biographical sketch	12/4/64
	general professional correspondence [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]	1964
24	general reader mail correspondence; [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]	1965
	correspondence between "Peter Danch's Fans" [comic strip character] and Saunders	4 - 7/65
	from Saunders to readers (carbon copies)	7/27/65
	news clipping: "Opinion of the People" Chicago Sun-Times [includes letter on Mary Worth strip]	5/11/65
	typewritten note on "Slovak" adjective [by Saunders? or Publishers Syndicate, or a reader?]	n.d.
	general professional correspondence	1965
25	general reader mail correspondence; [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]	1966
	general professional correspondence; [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]
	news clipping: "Let Go All Lines" The Berea Citizen [concerning the mention of Berea College in the Mary Worth strip; short article on the Steve Canyon comic strip also]
26	general reader mail correspondence; [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]	1967
26	general professional correspondence	1967
27	general reader mail and professional correspondence [one includes a clipping of the strip]	1968, 6/18/[68]
Series VII (con't.) Subseries B: Fan/Reader Mail
[Note: The following folders were labeled by subject by Saunders]
28	"Pro-Con"
28	from readers to Saunders and editors of member papers to the Publishers Syndicate	1947 - 1958
29	"Morals"
	correspondence between Saunders, reader, Publishers Syndicate, and editor of Louisville Courier Journal/ Times;	2/19/59
	between Saunders, reader, Publishers Syndicate, and editor of Long Island Press	2/59
	between Saunders, Publishers Syndicate, and Daniel J. O'Brien, Boston Globe	2/4/59
	between Publishers Syndicate, reader, and personnel of Lexington Herald Leader Co. [newspaper] attached: b/w glossy daily of strip	2/59, 2/4/59
	carbon: from Phil [Steitz, Publisher Syndicate] to Ernst	3/21/59
	from Mrs. B. Thekan to "Journal"	2/9/59
	clipping: comic strip panel, color print, woman in strapless dress [from Mary Worth?]	n.d.
30	"Grammar, etc."
30	from readers and editors to Saunders, Ernst	1947 - 1958
31	"Comic General"
	from Publishers Syndicate personnel to Saunders, editors of various newspapers	1956 - 1958
	carbon: from "Andy" [H.H. Anderson, Publishers Syndicate] to Ken Ernst	3/5/56
	promotional proof sheet: "If Mary Worth Holds Them… " with reprint of letter from Bert Struby, editor, The Macon Telegraph, to "Andy" [H.H. Anderson], and sketch of Mary Worth in corner [publicity flyer sent to syndicate newspaper members promoting the strip]	n.d.
	general reader mail correspondence concerning topic [one includes clippings of two panels from the strip] [one includes a typed verse: "An Old Irish Blessing"] [one includes clipping of strip]	1948 - 1959 12/14/55, 1/19/56, n.d., 5/3/48
NOTE: The following correspondence (originally labeled "Letters from Readers") has been kept separate from the chronological correspondence files, as these. Were all grouped by Saunders in one location. Decided these were the "better" letters and there is evidence have used some of the following for speeches.
32	miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip]	1947 - 1959
33	miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip]	1960 - 1968
34	miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip] handwritten note to John [Saunders] from [Allen Saunders]	1970 - 1980, n.d.
35	35 two handwritten pages of notes by Saunders [for speeches?], includes excerpts from reader mail	n.d., 7/14/[?]
	daily strip of Mary Worth with typewritten comments	n.d.
	[by?] correspondence from readers concerning "motorcycle story" and other miscellaneous reader mail	[Aug 19--?], n.d.
	loose panel from Mary Worth strip	1/31/[?]
NOTE: Folders 36-43 were labeled by subject by Saunders
36	"Mary's Romance, etc."
	clipping "Voice of the People" column, Jackson City Patriot	9/1949
	correspondence from fans, readers, newspaper editors	1949 - 1957
	typewritten response from A. Saunders to reader	[11/1957]
37	"Names-Pro-Con"
	correspondence from readers, newspaper editors	1948 - 1962
	handwritten note to Ken [Ernst] from A. Saunders	[Oct 1952]
	carbon: from [H.H. Anderson], Publisher's Syndicate, to Miss Mary Ellen Worth; attached: carbon copy from H.H.A. to Calvin Eby, Features Syndicate, Kansas City Star	1/14/1955
38	CONFIDENTIAL: "Psychotic Mail" [folder titled by Saunders]	Sept 1947
39	"Story Suggestions"
39	correspondence from readers	1948 - 1966
40	"Hit Homes"
40	correspondence from readers	1955 - 1958
41	"Advice Seekers"
41	correspondence from readers	1952 - 1956
42	Steve Roger mail [was included in file with Mary Worth mail-perhaps it was also used for speeches?] correspondence from readers	1948 - 1971
43	"Women's Lib"
	letters from readers [some dealing with Steve Roper story about his marriage, most about Mary Worth]	1972 - 1975
	clipping: "Libbers Upset By Love Affair in Mary Worth" Editor and Publisher	5/27/72
44	Letters from "Women's Lib" folder dealing with the "Peggy Wales" story:
	letters from readers; [one letter contains Mary Worth clipping, 7/6/74]	6/28/74 - 9/26/74
	clipping: "Voice of the Advertiser," Advertising Age	6/24/74
	draft of correspondence from Allen Saunders	[9/74]
	carbon copies of form letter replies from A. Saunders to nineteen (19) of the correspondents in this folder	9/13/74
45	reader mail concerning ERA story line	5/78 - 6/78
46	reader mail concerning Karen Cooper/teen pregnancy story:
	carbon: from A. Saunders to Kik Browne, NCS	12/6/76
	from readers [one letter has article and newsletter attached 1976 concerning adoption]	10/76 - 1/77, 1976
	photocopy: article, "In the Funnies, Karen Is A Teen, Unwed, and Pregnant," The National Observer	10/9/76
	photocopies: "Mary Worth on Teen-age Pregnancy" New York Times; "Mary Worth: It's That Kind of Trouble," New York Post	[1976]
	[See also: Box 20, folder 16 in this Series for publicity covering the Karen Cooper story.]	9/29/76
47	teen pregnancy articles/information [sent by readers?]
	"Adolescent Pregnancy: Ten Heavy Facts"	[1976]
	photocopy: "Delivery Procedures That Endanger a Baby's Life," Good Housekeeping	8/75
	"The Pregnant Patient's Bill of Rights," by Committee on Patient's Rights	n.d.
	photocopy: two letters to the editor in New York Times: "The Safer Birthplace" "Birth 'Meddling'"	4/10/76, 4/20/76
	photocopy: statements excerpted from talks sponsored by American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health	3/20/74
	photocopy: "Will Common Delivery Techniques Soon Become Malpractice?" The Journal of Legal Medicine	5/75
	partial manuscript: "Ch II: The Consequences of Out-of Wedlock Fertility for Parent, Child, and Society"	[1973]
Series VII (con't.) Subseries C: Research Notes and Files
48	Mary Worth typed story outlines; "Rough Outline Involving Leona Stockpool and John Blackstone"	[ca 1940?]
49	typed story outline "Mary Worth Episode" [another Blackstone story]; research notes; ink drawing of male character by Ernst	4/1/42, 1946
50	misc. clippings; typed prospectus for story [Angelica Varden character]	[1940s?]
51	Mary Worth story ideas; explanatory manuscripts on "The Cute Meet" with story suggestions; "Various Plot Angles"; "Backgrounds" (professional); "Occupations"; "Plot Triangles" [romance]; "Twelve Basic Human Interests"	n.d.
52	article: "The Other Woman…" Advertiser's Digest [on image of women in advertising]	n.d.
	letter to "Bob" from A. Saunders on upcoming stories in Mary Worth	2/7/59
	explanatory manuscripts on "Blue Chip Comics, and how to pick them-How to Tell a Distance Runner from a Dog"	n.d.
	"The 'Mary Worth' Manual" by A. Saunders [explanation of strip, history of strip, description of how Saunders' views the strip, typical Mary Worth plot lines]	(c. 1958)
	article: "Modern Living: The Pink Jungle" Time (including cover) [on cosmetic/beauty industry]	6/16/58
53	plot ideas: Plane Crash Plot; miscellaneous; Françoise Sagan Story; The Prettiest Girl in the Senior Class; The Return of Slim; Button Bowes story Angle; Train Hostess; miscellaneous; Shipboard Romance; "Chopper" Clark Story; Sunny; The September Smith Story; The Don Jester Story; Portia Stone; Shanon Blake/Flare Graham Story outline; miscellaneous; The Necklace Story; The Skye Ballou story-started March 19, 1956; The Drum Greenwood Story-started May, 1949; John and Dodie.	n.d.
54	synopses: plot examples from short stories in the women's magazines Companion and McCall's	1955
55	spiral bound notebook: "Mary Worth's Almanac" [sayings and list of stories used, these notes were used by Saunders to write the article "Mary Worth and the Affluent Society"]	1941 - 1962
	news clipping: "Woman's Claim to Rescue in River Disputed by Youth"	n.d.
	manuscript: "Mary Worth and the Affluent Society"	n.d.
	color glossy proof sheet of Apple Mary strip by Orr	1936
[material taken from a folder kept filed in back of the spiral notebook of folder 56 -- this folder is frequently referred to by A. Saunders in his plot ideas]
56	Background and Story Clippings:	[1954]
	index by A. Saunders: "Cigaret Girl, Fashion Pirates, Rehearsal Club, Photo Model, Mooching Father, Weddings, Inc., Love Story Outlines, December Bride, Mamas Boy Column, No Job After 40, Record Shop, Envy, TV Commercials
	clippings/articles from the folder: "He Gives them Magic Names"	[194-?]
	pamphlet: Carte Blanche Monthly Dining Guide, Chicago	(May 1963)
	play review: "Manhattan Nights"	(5/24/43)
	article: "Weds Mama's Boy; Told To Be Patient," by Ann Landers	n.d.
	article: "I Can't Get A Job Because I'm 46"	3/25/56
	article: "A Mooching Father Threatens Marriage," by Ann Landers	6/28/56
	article on Rehearsal Club-young women in theater	n.d.
	business card: Weddings, Inc.	n.d.
	article: "Mystery: Was The Incident in Bombay Super-natural?	5/4/55
	article: "Forgotten Medal in a Trunk"	(8/26/56)
	article: "Why Wives Run Away"	1/4/59
	article: "London Bachelor Ready to Teach Drudge-to-Deb 20-week Course"	n.d.
	article: "The Mother-in-Law Joke" December Bride [review of television program]	n.d.
	article: [on Sam Goody's Record Store House], The Village Voice	11/27/57
	article: "Envy-The Undoing of the Modern Woman," by Fred Dickenson, New York Mirror Magazine	3/16/58
	correspondence from reader [suggestions for bringing past characters back into the strip]	8/11/60
57	typed outline: "September Smith Story"	[1955]
58	carbon copies of typewritten research notes:	n.d.
58	Who is Mary Worth?; Typical Plot Patterns; Add-Story Patterns; Typical Mary Worth Quotations; Twelve Basic Human Interests; Plot Triangles; Previous Characters Who Might Be Brought Back for Other Episodes; Backgrounds; Story Memos; The Cute Meet; Cute Meet Suggestions; Shannon Blake/Flare Graham Story Outline; The Return of Slim; Portia Stone; Sunny; Don Jester Story; Story Memos (original); "Various Plot Angles; Plot Sketches; Christmas Quotes	n.d.
59	correspondence, research notes; clippings for story ideas	1960s - 1970s
60	"Assorted Newspaper Clippings":
	"Parents Do the Best They Can," [Detroit?]	n.d.
	"Lottery Winners Lost Something Else"	[1/1/77]
	"To Spouse's Infidelity," by Dr. Joyce Brothers [n.p.]	n.d.
	"How American Womanhood Takes to the 'Sudsy Sex' of Daytime TV," National Observer	12/5/66
	"Dear Dr. Brothers" (letter on living together) [n.p.]	[5/20/77]
	"Other Man Cares Only About Himself?" [Ann Landers column] [Detroit]	n.d.
	"Wife Vanishes; Memories Live On" UPI, [n.p.]	n.d.
	"Teenage Alcoholism Now A Major Problem," by Dr. Joyce Brothers [n.p.]	n.d.
	"She's Not a Born Psychic," by Edward J. Dresberg, Detroit Free Press	8/20/76
	"Can There Be A Marriage of Science, Occult?" by Ena Naunton [Detroit]	n.d.
	"One Set of Parents Should Be [Enough]" [Ann Landers column], Detroit Free Press	[1976]
	"Arthur, Are You There?" [on psychics] by Robert K. Wilcox, Tropic	3/27/77
61	typed story outline [Karl and Terry Whiting characters]	n.d.
62	typed story outlines: "Synopsis B" [small town widower marries former show girl]; "Synopsis A" [Peter and Judith Arlen story]	n.d.
63	research notes, articles, letter from Allen Saunders to John Saunders regarding Indian story line	[1970s]
64	handwritten story outlines by Ken Ernst, letter from Ernst to John Saunders	[1970s]
65	copies of sketch of Mary Worth with blank word bubble; photocopies of male character in strip "Caleb"	n.d.
66	various news clippings for story ideas	1978 - 1979
67	clippings for story ideas [many on working women, saved by John Saunders or sent to him by Ernst]	1979 - 1981
68	correspondence to John Saunders from Ernst; misc. clippings sent by Ernst	5/25/[79]

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