Scope and Contents This collection contains an unbound typescript that includes both short works published under this title in 1942 by Farrar and Rinehart: Black Orchids and Cordially Invited to Meet Death. The typescript consists of 8 pages of front matter and 206 numbered pages. Also included are associated ephemera: a flier for the Quincy Books and Authors War Bond Rally (1943) where the manuscript was originally purchased; a Books and Authors War Bonds Committee card presenting the book from the anonymous...

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Abstract Boston College faculty member John J. McAleer's working files for three of his books on American authors: Theodore Dreiser: An Introduction and Interpretation (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1968); Ralph Waldo Emerson: Days of Encounter (Little, Brown,1984); and Rex Stout: A Biography (Little, Brown, 1977). The materials on Rex Stout include extensive background materials, drafts, additional...

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Ed Price's collection of writings by detective fiction author Rex Stout contains clippings of articles, novellas, and short stories, often published serially. The collection also includes promotional materials from movies and television shows based on Stout’s novels, and a menu and shirt from the Wolfe Pack, a Nero Wolfe literary society.

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The Judson C. Sapp papers and collection of Rex Stout document Sapp’s efforts to create a comprehensive collection of Stout first editions, as well as his activities as a fan and member of the Nero Wolfe literary society, the Wolfe Pack. Materials include correspondence; published materials; audiovisual records of Rex Stout's radio shows and television recordings; and ephemera.

Restrictions on access Collection is open for research. Recordings on audio cassette have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. Recordings on audio reel are not available for playback due to format impermanence and cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; when it becomes possible we will schedule...

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The Rex Stout papers concern the family life, writings, and political activism of detective novelist Rex Stout, author of the Nero Wolfe series. The collection consists of artwork, booklets, carbon copies, certificates, contact prints, comic strips, correspondence, dust jackets, galley proofs, floorplans, ledgers, manuscripts, negatives, posters, radio scripts, transcripts, and typescripts.

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