Dick Perry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: PCL-MS-0031

Collection Organization

The Dick Perry Papers house the literary manuscripts of his plays, books and short stories, dating primarily from the early 1960s through the 1970s. Perry's work was mostly non-fiction and was often drawn from his own experiences. Included are his books:

Raymond and Me That Summer How to Write Your Novel The Roundhouse, Paradise, and Mr. Pickering Seven Hills, Soap, and a Sip of Beer Vas You Ever in Zinzinnati?

Along with the manuscripts are related materials such as literary correspondence, fan mail, and newspaper clippings. Two scrapbooks related to Dick Perry's career are also included in the collection.

An edited photocopied manuscript for "Do Not Talk to the Motorman While the Streetcar Is In Motion" is included in the collection. Dick Perry won the 1963 Reader's Digest "First Person" Award for this short story.

This collection will be of interest to those seeking to learn more about Mr. Perry's career, and in general the life of a writer in the mid-20th century. The materials realted to the books Seven Hills and Vas You Ever, as well a a draft of his book on the history of radio station WLW may be of interest to those researching the history of 20th century Cincinnati.

Correspondence, 1927 - 1969, undated

 Series – Multiple Containers
Dates
Creation: 1927 - 1969, undated

Ashley-Steiner, Inc. Includes Esquire article, 1962 - 1963

 File – Box 1, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1962 - 1963

Mrs. Rupert O. Beltz, 1964 - 1965, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: 1964 - 1965, undated

Mrs. Earl Brush, 1964

 File – Box 1, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1964

CBS Television stations. Includes release forms, 1965

 File – Box 1, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1965

Dauntless Books, Inc., 1962 - 1963, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: 1962 - 1963, undated

Joseph Eble, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1964

 File – Box 1, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1964

Samuel French, Inc., 1962 - 1963, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1962 - 1963, undated

Charles Fuller Productions, 1964, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: 1964, undated

Mrs. Robert Fulton Hannum, 1953

 File – Box 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1953

Harcourt, Brace and World, bulk: 1949, 1963 - 1966, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found within 1949, 1963 - 1966, undated

William Foss Hopkins, Hopkins and Hopkins, 1965

 File – Box 1, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: 1965

Ideal Publishing Corp., 1962 - 1963, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: 1962 - 1963, undated

Ingenue, 1962, 1965, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 13
Dates
Creation: 1962, 1965, undated

James Brown Associates, 1962

 File – Box 1, Folder: 14
Dates
Creation: 1962

James Drew Theatre, 1962 - 1964, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 15
Dates
Creation: 1962 - 1964, undated

Bob Jones, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 16
Dates
Creation: undated

Knox Reeves Advertising, Inc., 1963

 File – Box 1, Folder: 17
Dates
Creation: 1963

Claire Leonard, 1962

 File – Box 1, Folder: 18
Dates
Creation: 1962

Littauer and Wilkinson, bulk: 1953, 1957, 1961 - 1962

 File – Box 1, Folder: 19
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found within 1953, 1957, 1961 - 1962

Lucy Kroll Agency, 1962

 File – Box 1, Folder: 20
Dates
Creation: 1962

Monica McCall, Inc., 1962, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 21
Dates
Creation: 1962, undated

Maeve Southgate (includes newspaper clippings), 1962, 1964

 File – Box 1, Folder: 22
Dates
Creation: 1962, 1964

Jean Robbins, 1962, 1964, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 23
Dates
Creation: 1962, 1964, undated

Helen M. Mason, 1965

 File – Box 1, Folder: 24
Dates
Creation: 1965

Scott Meredith, 1956, 1962

 File – Box 1, Folder: 25
Dates
Creation: 1956, 1962

Peggy Roth, 1963 - 1965, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 26
Dates
Creation: 1963 - 1965, undated

Parker Publishing Company, 1964

 File – Box 1, Folder: 27
Dates
Creation: 1964

Mrs. Hortense D. Meister, 1965

 File – Box 1, Folder: 28
Dates
Creation: 1965

James Finan, 1963 - 1965, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 29
Dates
Creation: 1963 - 1965, undated

Revue Studios, 1964

 File – Box 1, Folder: 30
Dates
Creation: 1964

Roche, Rickerd, Henri, and Hurst, 1963

 File – Box 1, Folder: 31
Dates
Creation: 1963

Leah Salisbury, Inc., 1962

 File – Box 1, Folder: 32
Dates
Creation: 1962

Stearn Publications , 1963

 File – Box 1, Folder: 33
Dates
Creation: 1963

Sterling Group, Inc., 1963, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 34
Dates
Creation: 1963, undated

A. Watkins, Inc., 1964 - 1965, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 35
Dates
Creation: 1964 - 1965, undated

Annie Laurie Williams, Inc., 1955 - 1956

 File – Box 2, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1955 - 1956

Gene Williamson, 1962 - 1963, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: 1962 - 1963, undated

Writer's Digest, bulk: 1964 - 1965, 1969, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found within 1964 - 1965, 1969, undated

General, bulk: 1927, 1962, 1967, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found within 1927, 1962, 1967, undated

General theatre, 1962 - 1963

 File – Box 2, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: 1962 - 1963

Correspondence Fan mail, 1964, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1964, undated

Manuscripts, 1958 - 1970, undated

 Series – Multiple Containers
Dates
Creation: 1958 - 1970, undated

Photocopied manuscript- "Do Not Talk to the Motorman While the Streetcar is in Motion", 1963

 File – Box 2, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1963

Edited Manuscript- How to Write Your Novel (1 of 2), 1966

 File – Box 2, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: 1966

Edited Manuscript- How to Write Your Novel (2 of 2), 1966

 File – Box 2, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1966

Manuscript- "Limits", undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: undated

Manuscript- "Mandy", undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited Manuscript- One Way to Write Your Novel, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: undated

Galley Proof- Raymond and Me That Summer, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 13
Dates
Creation: undated

Correspondence Re: Raymond and Me That Summer, 1964

 File – Box 2, Folder: 14
Dates
Creation: 1964

Edited Manuscript- The Roadhouse, Paradise, and Mr. Pickering, undated

 File – Box 3, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited Proof- The Roadhouse, Paradise, and Mr. Pickering (1 of 2), undated

 File – Box 3, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited Proof- The Roadhouse, Paradise, and Mr. Pickering (2 of 2), undated

 File – Box 3, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: undated

First & Second Drafts of Chapter Ten- The Roadhouse, Paradise, and Mr. Pickering, undated

 File – Box 3, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: undated

Galley Proof- The Roadhouse, Paradise, and Mr. Pickering, 1966

 File – Box 3, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: 1966

Galley Proof- The Roadhouse, Paradise, and Mr. Pickering, 1966

 File – Box 3, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1966

Edited Manuscript- Seven Hills, Soap, and a Sip of Beer (1 of 4), 1966

 File – Box 4, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1966

Edited Manuscript- Seven Hills, Soap, and a Sip of Beer (2 of 4), 1966

 File – Box 4, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: 1966

Edited Manuscript- Seven Hills, Soap, and a Sip of Beer (3 of 4), 1966

 File – Box 4, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1966

Edited Manuscript- Seven Hills, Soap, and a Sip of Beer (4 of 4), 1966

 File – Box 4, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1966

Manuscript- "Son, there is no such animal as puppy love", undated

 File – Box 4, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: undated

Manuscript- "Three Cheers for the Constant Lovers, undated

 File – Box 4, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: undated

Index Proof- Vas You Ever in Zinzinnati?, undated

 File – Box 4, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: undated

Galley Proof- Vas You Ever in Zinzinnati?, 1969

 File – Box 5, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1969

Flyer- PTA Meeting, undated

 File – Box 5, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: undated

Newspaper/Magazine articles, multiple

 File – Box 5, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: multiple

Book- "Of Lasting Interest- The Story of Reader's Digest", 1958

 File – Box 5, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1958

Manuscript- "Big Ball of String", undated

 File – Box 5, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: undated

Manuscript- "Benny, Ori & I" folder note-"needs ending", undated

 File – Box 5, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: undated

Correspondence- Eddie Dowling, 1962 - 1964

 File – Box 5, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1962 - 1964

Play manuscript- "Randy and George in Three", undated

 File – Box 5, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: undated

Play manuscript- "Forever the Wild, Sweet Voice of Lovers", 1962

 File – Box 5, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1962

Play manuscript- "Go From Me", undated

 File – Box 5, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: undated

Play manuscript- "Beautiful Also is the Sun", undated

 File – Box 5, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: undated

Play manuscript- "The Frame", undated

 File – Box 5, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: undated

Copy- The Roundhouse, Paradise, and Mr. Pickering, undated

 File – Box 6, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: undated

Four one-act plays, undated

 File – Box 6, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: undated

Play manuscript- "That Crazy Mixed-Up Little Railroad", undated

 File – Box 6, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: undated

Philly play clippings & correspondence, 1964

 File – Box 6, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1964

Correspondence- "Paul Baby", 1968

 File – Box 6, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: 1968

Publicity- "Great Rock of Ages Loan Company", 1963

 File – Box 6, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1963

Newspaper clippings, 1964

 File – Box 6, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1964

WLW Book, 1970

 File – Box 6, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: 1970

Play manuscript- "There'll Never Be Another Bongo", 1968

 File – Box 6, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1968

Doubleday, 1966

 File – Box 6, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: 1966

Play manuscript- "Timmy", undated

 File – Box 6, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: undated

Correspondence- Vas You Ever in Zinzinnati?, 1966

 File – Box 6, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: 1966

Play manuscript- "The Frame", undated

 File – Box 6, Folder: 13
Dates
Creation: undated

Printed article- "If Mountains Could Cry", 1967

 File – Box 6, Folder: 14
Dates
Creation: 1967

Jesse Stuart, 1969

 File – Box 6, Folder: 15
Dates
Creation: 1969

Miscellaneous clippings and correspondence, multiple

 File – Box 6, Folder: 16
Dates
Creation: multiple

Scrapbooks, multiple

 Series – Box 7
Dates
Creation: multiple

Scrapbooks, multiple

 File – Box 7, Folder: 1 - 2
Dates
Creation: multiple