Collection: Allen and John Saunders Papers - Special Collections Finding Aids

The Allen and John Saunders Papers is a comprehensive collection of materials related to Allen Saunders' career as a comic strip writer from 1936-1986. These materials reflect his work on the following comic strips: Big Chief Wahoo/Steve Roper/Mike Nomad (1936-2004), Apple Mary/Mary Worth's Family/Mary Worth (1940-), Dateline: Danger! (1968-1974), and Kerry Drake (1943-1983). One of the most unique aspects of this collection is the original artwork and extensive proof sheets related to these strips. The collection also includes publicity materials and clippings from national newspapers, as well as spin-offs such as scripts for a television show, comic books, and sheet music inspired by these comic strips. Along with other related professional materials they provide an excellent window to the workings of the daily "continuity strip," a form in which Saunders was considered to have excelled.

The collection also includes the extensive research files that Saunders compiled on various topics for use in comic strip writing. These consist of newspaper clippings on such diverse subjects as arson and aviation. Included in Saunders' research files is a collection of materials he received from the F.B.I. on their investigative methods, including a letter from J. Edgar Hoover.

Because of the popularity of his comic strips, Saunders received a great deal of reader mail, both positive and negative. Saunders saved much of this mail and these letters have been arranged by either year or subject according to the Saunders' strip they relate to. It has been said that Saunders wrote back to every fan who sent him mail, however, very few copies of his responses to reader mail are found in the collection.

In addition to professional materials concerning Saunders' work as a comic strip writer, there is professional correspondence concerning his work for advertising agencies. Also, there are materials concerning his work as a journalist with the Toledo News-Bee, including articles written by Saunders and photographs of him at work or on assignment. Along with these are materials pertaining to his position on the Wabash College Board of Trustees and also his position as Associate Professor of Romance Languages at that same college during the 1920s. Materials from his Wabash College days -- such as manuscripts for novels, articles, plays, and short stories (both published and unpublished) -- are also found in the collection.

Personal papers, such as correspondence, family papers, financial records, legal documents, and photographs of both Saunders, friends and celebrities are included in the collection, as well as awards for community service, plaques, and college diplomas.

Materials from the various professional and community organizations to which Allen Saunders belonged are also found in the collection, such as the National Cartoonists Society and the President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped. The materials of the former include correspondence, newsletters, programs to society banquets, and roster sheets. This material provides interesting insights not only into the workings of the society but also the different cartoonists who were members, such as Charles M. Schulz, Al Capp, and Dik Browne. The materials concerning the Presidents Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped include publications, correspondence, rosters, membership cards and certificates, and advertisements for the committee featuring artwork and writing by Saunders.

The majority of the materials in this collection are fully processed and included in the detailed inventory. However, an inventory has not yet been prepared for the items in Boxes 93-95, but these oversize materials are available for research upon request.

Personal Papers, 1895-1985, undated

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1895-1985, undated

Family and Personal Papers, 1895-1985, undated

Sub-Series – Box 1

Dates: Creation: 1895-1985, undated

Allen Saunders teaching certificate; Chautauqua contract; Toledo Police Department fingerprint, 1918, 1926, 1932

File – Box 1, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1918, 1926, 1932

Letters, telegram, photographs, funeral programs for Allen's mother, Nancy Ellen Jackson Saunders; New Testament Bible, 1921-1929

File – Box 1, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1921-1929

Chautauqua material (diary kept by Saunders, snapshots); correspondence from family and fans; "Suggestions to Talent" and bulletin from Community Cautauqua's office, Indianapolis, June-August 1926; June-September ca. 1926?

File – Box 1, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: June-August 1926; June-September ca. 1926?

Program: "Community Chautauquas" Albion [Saunders is pictured as a cast member of "A Message From Mars" play production as part of the Chautauqua], August 28- September 1, ca. 1926

File – Box 1, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: August 28- September 1, ca. 1926

CONFIDENTIAL: Class Record Book: French class [grades listed, Wabash College], 1926

File – Box 1, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1926

"Spiffledinking" columns by Joe Saunders (Allen's uncle); biographical history of John R. Saunders (Grandfather of Allen), ca. 1920s, 1932

File – Box 1, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: ca. 1920s, 1932

Early portraits of Allen Saunders; Allen Saunders graduation pictures; photographs of Saunders attending later Wabash graduations, 1920s-1953

File – Box 1, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1920s-1953

Obituary for John R. Saunders, Allen's grandfather, The Lebanon Reporter, Lebanon, Indiana, 1932

File – Box 1, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1932

Memorial program, Idah Gibson; clipping of play review [Gibson was in the play] [author and columnist, Saunders worked with her at the Toledo News-Bee], 1933, March 15, 1934

File – Box 1, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1933, March 15, 1934

Pamphlet: Hoosier Corn (A Series of Mash Notes), Al H. Wynkoop [Paul McCutcheon dinner?], 1940

File – Box 1, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1940

Correspondence; notes concerning issues of various magazines purchasing of back, 1948

File – Box 1, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1948

Duplicate print of a Degas painting sent to Saunders, 1948

File – Box 1, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1948

CONFIDENTIAL: Correspondence from Earl Timmons [farmed Saunders land in Boone County, Indiana], February 1950, September 1951

File – Box 1, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: February 1950, September 1951

CONFIDENTIAL: Correspondence, documents, concerning Electric Line Easement [Boone County Property], 1951-1956

File – Box 1, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1951-1956

Miscellaneous verses, excerpts; page of a speech [?]; speech ideas [?]; program for First Presbyterian Church, Maumee, Ohio, 1952-1956

File – Box 1, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1952-1956

Publicity release for Lois Saunders [daughter of Allen], ca. 1959

File – Box 1, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: ca. 1959

CONFIDENTIAL: Miscellaneous personal papers, including those pertaining to Saunders' Rolls Royce, 1959-1960

File – Box 1, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: 1959-1960

Funeral program, personal letters concerning death of Fred Saunders [Allen's father], 1963

File – Box 1, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: 1963

CONFIDENTIAL: Information concerning Saunders' family cemetery plot; correspondence from Perrysburg Commons; receipt from church donations, 1965-1981

File – Box 1, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: 1965-1981

Photographs: friends, family and club organization parties, 1965-1985

File – Box 1, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: 1965-1985

Saunders family history: biographical history of Joseph M.; memoirs by John Rogers Saunders; article by John R., 1895-1976

File – Box 1, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: 1895-1976

CONFIDENTIAL: Family correspondence, 1976

File – Box 1, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: 1976

CONFIDENTIAL: Medical records for Lois Saunders; application for Crestview Center of Ohio; pamphlet from Maumee, Urgent Medical Care Center, 1978-1980

File – Box 1, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: 1978-1980

Newspaper: "A Tale of Two Toledos" The Miami Herald, 1979

File – Box 1, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: 1979

Letter to Santa Claus from John Saunders; article on Allen's daughter, Lois (actress), October 25, 1979, undated

File – Box 1, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: October 25, 1979, undated

play review [Lois Ann, Allen's daughter]; drawing by Juliette; excerpts from diary by Cindi [Dave Saunders' daughter, Allen's granddaughter]; program, First Presbyterian Church, Maumee; Saunders family Christmas card; broadside: organ recital, David E. Saunders [Allen's son], 1941-1985

File – Box 1, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: 1941-1985

CONFIDENTIAL: Receipts, calling cards from Findlay Galleries and Field Syndicate, 1981

File – Box 1, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: 1981

Church directory: First Presbyterian Church, Maumee, Fall 1981

File – Box 1, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: Fall 1981

Original artwork by Saunders; pipe advertisement featuring Allen Saunders, 1982, December 16, 1946

File – Box 1, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: 1982, December 16, 1946

Pamphlet for the Perrysburg Common; note of thanks to Allen Saunders from Commons; Post-operative cataract instructions from Dr. Clark D. Weidaw, ca. 1980s, undated

File – Box 1, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: ca. 1980s, undated

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

File – Box 1, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1980s

Poem by Saunders; letter from Saunders; poem: "One Night I Had A Dream" [author unknown], 1980s

File – Box 1, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: 1980s

Conference name tag: "Allen Saunders, creator of Mary Worth"; pocket prayer card from Fountain For Christian Living, undated

File – Box 1, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: undated

Photograph: farm [Boone County?], undated

File – Box 1, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: undated

Index [this is an index prepared by Allen Saunders files that the Browne Popular Culture Library has interfiled into Series I and Series IV], undated

File – Box 1, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: undated

Personal and correspondence: Sister letters from Allen's father, undated

File – Box 1, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: undated

Photographs of family members and family property [?], undated

File – Box 1, Folder: 37

Dates: Creation: undated

CONFIDENTIAL: Financial Records, February 1950-1982

Sub-Series – Box 2

Dates: Creation: February 1950-1982

CONFIDENTIAL: Farm Reports from Earl Timmons, income/expenses [farmed Saunders land in Boone County, Indiana], February 1950-March 1957

File – Box 2, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: February 1950-March 1957

CONFIDENTIAL: Real estate and personal property tax statements, cancelled checks for Boone County property, 1950-1957

File – Box 2, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1950-1957

CONFIDENTIAL: Fire insurance correspondence, invoices [Boone County property], June 1951-August 1960

File – Box 2, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: June 1951-August 1960

CONFIDENTIAL: Annual reports for various corporations: letters to shareholders; booklet: The Language of Investing: A Glossary; News clipping on stock market; list of stock holdings of John Allen Saunders, February-November 1959, 1959-1963

File – Box 2, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: February-November 1959, 1959-1963

CONFIDENTIAL: Social Security, Medicare, health insurance papers for John and Lois Saunders, 1966 - 1972

File – Box 2, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1966 - 1972

CONFIDENTIAL: Individual income tax return, John and Lois Saunders, 1969

File – Box 2, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1969

CONFIDENTIAL: Personal income tax information for Allen Saunders, 1970

File – Box 2, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1970

CONFIDENTIAL: Lucas County State Bank statements, Allen and Lois Saunders, 1971

File – Box 2, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1971

CONFIDENTIAL: Wabash College pooled income fund account; statements for John Allen and Lois L. Saunders; life income contract; correspondence, 1972-1980

File – Box 2, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1972-1980

CONFIDENTIAL: Check stubs [business?] Allen Saunders, 1974-1977

File – Box 2, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1974-1977

CONFIDENTIAL: Personal bank statements: Huntington Bank of Toledo; First National Bank of Toledo, Allen and Lois Saunders, 1977-1978

File – Box 2, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1977-1978

CONFIDENTIAL: Personal bank statements/check stubs, Huntington Bank of Toledo, Deerfield Branch State Bank [Florida] Allen and Lois Saunders, 1975-1978

File – Box 2, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1975-1978

CONFIDENTIAL: Banking documents, statements, personal income tax; tax documents for Allen and John Saunders, 1977 - 1979

File – Box 2, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1977 - 1979

CONFIDENTIAL: Personal income tax portfolio, Allen and Lois Saunders, 1978

File – Box 2, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1978

CONFIDENTIAL: Family Financial Records, Trust Accounts, 1981-1982

File – Box 2, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1981-1982

CONFIDENTIAL: Billing Reports from Field Newspaper Syndicate to Allen and John Saunders, 1979-1983

File – Box 2, Folder: 16-19

Dates: Creation: 1979-1983

CONFIDENTIAL: Payment stubs and receipts from personal and professional billing statements, 1978-1980

File – Box 2, Folder: 20-24

Dates: Creation: 1978-1980

CONFIDENTIAL: Medical insurance forms: Medicare and Blue Shield, 1978-1981

File – Box 2, Folder: 25-28

Dates: Creation: 1978-1981

CONFIDENTIAL: Ohio Citizens Trust Co. Investment statements and other receipts, 1979-1983

File – Box 2, Folder: 29-34

Dates: Creation: 1979-1983

CONFIDENTIAL: Real estate, house bills, and appraisal, 1962-1963, 1978-1981

File – Box 2, Folder: 35-37

Dates: Creation: 1962-1963, 1978-1981

CONFIDENTIAL: Retirement and life insurance forms and policies [Travelers, Connecticut General], 1959, 1973, 1976-1981

File – Box 2, Folder: 38-39

Dates: Creation: 1959, 1973, 1976-1981

CONFIDENTIAL: Tax items [personal and professional], 1976-1981

File – Box 2, Folder: 40-43

Dates: Creation: 1976-1981

Personal Correspondence, 1923-1983

Sub-Series – Box 3

Dates: Creation: 1923-1983

Correspondence from friends, business associates, and from serviceman during World War II [may have been penpals], 1940-1947

File – Box 3, Folder: 1-9

Dates: Creation: 1940-1947

Political correspondence, 1945 - 1948

File – Box 3, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1945 - 1948

Miscellaneous personal correspondence with friends, admirers, artists, 1923, 1950 - 1983

File – Box 3, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1923, 1950 - 1983

Publicity release: First Annual Exhibit of Hoosier Cartoons; business cards; exhibit flyer; clipping; copy: manuscript of "The Sugar Crick School of Art", 1970s, Aug. 29, 1978, undated

File – Box 3, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1970s, Aug. 29, 1978, undated

Correspondence with writers [television, comic strips], 1965 -1970

File – Box 3, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1965 -1970

Answered letters, 1976 - 1977

File – Box 3, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1976 - 1977

Correspondence from Bob Franklin; two booklets of "Warning Fables" by Franklin, 1977, 1982, 1983

File – Box 3, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1977, 1982, 1983

Miscellaneous letter [from newsletter?] by Morris Weiss concerning death of Ham Fisher, undated

File – Box 3, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: undated

Letter and manuscript on 1780 battle by "Steve" [battle near Wabash, Indiana], undated

File – Box 3, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: undated

Freelance Writing and Artwork Files, 1910-1950, undated

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1910-1950, undated

Early Artwork Material, 1913-1950, undated

Sub-Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1913-1950, undated

Landon School material [correspondence school for cartoon art], 1914

File – Box 4, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1914

How to Draw information from various correspondence schools; booklet: How to Draw, by G. Sumner Groves, International School of Drawing, 1913-1914

File – Box 4, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1913-1914

Action Sketches [includes original sketches], 1914, 1942

File – Box 4, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1914, 1942

Action Sketches (continued); booklet: Action Sketches, Book Two, Debeck and Carter Feature Service, 1916

File – Box 4, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1916

Animals, 1913-1932

File – Box 4, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1913-1932

Animals--Birds, 1916, 1918

File – Box 4, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1916, 1918

Animals--Dogs and Cats, 1915-1925

File – Box 4, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1915-1925

Animals--Farm [includes original sketches], 1918, 1922

File – Box 4, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1918, 1922

Animals--Fish, 1922, 1930

File – Box 4, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1922, 1930

Animals--Horses, Mules [includes original sketches], 1922, 1925

File – Box 4, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1922, 1925

Animals--Elephants, 1922, 1940

File – Box 4, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1922, 1940

Boats, Ships, etc., 1920s

File – Box 4, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1920s

Farm Detail [includes original sketches], 1920s

File – Box 4, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1920s

Hands, undated

File – Box 4, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: undated

Newsprint booklet: The Dictator's Diary (How to Draw Dictators) cartoons by Hungerford, Toledo Blade, 1941

File – Box 4, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1941

Indians, 1920s

File – Box 4, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1920s

Indoor Detail--Homes [includes original sketches], 1916-1922

File – Box 5, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1916-1922

Lettering, 1914, 1922

File – Box 5, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1914, 1922

Machines, 1922-1930

File – Box 5, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1922-1930

Outdoor Detail, ca. 1920s

File – Box 5, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: ca. 1920s

People--Drawings [includes original sketches], 1914, ca. 1920s, 1950, 1951

File – Box 5, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1914, ca. 1920s, 1950, 1951

People--Caricaturing [contemporary political figures], ca. 1910s-1920s

File – Box 5, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: ca. 1910s-1920s

People--Costumes; En-ar-co National News booklet, 1919-1944, 1928

File – Box 5, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1919-1944, 1928

People--Figures [includes color ink sketch by H.W. Davis], 1914-1922

File – Box 5, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1914-1922

Portraits [includes original sketches]; photo of woman, 1920s

File – Box 5, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1920s

"School Days, Old Days", 1920s

File – Box 5, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1920s

Sports, 1920s

File – Box 5, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1920s

Women [includes original sketches], 1914-1943

File – Box 5, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1914-1943

miscellaneous cartoon clippings; correspondence sheets; letter from John T. McCutcheon, artist, 1914-1920s, undated

File – Box 5, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1914-1920s, undated

published and original artwork by Saunders; original ink sketches by "CY", 1919, ca. 1920s

File – Box 5, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1919, ca. 1920s

Miserable Moments proof sheets, United Feature Syndicate [by Saunders], 1922

File – Box 5, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1922

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

File – Box 5, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1925-1927

Short Stories, 1925-1933

Sub-Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1925-1933

"Broad Hints on Bowling" [humorous piece], undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: undated

"Bubbles and Blackmail" [Pinky Boyle short story], undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: undated

Typed manuscripts [all unfinished]: "Change and Arrest" [Pinky Boyle]; "Murder By Moonlight"; untitled Pinky Boyle story; "Pinky Boyle Takes A Hand", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: undated

"Cobbler's Last", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: undated

"The Curse of Lyttleton Hall", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: undated

romance short stories: "Dangerous Forties"; "Cold-Packed Romance"; "Sign Language", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: undated

"Death on the Deadline" (with rejection letter from the Frank A. Munsey Co.), ca. 1931?, July 14, 1931

File – Box 6, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: ca. 1931?, July 14, 1931

"Death Rides Down" (with rejection letter from Detective Fiction Weekly), ca. 1933?, December 27, 1933

File – Box 6, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: ca. 1933?, December 27, 1933

"Flash in the Dark", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: undated

"Flash in the Dark" (with rejection letter from Standard Magazine, Inc.), undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: undated

"The Fly-By-Knight Flop", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: undated

"The Gat and the Fiddle" [Pinky Boyle short story], undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: undated

"The Ghost that Giggled", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: undated

"Government Aid", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: undated

"Hard Guy's Homecoming", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: undated

"Here Comes the Bribe", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: undated

"His Jumbo Jamboree" [Pinky Boyle's short story], undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: undated

"Horror's Homecoming", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: undated

"Keys to the Death House", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: undated

"Murder at the Matinee", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: undated

"Nothing Ever Happens", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: undated

"Nothing Up the Sleeve", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: undated

Memorandum booklet: "Outward Bound" lists freelance articles Saunders sent out and payment records, 1925-1926

File – Box 6, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: 1925-1926

"Picture Prowler", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: undated

"Pink Slipper", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: undated

"Pinky's Campus Prowl" [Pinky Boyle short story], undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: undated

"Pinky Nets a Prophet" (with rejection letter from The Frank A. Munsey Co.), ca. 1930?, January 31, 1931

File – Box 6, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930?, January 31, 1931

"Pinky Takes a Hand" [Pinky Boyle Short Story], undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: undated

Ring of the Mongol, undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: undated

"Sables for Sweetie", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: undated

"Sir Wally Bears a Torch", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: undated

"Soap, Soup and Saucers", undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: undated

Typed manuscripts of "Starts and Stops" [stories, articles never finished], undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: undated

"Why Motorists Grow Wary" [may be an article for the News-Bee], undated

File – Box 6, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: undated

Original pages: "The Tryst" Flynn's Weekly [Vol. 20, No. 6], January 1, 1927

File – Box 7, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: January 1, 1927

Original pages: "Heroes of Science" Flynn's Weekly [Vol. 22, No. 2], February 26, 1927

File – Box 7, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: February 26, 1927

Original pages: "A Gamble of Gospels" Detective Fiction Weekly [Vol. 35, No. 6], September 22, 1928

File – Box 7, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: September 22, 1928

Original pages: "Fireworks and Frogs" Detective Fiction Weekly [Vol. 40, No. 3], March 30, 1929

File – Box 7, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: March 30, 1929

Original pages: "Little Gypping Sweetheart" Detective Fiction Weekly [Vol. 50, No. 5], June 7, 1930

File – Box 7, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: June 7, 1930

Original pulp magazine: "The Movie House Murders" Complete Detective Novel Magazine [Vol. 1, No. 61] (cover illustration is for Saunders' story), July 1933

File – Box 7, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: July 1933

Two American Druggist magazines: contain "The Drug Store Murders" serial, August 1933

File – Box 7, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: August 1933

Original magazine: "Blond Blight" UEF News [Underwood Elliot Fisher], July 1934

File – Box 7, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: July 1934

Original pulp magazine: "The Man With One O'Clock Ears" Dime Detective Magazine [Vol. 14, No. 3], October 15, 1934

File – Box 7, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: October 15, 1934

One original pulp magazine and two copies of original pages: "The Nervous Corpse" Detective Fiction Weekly [Vol. 95, No. 4], August 10, 1935

File – Box 7, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: August 10, 1935

Cover of Complete Western Book Magazine with note of thanks to Saunders from Richard Sprang, Drug World paper, misc. pages from Opportunity Magazine, [these contain no apparent material by Saunders], September 27, 1935, November 1937

File – Box 7, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: September 27, 1935, November 1937

Plays, Radio Scripts, Novels, 1930-1960, undated

Sub-Series – Box 8

Dates: Creation: 1930-1960, undated

Sarbeque (novel): Manuscript, chapters 1-3, ca. 1930?

File – Box 8, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930?

Sarbeque(novel): Manuscript, chapters 4-7, ca. 1930?

File – Box 8, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930?

Sarbeque (novel): Manuscript, chapters 8-10, ca. 1930?

File – Box 8, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930?

Sarbeque (novel): Manuscript, chapters 11-end, ca. 1930?

File – Box 8, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930?

Sarbeque (novel): Manuscript, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: undated

Cocktail Party (novel): Correspondence, December 1938-June 1943

File – Box 8, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: December 1938-June 1943

Cocktail Party (novel): Typewritten theory and outline, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Cocktail Party (novel): Typed notes, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Cocktail Party (novel): Typed notes, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Cocktail Party (novel): Typed notes, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Cocktail Party (novel): Typed manuscript with handwritten revisions, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Cocktail Party (novel): Manuscript, final draft? (carbon copy), ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Cocktail Party (novel): Miscellaneous pages from manuscript with handwritten revisions, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Crown on the Hall Tree (play): Correspondence, 1937-1938

File – Box 8, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1937-1938

Crown on the Hall Tree (play): Typewritten manuscript, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Crown on the Hall Tree (play): Programs, Toledo Repertoire Co., Oct. 1937

File – Box 8, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: Oct. 1937

Death on the Deadline (novel): Manuscript, chapters 1-4, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Death on the Deadline (novel): Manuscript, chapters 5-8, Oct. 1937

File – Box 8, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: Oct. 1937

Death on the Deadline (novel): Manuscript, 9-end, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 8, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

Eddie and Imogene (radio program): Correspondence, clippings, publicity photos, 1940

File – Box 8, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: 1940

Eddie and Imogene (radio program): Notes, original sketches, mock-up/publicity manuscript: "We Want You to Meet Eddie and Imogene", ca. 1940?

File – Box 8, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: ca. 1940?

Eddie and Imogene (radio program): Typewritten radio scripts, ca. 1939?

File – Box 8, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: ca. 1939?

Eddie and Imogene (radio program): Scripts, carbon copies, nos. 1-6, ca. 1941?

File – Box 8, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: ca. 1941?

Eddie and Imogene (radio program): Scripts, carbon copies (same as folder 23), 1941

File – Box 8, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: 1941

Girl Under Glass ("Melodrama in One Act"): typewritten manuscript, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: undated

In the Waiting Room ("A Play in One Act"): typewritten manuscript, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: undated

Lonely Heart: typed play treatment, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: undated

The Matchmaker, A Comedy in Three Acts [incomplete]: typed manuscript, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: undated

The Movie House Murders (novel): bound manuscript, ca. 1930?

File – Box 8, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930?

Satan Came Also (play): typed synopses and misc. notes, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: undated

Sidewalk Café by Saunders and Lawrence Grattan (radio): typed script and letter from NBC, 1934, October 19, 1934

File – Box 8, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1934, October 19, 1934

Supper At Seven ("One Act Comedy"): typewritten manuscript, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: undated

Three Taps at Twelve (play): programs for various productions; review and publicity clippings; issue of Village Chatter, New York City, 1933-1934, May 7, 1935

File – Box 8, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: 1933-1934, May 7, 1935

Three Taps at Twelve (play): photographs of production, Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: undated

Uniforms ("One Act Comedy"): typewritten manuscript, undated

File – Box 8, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: undated

Rejection letter from Robert Thomas Hardy, Inc. [author agency] for Saunders' book manuscripts, February 29, 1930

File – Box 8, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: February 29, 1930

Rejection letters for Girl Under Glass, In the Waiting Room, Uniforms, and Supper At Seven, 1938-1939

File – Box 8, Folder: 37

Dates: Creation: 1938-1939

CONFIDENTIAL: Correspondence; royalty statements for plays by Saunders from Samuel French [play publishers], 1939-1943

File – Box 8, Folder: 38

Dates: Creation: 1939-1943

CONFIDENTIAL: receipts; statements from Samuel French for play royalties, 1945-1960

File – Box 8, Folder: 39

Dates: Creation: 1945-1960

Toledo News-Bee Material, 1929-1939, undated

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1929-1939, undated

Toledo News-Bee Correspondence and last days at Wabash College, 1926-1937

File – Box 9, Folder: 1-15

Dates: Creation: 1926-1937

Journals: Scripps-Howard News [contains article on Gibson and Saunders and article on Toledo News-Bee], September 1929, February 1930

File – Box 10, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: September 1929, February 1930

Typed reprints of "The University of Toledo--Your School" article series originally written by Saunders for the Toledo News-Bee, November 1934

File – Box 10, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: November 1934

Misc. articles/columns by Saunders (originally filed loose at back of above notebook) [short fiction and "Stage and Offstage" column], 1934-1938

File – Box 10, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1934-1938

Clippings about paper's demise; press pass to New York Worlds Fair; pamphlet: "Paul Whiteman in Person"; The Hotplate [satirical paper for the Toledo News-Bee staff]; movie article, The Literary Digest, February 3, 1934-1939, undated

File – Box 10, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: February 3, 1934-1939, undated

Travel notes in Hollywood, eleven reporter pads for Europe and Florida, 1935-1938

File – Box 10, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1935-1938

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

File – Box 10, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1936

Three articles by Saunders on Hollywood, 1936-1937

File – Box 10, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1936-1937

Fan mail, letters from actors, etc. [last days of the paper being published], 1937-1938

File – Box 10, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1937-1938

Time [contains reprint of article by Saunders on actress Agna Enters], January 3, 1938

File – Box 10, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: January 3, 1938

Clippings of columns by Saunders; clippings of advertisement for "Forbidden Fires" serial story in the Toldeo News-Bee by Saunders and Ida McGlone Gibson; Heritage Press flyer [quotes Saunders]; typed manuscript: "City Room Callers", ca. 1930s, undated

File – Box 10, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s, undated

Artwork of Saunders by "CY" and others [unsigned]; caricature of Saunders by Wygren; silhouette of Saunders by Budd-Jack, ca. 1930s, 1932-1936

File – Box 10, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s, 1932-1936

Notebook containing pasted articles by Saunders [short fiction pieces]

File – Box 10, Folder: 12

Community Service and Professional Organizations, 1920-1984

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1920-1984

Community Service and Professional Organizations Papers, 1934-1984

Sub-Series – Box 11

Dates: Creation: 1934-1984

Art Interests, Inc., Toledo, Ohio: minutes, correspondence, rosters, art programs for exhibition by Chinese-American artist Dong Kingman, 1961-1971

File – Box 11, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1961-1971

Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio: correspondence, articles, certificates, 1941-1957

File – Box 11, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1941-1957

Community Chest publicity committee, Toledo, Ohio: minutes, tentative publicity program, September 8, 1938, 1938-1939

File – Box 11, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: September 8, 1938, 1938-1939

Full page newspaper advertisements for the Community Chest, Toledo Blade, the Toledo Times, Catholic Chronicle, April 1940

File – Box 11, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: April 1940

Ads from folder 4 (con't.), April 1940

File – Box 11, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: April 1940

Community Chest correspondence concerning commissioned artwork by Saunders for advertising, April-May 1940

File – Box 11, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: April-May 1940

Misc. memberships: "The Hermits": rosters; Friday Discussion Club Roster, October-December 1979

File – Box 11, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: October-December 1979

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

File – Box 11, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1979-1983

Minor Prophets history of organization; pamphlets; correspondence; pamphlet listing original members; address list, 1955-1975

File – Box 11, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1955-1975

CONFIDENTIAL: "To the Members of the National Cartoonist's Society Only" [correspondence concerning ethics committee], July 31, 1957

File – Box 11, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: July 31, 1957

National Cartoonist's Society: correspondence; postcard; rosters; nomination form for NCS annual award, 1949-1963

File – Box 11, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1949-1963

National Cartoonist's Association society roster, March 1968

File – Box 11, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: March 1968

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

File – Box 11, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1949-Spring 1960

The Cartoonist: membership roster, nomination ballot, Reuben Awards, 1979-March 1980

File – Box 11, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1979-March 1980

National Cartoonist's Society Newsletter, July 14, 1954-February 12, 1956

File – Box 11, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: July 14, 1954-February 12, 1956

National Cartoonist's Society Newsletter (con't.), April 29, 1957-December 26, 1957

File – Box 11, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: April 29, 1957-December 26, 1957

National Cartoonist's Society Newsletter (con't.), January 23, 1958-May 21, 1962

File – Box 11, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: January 23, 1958-May 21, 1962

Newsletter & Flyer for NCS Gala Double-Header Christmas - Birthday Party, January 1964-June 1965

File – Box 11, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: January 1964-June 1965

Newsletter & letter from new president, 1982-1984

File – Box 11, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: 1982-1984

National Cartoonist's Society Dinner Programs, April 23, 1952, April 23, 1957, April 23, 1963, June 6, 1963

File – Box 11, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: April 23, 1952, April 23, 1957, April 23, 1963, June 6, 1963

Booklet: 19th Annual Reuben Award Dinner, April 20, 1965

File – Box 11, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: April 20, 1965

Misc. publications: The American Cartoonist, Phil Love Talks of Comics, September 1947, 1964

File – Box 11, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: September 1947, 1964

The Newcomen Society in North America: correspondence, history, attendance roster; 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, 1960-1963

File – Box 11, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: 1960-1963

Newspaper Comics Council articles; news releases; correspondence [Saunders was Chairman of NCC], April 1955-November 1961, 1962

File – Box 11, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: April 1955-November 1961, 1962

Newspaper Comics Council reports and minutes, June 1956-September 21, 1960

File – Box 11, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: June 1956-September 21, 1960

Newspaper Comics Council reports and minutes (cont'd.), October 25, 1961-March 13, 1963

File – Box 11, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: October 25, 1961-March 13, 1963

Newspaper Comics Council publications, 1955-1957

File – Box 11, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: 1955-1957

Association of the Ohio Commodores: bylaws and constitution pamphlet, correspondence, invitations, 1969

File – Box 11, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: 1969

People-to-People Program: correspondence; roster; minutes; press release; newsletter; articles; pamphlets, 1956-1957

File – Box 11, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: 1956-1957

Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa correspondence, Toledo area Phi Beta Kappa graduate association roster, 1971-1976

File – Box 11, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: 1971-1976

The Players Club: New York City programs, correspondence, bulletins, article, 1954-1968

File – Box 11, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1954-1968

Booklet: The Players Book [The Players Club], 1980

File – Box 11, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: 1980

Players Magazine [Official Publication of National Collegiate Players], May 6, 1934

File – Box 11, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: May 6, 1934

President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped, 1945-1983

Sub-Series – Box 11

Dates: Creation: 1945-1983

Correspondence, December 1963-June 1969

File – Box 11, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: December 1963-June 1969

Notes; drafts of correspondence, undated

File – Box 11, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: undated

Correspondence, October 1958-November 1962

File – Box 11, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: October 1958-November 1962

Samples of published cartoons on handicapped employment artwork; correspondence; newspapers with handicapped and employment themes, ca. 1960

File – Box 11, Folder: 37

Dates: Creation: ca. 1960

Roster; publicity releases; membership cards; Cartoonist's Committee; committee nomination forms, 1959

File – Box 11, Folder: 38

Dates: Creation: 1959

Clippings; articles on Cartoonist's Committee, December 1959

File – Box 11, Folder: 39

Dates: Creation: December 1959

Minutes [name changed to The President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped]; program, May 1959-April 1961, May 1969

File – Box 11, Folder: 40

Dates: Creation: May 1959-April 1961, May 1969

Publications of the President's Committee, 1955-1964

File – Box 11, Folder: 41

Dates: Creation: 1955-1964

Miscellaneous publications on employing the handicapped [includes Toledo area publications], 1953-1960

File – Box 11, Folder: 42

Dates: Creation: 1953-1960

Correspondence; certificate of membership, 1978-1980

File – Box 11, Folder: 43

Dates: Creation: 1978-1980

Booklet: The Press Club of Toledo Roster, July 1978

File – Box 11, Folder: 44

Dates: Creation: July 1978

Sigma Delta Chi (Professional Journalistic Fraternity): correspondence, 1962

File – Box 11, Folder: 45

Dates: Creation: 1962

Tile Club of Toledo [artist's club]: rosters, correspondence regarding art exhibit, 1980, 1983

File – Box 11, Folder: 46

Dates: Creation: 1980, 1983

Toledo Automobile Club Roster publication: AAA News Review [Saunders pictured], March 1961, November 1, 1980

File – Box 11, Folder: 47

Dates: Creation: March 1961, November 1, 1980

United States Committee for the United Nations: correspondence; annual report; bulletin, 1957-1959

File – Box 11, Folder: 48

Dates: Creation: 1957-1959

Friday Discussion Club, University of Toledo roster; photograph; schedule of speakers, 1981

File – Box 11, Folder: 49

Dates: Creation: 1981

Voluntary Action Center correspondence; information sheet, 1980-1981

File – Box 11, Folder: 50

Dates: Creation: 1980-1981

Miscellaneous correspondence: thank-you note from Joan Crawford, USO; invitation, Bond Drive Dinner; program for Michael V. DiSalle Recognition Dinner; certificate from Toledo District Defense Council; certificate from Toledo Public Health Association, 1945-1965

File – Box 11, Folder: 51

Dates: Creation: 1945-1965

Wabash College, Board of Trustees, 1942-1983, undated

Sub-Series – Box 12

Dates: Creation: 1942-1983, undated

Miscellaneous correspondence concerning Byron Price, recommendations [for him to become board member], June-July 1942

File – Box 12, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: June-July 1942

Correspondence from W. Norwood Brigance, regarding John Saunders, Speakers Bureau, Wabash College, November 10, 1942-May 14, 1943

File – Box 12, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: November 10, 1942-May 14, 1943

"Class List-1920"; "1920 Class Roster"; index cards, Toledo area alumni [?], January 1, 1943, March 1960, undated

File – Box 12, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: January 1, 1943, March 1960, undated

Miscellaneous correspondence; Board of Trustees Roster, 1954-1972, September 1972

File – Box 12, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1954-1972, September 1972

Itinerary: "Five Week Adult Program", "A Personal Development Program for Young Men in Business and Industry", Summer 1955, undated

File – Box 12, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: Summer 1955, undated

Booklet: Report of Meeting of Members of Boards of Trustees of Colleges and Universities of Indiana, November 24, 1956

File – Box 12, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: November 24, 1956

Supportive documents used to compile above report (contents sheet inside folder], 1958-1965

File – Box 12, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1958-1965

CONFIDENTIAL: correspondence concerning fraternity anti-discrimination situation, July-August, 1960

File – Box 12, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: July-August, 1960

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], September 1960

File – Box 12, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: September 1960

CONFIDENTIAL: "Background on Faculty Recommendation on Fraternities and Segregation," by W.W. Shearer; "Regulations and Policies Concerning Membership in Wabash Fraternities", ca. 1960

File – Box 12, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: ca. 1960

Statement by trustees of Wabash College concerning fraternal discrimination, undated

File – Box 12, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: undated

Summary of Investment Position, Wabash College, 1960

File – Box 12, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1960

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], September 1960-April 1965

File – Box 12, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: September 1960-April 1965

Material concerning Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, presented to Allen Saunders, Wabash College on June 9, 1963, 1962-1963

File – Box 12, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1962-1963

"Report of Second 1964 Examination of Shade Trees on the Wabash College Campus," by J.C. Carter, Ph.D. Plant Pathologist, October 8, 1964

File – Box 12, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: October 8, 1964

Correspondence concerning and 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], 1964-1965

File – Box 12, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1964-1965

"Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Wabash College", February 13, 1982

File – Box 12, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: February 13, 1982

Wabash College Trustees Rosters, 1980-1983

File – Box 12, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: 1980-1983

Wabash College Publications, 1927-1980

Sub-Series – Box 13

Dates: Creation: 1927-1980

The Wabash Bulletin [alumni magazine]: Vol. XXIV, No. 6, Vol. L, No. 2, Vol. LII, No. 4 [Saunders pictured], Vol. LVII, No. 2, Vol. LVII, No. 5, March 1927, May 1954, January 1957, October 1959, April 1960

File – Box 13, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: March 1927, May 1954, January 1957, October 1959, April 1960

Miscellaneous clippings about Wabash College [from newspapers and magazines], 1941-1980

File – Box 13, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1941-1980

Pamphlets; clipping on Frank Sparks (past president of Wabash, in governor's race); publicity flyer for Rollo Walter Brown [professor at Wabash], 1942-1943, 1956

File – Box 13, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1942-1943, 1956

The Caveman (independent campus magazine), May 1954

File – Box 13, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: May 1954

Program; article on new Wabash campus center, October 30, 1954

File – Box 13, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: October 30, 1954

Wabash College bulletins (admissions information), 1954, 1958-1959, 1963-1964

File – Box 13, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1954, 1958-1959, 1963-1964

Booklets: business and industry programs, 1955

File – Box 13, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1955

Magazine: Saturday Review [includes article on fraternities and discrimination in section titled "Accent on Education"], September 10, 1955

File – Box 13, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: September 10, 1955

Publications by Byron K. Trippet, President, Wabash, 1955-1964

File – Box 13, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1955-1964

Articles, brochures on finance and development, 1957, 1961-1965

File – Box 13, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1957, 1961-1965

Pamphlets: sports; theatre; liberal arts; admission facts, 1961-1965

File – Box 13, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1961-1965

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

File – Box 13, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1966

Comic Strip Material: Big Chief Wahoo/Steve Roper/Mike Nomad, 1920-1979

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1920-1979

General Professional and Reader Mail, 1937-1976, undated

Sub-Series – Box 14

Dates: Creation: 1937-1976, undated

General professional correspondence and reader mail (Big Chief Wahoo), 1937-1940

File – Box 14, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1937-1940

Correspondence between Publisher's Syndicate and Allen Saunders concerning creation of the Steve Roper character, February 1938-April 1963

File – Box 14, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: February 1938-April 1963

General professional correspondence and reader mail [one has clipping of Big Chief Wahoo attached], 1941, ca. 1941

File – Box 14, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1941, ca. 1941

General professional correspondence; letter from reader attached: b/w glossy strip Chief Wahoo, 1942, August 10, 1942

File – Box 14, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1942, August 10, 1942

General reader mail and professional correspondence: from Saunders to reader; from editor, Toledo Blade; attached: letter from reader, three clippings of comic strips Li'l Abner, Chief Wahoo, 1943, February 1943

File – Box 14, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1943, February 1943

General professional correspondence and reader mail [one has clippings of two color comic strips of Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper], 1944-1945, ca. July 1945?

File – Box 14, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1944-1945, ca. July 1945?

General professional correspondence and reader mail [two have clippings of Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper comic strip attached], March 23, 1946, August 27, 1946, 1946

File – Box 14, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: March 23, 1946, August 27, 1946, 1946

General reader mail and professional correspondence; correspondence between "Gene" Connely, Publisher's Syndicate, editor of The Indianapolis Star, and A. Saunders [includes attachment of color strip]; correspondence between Ben Kocel, Glos Ludowy (People's Voice-Polish Weekly) and Saunders, January-October 1947

File – Box 14, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: January-October 1947

General professional correspondence and reader mail [one includes three clippings of comic strip]; from Henry Jaffe, Mycor Camera Co., Inc. attached: note to Saunders from H.H. Anderson, Publisher's Syndicate; b/w glossy advertisement for "Tiny 'Mycro' " camera; article on Nielsen Ratings for week of August 15-21, 1948, ca. May 1948, September 1948, undated

File – Box 14, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: ca. May 1948, September 1948, undated

General reader mail correspondence, 1949

File – Box 14, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1949

General reader mail and professional correspondence [include clippings of the comic strip, letter to the editor]; correspondence between H.H. Anderson, Publisher's Syndicate, editor of The Globe and Mail, Toronto, and with various readers, 1950, November-December 1950

File – Box 14, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1950, November-December 1950

Correspondence from Robert E. Bordon, Director, LP-Gas Information Services, June 11, 1951

File – Box 14, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: June 11, 1951

General reader mail correspondence; postcard from A. Saunders with note from N.P. Revel, 1952, July 8, 1952

File – Box 14, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1952, July 8, 1952

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

File – Box 14, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1953

General reader mail correspondence: [one has clipping attached of the comic strip]; correspondence between William K. Fortner, Founder, The Christian Soldiers, Publisher's Syndicate, and A. Saunders, 1954, September 1954, ca. 1954

File – Box 14, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1954, September 1954, ca. 1954

General reader mail correspondence [one has clipping attached of color panel of strip]; draft of correspondence from A. Saunders to Steve Allen, 1955, ca. 1955?

File – Box 14, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1955, ca. 1955?

General reader mail correspondence [several have clippings of the comic strip attached]; copy: from Saunders to reader, Gas Transmission Co.; from reader with color news comic page attached from Famous Funnies #52 of Big Chief Wahoo; correspondence between various newspaper editors, readers, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate personnel [several have clippings of the strip attached]; photocopy: Al Capp to William Overgard, 1956, May-November 1956

File – Box 14, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: 1956, May-November 1956

General professional correspondence and reader mail, 1957

File – Box 14, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: 1957

General reader mail correspondence [several include attached clippings of the strip]; correspondence between reader and Saunders; general professional correspondence between editors, readers, A. Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate personnel; correspondence from Publisher's Syndicate to A. Saunders; attachment: clipping "Mary Haworth's Mail" The Washington Post and Times Herald; correspondence between editor, The Charleston Daily Mail, Overgard, and Saunders; attachment: draft of article on the comic strip for the newspaper, 1958, March 30, 1958, May 12, 1968, October 11, 1958

File – Box 14, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: 1958, March 30, 1958, May 12, 1968, October 11, 1958

General reader mail correspondence; Publisher's Syndicate, and Saunders [one includes clipping of daily strip]; general professional correspondence between editors [one includes two b/w glossy dailies of, Steve Roper], 1959, January 31, 1959, February 2, 1969, ca. 1969

File – Box 14, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: 1959, January 31, 1959, February 2, 1969, ca. 1969

General reader mail correspondence [one includes handwritten notes by Saunders]; carbon copy: from Saunders to reader, 1959, February 23, 1959, September 29, 1959

File – Box 14, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: 1959, February 23, 1959, September 29, 1959

General reader mail correspondence [some include clippings of the comic strip] [many deal with story line concerning deaf character]; carbon copy: from Saunders to reader; from reader; attached: pages from a children's book by Thornton Burgess, Famous Animal Tales; general professional correspondence between editors, Publisher's Syndicate, Saunders, and readers, 1959-1961, August 16, 1961, undated

File – Box 14, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: 1959-1961, August 16, 1961, undated

General reader mail correspondence [one includes clipping of daily comic strip]; general professional correspondence between editors, Publisher's Syndicate, readers, and Saunders [one includes clipping of daily comic strip], 1962, ca. 1962

File – Box 14, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: 1962, ca. 1962

General reader mail correspondence; carbon copies: correspondence from Saunders to readers; correspondence between reader, Publisher's Syndicate, and Saunders, 1963, June-July 1963

File – Box 14, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: 1963, June-July 1963

General reader mail correspondence, 1964

File – Box 14, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: 1964

General reader mail correspondence [several include attachments of the daily strip]; carbon copy: correspondence from Saunders to reader general professional correspondence between editors, readers, and Publisher's Syndicate, 1965, July 26, 1965

File – Box 14, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: 1965, July 26, 1965

General reader mail correspondence [several include attachments of the daily strip], 1966

File – Box 14, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: 1966

General reader mail correspondence, 1967

File – Box 14, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: 1967

General reader mail correspondence [one includes attached daily comic strip]; general professional correspondence between Saunders, readers, and newspaper editors, 1968, December 12, 1968

File – Box 14, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: 1968, December 12, 1968

General reader mail correspondence from "Your half-wit favorite, Mike Nomad"

File – Box 14, Folder: 30

"Mail - Steve Roper" [folder labeled by Saunders]; general reader mail correspondence [one includes clipping of one panel from daily strip]; from Ann Griffith [columnist], Charleston Daily Mail, 1955-1976, ca. 1976, undated

File – Box 14, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1955-1976, ca. 1976, undated

Reader mail [most are thank you letters from charity organizations or professionals thanking Saunders for portraying their causes correctly in the strip], 1950-1962

File – Box 14, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: 1950-1962

CONFIDENTIAL: correspondence, papers concerning court cases brought against Publisher's Syndicate for Steve Roper comic strip, 1957-1958

File – Box 14, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: 1957-1958

Correspondence, charts on Steve Roper ratings, 1955-1960

File – Box 14, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: 1955-1960

Research Files, Notes, Clippings, Story Ideas, 1920-1979, undated

Sub-Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1920-1979, undated

original watercolor and ink drawings of comic Indian characters by Horson [?], undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: undated

original ink panel of Chief Wahoo strip caricature of Allen Saunders as Mary Worth with Chief Wahoo by unknown artist, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: undated

pamphlet: Mail Fraud, U.S. Post Office Department; pamphlet: Don't Be a Pigeon in the Old Con Game; booklet: Consumer Alert Booklet, Better Business Bureau, September 1964, ca. 1966?, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: September 1964, ca. 1966?, undated

Story Angles: handwritten notes; typewritten page "Roper Plot"; handwritten notes, "Encore for Eros" [notes on use of hidden cameras in story]; handwritten notes; correspondence [from Overgard] to Saunders; handwritten story outline, sketch of diamond ring; typewritten story; "General Outline of RR Story for Steve Roper", attached: news clipping: "Mafia Muscles in on Rustling" [n.p.]; handwritten story outline; "Biographical Background--Mike Nomad" fact sheet, ca. 1953, 1954-1955, September 2, 1970, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: ca. 1953, 1954-1955, September 2, 1970, undated

listing of Toledo Public Library Selected Non-Fiction Books; article: "Brush With Danger: Writer Joins Nazis" Editor and Publisher; clipping:: "Secret-Size Recording Machine" [n.p.]; article: "Beware the Fast Buck!" Men, Vol. 7, No.3; clipping: "Tractor Rescues Self From Fire" The Circleville Herald; advertisement: "A Banner for The Cleveland Press"; clipping: "That HH Thing Is A Spooky One" Toledo Blade; clipping: "18-State Hunt Pushed for Photographer's Killer" New York Times; clipping: "Flying is Such Fun" New York Herald Tribune; business card for record and tape service; clipping: "Cigaret (sic) Bootlegger Likely to Move in After Big Tax Hike" [n.p.]; clipping: "Get-Rich-Quick Gag Draws Cops" [NYC?], April 7, 1963-August 12, 1970, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: April 7, 1963-August 12, 1970, undated

handwritten notes, clippings and sketches on hidden cameras, 1947-1952

File – Box 15, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1947-1952

typewritten scripts for strip Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, May 28-June 3, ca. 1970s?

File – Box 15, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: May 28-June 3, ca. 1970s?

typewritten scripts for Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, with typewritten letter from Alice and John [Saunders; [script by John Saunders], June 11-20, ca. 1970s?, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: June 11-20, ca. 1970s?, undated

News clippings: "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; attached: clippings sent to Saunders by Pfoutz: "Baseball Sandal" [sic]; "Are Successful Businessmen Using ESP?; "Strictly Personal" [column]; "Mail Service Organizing Own Police", 1971, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1971, undated

"Rackets and Swindles" folder; handwritten notes: "Waitress Training; Better Business Bureau of Toledo Report on Operations; correspondence from D.R. Pfoutz, Phil Steitz; articles, clippings on topics such as beauty salon rackets, the Vanity Press, book thieves, fake charities, punchboard rackets, short change rackets, and others, 1920-1963, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1920-1963, undated

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

File – Box 15, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1948-1972

pamphlets published by the Better Business Bureau: A House Is A Living Thing; Your Home Paradise for Gyps! (Cleveland); Facts You Should Know About Health Cures, 1951-1964

File – Box 15, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1951-1964

misc. clippings, articles for Steve Roper story angles, 1972-1974

File – Box 15, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1972-1974

Arson and Accidents, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: undated

Autos, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: undated

Aviation, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: undated

Bombing, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: undated

Burglaries, self defense, consumer awareness, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: undated

Burglaries, etc. (con't.), news clippings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: undated

Camera, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: undated

Cause of death, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: undated

Chemistry, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: undated

Codes, Signals, Flags, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: undated

Concealment, Smuggling, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: undated

Counterfeiting, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: undated

Criminal Identification, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: undated

Drugs, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: undated

Eavesdropping, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: undated

Eavesdropping, (con't.): news clippings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: undated

Escapes, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: undated

Fights, Jujitsu, etc., undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: undated

Firearms, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: undated

Fires, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: undated

Gags, Mottos, Sayings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: undated

Gags, etc. (con't.) news clippings; notes on newsprint, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: undated

Gambling, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: undated

Gambling, (con't.): news clippings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 37

Dates: Creation: undated

Gimmicks and trick weapons, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 38

Dates: Creation: undated

Gimmicks, (con't.): news clippings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 39

Dates: Creation: undated

Indians/Sign Language, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 40

Dates: Creation: undated

Insurance Swindles, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 41

Dates: Creation: undated

Jewels, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 42

Dates: Creation: undated

Journalism, Memory, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 43

Dates: Creation: undated

Juvenile Crime, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 44

Dates: Creation: undated

Locks, Alarms, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 45

Dates: Creation: undated

Miscellaneous idea clippings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 46

Dates: Creation: undated

Pets, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 47

Dates: Creation: undated

Poisons, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 48

Dates: Creation: undated

Police and Detectives at Work, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 49

Dates: Creation: undated

Police Procedure and Records, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 50

Dates: Creation: undated

Police Procedure, (con't.): news clippings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 51

Dates: Creation: undated

Prisons, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 52

Dates: Creation: undated

Psychology and Occult, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 53

Dates: Creation: undated

Psychology, etc. (con't.),: news clippings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 54

Dates: Creation: undated

Rackets, Large Crimes, Forgery, Moon shining, Spies, Dope, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 55

Dates: Creation: undated

Rackets, etc., (con't.): news clippings, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 56

Dates: Creation: undated

Rackets, small, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 57

Dates: Creation: undated

Rackets, Small, (con't.), undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 58

Dates: Creation: undated

Science in Detection, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 59

Dates: Creation: undated

Science in Detection, cont'd: news clippings, sketches, notes, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 60

Dates: Creation: undated

Shoplifting, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 61

Dates: Creation: undated

Survival Techniques, undated

File – Box 15, Folder: 62

Dates: Creation: undated

correspondence from the Treasury Dept.; photo of counterfeit coin [reproduced in a Steve Roper strip on counterfeiting in Sept. 1949]; booklet: Know Your Money, U.S. Secret Service, Treasury Dept., July 1948, April-August 1949

File – Box 16, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: July 1948, April-August 1949

handwritten notes, annotations, clippings on caves and spelunking, 1950

File – Box 16, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1950

Handwritten notes, annotations, clippings on carnivals and amusement parks, ca. 1936-1950

File – Box 16, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: ca. 1936-1950

Handwritten research notes on car theft, 1946-1947

File – Box 16, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1946-1947

Typewritten annotations on mining, ca. 1940s

File – Box 16, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: ca. 1940s

Clippings on wild animal training, 1961

File – Box 16, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1961

Clippings on betting; horse race programs, 1950

File – Box 16, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1950

typed annotations on truck driving; booklet: Truck Driver's Handbook, American Driving Association Truck, 1947-1948, 1961

File – Box 16, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1947-1948, 1961

Annotations, clippings on animals, 1940s-1960s

File – Box 16, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1940s-1960s

Misc. research clippings, annotations, 1940s-1960s

File – Box 16, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1940s-1960s

Handwritten notes on wrestling, 1946

File – Box 16, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1946

Carbon copies: Secret Service counterfeiting case reports, ca. 1940s

File – Box 16, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: ca. 1940s

various clippings, annotations, and articles on crimes and procedures, mostly from police professional journals, 1940s-1960s

File – Box 16, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1940s-1960s

Reprints of articles in FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, nos. 1-20, 1930s-1940s

File – Box 16, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1930s-1940s

Reprints of articles in FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, nos. 21-40, 1930s-1940s

File – Box 16, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1930s-1940s

Reprints of articles in FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, nos. 41-62, 1930s-1940s

File – Box 16, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1930s-1940s

Reprints of articles in FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, nos. 63-88, 1930s-1940s

File – Box 16, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: 1930s-1940s

Typed manuscript: "Bibliography of Crime and Kindred Subjects" FBI, October 1, 1950

File – Box 16, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: October 1, 1950

reprints of articles from the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin: [general crime information, new investigation techniques]; photographs of various equipment; booklet: Electronic Fingerprint and Personal Appearance Identification, NY State Division of Criminal Identification, 1950s, undated

File – Box 16, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: 1950s, undated

correspondence from J. Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI; reprints of articles distributed by FBI and Treasury Dept., November 9, 1951

File – Box 16, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: November 9, 1951

article reprints from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin of the regular "Identification" column, 1950s

File – Box 16, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: 1950s

article reprints from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin of the regular "Feature Article" column (covers newest law enforcement techniques), 1950s

File – Box 16, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: 1950s

articles, annotations on crime and detection (most are from law enforcement professional journals), 1950s

File – Box 16, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: 1950s

article reprints from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin of the regular "Scientific Aids" column, 1950s

File – Box 16, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: 1950s

pamphlet: Continental Secret Service Bureau (private detective agency in Toledo, Ohio), undated

File – Box 16, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: undated

clippings, notes on art and crime, 1952, 1963

File – Box 16, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: 1952, 1963

clippings, police and detective work, 1950s-1960s

File – Box 16, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: 1950s-1960s

Story idea clippings [most on crime], 1954-1973

File – Box 16, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: 1954-1973

Clippings for possible story plots/angles and research notes [most on crime], 1970s

File – Box 16, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: 1970s

Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] booklets: Uniform Crime Reports bulletin, Vol. 22, No.2; Uniform Crime Reports bulletin, Vol. 23, No.1; The Identification Facilities of the FBI; Scientific Methods of Crime Detection in the Judicial Process; The Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice; The Technical Laboratory of the FBI, 1939-1952

File – Box 16, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: 1939-1952

Articles, clippings from front inside cover of scrapbook, 1946-1971

File – Box 16, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1946-1971

Article from back inside cover of scrapbook, "My Life Inside the Mob", 1963

File – Box 16, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: 1963

Scrapbook containing articles on crime and detection, 1930s-1953

File – Box 16, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: 1930s-1953

Articles, Publicity about Steve Roper Comic Strip, 1935-1975, undated

Sub-Series – Box 17

Dates: Creation: 1935-1975, undated

typed manuscripts for promotional advertisements for Chief Wahoo comic strip, 1945-1946

File – Box 17, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1945-1946

publicity flyers for Chief Wahoo strip; copies of gag/ spoof sketches; piece from board games, undated

File – Box 17, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: undated

clippings, articles about Big Chief Wahoo, 1937-1940

File – Box 17, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1937-1940

clippings of Toledo Community Chest series of one panel strips using Big Chief Wahoo characters, Toledo Blade, 1942

File – Box 17, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1942

clippings about Steve Roper comic strip, 1950-1972

File – Box 17, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1950-1972

photocopy: publicity letter from John and Allen Saunders; spread sheet: publicity for strip Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, Field Newspaper Syndicate; photocopy, article: "Comic Clips, a new column by Shel Dorf" [Comic Buyer's Guide?]; photocopy: two comic strips showing transition from Chief Wahoo to transition to Steve Roper taking over and to Mike Nomad then taking over; clipping: "See You in the Funny Papers" by Joe Bennet [reader's poll] Pittsburgh Press, 1935-1940, 1975, undated

File – Box 17, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1935-1940, 1975, undated

clippings on Saunders and Elmer Woggon (artist for strip), 1975-1977

File – Box 17, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1975-1977

Big Chief Wahoo/Steve Roper Tie-Ins, 1940-1953, undated

Sub-Series – Box 17

Dates: Creation: 1940-1953, undated

typed manuscripts: "Wahoo's Wisdom" sayings [for Junior Safety Council Organization?], undated

File – Box 17, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: undated

sheet music (seven copies): Big Chief Wahoo, lyrics by Saunders, M.M. Cole Publishing Co. [color cover with Wahoo and Minnie-Ha-Cha], 1940

File – Box 17, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1940

Army Navy Hit Kit songbook [Wahoo and Minnie-Ha-Cha on cover], 1945

File – Box 17, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1945

Steve Roper comic books: No. 1, No. 5, April and December 1948

File – Box 17, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: April and December 1948

correspondence with Toni Mendez; script treatments; character sketches for Steve Roper television show, 1953

File – Box 17, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1953

typed manuscript: Steve Roper Television Treatment [includes information on Steve Roper circulation figures for the time period], ca. 1953

File – Box 17, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: ca. 1953

typed script [Steve Roper], 1953

File – Box 17, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1953

typed script with handwritten notes [Steve Roper], 1953

File – Box 17, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1953

Comic Strip Material: Kerry Drake, 1942-1973

Series – Box 18

Dates: Creation: 1942-1973

Professional Correspondence, 1942-1954

Sub-Series – Box 18

Dates: Creation: 1942-1954

correspondence between Alfred Andriola and Allen Saunders, December 1942-July 1943

File – Box 18, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: December 1942-July 1943

correspondence between Andriola and Saunders; from Publisher's Syndicate [includes correspondence concerning Dan Dunn comic strip and its possible similarity to Kerry Drake], August-September 1943

File – Box 18, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: August-September 1943

correspondence between Andriola and Saunders, and from Publisher's Syndicate; "The Thing Without a Face" plot synopses; from H.H. Anderson to Andriola [critiquing the artwork of the strip, sample panels are attached], October 18-26, 1943

File – Box 18, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: October 18-26, 1943

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate; "Preliminary Synopses of The Adventure of the Thing", November-December 31, 1943

File – Box 18, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: November-December 31, 1943

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate: "Dry Ice Plot"; b/w glossy proof: special introductory strip; "Comic Preferences" poll from H.H. Anderson; handwritten notes by A. Saunders: "Liquor Ring Episode" synopsis, January-February 1944

File – Box 18, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: January-February 1944

original watercolor of "Tiffany" character from the strip by Alfred Andriola to A. Saunders, ca. February 1944

File – Box 18, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: ca. February 1944

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate, March-May 1944

File – Box 18, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: March-May 1944

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate, June-September 1944

File – Box 18, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: June-September 1944

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate: from H.H.Anderson: attached: news clippings of Dick Tracy comic strip, October-December 1944

File – Box 18, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: October-December 1944

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate; includes copies of cancellation letters from editors to the Syndicate of the Kerry Drake strip; b/w proof of the Kerry Drake strip, January-March 1945

File – Box 18, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: January-March 1945

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate, April-August 1945

File – Box 18, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: April-August 1945

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate; from Andriola: attached: two proofs of Kerry Drake; from Andriola attached: clipping of the strip Batman and Robin, September 1945-January 1946

File – Box 18, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: September 1945-January 1946

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate; from H.H.Anderson; attached: clipping of strip Brenda Starr; from Andriola, attached: sketchings of panel layouts, January-May 1946

File – Box 18, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: January-May 1946

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate: from Andriola, attached: 8xl0 photograph of toy train Lionel transformer: from Andriola, attached: color strip Batman, June-September 1946

File – Box 18, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: June-September 1946

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate, October 1946-August 1947

File – Box 18, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: October 1946-August 1947

artwork by Andriola; photocopy of woman character artwork by Saunders pencil sketches of male character, November 1946-January 1947

File – Box 18, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: November 1946-January 1947

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders and Publisher's Syndicate, September 1947-April 1948

File – Box 18, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: September 1947-April 1948

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders and Publisher's Syndicate, April-December 1948

File – Box 18, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: April-December 1948

correspondence between Andriola, Saunders and Publisher's Syndicate, February 1949-February 1954

File – Box 18, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: February 1949-February 1954

miscellaneous professional correspondence between Andriola, Saunders, and Publisher's Syndicate, 1946-1948

File – Box 18, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: 1946-1948

Dan Dunn professional correspondence; publicity flyer for "Dan Dunn Secret Operative No. 48" transcribed radio programs, May 1942-March 1943

File – Box 18, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: May 1942-March 1943

Reader Mail, 1945-1967

Sub-Series – Box 18

Dates: Creation: 1945-1967

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

File – Box 18, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: March 1945-March 1948

correspondence between readers, newspaper editors, and Publisher's Syndicate, January 1955-January 1967

File – Box 18, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: January 1955-January 1967

Clippings of and about Kerry Drake comic strip, 1943-ca. 1962?

Sub-Series – Box 18

Dates: Creation: 1943-ca. 1962?

newspaper clippings about strip; color news clipping of the strip, 1943-1950, ca. 1962?

File – Box 18, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: 1943-1950, ca. 1962?

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-September 1944, August 1947

File – Box 18, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: April-September 1944, August 1947

Story Ideas, ca. 1966-1973

Sub-Series – Box 18

Dates: Creation: ca. 1966-1973

story ideas for strip by A. Saunders: hand and typewritten notes; miscellaneous news clippings for story ideas, ca. 1966-1972

File – Box 18, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: ca. 1966-1972

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

File – Box 18, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970-1971

story ideas for strip by Saunders and from Andriola; hand and typewritten notes, correspondence; resume of Donald O. Schultz (top secret policeman), ca. 1972-1973

File – Box 18, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: ca. 1972-1973

Kerry Drake Tie-Ins, 1951-1953, undated

Sub-Series – Box 18

Dates: Creation: 1951-1953, undated

Kerry Drake comic books: A-1 Comic; No.3 (Compix Inc.); No.4 (Compix Inc.); No. 28 (Harvey Enterprises), 1951, ca. 1951, undated

File – Box 18, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: 1951, ca. 1951, undated

hardbound book: Citizenship Booklets, Harvey Publications [five comic books, one is The Case of the Sleeping City featuring Kerry Drake]; loose copy of The Case of the Sleeping City, 1951

File – Box 18, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: 1951

professional correspondence regarding Kerry Drake motion picture/television films, June 1952-October 1953

File – Box 18, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: June 1952-October 1953

Kerry Drake screen treatment by Malvin Wald; carbon copy of letter from Saunders to Les Hafner [producer], October 5, 1953, ca. 1953

File – Box 18, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: October 5, 1953, ca. 1953

first draft, typed television screenplay: Kerry Drake by Malvin Wald, ca. 1950s

File – Box 18, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: ca. 1950s

typed screenplay: Production #1, Kerry Drake introduction; adaptation by Frances Hyland [for television], 1951

File – Box 18, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: 1951

typed screenplay: Kerry Drake "starring Sterling Hayden with Marjorie Reynolds" by Frances Hyland and Jackson Gillis; publicity release; clipping about Sterling Hayden, June 4, 1952, undated

File – Box 18, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: June 4, 1952, undated

typed screenplay: Kerry Drake by Malvin Wald, Les Hafner Production, 1953

File – Box 18, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: 1953

Comic Strip Material: Mary Worth, 1939-1984, undated

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1939-1984, undated

Professional Correspondence and General Reader Mail, 1939-1968, undated

Sub-Series – Box 19

Dates: Creation: 1939-1968, undated

reader "request" mail [many ask for paper dolls of Mary Worth characters and several home-made dolls are attached], June 1939-December 1942

File – Box 19, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: June 1939-December 1942

reader "request" mail, March 1943-February 1948

File – Box 19, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: March 1943-February 1948

general reader and professional correspondence, 1939-1942

File – Box 19, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1939-1942

general reader and professional correspondence; correspondence and original artwork by Ernst [of bride, faces, technical sketch/shading exercise of strip], January 1943-November 1947, ca. 1943

File – Box 19, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: January 1943-November 1947, ca. 1943

General reader mail correspondence, 1948

File – Box 19, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1948

general reader mail correspondence; from "Eddie" Edward T. Cheyfitz, Motion Picture Association of America; attached: copy of article from The Worker on Saunders and Cheyfitz; from Steve Q. Shannon, Director, National Assn. of Greeting Card Publishers; carbon copy to H.H. Anderson, Publisher's Syndicate, from Shannon; newspaper clipping from "Willis": "Omaha's Mary Worth Serves Others as Does Counterpart" Evening World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska; black white glossy ink panel Mary Worth; publicity spread sheet [Nancy-Margo-Tom triangle], January-September 1949

File – Box 19, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: January-September 1949

General professional correspondence, 1950

File – Box 19, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1950

General reader mail correspondence; from Publishers Syndicate personnel, 1951

File – Box 19, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1951

General reader mail; correspondence from newspaper editors; from Publishers Syndicate personnel, 1952

File – Box 19, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1952

general reader mail correspondence; from H.H. Anderson, Publishers Syndicate, 1953, April 2, 1953

File – Box 19, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1953, April 2, 1953

"Pan" reader mail [disapprovals of story line], May 1949-October 1953

File – Box 19, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: May 1949-October 1953

general reader mail correspondence; from Earl Hall, Managing Editor, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA; 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], 1954, December 1954

File – Box 19, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1954, December 1954

general reader mail correspondence; 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); advertisement card for Mary Worth Gift shop, 1955, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1955, undated

general reader mail correspondence: 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; from Harry Mautin, Director, Office of Public Information, American National Red Cross, to Eugene Conley, Publisher's Syndicate; from fan; attached: article, "Faith of a Cartoonist"; carbon copy: from Philip W. Steitz to Sheila Martindale; b/w glossy of sketches by Ken Ernst with notes by Saunders and note on back from Ernst, March-October 1956, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: March-October 1956, undated

Allen and John Saunders Papers

Collection Organization

Personal Papers, 1895-1985, undated

Family and Personal Papers, 1895-1985, undated

Allen Saunders teaching certificate; Chautauqua contract; Toledo Police Department fingerprint, 1918, 1926, 1932

Letters, telegram, photographs, funeral programs for Allen's mother, Nancy Ellen Jackson Saunders; New Testament Bible, 1921-1929

Chautauqua material (diary kept by Saunders, snapshots); correspondence from family and fans; "Suggestions to Talent" and bulletin from Community Cautauqua's office, Indianapolis, June-August 1926; June-September ca. 1926?

Program: "Community Chautauquas" Albion [Saunders is pictured as a cast member of "A Message From Mars" play production as part of the Chautauqua], August 28- September 1, ca. 1926

CONFIDENTIAL: Class Record Book: French class [grades listed, Wabash College], 1926

"Spiffledinking" columns by Joe Saunders (Allen's uncle); biographical history of John R. Saunders (Grandfather of Allen), ca. 1920s, 1932

Early portraits of Allen Saunders; Allen Saunders graduation pictures; photographs of Saunders attending later Wabash graduations, 1920s-1953

Obituary for John R. Saunders, Allen's grandfather, The Lebanon Reporter, Lebanon, Indiana, 1932

Memorial program, Idah Gibson; clipping of play review [Gibson was in the play] [author and columnist, Saunders worked with her at the Toledo News-Bee], 1933, March 15, 1934

Pamphlet: Hoosier Corn (A Series of Mash Notes), Al H. Wynkoop [Paul McCutcheon dinner?], 1940

Correspondence; notes concerning issues of various magazines purchasing of back, 1948

Duplicate print of a Degas painting sent to Saunders, 1948

CONFIDENTIAL: Correspondence from Earl Timmons [farmed Saunders land in Boone County, Indiana], February 1950, September 1951

CONFIDENTIAL: Correspondence, documents, concerning Electric Line Easement [Boone County Property], 1951-1956

Miscellaneous verses, excerpts; page of a speech [?]; speech ideas [?]; program for First Presbyterian Church, Maumee, Ohio, 1952-1956

Publicity release for Lois Saunders [daughter of Allen], ca. 1959

CONFIDENTIAL: Miscellaneous personal papers, including those pertaining to Saunders' Rolls Royce, 1959-1960

Funeral program, personal letters concerning death of Fred Saunders [Allen's father], 1963

CONFIDENTIAL: Information concerning Saunders' family cemetery plot; correspondence from Perrysburg Commons; receipt from church donations, 1965-1981

Photographs: friends, family and club organization parties, 1965-1985

Saunders family history: biographical history of Joseph M.; memoirs by John Rogers Saunders; article by John R., 1895-1976

CONFIDENTIAL: Family correspondence, 1976

CONFIDENTIAL: Medical records for Lois Saunders; application for Crestview Center of Ohio; pamphlet from Maumee, Urgent Medical Care Center, 1978-1980

Newspaper: "A Tale of Two Toledos" The Miami Herald, 1979

Letter to Santa Claus from John Saunders; article on Allen's daughter, Lois (actress), October 25, 1979, undated

play review [Lois Ann, Allen's daughter]; drawing by Juliette; excerpts from diary by Cindi [Dave Saunders' daughter, Allen's granddaughter]; program, First Presbyterian Church, Maumee; Saunders family Christmas card; broadside: organ recital, David E. Saunders [Allen's son], 1941-1985

CONFIDENTIAL: Receipts, calling cards from Findlay Galleries and Field Syndicate, 1981

Church directory: First Presbyterian Church, Maumee, Fall 1981

Original artwork by Saunders; pipe advertisement featuring Allen Saunders, 1982, December 16, 1946

Pamphlet for the Perrysburg Common; note of thanks to Allen Saunders from Commons; Post-operative cataract instructions from Dr. Clark D. Weidaw, ca. 1980s, undated

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

Poem by Saunders; letter from Saunders; poem: "One Night I Had A Dream" [author unknown], 1980s

Conference name tag: "Allen Saunders, creator of Mary Worth"; pocket prayer card from Fountain For Christian Living, undated

Photograph: farm [Boone County?], undated

Index [this is an index prepared by Allen Saunders files that the Browne Popular Culture Library has interfiled into Series I and Series IV], undated

Personal and correspondence: Sister letters from Allen's father, undated

Photographs of family members and family property [?], undated

CONFIDENTIAL: Financial Records, February 1950-1982

CONFIDENTIAL: Farm Reports from Earl Timmons, income/expenses [farmed Saunders land in Boone County, Indiana], February 1950-March 1957

CONFIDENTIAL: Real estate and personal property tax statements, cancelled checks for Boone County property, 1950-1957

CONFIDENTIAL: Fire insurance correspondence, invoices [Boone County property], June 1951-August 1960

CONFIDENTIAL: Annual reports for various corporations: letters to shareholders; booklet: The Language of Investing: A Glossary; News clipping on stock market; list of stock holdings of John Allen Saunders, February-November 1959, 1959-1963

CONFIDENTIAL: Social Security, Medicare, health insurance papers for John and Lois Saunders, 1966 - 1972

CONFIDENTIAL: Individual income tax return, John and Lois Saunders, 1969

CONFIDENTIAL: Personal income tax information for Allen Saunders, 1970

CONFIDENTIAL: Lucas County State Bank statements, Allen and Lois Saunders, 1971

CONFIDENTIAL: Wabash College pooled income fund account; statements for John Allen and Lois L. Saunders; life income contract; correspondence, 1972-1980

CONFIDENTIAL: Check stubs [business?] Allen Saunders, 1974-1977

CONFIDENTIAL: Personal bank statements: Huntington Bank of Toledo; First National Bank of Toledo, Allen and Lois Saunders, 1977-1978

CONFIDENTIAL: Personal bank statements/check stubs, Huntington Bank of Toledo, Deerfield Branch State Bank [Florida] Allen and Lois Saunders, 1975-1978

CONFIDENTIAL: Banking documents, statements, personal income tax; tax documents for Allen and John Saunders, 1977 - 1979

CONFIDENTIAL: Personal income tax portfolio, Allen and Lois Saunders, 1978

CONFIDENTIAL: Family Financial Records, Trust Accounts, 1981-1982

CONFIDENTIAL: Billing Reports from Field Newspaper Syndicate to Allen and John Saunders, 1979-1983

CONFIDENTIAL: Payment stubs and receipts from personal and professional billing statements, 1978-1980

CONFIDENTIAL: Medical insurance forms: Medicare and Blue Shield, 1978-1981

CONFIDENTIAL: Ohio Citizens Trust Co. Investment statements and other receipts, 1979-1983

CONFIDENTIAL: Real estate, house bills, and appraisal, 1962-1963, 1978-1981

CONFIDENTIAL: Retirement and life insurance forms and policies [Travelers, Connecticut General], 1959, 1973, 1976-1981

CONFIDENTIAL: Tax items [personal and professional], 1976-1981

Personal Correspondence, 1923-1983

Correspondence from friends, business associates, and from serviceman during World War II [may have been penpals], 1940-1947

Political correspondence, 1945 - 1948

Miscellaneous personal correspondence with friends, admirers, artists, 1923, 1950 - 1983

Publicity release: First Annual Exhibit of Hoosier Cartoons; business cards; exhibit flyer; clipping; copy: manuscript of "The Sugar Crick School of Art", 1970s, Aug. 29, 1978, undated

Correspondence with writers [television, comic strips], 1965 -1970

Answered letters, 1976 - 1977

Correspondence from Bob Franklin; two booklets of "Warning Fables" by Franklin, 1977, 1982, 1983

Miscellaneous letter [from newsletter?] by Morris Weiss concerning death of Ham Fisher, undated

Letter and manuscript on 1780 battle by "Steve" [battle near Wabash, Indiana], undated

Freelance Writing and Artwork Files, 1910-1950, undated

Early Artwork Material, 1913-1950, undated

Landon School material [correspondence school for cartoon art], 1914

How to Draw information from various correspondence schools; booklet: How to Draw, by G. Sumner Groves, International School of Drawing, 1913-1914

Action Sketches [includes original sketches], 1914, 1942

Action Sketches (continued); booklet: Action Sketches, Book Two, Debeck and Carter Feature Service, 1916