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

general reader mail correspondence; general professional correspondence; copy of correspondence from Mark M. Cohen [attorney representing Billy Pierson, involved in television game show scam, complaining about similarity of comic strip character to his client]; to Arthur Godfrey from Saunders (carbon); from A. Godfrey, January-May 1957

File – Box 19, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: January-May 1957

general reader mail correspondence [some include replies from Saunders or handwritten notes on the correspondence by Saunders, others have newspaper clippings of the comic strip attached to their correspondence]; general professional correspondence; from Cecil J. Wilkinson, Executive Secretary, Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta to Publishers Syndicate; attached: newspaper strips of Mary Worth [includes greek letters in strip]; phonorecord: "A Personally Recorded Message for You" [from a fan to Saunders]; news clipping: "Two Plays by Horton Foote Open at Sheridan Square" [New York]; one panel from b/w glossy of comic strip [mentions reader's response to story line in the script of the panel], January-September 1958, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: January-September 1958, undated

general reader mail correspondence [includes correspondence concerning hearing loss, pertaining to the comic strip's story line]; from Saunders to fan; anonymous poem: "Troubles"; attached: newspaper clipping of Mary Worth comic strip; general professional correspondence; from "Gene" [Eugene Conley], Publishers Syndicate; attached: obituary for "Mrs. Mary E. Worth" of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, February-April 1959, 1959

File – Box 19, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: February-April 1959, 1959

general reader mail correspondence; general professional correspondence [some have newspaper clippings of the strip attached]; to Andy [H.H. Anderson] from Saunders; attached: handwritten notes on "Napoleonic Code" by "E. W."; correspondence between A. Saunders and George C. Carter, attorney [concerning legal aspect of strip infringing on client], 1960, March 4, 1960

File – Box 19, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: 1960, March 4, 1960

general reader mail correspondence [one has b/w glossy of strip attached]; from "Lonely" to "Mary" [Worth]; general professional correspondence; correspondence between Publishers Syndicate, Saunders, and A. Conforti, Professional Automobile Salesmen's Association, November-December 1961, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: November-December 1961, undated

general reader mail correspondence [some have clippings of strips attached]; carbon copy: from Saunders to a reader; carbon copy: from Saunders to a reader; general professional correspondence concerning strip [some also have clippings of the strip attached], February-August 1962

File – Box 19, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: February-August 1962

correspondence with Ken Ernst regarding article on Mary Worth in This Month; manuscript of short publicity bio by Ernst about himself; page of Mary Worth dailies, 1963, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: 1963, undated

general reader mail correspondence [some include attachments of clippings from the comic strip]; carbon: from Saunders to Florence Poor; carbons: responses from Saunders to various readers; general professional correspondence, 1963

File – Box 19, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: 1963

general reader mail correspondence [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]; from Linda A. "A Teenager in Distress" to "Mrs. Worth"; from fan; attachment: photocopy "Gaelic Blessing;" biographical sketch; general professional correspondence [some include attachments of clippings of the strip], 1964

File – Box 19, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: 1964

general reader mail correspondence [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]; correspondence between "Peter Danch's Fans" [comic strip character] and Saunders; from Saunders to readers (carbon copies); news clipping: "Opinion of the People" Chicago Sun-Times [includes letter on Mary Worth strip]; typewritten note on "Slovak" adjective [by Saunders? or Publishers Syndicate, or a reader?]; general professional correspondence, April-July 1965, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: April-July 1965, undated

general reader mail correspondence [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]; general professional correspondence [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]; news clipping: "Let Go All Lines" The Berea Citizen [concerning the mention of Berea College in the Mary Worth strip; short article on the Steve Canyon comic strip also], 1966

File – Box 19, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: 1966

general reader mail correspondence [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]; general professional correspondence, 1967

File – Box 19, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: 1967

general reader mail and professional correspondence [one includes a clipping of the strip], 1968, June 18, 1968

File – Box 19, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: 1968, June 18, 1968

Fan/Reader Mail, 1947-1959, undated

Sub-Series – Box 19

Dates: Creation: 1947-1959, undated

"Pro-Con": from readers to Saunders and editors of member papers to the Publishers Syndicate, 1947-1958

File – Box 19, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: 1947-1958

"Morals": correspondence between Saunders, reader, Publishers Syndicate, and editor of Louisville Courier Journal/ Times; between Saunders, reader, Publishers Syndicate, and editor of Long Island Press: between Saunders, Publishers Syndicate, and Daniel J. O'Brien, Boston Globe: between Publishers Syndicate, reader, and personnel of Lexington Herald Leader Co. [newspaper]: attached: b/w glossy daily of strip: carbon: from Phil [Steitz, Publisher Syndicate] to Ernst: from Mrs. B. Thekan to "Journal": clipping: comic strip panel, color print, woman in strapless dress [from Mary Worth?], February-March 1959, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: February-March 1959, undated

"Grammar, etc.": from readers and editors to Saunders, Ernst, 1947-1958

File – Box 19, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: 1947-1958

"Comic General": from Publishers Syndicate personnel to Saunders, editors of various newspapers: carbon: from "Andy" [H.H. Anderson, Publishers Syndicate] to Ken Ernst: promotional proof sheet: "If Mary Worth Holds Them… " with reprint of letter from Bert Struby, editor, The Macon Telegraph, to "Andy" [H.H. Anderson], and sketch of Mary Worth in corner [publicity flyer sent to syndicate newspaper members promoting the strip]: general reader mail correspondence concerning topic [one includes clippings of two panels from the strip] [one includes a typed verse: "An Old Irish Blessing"] [one includes clipping of strip], 1948-1959, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1948-1959, undated

Letters from Readers, 1947-1980, undated

Sub-Series – Box 19

Dates: Creation: 1947-1980, undated

miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip], 1947-1959

File – Box 19, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: 1947-1959

miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip], 1960-1968

File – Box 19, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: 1960-1968

miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip] handwritten note to John [Saunders] from [Allen Saunders], 1970-1980, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: 1970-1980, undated

35 two handwritten pages of notes by Saunders [for speeches?], includes excerpts from reader mail; daily strip of Mary Worth with typewritten comments; [by?] correspondence from readers concerning "motorcycle story" and other miscellaneous reader mail; loose panel from Mary Worth strip, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: undated

"Mary's Romance, etc.": clipping "Voice of the People" column, Jackson City Patriot; correspondence from fans, readers, newspaper editors; typewritten response from A. Saunders to reader, September 1949, 1949-1957

File – Box 19, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: September 1949, 1949-1957

"Names-Pro-Con": correspondence from readers, newspaper editors; handwritten note to Ken [Ernst] from A. Saunders; carbon: from [H.H. Anderson], Publisher's Syndicate, to Miss Mary Ellen Worth; attached: carbon copy from H.H.A. to Calvin Eby, Features Syndicate, Kansas City Star, 1948-1962, ca. October 1952

File – Box 19, Folder: 37

Dates: Creation: 1948-1962, ca. October 1952

CONFIDENTIAL: "Psychotic Mail" [folder titled by Saunders], 1947

File – Box 19, Folder: 38

Dates: Creation: 1947

"Story Suggestions": correspondence from readers, 1948-1966

File – Box 19, Folder: 39

Dates: Creation: 1948-1966

"Hit Homes": correspondence from readers, 1955-1958

File – Box 19, Folder: 40

Dates: Creation: 1955-1958

"Advice Seekers": correspondence from readers, 1952-1956

File – Box 19, Folder: 41

Dates: Creation: 1952-1956

Steve Roger mail [was included in file with Mary Worth mail-perhaps it was also used for speeches?] correspondence from readers, 1948-1971

File – Box 19, Folder: 42

Dates: Creation: 1948-1971

"Women's Lib": letters from readers [some dealing with Steve Roper story about his marriage, most about Mary Worth]; clipping: "Libbers Upset By Love Affair in Mary Worth" Editor and Publisher, May 27, 1972, 1972-1975

File – Box 19, Folder: 43

Dates: Creation: May 27, 1972, 1972-1975

Letters from "Women's Lib" folder dealing with the "Peggy Wales" story: letters from readers; [one letter contains Mary Worth clipping, 7/6/74]; clipping: "Voice of the Advertiser," Advertising Age; draft of correspondence from Allen Saunders; carbon copies of form letter replies from A. Saunders to nineteen (19) of the correspondents in this folder, June 28-September 13, 1974

File – Box 19, Folder: 44

Dates: Creation: June 28-September 13, 1974

reader mail concerning ERA story line, May-June 1978

File – Box 19, Folder: 45

Dates: Creation: May-June 1978

reader mail concerning Karen Cooper/teen pregnancy story: carbon: from A. Saunders to Kik Browne, NCS; from readers [one letter has article and newsletter attached 1976 concerning adoption]; photocopy: article, "In the Funnies, Karen Is A Teen, Unwed, and Pregnant," The National Observer; photocopies: "Mary Worth on Teen-age Pregnancy" New York Times; "Mary Worth: It's That Kind of Trouble," New York Post [See also: Box 20, folder 16 in this Series for publicity covering the Karen Cooper story.], September 1976-January 1977

File – Box 19, Folder: 46

Dates: Creation: September 1976-January 1977

teen pregnancy articles/information [sent by readers?]: "Adolescent Pregnancy: Ten Heavy Facts"; photocopy: "Delivery Procedures That Endanger a Baby's Life," Good Housekeeping; "The Pregnant Patient's Bill of Rights," by Committee on Patient's Rights; photocopy: two letters to the editor in New York Times: "The Safer Birthplace" "Birth 'Meddling'"; photocopy: statements excerpted from talks sponsored by American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health; photocopy: "Will Common Delivery Techniques Soon Become Malpractice?" The Journal of Legal Medicine; partial manuscript: "Ch II: The Consequences of Out-of Wedlock Fertility for Parent, Child, and Society", 1973-April 1976, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 47

Dates: Creation: 1973-April 1976, undated

Research Notes and Files, 1940-1984, undated

Sub-Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1940-1984, undated

Mary Worth typed story outlines; "Rough Outline Involving Leona Stockpool and John Blackstone", ca. 1940?

File – Box 19, Folder: 48

Dates: Creation: ca. 1940?

typed story outline: "Mary Worth Episode" [another Blackstone story]; research notes; ink drawing of male character by Ernst, April 1, 1942, 1946

File – Box 19, Folder: 49

Dates: Creation: April 1, 1942, 1946

misc. clippings; typed prospectus for story [Angelica Varden character], ca. 1940s?

File – Box 19, Folder: 50

Dates: Creation: ca. 1940s?

Mary Worth story ideas; explanatory manuscripts on "The Cute Meet" with story suggestions; "Various Plot Angles"; "Backgrounds" (professional); "Occupations"; "Plot Triangles" [romance]; "Twelve Basic Human Interests"

File – Box 19, Folder: 51

article: "The Other Woman…" Advertiser's Digest [on image of women in advertising]; letter to "Bob" from A. Saunders on upcoming stories in Mary Worth; explanatory manuscripts on "Blue Chip Comics, and how to pick them-How to Tell a Distance Runner from a Dog"; "The 'Mary Worth' Manual" by A. Saunders [explanation of strip, history of strip, description of how Saunders' views the strip, typical Mary Worth plot lines]; article: "Modern Living: The Pink Jungle" Time (including cover) [on cosmetic/beauty industry], June 16, 1958, February 7, 1959, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 52

Dates: Creation: June 16, 1958, February 7, 1959, undated

plot ideas: Plane Crash Plot; miscellaneous; Françoise Sagan Story; The Prettiest Girl in the Senior Class; The Return of Slim; Button Bowes story Angle; Train Hostess; miscellaneous; Shipboard Romance; "Chopper" Clark Story; Sunny; The September Smith Story; The Don Jester Story; Portia Stone; Shanon Blake/Flare Graham Story outline; miscellaneous; The Necklace Story; The Skye Ballou story-started March 19, 1956; The Drum Greenwood Story-started May, 1949; John and Dodie, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 53

Dates: Creation: undated

synopses: plot examples from short stories in the women's magazines Companion and McCall's, 1955

File – Box 19, Folder: 54

Dates: Creation: 1955

spiral bound notebook: "Mary Worth's Almanac" [sayings and list of stories used, these notes were used by Saunders to write the article "Mary Worth and the Affluent Society"]; news clipping: "Woman's Claim to Rescue in River Disputed by Youth"; manuscript: "Mary Worth and the Affluent Society"; color glossy proof sheet of Apple Mary strip by Orr, 1941-1962, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 55

Dates: Creation: 1941-1962, undated

Background and Story Clippings: index by A. Saunders: "Cigaret Girl, Fashion Pirates, Rehearsal Club, Photo Model, Mooching Father, Weddings, Inc., Love Story Outlines, December Bride, Mamas Boy Column, No Job After 40, Record Shop, Envy, TV Commercials; clippings/articles from the folder: "He Gives them Magic Names"; pamphlet: Carte Blanche Monthly Dining Guide, Chicago; play review: "Manhattan Nights"; article: "Weds Mama's Boy; Told To Be Patient," by Ann Landers; article: "I Can't Get A Job Because I'm 46"; article: "A Mooching Father Threatens Marriage," by Ann Landers; article on Rehearsal Club-young women in theater; business card: Weddings, Inc.; article: "Mystery: Was The Incident in Bombay Super-natural?"; article: "Forgotten Medal in a Trunk"; article: "Why Wives Run Away"; article: "London Bachelor Ready to Teach Drudge-to-Deb 20-week Course"; article: "The Mother-in-Law Joke" December Bride [review of television program]; article: [on Sam Goody's Record Store House], The Village Voice; article: "Envy-The Undoing of the Modern Woman," by Fred Dickenson, New York Mirror Magazine; correspondence from reader [suggestions for bringing past characters back into the strip], 1943-1960, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 56

Dates: Creation: 1943-1960, undated

typed outline: "September Smith Story", ca. 1955

File – Box 19, Folder: 57

Dates: Creation: ca. 1955

carbon copies of typewritten research notes: Who is Mary Worth?; Typical Plot Patterns; Add-Story Patterns; Typical Mary Worth Quotations; Twelve Basic Human Interests; Plot Triangles; Previous Characters Who Might Be Brought Back for Other Episodes; Backgrounds; Story Memos; The Cute Meet; Cute Meet Suggestions; Shannon Blake/Flare Graham Story Outline; The Return of Slim; Portia Stone; Sunny; Don Jester Story; Story Memos (original); "Various Plot Angles; Plot Sketches; Christmas Quotes, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 58

Dates: Creation: undated

correspondence, research notes; clippings for story ideas, 1960s-1970s

File – Box 19, Folder: 59

Dates: Creation: 1960s-1970s

"Assorted Newspaper Clippings": "Parents Do the Best They Can," [Detroit?]; "Lottery Winners Lost Something Else"; "To Spouse's Infidelity," by Dr. Joyce Brothers [n.p.]; "How American Womanhood Takes to the 'Sudsy Sex' of Daytime TV," National Observer; "Dear Dr. Brothers" (letter on living together) [n.p.]; "Other Man Cares Only About Himself?" [Ann Landers column] [Detroit]; "Wife Vanishes; Memories Live On" UPI, [n.p.]; "Teenage Alcoholism Now A Major Problem," by Dr. Joyce Brothers [n.p.]; "She's Not a Born Psychic," by Edward J. Dresberg, Detroit Free Press; "Can There Be A Marriage of Science, Occult?" by Ena Naunton [Detroit]; "One Set of Parents Should Be [Enough]" [Ann Landers column], Detroit Free Press; "Arthur, Are You There?" [on psychics] by Robert K. Wilcox, Tropic, 1966-1977, undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 60

Dates: Creation: 1966-1977, undated

typed story outline: [Karl and Terry Whiting characters], undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 61

Dates: Creation: undated

typed story outlines: "Synopsis B" [small town widower marries former show girl]; "Synopsis A" [Peter and Judith Arlen story], undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 62

Dates: Creation: undated

research notes, articles, letter from Allen Saunders to John Saunders regarding Indian story line, ca. 1970s

File – Box 19, Folder: 63

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970s

handwritten story outlines by Ken Ernst, letter from Ernst to John Saunders, ca. 1970s

File – Box 19, Folder: 64

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970s

copies of sketch of Mary Worth with blank word bubble; photocopies of male character in strip "Caleb", undated

File – Box 19, Folder: 65

Dates: Creation: undated

various news clippings for story ideas, 1978-1979

File – Box 19, Folder: 66

Dates: Creation: 1978-1979

clippings for story ideas [many on working women, saved by John Saunders or sent to him by Ernst], 1979-1981

File – Box 19, Folder: 67

Dates: Creation: 1979-1981

correspondence to John Saunders from Ernst; misc. clippings sent by Ernst, May 25, ca. 1979

File – Box 19, Folder: 68

Dates: Creation: May 25, ca. 1979

Publicity Manuscripts and Flyers, 1947-1959

File – Box 20, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1947-1959

Clippings - Mary Worth, 1949-1979, undated

File – Box 20, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1949-1979, undated

Television Appearances/Mary Worth Publicity: Margaret Arlen Program; Welcome Travelers (NBC); The Ohio Story (Ohio Bell Telephone Company), 1950-1954, undated

File – Box 20, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1950-1954, undated

Correspondence, research notes, photographs for "Look Magazine" article, April 1954-March 1961

File – Box 20, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: April 1954-March 1961

Correspondence: Capp-Saunders "Feud", 1957

File – Box 20, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1957

Newspaper and black and white glosses of relevant strips (Li'l Abner, Mary Worth) in Capp-Saunders "Feud", 1957

File – Box 20, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1957

Newspaper articles: Capp-Saunders "Feud", 1957

File – Box 20, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1957

Mary Worth publicity correspondence, August 1957-August 1962

File – Box 20, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: August 1957-August 1962

Mary Worth "Comic of Intellectuals", publicity, comic popularity surveys, 1957-1962

File – Box 20, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1957-1962

Publicity Release: "They Write the Strangest Letters to Mary Worth"; draft article "Detergent Drama", undated

File – Box 20, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: undated

Mary Worth spoofs, 1958, 1972, 1978

File – Box 20, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1958, 1972, 1978

Mary Worth clippings, [1959], 1978, 1979

File – Box 20, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: [1959], 1978, 1979

"This Month" w/article about Mary Worth, April 1962

File – Box 20, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: April 1962

Correspondence, publicity mat with Carl Schmidt; Gary Trudeau address [folder 1 of 2], 1970s

File – Box 20, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1970s

Mary Worth news clippings [folder 2 of 2], 1970s

File – Box 20, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1970s

Newspaper articles on the Karen Cooper/teen pregnancy story, 1976

File – Box 20, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1976

Article: "How Mary Worth Became Queen of the Comic Strips" (Seymore Rothman, Toledo Magazine); clipping from San Francisco Chronicle, 1982-1984

File – Box 20, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: 1982-1984

Letter from Shel Dorf re: name changes in Mary Worth & strip photocopies, undated

File – Box 20, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: undated

Correspondence re: Mary Worth radio show, December 1946-February 1955

File – Box 20, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: December 1946-February 1955

Mary Worth soap opera - radio correspondence & script, 1949-1954

File – Box 20, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: 1949-1954

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 1, September 1949

File – Box 20, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: September 1949

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 2, November 1949

File – Box 20, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: November 1949

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 3, January 1950

File – Box 20, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: January 1950

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 4, March 1950

File – Box 20, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: March 1950

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 5, May 1950

File – Box 20, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: May 1950

Correspondence, 5 TV scripts for proposed Mary Worth TV show, 1951

File – Box 20, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: 1951

Correspondence - Lucile Sullivan, A.L. Williamson, Inc. on Mary Worth TV show, 1957-1961

File – Box 20, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: 1957-1961

Correspondence re: Contracts for Mary Worth TV show, June 1960-April 1964

File – Box 20, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: June 1960-April 1964

Toni Mendez, Inc. corresp. re: Mary Worth paperback books by Dial Press, May-June 1962

File – Box 20, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: May-June 1962

Misc. publishing correspondence, 1963, 1967

File – Box 20, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: 1963, 1967

Corresp. re: possible Mary Worth television shows with Lucile Sullivan, Annie Lauren Williams, Inc., August 1964-February 1967

File – Box 20, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: August 1964-February 1967

Publisher's Hall corresp. "Deals"; pamphlets on Mary Worth & Big George [by Virgil Partch], 1968-1970

File – Box 20, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: 1968-1970

Bob Reed corresp., script treatment for Mary Worth - daytime serial on TV, February 4, 1970

File – Box 20, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: February 4, 1970

Pilot script: Mary Worth, December 8, 1971

File – Box 20, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: December 8, 1971

Television story outline: Mary Worth, 1972

File – Box 20, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: 1972

"Romantic Picture Novelettes - A Complete Mary Worth Adventure", ca. 1946?

File – Box 20, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: ca. 1946?

Other Professional Work, 1916-1948, undated

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1916-1948, undated

"Writing Comics is a Serious Business" Files, 1942-1945

Sub-Series – Box 21

Dates: Creation: 1942-1945

correspondence concerning Saturday Evening Post article by Saunders on continuity in comics [it is unclear if this article was ever published in the Post, although it was published in Esquire], May 1942-January 1943

File – Box 21, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: May 1942-January 1943

returned questionnaires, photographs, artwork, from the following comic creators; Ted Ashby, Ned Bryant comic strip; Monte Barrett, Jane Arden; Alfred Brewerton, Pam; Bill Braucher, Our Boarding House; Milton Caniff, Terry and the Pirates; Glenn Chaffin, Flyin' Jenny; Harold Gray, Little Orphan Annie; Weare Holbrook, Clarence; Renny McEvoy, Dixie Dugan; Tarpe Mills, Miss Fury; Charlie Plumb, Cinders; Dude Proebsting, Buckskin Lad; Lieutenant Wilson Starbuck, U.S.N., Navy Bob Steele; John J. Welch, The Red Kniqht, 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1942

correspondence, questionnaire, artwork, from Betsy and Stanley Baer, The Toodle Family and The Nebs, May 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: May 1942

clippings, photographs, cut-outs, questionnaire from Dick Calkins and John Dille, Buck Rogers, May 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: May 1942

correspondence, photograph, publicity material for Sadie Hawkins Day, from Al Capp, Li'l Abner, 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1942

questionnaire, from Paul photograph, dailies of strip, Fogarty, Draftie, March 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: March 1942

Questionnaire from Chester Gould, Dick Tracy, June 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: June 1942

questionnaire, correspondence, photographs from Frank Martinek, Don Winslow of the Navy **, May 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: May 1942

photographs, correspondence, questionnaire, from Drew Pearson, Robert S. Allen, and Jack Sparling, Hap - Hopper, May 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: May 1942

correspondence, photograph, magazine article, questionnaire from Frank Rentfrow, Sergeant Stony Craig, 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1942

photographs, publicity material from Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster, Superman **, April 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: April 1942

correspondence, questionnaire, copied artwork, photo from Raeburn Vanburen, Abbie an' Slats, September 1942

File – Box 21, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: September 1942

handwritten research notes, charts; magazine articles; manuscript of article; "Writing Comics Business" is a Serious Business", 1942, undated

File – Box 21, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1942, undated

correspondence from Esquire, final draft: "Writing Comics is a Serious business", 1945

File – Box 21, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1945

Agent Correspondence and Research Files, 1940-1969, undated

Sub-Series – Box 22

Dates: Creation: 1940-1969, undated

correspondence with Whitman Publishing Company [regarding "Good Neighbors Game" publication rights]; legal document between Whitman and Saunders and John b. Carson, creators of "Democracy" game [See also: Board Games Subseries, Box 96], November 1940, 1944

File – Box 22, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: November 1940, 1944

miscellaneous clippings, articles on comics in advertising: correspondence with Toni Mendez (regarding Kerry Drake and Mary Worth film/television/radio tie-ins); contract for Mary Worth television rights, 1948-1964

File – Box 22, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1948-1964

correspondence with Toni Mendez (regarding Kerry Drake and Mary Worth film/television/radio tie-ins); contract for Mary Worth television rights, 1949-1953

File – Box 22, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1949-1953

general correspondence with Toni Mendez, 1950-1951

File – Box 22, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1950-1951

publicity material: "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" from Toni Mendez, 1951

File – Box 22, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1951

Metro agency correspondence (advertising agency) [Metro was Saunders' agent for freelance work; majority of correspondence is with Carl Schmidt, advertising director], March 1956-December 1957

File – Box 22, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: March 1956-December 1957

correspondence with Metro; research notes on Pillsbury advertising campaign; Pillsbury advertisements from magazines; cookbook: Pillsbury's Best Butter Cookie Cookbook, Vol. 2 [The Pillsbury Playhouse comic advertising strip was done by Saunders], 1957-1658

File – Box 22, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1957-1658

correspondence; notes; advertisments from magazines [Doctor Dave comic strip advertisement for Chevrolet was done by Saunders, 1958

File – Box 22, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1958

original watercolor and ink sketches of faces and figures by Heilman for strip [for Chevrolet advertisement], undated

File – Box 22, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: undated

correspondence regarding The Five of Us, comic strip advertisement [Jell-O/General Foods] by Saunders, undated

File – Box 22, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: undated

correspondence from "H.H. Anderson regarding Squeekie and Charlie Wild, Wildroot Shampoo and Hair Tonic comic strip advertisements [not by Saunders], undated

File – Box 22, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: undated

correspondence with Louis Weintraub [public relations firm], April-May 1959

File – Box 22, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: April-May 1959

correspondence between Saunders and Louis Weintraub; letter from Weintraub, January 1959-July 1960, March 24, 1969

File – Box 22, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: January 1959-July 1960, March 24, 1969

publicity material on Saunders by Weintraub agency; Steve Roper pamphlet by Saunders: Steve Roper Discovers Toledo Means Business; excerpts of speech given by Saunders [all connected to Weintraub]; article on Weintraub, ca. 1959-1960, March 2, 1959

File – Box 22, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: ca. 1959-1960, March 2, 1959

correspondence; publicity page proof and news clipping of advertisements of Mrs. Butterworth [General Foods, not by Saunders] **, 1962

File – Box 22, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1962

correspondence; page proofs for Vicks Cough Drops comic strip advertisements; sketch [not by Saunders] **, 1962

File – Box 22, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1962

Metro agency correspondence, March 1958-December 1959

File – Box 22, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: March 1958-December 1959

Metro agency correspondence (cont'd.), January 1960-August 1961

File – Box 22, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: January 1960-August 1961

Metro agency correspondence (cont'd.), May-December 1962

File – Box 22, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: May-December 1962

Metro agency correspondence (cont'd.), January 1963-April 1964

File – Box 22, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: January 1963-April 1964

correspondence between Saunders and Monroe B. Scharff [public relations firm]; RCA News release on comic artists at New York World's Fair; correspondence with The Rotarian; manuscript of article "The Encourager" that appeared in The Rotarian about Saunders [all material connected to Scharff agency] [NOTE: See scrapbooks in Box 36 for a copy of "The Encourager" article], October 1963-April 1965

File – Box 22, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: October 1963-April 1965

Duke Handy/Phillip Morris Campaign Material, 1946-1972, undated

Sub-Series – Box 23

Dates: Creation: 1946-1972, undated

typed manuscript: "A Review of Chuck Carson Comic Strip and Recommendations for the Future" [Metro Comics], June 25, 1946

File – Box 23, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: June 25, 1946

correspondence concerning Philip Morris campaign; contract between Ad-Art, Inc. and Philip Morris [Saunders first comics creator to write a week-to-week continued story strip for a national advertiser]; booklet: Strengthen America's Peace Power, 1957-1958

File – Box 23, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1957-1958

correspondence regarding A. Armando strip Chuck Carson [legal battle, Armando claimed Duke Handy infringed on his original creation], 1958

File – Box 23, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1958

original color newsprint of Duke Handy strips, July 20, July 27, August 17, 1958

File – Box 23, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: July 20, July 27, August 17, 1958

Duke Handy publicity material: publicity clippings of articles about strip; publicity photographs of Saunders, Kotsky and of Handy character; memos; correspondence; publicity spread sheet, 1958

File – Box 23, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1958

Letter from Alex [Kotsky, artist]; one original color newsprint of Duke Handy strip, 1958, undated

File – Box 23, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1958, undated

Duke Handy (Philip Morris comic strip character) correspondence, June 5, 1972

File – Box 23, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: June 5, 1972

research notes, files for Duke Handy comic strip, undated

File – Box 23, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: undated

Duke Handy story synopses, undated

File – Box 23, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: undated

Cliff Merrit/United Transportation Union Material, 1970, undated

Sub-Series – Box 23

Dates: Creation: 1970, undated

correspondence with Lou Corsi and "Irv", United Transportation Union [used to be Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen]; clippings on World War I "Sitting Ducks" and book review on history of railroads, 1970, undated

File – Box 23, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1970, undated

notecards, typed: information on history of railroads, ca. 1970

File – Box 23, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970

notecards, typed: script for captions to "Cliff Merritt's Scrapbook of Man on the Move", nos. 1-100, ca. 1970

File – Box 23, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970

notecards, (con't.), nos. 101-end, ca. 1970

File – Box 23, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970

handwritten manuscript notes for captions, ca. 1970

File – Box 23, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970

typed manuscript: "Cliff Merritt's Scrapbook…" [moisture has cemented pages together], ca. 1970

File – Box 23, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970

hand sketched and pasted rough layout of booklet; layout for publicity sheet, ASR[?] Releases [badly water-stained], ca. 1970

File – Box 23, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970

printed booklet: Cliff Merritt's Scrapbook of Man on Move, United Transportation Union, ASR [by Saunders] comic books [not by Saunders]: Cliff Merritt Sets the Record Straight (two copies); Cliff Merritt and the Very Candidate coloring book: The Cliff Merritt Railroad Coloring Book [not by Saunders], ca. 1970?, undated

File – Box 23, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970?, undated

Dateline Danger! Material, 1962-1969

Sub-Series – Box 24

Dates: Creation: 1962-1969

professional [Allen was a first action and reader mail correspondence consultant to John Saunders for the strip; strip to have a black lead character], April 1968-July 1969

File – Box 24, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: April 1968-July 1969

professional correspondence and reader mail; list of newspapers carrying comic strip, August 1962-December 1968

File – Box 24, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: August 1962-December 1968

comic booklet: This is Your Warwick School; article: "Charlie Brown's New Pal" Newsweek [on black comic strip characters]; article: "The Black Cop... " original b/w newsprint dailies of strip, July 29, 1968, July 7, 1969, November 1968, undated

File – Box 24, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: July 29, 1968, July 7, 1969, November 1968, undated

Golf is a Funny Game Material, 1968-1973

Sub-Series – Box 24

Dates: Creation: 1968-1973

correspondence concerning book by Saunders, Golf is a Funny Game (includes correspondence with various publishers and Saunders, Ad-Art, Inc.), July 20, 1968-September 14, 1973

File – Box 24, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: July 20, 1968-September 14, 1973

correspondence concerning Golf is A Funny Game, with Metro Comics promotional presentation by Jerry Brown, "A Down the-middle-of-the-fairway-Promotion for Shakespeare", August 4, 1972-September 11, 1973

File – Box 24, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: August 4, 1972-September 11, 1973

handwritten notes, sketches, clippings of golf jokes, comic strips on golf, article on copyright legalities, Editor and Publisher, 1972, March 25, 1972

File – Box 24, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1972, March 25, 1972

Statement, invoice, contract agreement, Ad-Art and Spencer D. Stone, April 1972

File – Box 24, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: April 1972

Other Publications, 1931-1981, undated

Sub-Series – Box 24

Dates: Creation: 1931-1981, undated

typed manuscripts: "A Driver's Dictionary"; brochure of reprint. of article; original pages of article from Public Safety [illustrations by Saunders], 1939, undated

File – Box 24, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1939, undated

handwritten notes, correspondence with publishers, page proofs to booklet Memory Magic by A. Saunders, 1949-1950

File – Box 24, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1949-1950

magazine, contains article "No Pictorial Cliches" by A. Saunders, Library Journal, January 15, 1954

File – Box 24, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: January 15, 1954

manuscript, typewritten articles by A. Saunders: [Mary Worth article]; "You Can't Do That In the Comics!"; "A Career for Your Child in the Comics?"; "Comics Are A Serious Business"; "They Write the Strangest Letters to Mary Worth!"; clipping: "A Career in the Comics Requires Mostly Persistence," Cincinnati Enquirer; article, "How A Good Editor Selects His Comics" by Ray Erwin, Editor and Publisher, September 26, 1959, July 8, 1967, undated

File – Box 24, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: September 26, 1959, July 8, 1967, undated

booklets: A Career For Your Child in the Comics? by Allen Saunders; research notes, 1959

File – Box 24, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1959

publicity release; b/w proof sheet: Everyday… a Date with Destiny comic strip for American Newspaper Publisher's Association, 1962

File – Box 24, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1962

Hero Haggity comic strip typed story ideas; small black and white glossies of characters [by William Overgard], ca. 1960s?

File – Box 24, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: ca. 1960s?

article: "Quick on the Draw" The Blade Sunday Magazine by Saunders, 1963

File – Box 24, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1963

handwritten notes and pencil sketches; sketches for a book on how to draw cartoons; handwritten notes for article for Reader's Digest on story comic strip writing and reader reactions; original ink of figures, undated, ca. 1975

File – Box 24, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: undated, ca. 1975

printed artwork by Saunders for "Patients of 8 North" newsletter [The Toledo Hospital]; booklet: Add Color to Your Life! A Promotion Primer: The Toledo Museum of Art, Membership Campaign [includes letter from membership coordinator, Saunders did artwork for the booklet], 1979

File – Box 24, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: 1979

typed manuscript: "How the Mad Hatter Got That Way", undated

File – Box 24, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: undated

typewritten manuscripts: "The Changing World of the Comic Page" [by A. Saunders with Elmer F. Woggon]; "A Fortune From Filling Balloons" [by Saunders]; "Mary Worth" (Washington Post promotional story); publicity information on Ken Ernst, undated

File – Box 24, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: undated

miscellaneous writing files; manuscript of article about Kerry Drake; gag ideas; manuscript: "When You Speak French Beware", undated

File – Box 24, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: undated

Assaults on the Mind (novel by Chuck Schmitt in collaboration with Allen Saunders): photocopies: typewritten outlines, plot ideas, notes on story line, 1980-1981

File – Box 24, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: 1980-1981

Assaults on the Mind (novel by Chuck Schmitt in collaboration with Allen Saunders): photocopies: typewritten manuscript of various chapters of novel (incomplete) by Schmitt, 1981

File – Box 24, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: 1981

Assaults on the Mind (novel by Chuck Schmitt in collaboration with Allen Saunders): photocopies: correspondence; typewritten manuscript for two chapters of book, 1980-1981

File – Box 24, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: 1980-1981

Assaults on the Mind (novel by Chuck Schmitt in collaboration with Allen Saunders): miscellaneous photocopied, typewritten notes by Schmitt on arson, 1981

File – Box 24, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: 1981

Assaults on the Mind (novel by Chuck Schmitt in collaboration with Allen Saunders): typewritten manuscript of memoir by Saunders on the Toledo Repertoire Theatre, ca. 1980s

File – Box 24, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: ca. 1980s

Playwright for Paper Actors Material, ca. 1930-1984, undated

Sub-Series – Box 25

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930-1984, undated

correspondence with various publishers, 1974-1977

File – Box 25, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1974-1977

general book notes; miscellaneous articles and clippings; correspondence; handwritten drafts [introduction?] and handwritten draft on creation of Chief Wahoo, 1977

File – Box 25, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1977

correspondence from Rick Marschall to A. Saunders concerning manuscript Playwright for Paper Actors [Saunders' autobiography], ca. 1980?

File – Box 25, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: ca. 1980?

chapter outlines, Playwright for Paper Actors, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: undated

outline for chapter on News-Bee; clipping of "Stage and and Offstage" column by Saunders for News-Bee, ca. 1930s?

File – Box 25, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

"Cartoonist on Campus", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: undated

"Mornings at the Blackboard, Afternoons and Evenings at the Drawing Board", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: undated

"A Story Mill Starts to Grind", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: undated

"'Talent' in Tents", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: undated

"The Scoop", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: undated

"The Scoop that Saved the Scooper's Job", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: undated

"Reviewing and Interviewing" [Hollywood experiences], undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: undated

"Hilarity in the Newsroom", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: undated

"Playwright for Paper Actors", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: undated

"A Postscript on Plotting", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: undated

"When the Readers Write", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: undated

"Any Resemblance to Persons Living or Dead ", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: undated

"From A Slum Child's Philosophy to America's Favorite Fiction", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: undated

"Everybody Can Draw", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: undated

first draft: "The Anatomy of Humor", ca. 1981?

File – Box 25, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: ca. 1981?

"The Anatomy of Humor"; rejection letters from various publishers, June-July 1981

File – Box 25, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: June-July 1981

"From Doodler to Dean", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: undated

"A New Hand on the Helm", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: undated

"The Social Impact of Comics" rejection letter from Quill magazine, August 11, 1981, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: August 11, 1981, undated

"Looking Back… and Ahead", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: undated

handwritten manuscript: "Plotting Can Be Play", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: undated

miscellaneous unmatched pages from the manuscript, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: undated

typist receipt; hand drawn sketch by Saunders for book cover; list of alternative titles, 1981

File – Box 25, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: 1981

five (5) Nemo: The Classic Comics Library magazines nos. 5-9, contain published chapters of Saunders' autobiography [These were sent to A. Saunders by Richard Marschall]; Chapter 3: "Mornings At the Blackboard, Evenings at the Drawing Board"; Chapter 4: "A Story Mill Starts to Grind"; Chapter 5: "'Talent' in Tents"; Chapter 6: "The Scoop That Saved the Scooper's Job" [the August issue does not seem to contain any chapters]; Chapter 8: "Hilarity in the Newsroom"; Chapter 9: "The Foot in the Door Wore A Moccasin", February-October 1984

File – Box 25, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: February-October 1984

Speech Files, 1916-ca. 1979, undated

Sub-Series – Box 25

Dates: Creation: 1916-ca. 1979, undated

Booklet: Chalk Talkers Portfolio; flyer advertising Saunders at Family Theater [n.p.]; order form for "Their Best Stunts", June 21, 1916, 1920, 1928

File – Box 25, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: June 21, 1916, 1920, 1928

clippings, notes on theory of humor, 1924-1956

File – Box 25, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1924-1956

Theory of humor (con't.); Little Blue Books: No. 475 "How to Develop Your Sense of Humor" and No. 1063 "The Psychology of Laughter", 1926, 1928

File – Box 25, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: 1926, 1928

typed manuscript: "Trends in Modern Drama" [unclear if this was a speech or a publication], ca. June 1933

File – Box 25, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: ca. June 1933

notecards, typed manuscript of radio talk: "Why Do We Laugh?", March 24, 1938

File – Box 25, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: March 24, 1938

typed drafts for "Why Do We Laugh?" radio talk; transcript of radio interview between Leonard L. Levinson, writer of NBC's "Hall of Fun" and Hugh Doddridge, radio columnist and commentator, March 24, 1938, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: March 24, 1938, undated

misc. clippings, notes for speech material, 1938-1964

File – Box 25, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: 1938-1964

correspondence regarding speaking engagements, 1939-1966

File – Box 25, Folder: 37

Dates: Creation: 1939-1966

typed manuscript: "Modern Drama" [unclear if this was a speech or a publication, but originally filed among speaking material], ca. 1930s?

File – Box 25, Folder: 38

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s?

typed manuscript: "Let Him Talk! Getting Interest Into the Interview" [may have been a column for the Toledo News Bee], undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 39

Dates: Creation: undated

typed manuscript: "One Cent Magazines", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 40

Dates: Creation: undated

hand and typewritten notes, note cards for speech: "Shattered Illusions--Or the Low Down on Higher Ups" (on Hollywood stars), undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 41

Dates: Creation: undated

notecards, speech: "Hollywood Highlights", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 42

Dates: Creation: undated

misc. speech research notes; clippings, files on public speaking; humorous stories; partial manuscript for "The Writing Racket", 1930s-1950s

File – Box 25, Folder: 43

Dates: Creation: 1930s-1950s

comics in advertising; correspondence with Metro Comics; clippings manuscripts of speeches: for American Public Relations Association; "Comics in Advertising"; Toledo Advertising Club/Duke Handy [Metro Comics], 1939-1964

File – Box 25, Folder: 44

Dates: Creation: 1939-1964

comics in advertising: samples [including Terry and the Pirates and Blondie]; articles; booklet: The ABC's of Comics Magazines, 1943-1960, 1948

File – Box 25, Folder: 45

Dates: Creation: 1943-1960, 1948

Notecards, graduation commencement speaker [n.p.], 1943

File – Box 25, Folder: 46

Dates: Creation: 1943

typed manuscript: speech on salesmanship for Toledo Community Chest, ca. 1944?

File – Box 25, Folder: 47

Dates: Creation: ca. 1944?

Handwritten notes, ideas for speech on comics, 1949-1956

File – Box 25, Folder: 48

Dates: Creation: 1949-1956

comics speaking material: fan mail and professional correspondence; notes; manuscripts for speeches, including "Playwright for Paper Dolls" & "Blue Chip Comics…", 1949-1970s

File – Box 25, Folder: 49

Dates: Creation: 1949-1970s

comics research files: notes; miscellaneous clippings; National Cartoonist's Society Newsletter **; Newspaper Comics Council Grapevine; Gary Trudeau address [speech]; Metro comics booklet; catalog: Classic American Comic Strips, Hyperion Press, 1950s-1970s

File – Box 25, Folder: 50

Dates: Creation: 1950s-1970s

Comics: news clippings, 1940s-1970s

File – Box 25, Folder: 51

Dates: Creation: 1940s-1970s

booklet: Speaker's Guide, National Reference Library, Cleveland, Ohio [samples of speeches to present on various topics, many Cold War oriented], Fall 1950

File – Box 25, Folder: 52

Dates: Creation: Fall 1950

misc. clippings, correspondence, notes on youth and effects of media [especially comics and television], 1950-1954

File – Box 25, Folder: 53

Dates: Creation: 1950-1954

clippings, brochures on fundraising, Community Chest, etc., 1951

File – Box 25, Folder: 54

Dates: Creation: 1951

misc. notes on role of a board member (for a speech?), 1951

File – Box 25, Folder: 55

Dates: Creation: 1951

typed manuscript, speech (for radio?) regarding United World Federalists, December 6, 1952

File – Box 25, Folder: 56

Dates: Creation: December 6, 1952

speech research clippings, quotes, political analysis of comics, 1952-1962

File – Box 25, Folder: 57

Dates: Creation: 1952-1962

typed speech "Hobbies" given at Toledo Rotary Club; typed speech "Vocational Service, Toledo Rotary; transcript of speech by William S. Carlson, President, University of Toledo, "What's the Matter With Kids Today" given at Toledo Rotary, November 22, 1954, October 24, 1966

File – Box 25, Folder: 58

Dates: Creation: November 22, 1954, October 24, 1966

Research notes, pamphlets, articles on comics, 1954

File – Box 25, Folder: 59

Dates: Creation: 1954

Handwritten notes for speech on Boy's Club, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 60

Dates: Creation: undated

Humorous pieces, quotes for speeches, Toledo Public Library newsletters, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 61

Dates: Creation: undated

Notecards, notes for speech "Target for Tomorrow" Dennison University, Granville, Ohio, 1950

File – Box 25, Folder: 62

Dates: Creation: 1950

typed manuscript: "All in the Family"; misc. clippings; card with "Rules for Television Guests" Byers Associates, Toledo, Ohio, [1950s?]

File – Box 25, Folder: 63

Dates: Creation: [1950s?]

"Speech Sparker" packets on Health; Marriage and Married Life; Success; Work; Youth, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 64

Dates: Creation: undated

memorial speech for Carl Spitzer; correspondence from Carl [Spitzer?], undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 65

Dates: Creation: undated

typed speeches: address to American Public Relations Association [APRA] at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; speech at APRA "How to Live With a PR Man", April 1960

File – Box 25, Folder: 66

Dates: Creation: April 1960

typed speech for Governor's Committee on Handicapped, Harrisburg, PA; publicity artwork (not original); journal: Performance: The Story of the Handicapped, September 7, 1960, July 1961

File – Box 25, Folder: 67

Dates: Creation: September 7, 1960, July 1961

publicity flyers for Saunders' speaking engagements on comics in advertising; Rotary appearances, 1960-1969

File – Box 25, Folder: 68

Dates: Creation: 1960-1969

typed speech: "Museums and Me" Toledo Museum of Art, ca. 1960s?

File – Box 25, Folder: 69

Dates: Creation: ca. 1960s?

handwritten notes and sketch on speech regarding the history of fund raising, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 70

Dates: Creation: undated

photocopies of typed speeches by William J. Colihan, Senior Vice President, Young and Rubicam [advertising agency]: "Some Secrets We Know About Men"; "Some Secrets We Know About Women" [sent to Saunders by Schmidt, Metro Comics as research material], October 26, 1962, October 10, 1961, December 11, 1962

File – Box 25, Folder: 71

Dates: Creation: October 26, 1962, October 10, 1961, December 11, 1962

outline: handwritten notes for comics presentation to summer NAEA [?] meeting [professional advertising organization?], July 11, 1962

File – Box 25, Folder: 72

Dates: Creation: July 11, 1962

copies of clippings, transcript of National Cartoonist's Society appearance before Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, by Jerry Robinson, Secretary, NCS [gives good history of comic strip], July 17, 1962

File – Box 25, Folder: 73

Dates: Creation: July 17, 1962

typed speech: "Toledo Hospital Graduation", September 6, 1962

File – Box 25, Folder: 74

Dates: Creation: September 6, 1962

background information on concept advertising: articles, 1962, 1965

File – Box 25, Folder: 75

Dates: Creation: 1962, 1965

research notes: clippings on Mary Worth; articles on cultural analysis of comics, 1962-1972

File – Box 25, Folder: 76

Dates: Creation: 1962-1972

speech on comics as "clean" entertainment, April 18, 1964

File – Box 25, Folder: 77

Dates: Creation: April 18, 1964

misc. sketches for speeches; correspondence from readers, 1965-1969

File – Box 25, Folder: 78

Dates: Creation: 1965-1969

typed speech, biography, drawings, notes for "Comics Are A Serious Business" Defiance College, [Ohio]; press release for presentation at Ohio University, December 11, 1966, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 79

Dates: Creation: December 11, 1966, undated

short typed speeches: "What's New on the Comic Page"; Metro Comics Presentation, January 6, 1968, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 80

Dates: Creation: January 6, 1968, undated

flyer and typed introduction for Saunders' appearance at "The Calvacade of Comics" exhibit, Oklahoma State Fair, 1969

File – Box 25, Folder: 81

Dates: Creation: 1969

clippings, correspondence, itinerary, flyer for Saunders and Milton Caniff presentation, Milwaukee Advertising Club, June 1966

File – Box 25, Folder: 82

Dates: Creation: June 1966

hand and typewritten drafts: "The Philosophy of Humor", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 83

Dates: Creation: undated

notecards for speech as toastmaster for Toledo Chamber of Commerce, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 84

Dates: Creation: undated

notecards for speech to the Country Garden Club, Perrysburg, Ohio (sesquicentennial year), undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 85

Dates: Creation: undated

typed notecards and manuscript of speech: "Let's Gather Goat Feathers" [on types of organizations], undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 86

Dates: Creation: undated

handwritten notes for speech: "Blue Chip Comics-And How to Pick Them", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 87

Dates: Creation: undated

typed speech: "Comics As a Social Force"; outline for "Newspapers in the Classroom, Sunday Comics Packet", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 88

Dates: Creation: undated

notes and sketches: "Anyone Can Draw" lecture **, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 89

Dates: Creation: undated

copies of Mary Worth sketch with blank balloon; handwritten and typed notes and sketches for "Chalk Talks" and "Comics Are a Serious Business" **, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 90

Dates: Creation: undated

clippings, notecards: "Bridge to Drawing Demonstration"; Xeroxed and original sketches by Saunders; hand and typed notes; carbon: "Is This Strip Necessary?" speech, undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 91

Dates: Creation: undated

typed speech [?]: "How Democracy Works", undated

File – Box 25, Folder: 92

Dates: Creation: undated

General Professional Files, 1929-1986, undated

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1929-1986, undated

Professional Correspondence and Reader Mail, 1939-1976, undated

Sub-Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1939-1976, undated

significant legal correspondence with Publisher's Syndicate; carbon copy of Mary Worth legal agreement with Publisher's Syndicate, 1939-1954, 1949

File – Box 26, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1939-1954, 1949

miscellaneous professional correspondence including from Glenn Chaffin, Franz Polger, Carl Hammond, Charlie Plumb (United Feature Syndicate), 1940-1947

File – Box 26, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1940-1947

from Edward A. Tamm, FBI, 1942-1944

File – Box 26, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1942-1944

correspondence with August Derleth [Arkham House publisher and renowned comic collector], 1943-1944

File – Box 26, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1943-1944

from Lawrence Michelson, advertising agency [Saunders' endorsement for Dr. Grabow pipes], 1945

File – Box 26, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1945

reader mail; correspondence regarding client paper relations, 1947-1964

File – Box 26, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1947-1964

reader and fan mail (including from Jules Feiffer, Ann Landers, Earl Wilson, Shel Dorf, Dani Aguila], 1947-1973, 1981

File – Box 26, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1947-1973, 1981

"Deals" correspondence with Phillip Steitz, Publisher's Syndicate; letter from Robert Reed, Publishers Hall regarding cartoon gallery proposal, 1954-1956, Mary 5, 1970

File – Box 26, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1954-1956, Mary 5, 1970

reader mail: "critical fan mail" [most are catches of mistakes in strips], 1954-1973

File – Box 26, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1954-1973

miscellaneous correspondece, including from Alexander Toth [comic artist]; Jerry DeFuccio, Mad Magazine; R.G. Cowles, 1956-1964

File – Box 26, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1956-1964

fan mail (including carbon copies of replies from Saunders], 1956-1975

File – Box 26, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1956-1975

miscellaneous professional correspondence; notes, 1958-1968

File – Box 26, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1958-1968

address list: "Artists and Individuals"; correspondence with various comic artists, 1958-1972, undated

File – Box 26, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1958-1972, undated

miscellaneous professional correspondence; notes; clippings, 1959

File – Box 26, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1959

reader mail: artist "boners" [mistakes caught by readers], 1964-1971

File – Box 26, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1964-1971

correspondence, booklets, pamphlets from Famous Artists School, Inc. [Saunders was shareholder?], 1965

File – Box 26, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1965

correspondence with Publisher's Hall [regarding contracts], September 1967-December 1968

File – Box 26, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: September 1967-December 1968

reader mail: special interest groups, cause advocates, 1968-1975

File – Box 26, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: 1968-1975

correspondence with Bill Williams, artist; comic books by Williams: Jose Rojas; Hot Shoppes (2), May-December 1970, undated

File – Box 26, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: May-December 1970, undated

correspondence with artists/writers [most are requests for jobs, assistance, leads, etc.] **, 1940s-1960s

File – Box 27, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1940s-1960s

correspondence with Wayne Boring, artist; page proofs of Superman comic strip by Boring, 1958

File – Box 27, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1958

correspondence with Elmer Woggon and Charles Plumb, April 1954

File – Box 27, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: April 1954

correspondence with Jim Lawrence, comic writer; story sample for Kerry Drake, 1954-1957

File – Box 27, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1954-1957

correspondence between Frank Thorne and H.H. Anderson, Publisher's Syndicate; comic book: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [artwork by Thorne], 1955, undated

File – Box 27, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1955, undated

carbons of responses from comic writers to continuity ad for writers in Editor and Publisher, 1952

File – Box 27, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1952

responses to ad, (con't.) [includes previous job request letters received by Publisher's Syndicate and forwarded to Saunders], 1951-1952

File – Box 27, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1951-1952

correspondence with Al Capp, Li'l Abner, 1957

File – Box 27, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1957

clippings, articles on other comic artists and writers, 1955-1957

File – Box 27, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1955-1957

sample comic artwork from other artists, including Will Anderson, P. Pinson, DeeShuck, Jack Sparling (Rumbles), W.A. Smith, Jim McArdle (Davy Crockett, Frontiersman), L.D. Warren, Bill Lignante (Layton Prince) and others, 1950s-1960s

File – Box 27, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1950s-1960s

publicity release: "Meet William Overgard!"; glossy page proofs of Steve Roper characters by Overgard; carbon: from Saunders to Ken [Ernst] about Overgard; correspondence between Andy [H.H. Anderson] and William Overgard regarding Hero Haggity[action comic strip by Overgard]; to Elmer [Woggon] from William Overgard; to Elmer [Woggon] from Saunders [pay dispute], May 1954, May 6, 1958, February 13-16, 1976

File – Box 27, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: May 1954, May 6, 1958, February 13-16, 1976

miscellaneous correspondence, clippings from other artists [including Dale [Conner] Ulrey], 1952-1965

File – Box 27, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1952-1965

from Ray Bailey [artist, Space Cadet and Miss X: with Saunders, never done?]; publicity material for Peter Scratch (by Lou Fine) **, 1952

File – Box 27, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1952

original artwork: ink panel by Dale McFeatters; ink and pencil rough sketches of faces, characters [by Ken Ernst?]; color marker Sunday strip of Judge Parker by Harold Doux, December 27, 1954, December 1, 1968, undated

File – Box 27, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: December 27, 1954, December 1, 1968, undated

CONFIDENTIAL: General Business Files, ca. 1939-1979, undated

Sub-Series – Box 28

Dates: Creation: ca. 1939-1979, undated

CONFIDENTIAL: four appointment books with expense records, 1965-1968

File – Box 28, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1965-1968

CONFIDENTIAL: three appointment books with expense records, 1969-1971

File – Box 28, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1969-1971

CONFIDENTIAL: three appointment books with expense records, 1972-1973, 1978

File – Box 28, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1972-1973, 1978

CONFIDENTIAL: business receipts for Allen Saunders, 1971-1972

File – Box 28, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1971-1972

CONFIDENTIAL: business receipts for Allen Saunders, 1973

File – Box 28, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1973

CONFIDENTIAL: Kerry Drake billings, 1944-1947

File – Box 28, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1944-1947

CONFIDENTIAL: Kerry Drake billings (cont'd.), 1948-1955

File – Box 28, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1948-1955

CONFIDENTIAL: Kerry Drake billings (cont'd.), 1956-1960

File – Box 28, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1956-1960

CONFIDENTIAL: Kerry Drake billings (cont'd.), 1961-1965

File – Box 28, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1961-1965

CONFIDENTIAL: Mary Worth billings, ca. 1939, 1945-1953

File – Box 28, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: ca. 1939, 1945-1953

CONFIDENTIAL: Mary Worth billings (cont'd.), 1954-1960

File – Box 28, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1954-1960

CONFIDENTIAL: Mary Worth billings (cont'd.), 1961-1965

File – Box 28, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1961-1965

CONFIDENTIAL: "Billings on Steve Roper from August 1954", 1954-1965

File – Box 28, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1954-1965

CONFIDENTIAL: Steve Roper, Mary Worth revenue share statements for, Ken Ernst, John and Allen Saunders, from Field Newspaper Syndicate; check receipt for "Plotting Can Be Play" article publication, 1978-1979, undated

File – Box 28, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1978-1979, undated

CONFIDENTIAL: office equipment and supplies bills and receipts; manuals, warranties, office leases, 1945, 1965-1972

File – Box 28, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1945, 1965-1972

Comics Information, 1942-1980, undated

Sub-Series – Box 29

Dates: Creation: 1942-1980, undated

Comics Code correspondence: Pros and Cons; Dan Flagg and Kerry Drake legal dispute, 1946-1963

File – Box 29, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1946-1963

Comics Code articles, pamphlets, 1942-1954

File – Box 29, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1942-1954

Comics Code newspaper clippings, 1948-1956

File – Box 29, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1948-1956

Comics Code: typed: "Remarks from Committee on Motion Pictures, Radio Broadcasting, and Comic Strips in Relation to the Administration of Justice, American Bar Association," by Arthur J. Freund, Chair, Bar Assn., September 24, 1947

File – Box 29, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: September 24, 1947

Comics Code: information on censorship policies and pressure groups [Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (from Dan Pfoutz) and Mt. Lebanon Public Library, PA], 1953-1954

File – Box 29, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1953-1954

newsletters: Intellectual Freedom, Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association: Vol. 3, Nos. 3-4; Vol. 4, Nos. 1-2; Vol. 5, No. 2; carbon: House Bill No. 277, Ohio ["to provide for the establishment of a board to censor magazines and the power and duties thereof"], March, June, and September 1955, January and December 1956

File – Box 29, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: March, June, and September 1955, January and December 1956

clippings; correspondence from Saunders on comic book and comic strip censorship, 1947-1954

File – Box 29, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1947-1954

information on history of comics; clippings on comic book censorship, 1954-1975

File – Box 29, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1954-1975

correspondence from Phil [Steitz], Publisher's Syndicate; typed manuscript: "Chapter XIII: The Structural Elements of Sunday Comics" for Puck: The Comic Weekly [by Puck staff?], November 1955, September 22, 1955

File – Box 29, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: November 1955, September 22, 1955

[slide show] script on Sunday comics, by Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers, Inc.

File – Box 29, Folder: 10

final script: "Odyssey: The Comics" by Henry Walsh, Columbia Broadcasting Company [live animation documentary on comics, Saunders has part in script], March 1957

File – Box 29, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: March 1957

information on comic readership, articles, charts, 1946-1955

File – Box 29, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1946-1955

articles on history of comics; business aspects of comics, 1940-1963

File – Box 29, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1940-1963

articles on social and cultural aspects of comics, 1955, 1970, 1980

File – Box 29, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1955, 1970, 1980

articles on other comic strip artists and writers, 1943-1950

File – Box 29, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1943-1950

articles on other comic strips and artists, 1966-1985

File – Box 29, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1966-1985

article on Alfred Andriola; photocopy: speech by Andriola; publicity photo; article by Andriola; art exhibition booklet (Andriola exhibit chair), 1957, 1965

File – Box 29, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: 1957, 1965

miscellaneous comic publications, 1953-1958

File – Box 29, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: 1953-1958

comic books: Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff; Kasco Comics by Bill Woggon, Toledo, Ohio, 1945-1953

File – Box 29, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: 1945-1953

journal: Inklings [Museum of Cartoon Art] No.9, Fall 1977

File – Box 29, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: Fall 1977

Foreign Comics, 1941-1974, undated

Sub-Series – Box 29

Dates: Creation: 1941-1974, undated

three (3) original color newsprints of Maria de Oro [Mary Worth in Spanish], 1941-1974

File – Box 29, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: 1941-1974

Kerry Drake: one original newspaper comic in Portugese; five daily original newsprint comics in Spanish; two booklets of the strip in Russian; one original color newsprint of strip in French; Vol. 3, No. 28 (contains various comics in Italian, including "Kerry Drake"], 1946-1968, undated

File – Box 29, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: 1946-1968, undated

comic book: Grandes Detectives, vol. 1, no. 2 "Kerry Drake; Guardian de la Ley y el Orden" [from Mexico] (Added to Saunders Collection from Browne Popular Culture Library duplicate comic books on 6/7/1989], August 1, 1956

File – Box 29, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: August 1, 1956

Steve Roper: one Sunday proof sheet and one color Sunday newsprint of strip in Spanish; one daily newsprint of strip in Russian, 1966

File – Box 29, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: 1966

Biographical Clippings, Interviews, 1938-1986, undated

Sub-Series – Box 29

Dates: Creation: 1938-1986, undated

booklets (3): The Sugar Crick School of Art, by Arnold Nicholson; reprint of article from Country Gentleman, 1938

File – Box 29, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: 1938

misc. newsletters, booklets, articles, photos, letters, flyers, awards, speaking engagement material, etc. **, 1968-1975

File – Box 29, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: 1968-1975

misc. newspaper clippings **, 1968-1975

File – Box 29, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: 1968-1975

misc. magazines, pamphlets, newsletters, articles, flyers photographs, etc. **, 1960-1975

File – Box 29, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: 1960-1975

misc. articles, magazines, programs, interview, pamphlets, photographs, etc. **, 1968-1975

File – Box 29, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: 1968-1975

misc. newspaper clippings for scrapbook **, 1971-1975

File – Box 29, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: 1971-1975

clippings, articles on Saunders, 1956-1980

File – Box 29, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1956-1980

"Winchell Column Notes Bio" (handwritten notes by Saunders), undated

File – Box 29, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: undated

misc. clippings on education, handwritten notes on comics in education, 1980

File – Box 29, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: 1980

typewritten drafts of Allen Saunders biography for Publisher's Newspaper Syndicate and for Publisher's Hall Syndicate, undated

File – Box 29, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: undated

carbon copies: suggested interview questions, undated

File – Box 29, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: undated

handwritten notes; typewritten draft of A. Saunders' bios; speaker introductions; draft of "How I Started" Booklet, undated

File – Box 29, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: undated

Handwritten and typed draft of biography information, undated

File – Box 29, Folder: 37

Dates: Creation: undated

Newspaper and magazine clippings of articles about Saunders, 1948-1979

File – Box 29, Folder: 38

Dates: Creation: 1948-1979

Miscellaneous publicity articles on A. Saunders, 1950-1960

File – Box 29, Folder: 39

Dates: Creation: 1950-1960

printed magazine articles on A. Saunders; miscellaneous publicity releases from Publisher's Syndicate, 1948-1976

File – Box 29, Folder: 40

Dates: Creation: 1948-1976

"Personal Publicity": biography from Defiance College; "Creativity in Comic Strip Authors" article by Dr. Jerry Higgins (interviewed Saunders]; carbon: "Who's Who in America" 41st ed., entry for Saunders; clipping; Toledo Advertising World newsletter (contains interview of Saunders by Chuck Schmitt, author of Assaults on the mind], December 1, 1966, Fall 1967, undated, ca. 1981?

File – Box 29, Folder: 41

Dates: Creation: December 1, 1966, Fall 1967, undated, ca. 1981?

journal: Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 5, No.2 (contains interview of Allen Saunders by Ann N. Ridgeway starting on p. 385] (NOTE: Added to collection in Feb. 1988), April 1971

File – Box 29, Folder: 42

Dates: Creation: April 1971

test scores: Strong Vocational Interest Blank (for article by Higgins?), ca. 1966?

File – Box 29, Folder: 43

Dates: Creation: ca. 1966?

various copies of Allen Saunders obituary, columns on his death, The Blade and The Sentinel Tribune (Allen Saunders died on January 28, 1986), January 29, 1986

File – Box 29, Folder: 44

Dates: Creation: January 29, 1986

General Research and Professional Files, ca. 1930-1982, undated

Sub-Series – Box 30

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930-1982, undated

clippings, notes on writing theory, 1930s-1960s

File – Box 30, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1930s-1960s

"Gags" hand and typewritten, undated

File – Box 30, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: undated

"Gags" clippings, 1930s-1960s

File – Box 30, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1930s-1960s

"Gags" clippings, photos [sexual], 1940s-1950s

File – Box 30, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1940s-1950s

"Gags" clippings, 1950s

File – Box 30, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1950s

"Gags" clippings 6 clippings, information on writing profession: booklet: Doctor, Nurse and Hospital Story Writer's Guide, 1936, 1940s

File – Box 30, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1936, 1940s

Poetry clippings, 1940s-1950s

File – Box 30, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1940s-1950s

"Names and Characters-Female": handwritten and typed notes; article clippings; photocopied sketches of female characters by Andriola, 1940s-1960s, 1954

File – Box 30, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1940s-1960s, 1954

correspondence and booklet: Powers School [of beautyJ [Saunders had speaking engagement there?], ca. 1950

File – Box 30, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: ca. 1950

carbon copies: transcripts of interviews with comic strip readers conducted by the Editorial Research Department [Phil Steitz, Publisher's SyndicateJ [Excellent resource for "reader response" of comic strips in the 1950s, especially of housewives], 1955

File – Box 30, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1955

"Books to Check": notes, correspondence, clippings [for research on story lines], 1950s

File – Box 30, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1950s

plot ideas: correspondence and clippings; clippings on "Coincidences" [including clippings on Kerry Drake story line and real life crime], 1950s-1960s

File – Box 30, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1950s-1960s

Foreign Language, Slang research: clippings, booklets, postcards, correspondence, and notes **, 1929, 1950s-1960s

File – Box 30, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: 1929, 1950s-1960s

"Story Ideas" clippings; typed note on cult racket story, 1950s-1970s

File – Box 30, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1950s-1970s

"A Christmas Holiday": correspondence, clippings, and booklets for ideas for Christmas and other holiday strips, 1950s-1970s

File – Box 30, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1950s-1970s

miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1950s-1970s

File – Box 30, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: 1950s-1970s

clippings on Field Newspaper Syndicate [Field Enterprise's acquisition of Publisher's Syndicate], October 1962

File – Box 30, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: October 1962

clippings on women and humor, 1973-1976

File – Box 30, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: 1973-1976

photocopies: Stick/Figs comic strip by Eason, Toledo Journal, 1981-1982

File – Box 30, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: 1981-1982

miscellaneous notes on story angles and characters [Mary Worth?], undated

File – Box 30, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: undated

"Comic Ad 'Recipes' " [handouts ?]: "Strip Creation" and "Essentials for Readership" charts, undated

File – Box 30, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: undated

artwork [not original] by Frank Robbins and Ken Ernst of Saunders; copies of a self-portrait caricature by Saunders, undated

File – Box 30, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: undated

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1965-1984, undated

Sub-Series – Box 31

Dates: Creation: 1965-1984, undated

address book, belonged to Saunders, ca. 1980s

File – Box 31, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: ca. 1980s

correspondence; addresses filed inside front of address book; map of Toledo and Northwest Ohio, 1984-1984

File – Box 31, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1984-1984

correspondence from friends [several from publishers regarding Saunders' autobiography, including Ray Browne, Bowling Green State University Popular Press], 1980-1984

File – Box 31, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: 1980-1984

from friends, literary agents, from Mary Ellen Kazmark attached: undergraduate term paper, University of Michigan: "The Fabled Mary Worth", 1973-1982

File – Box 31, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1973-1982

from friends, 1983

File – Box 31, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1983

from friends, admirers, 1979-1983

File – Box 31, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1979-1983

from friends, admirers [includes photographs of Saunders with a group of unidentified men at a luncheon and of a model train], 1979-1983

File – Box 31, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1979-1983

from friends, associates, 1965-1984

File – Box 31, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1965-1984

from friends, associates, admirers, 1980-1983

File – Box 31, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: 1980-1983

from friends, associates, Writer's Digest [concerning publication of Saunders' article: "Plotting Can Can Be Play"], 1980-1984

File – Box 31, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1980-1984

from Bill Woggon and others; draft of letter from Saunders to "Mr. Z" regarding Saunders' autobiography, 1982, undated

File – Box 31, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1982, undated

Miscellaneous Material, 1909-1979, undated

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1909-1979, undated

Publicity Photographs, 1927-ca. 1979, undated

Sub-Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1927-ca. 1979, undated

metal printing plates of photographs of Saunders; of Allen and John Saunders [from the Toledo News-Bee], 1931-1936, June 1938

File – Box 32, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1931-1936, June 1938

negatives: 8x10 and 4x6 b/w [from the Toledo News-Bee] of Saunders in Hollywood and others; leather photograph case [empty], 1936-1937

File – Box 32, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1936-1937

Saunders in sailor costume "for Wright Stock Co. Play", undated

File – Box 32, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: undated

Toledo News-Bee gag photographs of Saunders; pasted layouts for Saunders' column; Saunders in Hollywood makeup: (separated by acid-free paper), 1928, 1929, July 22, 1936

File – Box 32, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1928, 1929, July 22, 1936

Toledo News-Bee studio portraits; individual shots of Saunders and with others; group photographs [newspaper staff? with Joe E. Brown]: (separated by acid-free paper), 1930-1937, undated

File – Box 32, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: 1930-1937, undated

Hollywood photographs: Saunders with movie stars, directors, etc. [some include Elmer Woggon as well]; 4x6 negative of Saunders with Gary Cooper; photos include Una Merkel, Spanky McFarland, Jane Withers, Betty Grable, Humphrey Bogart, Olivia De Havilland, Robert Taylor, Fredric March, Alice Faye, Jack Benny and Gracie Allen, Jean Arthur, Hugh Herbert, Tod Browning [director], Freddie Bartholomew, Errol Flynn, etc.: (separated by acid-free paper), 1936

File – Box 32, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1936

autographs; autographed photographs--stage and film stars to Saunders [including Orson Welles, Toto, Theda Gray] (separated by acid-free paper), 1927-1946

File – Box 32, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: 1927-1946

Hollywood movie production stills, including scenes from This is My Dance, The Gorgeous Hussy [both Joan CrawfordJ, It's Love I'm After [Leslie Howard, Bette DavisJ, The Devil is a Sissy [Freddie Bartholemew, Mickey RooneyJ, My American Wife [Francis Lederer, Ann Sothern], Public Nuisance No.1 [Jane Withers], Big Broadcast of 1937 [Jack Benny, Martha Raye] (separated by acid-free paper), 1936

File – Box 33, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1936

publicity photographs of stars: Bob Burns, Fred MacMurray (separated by acid-free paper), 1937

File – Box 33, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1937

Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper publicity photographs with Saunders and Woggon (separated by acid-free paper), ca. 1940

File – Box 33, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: ca. 1940

1940 World's Fair: Saunders giving "Chalk Talk" in Westinghouse building (separated by acid-free paper), 1940

File – Box 33, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: 1940

publicity photograph portraits of Saunders (separated by acid-free paper), ca. 1940s, 1953, 1957

File – Box 33, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: ca. 1940s, 1953, 1957

photographs of Saunders at work on his comic strips (separated by acid-free paper), 1951-1973

File – Box 33, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: 1951-1973

photo essay: Saunders on location [research for strips] (separated by acid-free paper), undated

File – Box 33, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: undated

publicity photographs for Mary Worth [some include Ken ErnstJ; photo essay of Ernst and Saunders with Jane Russell; Saunders with Dr. Nick Dallis [author of Rex Morgan, MD and Judge Parker] [includes early photographs of "Apple Mary" live productions] (separated by acid-free paper), undated

File – Box 33, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: undated

photo essay for Wabash College article on Saunders at work (separated by acid-free paper), ca. 1960s

File – Box 33, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: ca. 1960s

publicity photo essay of Allen and John Saunders at work (separated by acid-free paper), undated

File – Box 33, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: undated

photo essay of Allen at home with Lois [his wife], in his office, and with John [includes exterior shots of Saunders home in Maumee] (separated by acid-free paper), ca. 1970s

File – Box 33, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970s

photographs of Saunders giving various speeches and "Chalk Talks" (separated by acid-free paper), 1966-1969

File – Box 33, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: 1966-1969

Publisher's Syndicate publicity photographs of Saunders at "Calvacade of Comics" exhibition, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City Rotary chalk talk (separated by acid-free paper), ca. 1969

File – Box 33, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: ca. 1969

community service photographs of Saunders: AAA, Red Cross, dinner programs, Toledo Board of Education, President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped, at graduation ceremony (separated by acid-free paper), ca. 1930s-1960s

File – Box 33, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s-1960s

publicity photographs of "Pentagon Luncheon for the News-paper Comics Council" [various comic artists pictured] (separated by acid-free paper), November 6, 1967

File – Box 33, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: November 6, 1967

Unprocessed materials, including an interview with Saunders on cassette tape; certificates; comic books and published comics anthologies; reproduced comics pages of Mary Worth and Steve Roper and Mike Nomad; syndicate correspondence; miscellaneous news clippings; framed photographs, undated

Sub-Series – Box 34

Dates: Creation: undated

Plaques, Awards, Photographs, Taped Interview, 1959-1977, undated

Sub-Series – Box 35

Dates: Creation: 1959-1977, undated

framed certificate: Wabash College Alumni Award of Merit, June 4, 1955

File – Box 35, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: June 4, 1955

Allen Saunders' college diplomas from Wabash College [Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, in Latin], ca. 1920, ca. 1924

File – Box 35, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: ca. 1920, ca. 1924

Phi Gamma Delta certificate [in Greek] [men's social fraternity, Saunders was inducted as an honorary member while his son was in college], undated

File – Box 35, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: undated

photographs, dinner banquets: 9th Annual Dinner, National Cartoonist's Society 10th Annual Dinner, National Cartoonist's Society 54th Annual Dinner, The Explorer's Club, April 26, 1955, April 24, 1956, March 14, 1958

File – Box 35, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: April 26, 1955, April 24, 1956, March 14, 1958

Scrapbooks (oversize), 1950-1971

Sub-Series – Box 36

Dates: Creation: 1950-1971

scrapbook containing clippings from newspapers about Saunders, Mary Worth, Steve Roper, Kerry Drake, Cliff Merrit, and other comics, as well as story-related items, including publicity spread sheets for Saunders' comics, especially for Mary Worth. There are also programs from conferences, graduations, and dinners, and publications by Phi Gamma Delta, Psi Chapter at Wabash College. (photocopies of some of these materials, especially those dealing with Saunders and the comic business, are located in the folder just behind the scrapbook), 1950-1971

File – Box 36, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: 1950-1971

clippings of the original Apple Mary comic strip [precursor to Mary Worth] by Martha Orr, [Apple Mary was created by Ms. Orr in 1932 and was taken over by Saunders in 1937.], December 1934-1936, November 1937

File – Box 36, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: December 1934-1936, November 1937

Miscellaneous (oversize), 1909-ca. 1970s, undated

Sub-Series – Box 37

Dates: Creation: 1909-ca. 1970s, undated

two sheets, b/w glossy proofs, Mike Nomad strip, ca. 1970s?

File – Box 37, Folder: 1

Dates: Creation: ca. 1970s?

original strip, Li'l Abner, from Al Capp to Toledo Club, 1962

File – Box 37, Folder: 2

Dates: Creation: 1962

original artwork caricatures of Saunders: ink caricature by Ernst; ink caricature by Woggon [for magazine article], undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 3

Dates: Creation: undated

original ink and pencil cartoon of Saunders and Rickerd by Rickerd [friend of Saunders], undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 4

Dates: Creation: undated

daily proof sheet of untitled comic strip by Ed Mann, undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 5

Dates: Creation: undated

"Fantastic Faces" copied proof sheet of sketches by Basil Wolvedon, January 1946

File – Box 37, Folder: 6

Dates: Creation: January 1946

award from Ohio Commodores to A. Saunders, June 20, 1969

File – Box 37, Folder: 7

Dates: Creation: June 20, 1969

copy artwork samples (4) from C.N. Landon correspondence art school [from General How to Draw folder], 1909

File – Box 37, Folder: 8

Dates: Creation: 1909

five (5) sample artwork plates [from Outdoor Detail folder], undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 9

Dates: Creation: undated

three (3) "Anatomy Lesson" plates, sample artwork, C.N. Landon School [from People-Drawings folder], 1918

File – Box 37, Folder: 10

Dates: Creation: 1918

one (1) sample adwork page "Symbolic Figures of Nations" Federal School of Applied Cartooning, 1917

File – Box 37, Folder: 11

Dates: Creation: 1917

one (1) sample artwork [from Portraits folder], undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 12

Dates: Creation: undated

original artwork of Saunders [from the Toledo News-Bee]: charcoal portrait, unsigned ink caricature by Clarence Gray color chalk caricature by Clarence Gray ink portrait by George Scarbo four small ink caricatures of Saunders [one signed by Wygren, dated 1932], ca. 1930s

File – Box 37, Folder: 13

Dates: Creation: ca. 1930s

various oversize publicity flyers by Publisher's Syndicate for Chief Wahoo comic strip; Rotomagazine, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio [photo essay on Saunders and Woggon contained], 1937-1940s, December 7, 1941

File – Box 37, Folder: 14

Dates: Creation: 1937-1940s, December 7, 1941

Publisher's Syndicate publicity flyers for Steve Roper and Mike Nomad characters, 1954-1969

File – Box 37, Folder: 15

Dates: Creation: 1954-1969

photocopy of rough sketch of daily strip by Saunders [Mary Worth], undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 16

Dates: Creation: undated

promotional insert [?] of complete story line of Mary Worth, The Wisconsin State Journal promotional insert [?] of complete story line of Mary Worth (Elissa Lake story, "Extra--Mary Worth Comes to Oklahoma") The Daily Oklahoman, September-November 1947

File – Box 37, Folder: 17

Dates: Creation: September-November 1947

publicity spread sheet: "National Media Give Big Coverage to 'First of Its Kind' Mary Worth Story", ca. 1976

File – Box 37, Folder: 18

Dates: Creation: ca. 1976

Publishers-Hall Syndicate Mary Worth publicity flyers; one sheet glossy dailies of Mary Worth strip, ca. 1960s-1970s

File – Box 37, Folder: 19

Dates: Creation: ca. 1960s-1970s

publicity spread sheet: "Mary Worth--Comic Strip of the Intellectuals" [regarding This Month article], ca. 1962

File – Box 37, Folder: 20

Dates: Creation: ca. 1962

publicity posters for Sadie Hawkins Day from Al Capp, 1942

File – Box 37, Folder: 21

Dates: Creation: 1942

publicity booklet for Draftie by Paul Fogarty, National Newspaper Service, ca. 1942

File – Box 37, Folder: 22

Dates: Creation: ca. 1942

original ink artwork of daily comic strip Dick Tracy by Chester GouJd "Silenced" [never ran], July 6, 1942

File – Box 37, Folder: 23

Dates: Creation: July 6, 1942

correspondence, artwork of Don Winslow of the Navy, from Red Pennington, May 19, 1942

File – Box 37, Folder: 24

Dates: Creation: May 19, 1942

publicity poster "Superman Joins the 'Stars and Stripes' of the A.E.F." McClure Newspaper Syndicate, 1942

File – Box 37, Folder: 25

Dates: Creation: 1942

The Pillsbury Playhouse b/w page proof of strip; glossy page proof: Al Capp's Corner With Reddy; three Pillsbury contest ad page proofs, undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 26

Dates: Creation: undated

ten original color newsstrips of Squeekie and Charlie Wild comics for Wildroot shampoo and hair tonic comic ads, 1952

File – Box 37, Folder: 27

Dates: Creation: 1952

Doctor Dave page proofs; original artwork for strip: panel for Doctor Dave, ink artwork [by Dale Heilman]; pencil sketch of Doctor Dave by Saunders, undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 28

Dates: Creation: undated

glossy page proofs of Jell-O advertisements; one pencil sketch for The Five of Us strip by Saunders, undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 29

Dates: Creation: undated

original color newsstrips Secret on the Set [Vicks], 1962

File – Box 37, Folder: 30

Dates: Creation: 1962

original color newsprint of Stripey advertisement strip for Stripe toothpaste, 1962

File – Box 37, Folder: 31

Dates: Creation: 1962

three (3) photocopied rough layouts of Duke Handy by Alex Kotsky; one (1) original color newsprint comics page, includes Mary Worth, Steve Roper, and Duke Handy, ca. 1958

File – Box 37, Folder: 32

Dates: Creation: ca. 1958

b/w page proof Chuck Carson comic strip by Arnando, 1958

File – Box 37, Folder: 33

Dates: Creation: 1958

one (1) b/w glossy proof page of Sunday strip Dateline: Danqer!, December 8, 1968

File – Box 37, Folder: 34

Dates: Creation: December 8, 1968

glossy page proofs of strip, Hero Haggity [by William Overgard], ca. 1960s?

File – Box 37, Folder: 35

Dates: Creation: ca. 1960s?

two original strip drawings by A. Saunders; Three copies of sample character poses by Ernst, undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 36

Dates: Creation: undated

color watercolor ink drawing of Mary Worth characters [from speech?], ca. 1960s?

File – Box 37, Folder: 37

Dates: Creation: ca. 1960s?

three (3) publicity sheets for Steve Roper and Mike Nomad characters, ca. 1950s

File – Box 37, Folder: 38

Dates: Creation: ca. 1950s

original artwork by Alexander Toth, April 30, 1958

File – Box 37, Folder: 39

Dates: Creation: April 30, 1958

glossy proofs of strips by Milton Caniff [untitled strip], 1944

File – Box 37, Folder: 40

Dates: Creation: 1944

b/w glossy, Sunday strip Peter Scratch; two Roy Rogers daily sheets of strip by Al McKimson, July 3, 1966, 1956

File – Box 37, Folder: 41

Dates: Creation: July 3, 1966, 1956

pencil sketch of woman's face by Dale Conner Ulrey

File – Box 37, Folder: 42

original sketch of daily by Saunders for "Miss X"; daily proof sheets of Space Cadet by Ray Bailey; daily proof sheets of Peter Scratch by Lou Fine, undated, February 3, 1952, September 10, 1965

File – Box 37, Folder: 43

Dates: Creation: undated, February 3, 1952, September 10, 1965

page proofs of daily strips from Editors Press Service, NY: six (6) pages in Spanish of Kerry Drake; three (3) pages in Spanish of Maria de Oro (Mary Worth); two The Daily Pratap Jullundur [Arabic newspaper, with Kerry Drake]; Supplement Illustre Le Soleil [French Sunday comics insert, with Mary Worth], ca. 1940s?, undated, January 9, 1967, April 9, 1967, December 31, 1964

File – Box 37, Folder: 44

Dates: Creation: ca. 1940s?, undated, January 9, 1967, April 9, 1967, December 31, 1964

oversize items to be included in scrapbook: publicity flyers, posters, awards for Mary Worth and others, 1960s

File – Box 37, Folder: 45

Dates: Creation: 1960s

Steve Roper daily strip original artwork [with polish words], October 30, 1946

File – Box 37, Folder: 46

Dates: Creation: October 30, 1946

Skye character [Mary Worth] daily sketch by Saunders, undated

File – Box 37, Folder: 47

Dates: Creation: undated

Original Artwork (oversize), 1936-1983

Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1936-1983

Chief Wahoo/Steve Roper/Mike Nomad, 1936-1983

Sub-Series – Multiple Containers

Dates: Creation: 1936-1983

Chief Wahoo [Saunders and Woggon]: clay coated "galleys" [cemented together by moisture], 1936-1940

Sub-Series – Box 38a

Dates: Creation: 1936-1940

Chief Wahoo [Saunders and Woggon]: black and white glossy ink pages, 1937-1940

Sub-Series – Box 38b

Dates: Creation: 1937-1940

Chief Wahoo [Saunders and Woggon]: black and white glossy ink pages, June 1942-October 29, 1944

Sub-Series – Box 39

Dates: Creation: June 1942-October 29, 1944

Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper: weekdays: black and white glossy ink paper; Sundays: genuine newspaper color, November 5, 1944-April 27, 1946

Sub-Series – Box 40

Dates: Creation: November 5, 1944-April 27, 1946

Steve Roper and Wahoo: weekdays: black and white glossy ink paper; Sundays: genuine newspaper color (cont'd.), April 29, 1946-January 4, 1947

Sub-Series – Box 41

Dates: Creation: April 29, 1946-January 4, 1947

Steve Roper and Wahoo: weekdays: black and white glossy ink paper; Sundays: genuine newspaper color (cont'd.), January-October 1947

Sub-Series – Box 42a

Dates: Creation: January-October 1947

Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper: weekdays: black and white glossy ink pages; Sundays: genuine newspaper color [cemented together by moisture], 1948

Sub-Series – Box 42b

Dates: Creation: 1948

Steve Roper [Saunders and Woggon]: black and white glossy ink paper, October 1947-September 1950

Sub-Series – Box 43

Dates: Creation: October 1947-September 1950

Steve Roper [Saunders and Woggon]: black and white glossy ink paper (cont'd.), January 1951-January 1953

Sub-Series – Box 44

Dates: Creation: January 1951-January 1953

Steve Roper [Saunders and Woggon]: black and white glossy ink paper (cont'd.), 1953-1954

Sub-Series – Box 45

Dates: Creation: 1953-1954

Steve Roper [Saunders and Woggon]: black and white glossy ink paper (cont'd.), 1955-1956

Sub-Series – Box 46

Dates: Creation: 1955-1956

Steve Roper [Saunders and Woggon]: black and white glossy ink paper Saunders and Woggon; Saunders and Overgard, 1957-1958

Sub-Series – Box 47

Dates: Creation: 1957-1958

Allen and John Saunders Papers

Collection Organization

general reader mail correspondence [one has b/w glossy of strip attached]; from "Lonely" to "Mary" [Worth]; general professional correspondence; correspondence between Publishers Syndicate, Saunders, and A. Conforti, Professional Automobile Salesmen's Association, November-December 1961, undated

general reader mail correspondence [some have clippings of strips attached]; carbon copy: from Saunders to a reader; carbon copy: from Saunders to a reader; general professional correspondence concerning strip [some also have clippings of the strip attached], February-August 1962

correspondence with Ken Ernst regarding article on Mary Worth in This Month; manuscript of short publicity bio by Ernst about himself; page of Mary Worth dailies, 1963, undated

general reader mail correspondence [some include attachments of clippings from the comic strip]; carbon: from Saunders to Florence Poor; carbons: responses from Saunders to various readers; general professional correspondence, 1963

general reader mail correspondence [some include attachments of clippings of the strip]; general professional correspondence, 1967

general reader mail and professional correspondence [one includes a clipping of the strip], 1968, June 18, 1968

Fan/Reader Mail, 1947-1959, undated

"Pro-Con": from readers to Saunders and editors of member papers to the Publishers Syndicate, 1947-1958

"Grammar, etc.": from readers and editors to Saunders, Ernst, 1947-1958

Letters from Readers, 1947-1980, undated

miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip], 1947-1959

miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip], 1960-1968

miscellaneous correspondence from fans, [some include clippings of the Mary Worth strip] handwritten note to John [Saunders] from [Allen Saunders], 1970-1980, undated

35 two handwritten pages of notes by Saunders [for speeches?], includes excerpts from reader mail; daily strip of Mary Worth with typewritten comments; [by?] correspondence from readers concerning "motorcycle story" and other miscellaneous reader mail; loose panel from Mary Worth strip, undated

"Mary's Romance, etc.": clipping "Voice of the People" column, Jackson City Patriot; correspondence from fans, readers, newspaper editors; typewritten response from A. Saunders to reader, September 1949, 1949-1957

CONFIDENTIAL: "Psychotic Mail" [folder titled by Saunders], 1947

"Story Suggestions": correspondence from readers, 1948-1966

"Hit Homes": correspondence from readers, 1955-1958

"Advice Seekers": correspondence from readers, 1952-1956

Steve Roger mail [was included in file with Mary Worth mail-perhaps it was also used for speeches?] correspondence from readers, 1948-1971

"Women's Lib": letters from readers [some dealing with Steve Roper story about his marriage, most about Mary Worth]; clipping: "Libbers Upset By Love Affair in Mary Worth" Editor and Publisher, May 27, 1972, 1972-1975

reader mail concerning ERA story line, May-June 1978

Research Notes and Files, 1940-1984, undated

Mary Worth typed story outlines; "Rough Outline Involving Leona Stockpool and John Blackstone", ca. 1940?

typed story outline: "Mary Worth Episode" [another Blackstone story]; research notes; ink drawing of male character by Ernst, April 1, 1942, 1946

misc. clippings; typed prospectus for story [Angelica Varden character], ca. 1940s?

Mary Worth story ideas; explanatory manuscripts on "The Cute Meet" with story suggestions; "Various Plot Angles"; "Backgrounds" (professional); "Occupations"; "Plot Triangles" [romance]; "Twelve Basic Human Interests"

synopses: plot examples from short stories in the women's magazines Companion and McCall's, 1955

typed outline: "September Smith Story", ca. 1955

correspondence, research notes; clippings for story ideas, 1960s-1970s

typed story outline: [Karl and Terry Whiting characters], undated

typed story outlines: "Synopsis B" [small town widower marries former show girl]; "Synopsis A" [Peter and Judith Arlen story], undated

research notes, articles, letter from Allen Saunders to John Saunders regarding Indian story line, ca. 1970s

handwritten story outlines by Ken Ernst, letter from Ernst to John Saunders, ca. 1970s

copies of sketch of Mary Worth with blank word bubble; photocopies of male character in strip "Caleb", undated

various news clippings for story ideas, 1978-1979

clippings for story ideas [many on working women, saved by John Saunders or sent to him by Ernst], 1979-1981

correspondence to John Saunders from Ernst; misc. clippings sent by Ernst, May 25, ca. 1979

Publicity Manuscripts and Flyers, 1947-1959

Clippings - Mary Worth, 1949-1979, undated

Television Appearances/Mary Worth Publicity: Margaret Arlen Program; Welcome Travelers (NBC); The Ohio Story (Ohio Bell Telephone Company), 1950-1954, undated

Correspondence, research notes, photographs for "Look Magazine" article, April 1954-March 1961

Correspondence: Capp-Saunders "Feud", 1957

Newspaper and black and white glosses of relevant strips (Li'l Abner, Mary Worth) in Capp-Saunders "Feud", 1957

Newspaper articles: Capp-Saunders "Feud", 1957

Mary Worth publicity correspondence, August 1957-August 1962

Mary Worth "Comic of Intellectuals", publicity, comic popularity surveys, 1957-1962

Publicity Release: "They Write the Strangest Letters to Mary Worth"; draft article "Detergent Drama", undated

Mary Worth spoofs, 1958, 1972, 1978

Mary Worth clippings, [1959], 1978, 1979

"This Month" w/article about Mary Worth, April 1962

Correspondence, publicity mat with Carl Schmidt; Gary Trudeau address [folder 1 of 2], 1970s

Mary Worth news clippings [folder 2 of 2], 1970s

Newspaper articles on the Karen Cooper/teen pregnancy story, 1976

Article: "How Mary Worth Became Queen of the Comic Strips" (Seymore Rothman, Toledo Magazine); clipping from San Francisco Chronicle, 1982-1984

Letter from Shel Dorf re: name changes in Mary Worth & strip photocopies, undated

Correspondence re: Mary Worth radio show, December 1946-February 1955

Mary Worth soap opera - radio correspondence & script, 1949-1954

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 1, September 1949

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 2, November 1949

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 3, January 1950

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 4, March 1950

"Love Stories of Mary Worth" comic book no. 5, May 1950

Correspondence, 5 TV scripts for proposed Mary Worth TV show, 1951

Correspondence - Lucile Sullivan, A.L. Williamson, Inc. on Mary Worth TV show, 1957-1961

Correspondence re: Contracts for Mary Worth TV show, June 1960-April 1964

Toni Mendez, Inc. corresp. re: Mary Worth paperback books by Dial Press, May-June 1962

Misc. publishing correspondence, 1963, 1967

Corresp. re: possible Mary Worth television shows with Lucile Sullivan, Annie Lauren Williams, Inc., August 1964-February 1967

Publisher's Hall corresp. "Deals"; pamphlets on Mary Worth & Big George [by Virgil Partch], 1968-1970

Bob Reed corresp., script treatment for Mary Worth - daytime serial on TV, February 4, 1970

Pilot script: Mary Worth, December 8, 1971

Television story outline: Mary Worth, 1972

"Romantic Picture Novelettes - A Complete Mary Worth Adventure", ca. 1946?

Other Professional Work, 1916-1948, undated

"Writing Comics is a Serious Business" Files, 1942-1945

correspondence concerning Saturday Evening Post article by Saunders on continuity in comics [it is unclear if this article was ever published in the Post, although it was published in Esquire], May 1942-January 1943

correspondence, questionnaire, artwork, from Betsy and Stanley Baer, The Toodle Family and The Nebs, May 1942