The Hester J. Mundis Collection consists of approximately 0.2 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Hester J. Mundis in 1969. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection…
Jerrold Mundis was a writer, speaker, and counselor. He has written 17 novels, 13 non-fiction books, and around 100 short stories, essays, and articles. He wrote under various pseudonyms, including Robert Calder, Eric Corder, and Julia Withers. Two of his well known novels are Gerhardt's Children…
The Paul S. Newman Papers are comprised of approximately 0.2 cubic feet of manuscript materials. A manuscript for the text of a DarkWing Duck comic book story is the core of the collection. In 1995, Paul S. Newman transferred one manuscript to the Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State…
Linda Varner Palmer transferred her collection to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University, in September 1998. The collection has no restrictions placed on its use for scholarly purposes. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all…
John M. Patterson was an author of the mystery genre. Literary manuscripts and correspondence form the core of the collection. In 1969, Patterson transferred his manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University. The collection is open for research, but the…
The Dick Perry Collection consists of approximately 5 linear feet of manuscript materials. In 1969, Dick Perry first began transferring his manuscripts to the Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University. An additional donation of materials was made in 1989. The collection is open for…
Susan Elizabeth Phillips is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. Her papers are comprised of approximately 8 cubic feet of manuscript materials, promotional items, correspondence and fan-created items. Susan E. Phillips began transferring her manuscripts to the Popular…
The materials contained in the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) collection were obtained from Ray and Pat Browne, Michael Marsden, Peter C. Rollins, and several other members of the associations since 1983, after PCA Secretary/Treasurer Ray Browne suggested the…
Bill Pronzini, pulp aficionado and creator of the Nameless Detective series has been hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a master of the modern mystery.” Since becoming a professional writer in the late 1960s, he has published over sixty novels within the mystery/suspense and western genres,…
Ruth Rendell is a contemporary British writer of series detective novels and non-series mystery-suspense novels and stories. Series novels and stories are written under her own name while non-series works have often been published under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Literary manuscripts of non-series…
Willo Davis Roberts was a writer of mystery, suspense, gothic, historical and juvenile novels. Literary manuscripts and galley sheets from seven of her works form the core of this collection. In 1973, Willo Davis Roberts began transferring her manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library,…
The Joanna Russ Papers consist of approximately 1.85 cubic feet of manuscript materials. In 1969, Russ began transferring her manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University, with additions in 1976 and 1998. The collection has no restrictions placed on its use for…
Glenda Sanders is a contemporary American author of romance novels. Original typescripts of twenty-seven of her novels, twelve synopses, twelve book cover art forms, and one short story comprise the core of the collection. Ms. Sanders transferred her manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture…
The Darlene Scalera Collection consists of 1.5 cubic feet of documents dating from 1999-2002. It is comprised of edited manuscripts, proofs, cover art information, outlines and notes, synopses, character information and one piece of correspondence regarding Man in a Million. Darlene Scalera…
Sidney Shelley is an author of fiction. The literary manuscript for The Bowmanville Break is the core of the collection. In 1969 Sidney Shelley transferred this manuscript to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University. The collection is open for research, but the…
Jonathan Slott was a writer, director, and producer of radio, television, and moving pictures. Radio and television scripts and literary manuscripts form the core of the collection. In 1975, Slott began transferring his manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State…
Susy Smith is an author of books on psychic phenomena. Her literary manuscripts form the core of this collection. In 1969, Susy Smith first began transferring her manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University. This collection is open for research, but the…
Henry Steeger was a writer, publisher and collector of pulp magazines. Correspondence with other authors and collectors form the core of this collection. Shirley Steeger transferred Henry Steeger's correspondence to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University, in November,…
The Valerie Taylor Collection is comprised of 1.5 cubic feet of documents dating from 1992-2003. It consists of manuscripts of novels as well as writing notes. Subject Files include general correspondence, Romance Writers of America membership materials, two magazines and two folders of writer's…
The Gary Hoppenstand Collection on Karl Edward Wagner consists of approximately 0.6 linear feet of manuscript materials. This material was donated by Gary Hoppenstand in December 2010. Further information about the collection can be obtained by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection has…
Martha Anne Guice Wingate is an author of the mystery genre. The core of the collection consists of literary manuscript and correspondence dating from 1971 to present. She writes under Martha G. Webb and the pseudonym, Lee Martin. In 1985, Martha Anne Guice Wingate first began transferring her…
The Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Collection is comprised of 39 cubic feet of manuscripts and correspondence from 1978-2014. The manuscripts include primarily historic and contemporary horror novels and some western, science fiction, and romantic suspense. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular…
The Ray B. Browne Collection is comprised of over 43 cubic feet of correspondence, files, literary manuscripts and printed materials dating from 1950 to 2011. Some earlier and more recent dates are scattered within the correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials. Dr. Browne's research…
Sheldon R. Jaffery was a practicing attorney in Cleveland, Ohio with a personal interest in science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction, and pulp magazines. TheJaffery Collectioncenters on the manuscripts of the books Jaffery published throughout the 1980s which deal with these genres. The material…
John Allen Saunders, who for most of his professional life went by the name of Allen, was a professor, journalist, novelist, playwright, and philanthropist, but was best known as the writer behind several comic strips, most notably Mary Worth and Steve Roper. This collection reflects his vast array…