PCL MS 069 Sheldon R. Jaffery Collection

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PCL MS 069 Sheldon R. Jaffery Collection

Introduction

Sheldon R. Jaffery was a practicing attorney in Cleveland, Ohio with a personal interest in science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction, and pulp magazines. The Jaffery Collection centers on the manuscripts of the books Jaffery published throughout the 1980s which deal with these genres. The material dates from 1947 to 1989, with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1980s. Jaffery's interests specifically lie in the Arkham House book series, the DAW book series, and pulp magazine fiction. These topics are the focus of his manuscripts and research materials, which make up the core of the collection. Also housed in the Browne Popular Culture Library are a substantial number of specialist catalogs accrued by Jaffery as a collector/dealer in rare science fiction and fantasy books and posters.

The initial collection was acquired by the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University, in December, 1987, and a second shipment was received in January, 1990. The collection was organized and arranged at the Browne Popular Culture Library by Dana Sergent, who also prepared the biographical sketch and box/folder inventory.

The collection is open to public access for research; however, the duplication of any materials must comply with applicable copyright laws.

This register was compiled by Brenda McCallum, head librarian, and Dana Sergent, graduate research assistant, Popular Culture Library, January, 1990 and updated in September 2009.

Biographical Sketch

heldon Ronald Jaffery was born April 22, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended UCLA and obtained a B.A. in English from Ohio State University in 1957. He received a B.S. in Education at Kent State University in 1959 and then taught English, speech, and journalism at Cardinal High School in Middlefield, Ohio for two years. He conducted postgraduate research at UCLA in 1960 and received a J.D. from Western Reserve University Law School in Cleveland, Ohio in 1964.

Jaffery practiced law in Cleveland since being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1964. He was admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar in 1970. He served as Special Counsel to Attorney General of Ohio from 1971 to 1974, and was a member of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Zeta Beta Tau and Tau Epsilon Rho. He most recently served as counsel for the law firm of Monroe, Zucco and Kaselak in Cleveland Ohio. As of 1986, Jaffery had practiced law as a private attorney in Cleveland, Ohio.

Jaffery married Judith Ann Friedman on June 23, 1963. They had three children: Kimberly, Jonathon, and Jason, and lived in the Cleveland suburbs. Jaffery died on July 10, 2003.

Jaffery had a private book dealer business until 1987. At one time he dealt in posters, but in 1982, he began to deal exclusively in out-of-print first edition rarities of fantasy and science fiction. Jaffery personally began collecting Arkham House books in 1979. Since many stories in the Arkham House books were first published in the Weird Tales pulp magazine, it was natural for Jaffery to shift his focus to pulp literature after completing his work on Horrors and Unpleasantries: A Collector's Price Guide and Bibliography of Arkham House (1982) and The Collector's Index to Weird Tales (1985). Jaffery published several pulp fiction anthologies through the 1980s. He began collecting DAW books in 1987 and shortly thereafter wrote Future and Fantastic Worlds: A Bibliographical (1972-1987) Retrospective of DAW Books (1987). Jaffery completed a revised edition of Horrors and Unpleasantries and retitled it The Arkham House Companion (1989). Ace Mystery Doubles and Ace Science Fiction books are the focus of Jaffery's most recently completed manuscripts.

Scope and Content

The Sheldon R. Jaffery Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, research files and notes, manuscript drafts and specialist catalogs. The occult and supernatural-related books (ca. 200 volumes) from the Jaffery Collection have been integrated and intershelved with related cataloged holdings in the Browne Popular Culture Library. The Arkham House (163 volumes) and DAW (722 volumes) book series of the Jaffery Collection are cataloged and housed as separate rare book collections in the Browne Popular Culture Library. A local note links the provenance of the cataloged books to the Jaffery Collection.

The collection reflects various aspects of Jaffery's interest in science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature and centers on his personal interests in Arkham House books, weird menace pulp fiction, DAW books, and his book dealer business. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence, research material, and manuscript drafts of eight books Jaffery has written, including Horrors and Unpleasantries: A Collector's Price Guide and Bibliography of Arkham House (1982), The Collector's Index to Weird Tales (1985), Sensuous Science Fiction (1984), The Weirds(1987), Selected Tales of Grim and Grue from the Horror Pulps (1987),Future and Fantastic Worlds: A Bibliographical (1972-1987), Retrospective of DAW Books (1987), The Corpse Maker (1988), and The Arkham House Companion (1989). The majority of the manuscript material is from the 1980s, although some of the Arkham House documents date back to 1947.

The author's manuscripts are not literary works, per se. Rather, Jaffery's strengths lie in his work as a collector, researcher and bibliographer. Of particular value is the correspondence Jaffery conducted with many of the original Arkham House authors while compiling his book Horrors and Unpleasantries. Also of significance are the original Arkham House trade catalogs and brochures and the photocopied Arkham House correspondence from August Derleth that Jaffery used as primary research material for the guide. Correspondence between DAW books' publisher Donald A. Wollheim and Jaffery complements the Future and Fantastic Worldssection of the collection. The massive amount of research material used by Jaffery to compile the The Collector's Index to Weird Talesis also valuable to researchers, along with the hundreds of specialist book dealer catalogs Jaffery gathered. A highlight of the collection is Jaffery's near complete series of Arkham House books and DAW books, which complement the Browne Popular Culture Library's prior holdings of fanzines and pulp magazines, where many of the writers of these books first had their work published.

Series Description

Series I: Horrors and Unpleasantries/The Arkham House Companion (8 boxes)1947-1989Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name and then chronologicallyIncludes Correspondence with Arkham House authors, Arkham House Publishing Company personnel, other Arkham House researchers, and miscellaneous potential publishing companies, including the Popular Press, the final publisher of Horrors and Unpleasantries (1982). Research materials and manuscripts for the book are included, as well as publicity and review material and original Arkham House catalogs and brochures. The manuscript, correspondence, research materials, and Arkham House catalogs used for compiling the revised edition, The Arkham House Companion (1989), are also part of the series.

Series II: The Collector's Index to Weird Tales (4 boxes)1983-1988Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name and chronologically by functional typeIncludes Correspondence with other Weird Tales researchers and with Popular Press personnel. Jaffery's research materials, including index cards used to compile the guide, are contained as well as manuscripts, promotional material, and reviews.

Series III: Sensuous Science Fiction (1 box)1983-1987Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name and by functional typeIncludes Correspondence with fellow researchers, Popular Press personnel, and photocopying receipts and related correspondence. Jaffery's research files, manuscripts, and a review of the book are included.

Series IV: The Weirds (1 box)1985-1987Arranged by functional type. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by letter writer's nameIncludes photocopying receipts, research notes, and manuscripts.

Series V: Selected Tales of Grim and Grue from the Horror Pulps (1 box)1972?-1989Arranged by functional type. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by letter writer's nameIncludes receipts, research notes, and manuscripts.

Series VI: Future and Fantastic Worlds (2 boxes)1986-1987Arranged chronologically by functional type and alphabetically by correspondent's nameIncludes Correspondence with other DAW researchers, DAW Books, Inc. personnel, and Starmont House personnel. Includes research material, manuscripts, photocopied book covers, legal documents, and receipts.

Series VII: The Corpse-Maker (1 Box)1988Arranged in the same order as published bookConsists of the manuscript for this anthology of stories by Hugh B. Cave.

Series VIII: Otherworld's Material (4 boxes)1971-1989Arranged alphabetically be dealer's or correspondent's nameIncludes book dealer and company catalogs, such as those from McClintock Books, Pandor's Books Ltd., J. & I. Kennelly, Soft Books and Robert and Phyllis Weinberg. Correspondence relating to Jaffery's book dealer business "Otherworld's" is contained along with miscellaneous professional correspondence.

Series IX: Miscellaneous Material (3 boxes)1983-1989Includes publications seemingly unrelated to the previous series or subseries which are arranged in rough chronological order. Also lists fanzines and periodicals from the Jaffery Collection that have been intershelved with related materials at the Browne Popular Culture Library.

Series X: Duplicate Books (1 box)1983-1988Duplicate copies of books published by Sheldon R. Jaffery are included in this series.

Inventory

Box 1
Series I: Horrors and Unpleasantries/The Arkham House Companion
Subseries 1: Correspondence
Sub-Subseries1: Correspondence with Arkham House Authors
Folder	Description	Date
1	Outgoing correspondence (unanswered) from Sheldon R. Jaffery:
	to Lin Carter (carbon copy)	3/8/82
	attached: to "Ray" (photocopy)	3/8/82
	to Charles Grant (carbon copy)	3/12/82
	to Charles Grant (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	to Charles Grant (photocopy)	11/15/83
2	Correspondence with Michael Bishop:
	to Michael Bishop (carbon copy)	3/10/82
	from Michael Bishop	3/13/82
	from Michael Bishop	3/18/82
	to Michael Bishop (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	from Michael Bishop	1/28/83
	Correspondence with Robert Bloch:
	to Robert Bloch (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	from Robert Bloch	3/4/82
	to Robert Bloch (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	from Robert Bloch	6/18/82
	Correspondence with Nelson Bond:
	to Nelson Bond (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	to Nelson Bond (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	from Nelson Bond	6/18/82
	Correspondence with Ray Bradbury:
	to Ray Bradbury (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	to Ray Bradbury (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	from Ray Bradbury	7/2/82
	Correspondence with Joseph Payne Brennan:
	to Joseph Payne Brennan (carbon copy)	3/30/82
	from Joseph Payne Brennan	Easter Sunday 1982
	to Joseph Payne Brennan (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	from Joseph Payne Brennan	2/19/83
3	Correspondence with Ramsey Campbell:
	to Ramsey Campbell (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	from Ramsey Campbell	3/28/82
	to Ramsey Campbell (carbon copy)	6/14/82
	from Ramsey Campbell	4/2/83
	from Ramsey Campbell	6/28/83
	from Ramsey Campbell	7/18/84
	from Ramsey Campbell	8/18/84
4	Correspondence with Mary E. Counselman (Vineyard): [pseudonyms: John Starr, Charles Dubois, Sanders McCrorey]
	to Mary E. Counselman (carbon copy)	6/21/82
	from Mary E. Counselman	8/5/82
	Correspondence with L. Sprague de Camp:
	to L. Sprague de Camp (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	from L. Sprague de Camp	3/5/82
	to L. Sprague de Camp (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	Correspondence with Fritz Leiber:
	to Fritz Leiber (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	to Fritz Leiber (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	from Fritz Leiber	6/30/82
	Correspondence with Frank B. Long:
	to Frank B. Long (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	to Frank B. Long (carbon copy)	6/14/82
	from Frank B. Long	4/10/82
5	Correspondence with Jerry Page:
	to Jerry Page (carbon copy)	3/30/82
	to Jerry Page (carbon copy)	6/25/82
	from Jerry Page	6/26/82
	to Jerry Page (carbon copy)	7/2/82
	from Jerry Page	7/15/82
6	Correspondence with Manly Wade Wellman:
	to Manly Wade Wellman (returned to sender)	4/15/82
	to Manly Wade Wellman (carbon copy)	5/4/82
	from Manley Wade Wellman	5/8/82
	to Manley Wade Wellman (carbon copy)	6/15/82
Series I: Subseries 1 (con't.) Sub-Subseries 2: Correspondence with Representatives of Arkham House Publishers, Inc.
7	Correspondence with James Turner, Editor, Arkham House Publishers, Inc.:
	from James Turner	3/26/82
	to James Turner (carbon copy)	4/16/82
	from James Turner	5/3/82
	from James Turner	7/14/82
	to Turner (returned with notations by Roderic Menq and Turner)	7/22/82
	to Turner (photocopy: with handwritten notations by Jaffery)	7/22/82
	to Turner (carbon copy)	7/26/82
	from Turner	7/28/82
	from Turner	2/22/83
	to Turner (photocopy)	11/14/83
	miscellaneous notes, phone messages	11/14/83
8	Correspondence with Roderic Menq, Operations, Arkham House:
	from Roderic Menq	3/10/82
	to Roderic Menq (carbon copy)	9/13/82
	to Roderic Menq (carbon copy)	9/15/82
	from Roderic Menq	4/18/83
9	Correspondence with Forrest D. Hartmann, Quale, Hartmann, Bohl, and Evenson Law Offices [representatives of the Estate of Auqust Derleth]:
	to Stuart David Schiff from Forrest D. Hartmann (photocopy with handwritten note by Schiff to Jaffery)	4/24/72
	to Forrest D. Hartmann (carbon copy)	6/29/82
	from Hartmann	7/6/82
10	outgoing correspondence from Sheldon R. Jaffery:
	to Jack L. Chalker (carbon copy)	3/29/82
	to Jack L. Chalker (carbon copy)	6/14/82
	to Kennedy Boyser (carbon copy) (attached: photocopy of ad copy for "Progress Report Number 2" by Jaffery)	3/5/82
	to Lloyd W. Currey (carbon copy)	3/12/82
	to Barry R. Levin (carbon copy)	3/10/82
	to Kirby McCauley (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	to Stuart David Schiff, Whispers Press (carbon copy)	8/5/82
	to Nils Hardin (carbon copy)	4/16/82
	to Bob Weinberg (carbon copy)	3/10/82
11	Correspondence with David Aronovitz:
	to David Aronovitz (carbon copy)	3/8/82
	from David Aronovitz	3/12/82
	to David Aronovitz (carbon copy)	6/14/82
	Correspondence with Joe Bell, Soft Books:
	to Joe Bell (carbon copy)	3/10/82
	from Joe Bell	3/22/82
	From Joe Bell	12/27/84
	Correspondence with Richard Fawcett:
	to Richard Fawcett (carbon copy)	6/1/82
	original letter from Jaffery to Fawcett, dated 6/1/82 with handwritten comments by Fawcett;	6/7/82
	photocopy of letter from Gerry de la Ree to Jaffery is also attached, dated 4/17/82 to Fawcett (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	from Fawcett	2/2/83
	from W.P. Ganley to Jaffery	[3/27/82?]
	Correspondence with Donald M. Grant, Publisher:
	to Donald Grant (carbon copy)	3/8/82
	from Grant	3/11/82
	Correspondence with Stephen King:
	to King (carbon copy)	3/5/82
	from King	4/8/82
	to King (carbon copy)	6/14/82
	from King	6/22/82
	Correspondence with George Locke:
	to George Locke (carbon copy)	3/12/82
	from George Locke	5/14/82
	Correspondence with Robert A. Madle:
	to Robert Madle (carbon copy)	3/3/82
	from Robert Madle	(May 1982?)
	from Robert Madle	(10/22/82)
	to Robert Madle (carbon copy)	11/3/82
	from Jim Murphy to Sheldon Jaffery	10/15/82
12	Correspondence with Gerry de la Ree:
	to de la Ree (carbon copy)	3/11/82
	from de la Ree	3/14/82
	photocopy of above letter (attached: index card "Roads")	3/14/82
	to de la Ree (carbon copy)	3/17/82
	from de la Ree (attached: typewritten manuscript "The Good Old Days," by Gerry de la Ree with handwritten notations by de la Ree; photocopy of same article, retitled "Epilog")	3/23/82
	from de la Ree (attached: typewritten manuscripts, "The Illustrated Lovecraft" and "The Drawings for 'Roads'", by Gerry de la Ree with handwritten notations by de la Ree)	4/4/82
	to de la Ree (carbon copy)	4/8/82
	from de la Ree (attached: typewritten manuscript, "Search for a Hornbook" with handwritten corrections by de la Ree; photocopy of same article)	4/17/82
	to de la Ree (carbon copy)	4/27/82
	from de la Ree	5/3/82
	to de la Ree (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	from de la Ree	6/18/82
	from de la Ree	2/4/83
	from de la Ree	2/11/83
13	Correspondence with Roy A. Squires:
	to Roy A. Squires (carbon copy. Stapled to letter below)	6/15/82
	to Roy A. Squires (carbon copy)	3/2/82
	from Roy A. Squires (attached: page from Squire’s catalog #6 with article “The Shunned House”)	3/5/82
	to Roy Squires (carbon copy)	3/11/82
	from Roy Squires (attached: typewritten anecdotes by Squires about various Arkham House books)	3/16/82
	from Roy Squires	7/3/82
	from Roy Squires	8/31/82
	to Roy Squires (carbon copy)	9/7/82
	from Roy Squires	9/9/82
	from Roy Squires	4/22/84
Series I: Subseries 1 (con't.) Sub-Subseries 4: Correspondence with Publishing Companies
14	Correspondence with potential publishers:
	to Jean E. Karl, Editor, Antheneum-Argo Books (carbon copy) (photocopy of above)	5/10/82
	From Karl	5/13/82
	to Karen Haas, Editor, Bantam Books (carbon copy)	4/15/82
	from Karen Haas	4/30/82
	to Haas (carbon copy)	5/4/82
	from Haas	5/7/82
	to Robert Reginald, Editor, Borgo Press (carbon copy)	4/15/82
	to Ruth Hapgood, Editor, Houghton Mifflin Co. (carbon copy) (photocopy of above)	5/10/82
	from Hapgood	5/14/82
	Correspondence with Kent State University Press:
	to Laura Nagy, Editor (carbon copy)	4/15/82
	from Dean H. Keller, Curator, Special Collections, Kent State University Library	4/22/82
	to Keller (carbon copy)	4/27/82
	from Keller	5/5/82
	to Keller (carbon copy)	6/3/82
	to Keller (carbon copy)	10/18/82
	from Keller, Editor, Serif Series	10/20/82
	from Paul H. Rohmannn, Director	11/2/82
	to Tom Dunne, Editor, St. Martin’s Press (carbon copy)	4/15/82
	from Tom Dunne	6/10/82
	to Marcia Guarnaschelli, Editor, William Morrow and Co. (carbon copy)	4/15/82
	from Guarnaschelli	5/17/82
15	House of Collectibles (original: carbon copy)	6/1/82
	to House of Collectibles (carbon copy)	6/7/82
	Returned envelope to House of Collectibles (unopened)	6/7/82
16	to Ray Thomas, Editor, Taplinger Publishing Co. (carbon copy)	4/15/82
16	from Thomas (attached: sample copy of Jaffery’s manuscript)	2/17/83
17	Correspondence with the Popular Press, Bowling Green State University:
	to Popular Press (carbon copy)	6/3/82
	from Pat Browne, Popular Press (attached: samples of Jaffery manuscript)	6/7/82
	from Browne	8/19/82
	to Browne (carbon copy) (attached: "Appendix 4" written by Gerry de la Ree and edited by Jaffery)	9/7/82
	from Browne	9/13/82
	from Browne	10/6/82
	to Browne (carbon copy) (attached: draft for biography for book cover flap by Jaffery [carbon copy])	11/2/82
	from Browne	11/8/82
	to Browne (carbon copy) (attached: typed address list of review copy readers [photocopy])	12/1/82
	from Kathy Rogers Hoke, Popular Press	12/3/82
	to Hoke (carbon copy) (attached: address list for complimentary copy readers [carbon copy])	12/7/82
	typed notecard from Hoke	n.d.
	from Hoke	1/25/83
	to Browne, (original, attached: original typed Author/Title Index by Jaffery)	2/7/83
	to Browne (carbon copy)	2/28/83
	from Browne	6/21/83
	from Browne (attached: Author/Title Index [photocopy])	10/19/83
	from Browne (attached: photocopy of note from Jaffery)	11/3/83
Series I: Subseries 1 (con’t.) Sub-Subseries 5: Public Response
18	from Masaki Abe	4/5/83
	from Steven C. Bernard	9/24/83
	from Leigh Blackmore, Director, H.P. Lovecraft Bio-Bibliographical Centre	7/27/83
	from Richard Bleiler	11/24/83
	from Richard Bleiler	12/14/83
	from Richard Bleiler	1/25/84
	from Richard Bleiler	2/12/84
	from Michael Borden	6/21/84
	from William G. Forge	12/23/83
	from John Judice	5/6/83
	from Joseph F. Kennelly	1/31/83
	from Terry [Lawson]	11/30/84
	from David McClintock	1/7/83
	from David McClintock	1/8/83
	from David McClintock	1/19/83
	from David McClintock	2/3/83
	from David McClintock	4/29/83
	from Frank D. McSherry, Jr.	3/22/83
	from J.B. Post	6/1/83
	from Mark Rathburn	n.d.
	from Mark Rathburn	9/10/83
	from Wayne C. Rogers	12/19/83
	from Frank Searight	12/28/82
	From Frank Searight	2/12/83
	from Scott H. Urban	1/8/85
	from Donald Wandrei	10/6/84
	from Donald Wandrei	10/16/85
	from Donald Wandrei (attached: photocopies of articles "Publishing and Kirby McCauley," Sylvia Porter's Personal Finance [Dec. 1985, p. 63]; "Ultimate Dark Portrait of Maine Suffers from Epic Pretensions," Accent North News-Tribune and Herald, Duluth, MN [Sun., Sept. 21, 1986])	10/23/86
	from Robert Weinberg: three letters about book's popularity in his store	n.d.
	from David J. Williams III	3/9/83
	to Williams (photocopy)	4/6/83
	from Roy [Preece], The Village Bookshelf	n.d.

Box 2
Series I: (con't.)
Subseries 2: Research Notes, Files, Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
1	Photocopies of letters from August Derleth, Director, Arkham House Publishing Company to Lee Browne Coyle, illustrator, and to Glenn Lord.	1962-1967
2	photocopies of letters from August Derleth and Roderic Meng of Arkham House, to Dr. Stuart David Schiff with commentary notes by Schiff	1970-1973
3	Booklet: Twenty Years of Writing, 1926-1946 by August Derleth, Arkham House (photocopy)	4/1/46
4	Arkham House trade catalog pages (photocopied) with commentary notes by Schiff; article: "The Arkham House Story," Fantastic Worlds by August Derleth (photocopy)	c.1946 Summer 1952
5	article: "Logoda's Heads," Gargoyle, Vol. 1, No.1, by August Derleth (photocopy)	1950
6	article: "The Story Behind A Dust Jacket," by Gerry de la Ree (photocopy)	n.d.
7	article: on history of Arkham House from Collector's Dream #5 by Rowley Atkins (photocopy)	1978
8	checklist: "Arkham House: The Unpublished Volumes," by Gunter T. Swain (photocopy) with added notes by Jaffery	n.d.
9	article: "The Bibliophile and the Spaceship," The Private Library, by J.B. Post (photocopy)	Autumn 1970
10	handwritten notecards; photocopied pages of annotations for manuscript	n.d.
11	handwritten notes and notecards about various Arkham House books	n.d.
12	photocopied pages of index cards compiled by Jaffery for the 163 Arkham House books of the Jaffery Collection [with handwritten notes by Brenda McCallum (Head Librarian, Browne Popular Culture Library) on last page, concerning phone conversation with Jaffery]	9/1987
13	notecards concerning printing errors, changes to be made in the published book Horrors and Unpleasantries	n.d.
14	handwritten notes: "Acknowledgements and Permission to quote"; handwritten draft of letter of request for written permission to use quotations; partial handwritten draft for endnotes	n.d.

Box 3
Series I, Subseries 2: (con't.)
Folder	Description
Horrors and Unpleasantries
1	handwritten and typed manuscript, first draft
2	first draft (continued)
3	typed and handwritten manuscript, second draft
4	edited photocopied typed draft of "Bibliography and Price guide" section of manuscript.
5	edited photocopied typed draft of "Introduction" and "Appendix I: The Unpublished Titles"

Box 4
Series I: Subseries 2 (con't.)
Folder	Description
Horrors and Unpleasantries
1	photocopied edited typewritten third draft with handwritten additional pages (first title page including name Horrors and Unpleasantries: A Collector's Price Guide and Bibliography of Arkham House)
2	third draft (continued)
3	typewritten manuscript, final draft, with corrections, marked "return"
4	final draft (continued)
5	manuscript sample pages for sending to publishing companies, includes introduction and first six pages of checklist (one original, one photocopy with attached note from Pat [Browne])
6	galley sheet page from printers of sample copy of book
7	edited photocopy of page proofs
8	photocopy of page proofs (continued)
9	photocopies of cover for book; first four pages of book, originals (have been ripped out of a book)
10	handwritten Author/Title Index

Box 5
Series I: (con't.)
Subseries 3: Arkham House Catalogs and Related Material
Folder	Description	Date
1	Booklet 4 x 5 1/2", 40 pages, light blue covers. Books from Arkham House 1947-48. "Coming:" The Arkham Sampler and Revelations in Black (page 6) "Very soon to be o.p.:" Slan.
2	Booklet 4 x 5 1/2", 37 + 4 photographic pages, white covers printed in blue. Books from Arkham House 1949 and Later. Trade discounts printed inside front cover. " …it is fairly certain that [the following] will be published in this order:" Something About Cats and Other Pieces, The Throne of Saturn. o.p. Who Knocks?, The Opener of the Way , and Green Tea.
3	Leaf 3-15/16" x 9-3/16" printed both sides. Short Stock Titles. "As of January 1963, the following books are in short stock..." Spells and Philtres, The House on the Borderland and Other Novels, Revelations in Black, Always Comes Evening, Arkham House: The First 20 Years, Night's Black Agents, Not Long for this World, The Curse of Yig, and The Shunned House (bound). (Derleth gave notice here of "a very handsome edition" of a book from another publisher: The Hill of Dionysus by Clark Ashton Smith.)
	Booklet 4 x 5-7/16", 8 pages, self cover. Last Call! "The Following Arkham House books are in such short supply that none will outlast the current Arkham House stocklist:" Always Comes Evening and nine others.
	Leaf 3-15/16 x 9-3/16" printed both sides. Lovecraftiana. "As of Summer, 1964, the following books are to be had …:" The Dunwich Horror and Others begins a list of 10 books, including Autobiography of a Nonentity, Collected Poems, and The Shunned House.
	Booklet 4 x 5 5/16", 44 pages, black covers. Stock List of Books from Arkham Housel Mycroft and Moran. 25th anniversary stocklist. o.p.: The Shunned House.
	Printed Letter 8 ½" x 11" with Arkham House letterhead. Autumn, 1964, signed by August Derleth (photocopy, yellowed paper) "Dear Patron, Just 25 years ago this season… "
4	Booklet 12 pages, self cover. 1965 Books by August Derleth. "Wisconsin Country" on cover. Lists Wisconsin Country: A Sac Prairie Journal (May), The Casebook of Solar Pons (April), and Country Places (October).
	Leaflet 12 x 9 1/4" folded to 6 pages 4 x 9 1/4", pebbled paper. 1965 Books From Arkham House. Published: Tales of Science and Sorcery. Coming: Selected Letters I (March). o.p. Always Come Evening, Dark of the Moon, and The House on the Borderland and Other Novels.
	Booklet 4 x 5 7/16", 16 pages, self cover. [A.H. symbol] 1939-1964/25th Anniversary. Chronological listings of AH, M&M, and S&L published "through 1964." Selected Letters I is included, Tales of Science and Sorcery is not. The Horror from the Hills is typed in at tops of pages 8 & 9.
	Leaflet 12 x 8 3/4" folded to 6 pages, 4 x 8 3/4" pebbled paper. 1966-67 Books From Arkham House. Coming: The Phantom Fighter (May). o.p.: The Curse of Yig, The Survivor and Others, and Something about Cats and Other Pieces.
	Leaflet 10 1/2" x 5" folded to 6 pages, 3 1/2" x 5". Arkham House Books I 1967. "This is our last bulletin! … we are replacing it with … The Arkham Collector …" Coming: The Mind Parasites, Selected Letters II, and Strange Gateways. o.p.: The Shuttered Room
5	Booklet 5 1/4" x7 3/4", 32 pages, pink covers. Stock List of Books from Arkham House I Mycroft & Moran. Books coming in 1970-1971: The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions (November, 1970), Demons and Dinosaurs (October, 1970), and Selected Letters III (Spring, 1971).
6	Booklet 5 1/4 x 7-3/4", 32 pages, black covers. Stock List of Books from Arkham House I Mycroft &Moran.	Summer/Autumn 1971-1972
6	Leaf. (with above booklet) ditto paper. Addendum. "Due to the death of August Derleth this past summer… "	Summer/Autumn 1971-1972
7	Booklet 5 1/4 x 7-3/4", 28 pages, pumpkin covers. Stock List of Books from Arkham House I Mycroft &Moran. Books coming in 1972-73: The Rim of the Unknown.	Oct. 1972
	Leaf 5x7 1/2", printed on one side, yellow. Addendum. Books in limited supply: "We have in stock four of the Neville Spearman editions of our early Clark Ashton Smith titles." Soon to be o.p.: Over the Edge, The Trail of Cthulhu, Invaders from the Dark, The Horror from the Hills, The Inhabitant of the Lake.	Oct. 1972
	Leaf 5x7 1/2" printed one side, orange. Addendum. "Please note these changes to our annnounced publications for 1973, pages 2-4 (25)--" o.p.: The Horror from the Hills, The Trail of Cthulhu, and 3 Tales of Horror.	5/15/73
8	Booklet 5 1/4" x 8", 28 pages, pea green covers. Stock List of Books from Arkham House I Mycroft &Moran. Books Coming in 1974-75: The Watchers Out of Time and Others (Spring).	March 1974
	Leaf 5x7 1/2", printed on one side, yellow. Addendum March 1974 Catalog. Books in Limited Supply: Strange Harvest and Selected Letters II.	4/1/74
	Leaf. 6 1/4" x 9", printed on one side, blue. Addendum. March 1974 Catalog. Published: Xelucha and Others. o.p.: The Green Round.	5/1/75
9	Booklet 5 1/4 x 8", 24 pages, light blue covers. Stock List of Books from Arkham House I Mycroft &Moran. Books Coming in 1975-76: Selected Letters IV: 1932-1934.	Sept. 1975
	Leaf 5 x 8", printed both sides, yellow. Addendum--September 1975 Catalog.	9/30/75
	Leaf 5 x 8", printed both sides, beige. Third Addendum--September 1975 Catalog.	7/30/76
	Leaf 5 x 8", printed both sides, green. Fourth Addendum--September 1975 Catalog.	11/30/76
10	Booklet 5 ¼" x 8", 24 pages, yellow covers. Stock List of Books from Arkham House 1 Mycroft & Moran. Books Coming in 1977-78: And Afterward, the Dark and In Mayan Splendor (both Summer 1977).	June 1977
10	Leaf 5 1/4 x 8", printed one side in brown, white paper. Addendum--June 1977 Catalog.	5/31/77
11	Same booklet (June 1977 yellow catalog) as in Folder 10, with:
	Leaf 8 1/2 x 14", printed both sides, folded to 8 1/2"x 4 3/4", beige. Addendum--June 1977 Stock List. "This is the fourth and final addendum to the June '77 stock list… lf utilized in conjunction with the yellow '77 catalog, the patron will know exactly what titles remain available… have recently been published…and… will be published betweeen Fall 1979 and Summer 1980… " Published: In the Mist & Other Uncanny Encounters and The Princess of All Lands. o.p.: Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey, Wisconsin Murders, Dark Things, Selected Poems, and Mr. George, &c.	8/31/79
	Leaf. Discount Schedule. (stapled inside yellow booklet).	June 1977
12	Booklet 5 5/16" x 8", 20 pages, ivory. Arkham House/1980 Recent Publications: New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos.	1980
	Leaf Discount Schedule. (stapled inside ivory booklet).	August 1980
	Leaf 8 1/2 x 14" folded to 8 1/2" x4 3/4", printed both sides, yellow. New Books from Arkham House / Addendum II to the 1980 Stock List. Published: The Third Grave.	October 1981
	Printed Letter. (stapled to yellow leaf) "Re: Status of standing order for…"	Nov. 1981
	Letter from Sheldon R. Jaffery to Arkham House, with Arkham House "Discount Schedule August 1980" attached.	9/22/80
13	Booklet 5 5/16" x 8", 24 pages, green covers. Arkham House /1982. Recent Publications: The Solar Pons Omnibus.	1982
13	Leaf 8 1/2" x 14", folded to 8 1/2" x 4 3/4", gray. New Books from Arkham House / Addendum II to the 1982 Stock List.	August 1983
Series I (con't.) Subseries 4: Speech
14	Notecards for presentation on the history of Arkham House	n.d.
Series I (con't.) Subseries 5: Legal and Financial Documents
15	publisher's contract, Bowling Green University Popular Press and Sheldon R. Jaffery	6/16/82
	requisition sheet from Bowling Green State University (BGSU) to Sheldon R. Jaffery	7/21/83
	requisition sheet from BGSU to Jaffery (photocopy)	7/21/83
		2/15/84
		8/1/84
	Check from BGSU to Jaffery (photocopy)	8/26/83
Series I (con't.) Subseries 6: Promotional and Publicity Material
16	handwritten address lists for review copies and advertisements	n.d.
17	Correspondence
	to Mary Strassmeyer from Jaffery, Cleveland Plain Dealer (carbon copy)	6/24/82
	to T.E.D. Klein from Jaffery, Twilight Zone Magazine (carbon copy)	9/30/84
	from Klein to Jaffery	10/12/84
	booklet Cleveland Bar Journal, Vol. 53, no.11 (contains mention of Jaffery'spublication in "Lawyers in the News" section)	Sept. 1982
Series I (con't.) Subseries 7: Reviews and Related Material
18	review: Locus, p. 28 (photocopy)	April 1983
	review: Fantasy Newsletter, p. 26 (photocopy)	April 1983
	review: editor's page, Space and Time #64 (photocopy)	Summer 1983
	review: Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 41, No.1 (photocopy) with letter from Stacy M. Lytwyn, Meckler Publ.	n.d.
	review: S.F. Chronicle, p. 8 (photocopy)	April 1983
Series I (con't.) Subseries 8: Revised Edition, Horrors and Unpleasantries [note: Retitled The Arkham House Companion] Sub-Subseries 1: Correspondence with Arkham House Authors
19	to Greg Bear (photocopy)	2/25/84
	(attached: notecard from David McClintock to Jaffery)	2/16/84
	from Greg Bear	3/12/84
	to Basil Copper (photocopy)	4/4/84
	from Copper	5/14/84
	to Phyllis Eisenstein (photocopy)	4/4/84
	from Eisenstein	4/7/84
	to Carl Jacobi (photocopy)	3/17/84
	from Jacobi	4/13/84
	to Jacobi (photocopy)	4/29/84
	from Joanna Russ	5/7/84
	to A.E. van Vogt (photocopy)	4/4/84
	from van Vogt	4/24/84
	to Donald Wandrei (photocopy)	11/22/84
20	To Brian Lumley (carbon copy)	3/30/82
	To Brian Lumley (carbon copy)	6/15/82
	to Brian Lumley (photocopy)	11/15/83
	from Brian Lumley (attached: article [photocopy] by Lumley: "August Derleth: Arkham House")	1/10/84
	From Brian Lumley	3/4/84
	To Brian Lumley (photocopy)	3/11/84
	From Lumley	3/18/84
		4/6/84
		3/12/85
		4/4/85
		11/22/86
Series 1: Subseries 8: The Arkham House Companion (con't.) Sub-Subseries 2: Correspondence with James Turner, Arkham House
21	to James Turner (photocopy)	3/14/88
	from "Jim T."	3/22/88
	from Turner (postcard)	11/3/88
Series I: Subseries 8: The Arkham House Companion (con't.) Sub-Subseries 3: Correspondence with Arkham House Researchers/Dealers/Collectors
22	from "Randy" [R.] Alain Everts, co-editor, Etchings and Odysseys (attached: three related company flyers)	2/19/86
	from Joe Kennelly	9/26/88
	from Dave McClintock	12/9/89
	to Roy A. Squires (photocopy)	9/20/87
	from Squires (postcard)	9/30/87
	from Dick Wald attached: photocopy of letter from Wald to R. Meng, Arkham House, with notes by Meng	7/19/89 6/5/89
	to Robert Weinberg (photocopy)	3/17/84
23	from R. Dixon Smith	1/31/84
	from R. Dixon Smith	3/10/84
	to R. Dixon Smith (photocopy)	3/17/84
	from R. Dixon Smith	5/21/84
	from R. Dixon Smith	10/11/85
	to Smith (photocopy)	12/19/85
Series I: Subseries 8: The Arkham House Companion (con't.) Sub-Subseries 4: Correspondence with Publishing Companies
24	Correspondence with Popular Press, Bowling Green State University:
	to Pat Browne (photocopy)	9/20/87
	from Browne	9/23/87
25	Correspondence with Ted Dikty, Starmont House:
	from Dikty	3/1/88
	to Dikty (photocopy)	8/10/88
	to Dikty (photocopy)	12/13/89
Series I: Subseries 8: The Arkham House Companion (con't.) Sub-Subseries 5: Research notes, files, manuscripts
26	letter from James C. Hunter, Hunter Publishing Company to Arkham House (photocopy)	12/29/65
27	book dealer catalogs which list current prices for Arkham House books in 1987 and 1989:
	book listings: Roy A. Squires list "87-2	9/16/87
	Weinberg Books catalog	Jan. 1989
	Barry R. Levin Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol. 2, no.1	Jan. 1989

Box 6
Series I: Subseries 8, The Arkham House Companion
Subseries 5 (con't.)
Folder	Description
The Arkham House Companion (rev. ed.)
1	first draft, revised edition with pages from the first edition stapled to paper with handwritten revisions
2	first draft, (con't.)
3
4
5
6	first draft, (con't.); typewritten index with handwritten revisions

Box 7
Series I: Subseries 8: *The Arkham House Companion*
Sub-Subseries 5 (con't.)
Folder	Description
1	handwritten drafts of various single entries to book (loose)
2	handwritten draft of index (on backs of form letters related to Jaffery's profession as an attorney)
3	second draft: photocopied with typewritten, handwritten and computer-generated revisions and additional pages
4
5
6	galley proof: photocopied with handwritten revisions "acknowledgements" to "entry 23 Slan"
7	galley proof: photocopied with handwritten revisions
8	galley proof: photocopied with handwritten revisions

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Box 8
Series I: Subseries 8: *The Arkham House Companion*
Sub-Subseries 5 (con't.)
Folder	Description	Date
1	Page proofs: photocopied with handwritten corrections pp. 1-40; UPS mailing envelope	n.d.
2	Page proofs, (con't.), pp. 42-84; UPS mailing envelope	n.d.
3	Page proofs: photocopied both sides; Express Mail receipt	10/2/89
4	Final page proof copy in cover layout binder	10/2/89
Series I: Subseries 8: The Arkham House Companion Sub-Subseries 6: Arkham House Catalogs and Related Material
5	flyer: "Addendum III" to 1982 Stock List (2 copies) legal size, tan, printed both sides;	7/84
	leaflet: "For Immediate Release: the Arkham Lovecraft" light brown, printed both sides;	[1985]
	booklet: "Arkham House Stock List" 24 p., tan cover (attached: leaflet "Addendum I" with typewritten note from R. Meng)	1986-87
6	Booklet 5 1/4" x 8", 12 pages, brown covers. The Phil Mays Collection of Arkham House Ephemerae. By Roy A. Squires and Phillip T. Mays, Glendale, CA. A checklist of 77 items including catalogs, announcements of individual titles, bulletins, etc.	1985
Series I: Subseries 8: The Arkham House Companion Sub-Subseries 7: Legal and Financial Documents
7	contract with Starmont House and Jaffery for The Arkham House Companion	2/8/87
8	invoices from Arkham House Publishers, Inc. to Les Affiches Illustrees [lists press runnings for each book ordered]	7/13/84 8/20/84 12/28/84 5/17/85 1/31/86 3/14/86 6/2/86 10/24/86 3/19/87 10/20/87 5/12/88 10/4/88
	Express mail receipt from Jaffery to Starmont House;	9/24/87
	invoice from Original Copy Center;	9/23/87
	delivery receipt from Original Copy Center;	9/23/87
	flyer from Pip printing store	n.d.

PCL MS 069 Sheldon R. Jaffery Collection

Browne Popular Culture Library Manuscripts

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