Harold Sinclair Collection



Processed by
Brigid R. McBride
Spring 2009


Table of Contents
Harold Sinclair working on American Years. Sinclair would handwrite his novels then produce a typed version (1938).

Collection Information
Volume of Collection:
One Box
Collection Dates:
1936-2008; bulk of material is from 1940s-1950s
Provenance: Gift from Dr. G. Louis Heath, January 2008
Restrictions:
None
Reproduction Rights:
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the McLean County Museum of History
Alternative Formats:
Record in National Union Catalog Manuscripts Collection On-Line
Other Finding Aids: None
Location: Archives
Note: See also Photograph Collection People, Sinclair, Harold

 

John Wayne, Harold Sinclair, and John Ford on the set of The Horse Soldiers in Louisiana (1956).

 

Historical Sketch

  Harold Sinclair was born in Chicago on May 8, 1907. He and his sister, Elizabeth, were sent to live with their Aunt Lee and Uncle Sam Wishard in Bloomington around 1915. Sinclair was attending high school and working at the Western Union, when he decided to quit high school. Sinclair relocated to Florida and then to Chicago, before moving back to Bloomington. Sinclair worked for several hardware companies, when he began writing The Journey Home (1936). After the successful publication of his first book, he quit working to devote his time to freelance writing. Sinclair continued writing and publishing successfully.

  Sinclair received a Guggenheim Fellowship after Journey Home was published. Also during this time Sinclair married Ethel Louise Moran. During their marriage, they had six children. Harold Sinclair died on May 24, 1966 after surgery for an illness.

  During his life, Sinclair published a trilogy-American Years (1938), Years of Growth (1940), and Years of Illusion (1941)-which is a partly fictionalized history of Bloomington and McLean County. His most commercially successful novel was Horse Soldiers (1956), which became a best seller and was eventually made into a 1959 movie directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and William Holden. Just before Sinclair's death, his novel Cavalryman (1958) was contracted to become a television series.

  Harold Sinclair's published nine novels, including Westward the Tide (1940), Port of New Orleans (1942) and Music of Dixie (1952), as well as a book commissioned by the Pantagraph telling the history of the newspaper, Daily Pantagraph 1846-1946 (1976). He also published several short stories, articles and book reviews.

 
Scope and Contents Note

  This collection was donated by Dr. G. Louis Heath of Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa. The collection is comprised of photocopies of microfilm prints. Several of these items are newspaper reviews of Harold Sinclair books, articles about his books, and advertisements for the movie Horse Soldiers and for his titles. The collection also includes notes from research done by Dr. Heath including notes from Ethel Sinclair interviews, various biographical information on Harold Sinclair, and correspondence.

 

Box and Folder Inventory

Folder 1:
Biographical Information
1.1
 "Sinclair, Harold," no source, May 8, 1907, p. 1291-2
1.2
 "Sinclair, Harold," from Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature by Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft, (New York: The W.W. Wilson Co.: 1942), p. 1291-2
1.3
 "Sinclair, Harold (Augustus) 1907-1966," from Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Biographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Works, volumes 5-8, first revision, by Barbara Harte and Carolyn Riley, editors, (Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1963, 1969), p. 1056-1057
1.4
 "Harold Sinclair, Novelist, Dies," Pantagraph, May 24, 1966, p. 3 (2 copies)
1.5
 "That Old House...The House at 705 East Taylor," The McLean County Community News, February 22, 1998, front page

 

Folder 2:
Sinclair Correspondence
2.1
 Correspondence from J.G. Edmonds to Sinclair dated September 23, 1938 about Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. statements
2.2
 Correspondence from J.F. Henry to Sinclair dated December 5, 1939 about family history, novel about "Everton," and postmarks
2.3
 Correspondence from J.F. Henry to Sinclair dated April 16, 1940 inquiring if previous letter had been received
2.4
 Correspondence from Harold Sinclair to Mr. Spaight dated December 23, 1941 apologizing for not seeing Mr. Spaight on a recent trip
2.5
 Correspondence from unknown to Harold (photocopy), no date, written on William Harris Johnson letterhead congratulating Sinclair on publication of novel and movie
2.6
 Correspondence from Rinehart Publishers including statements for Music Out of Dixie dated May 18, 1952

 

Folder 3:
Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
3.1
 "His First Novel Will Be Published This Fall," photograph, Sunday Pantagraph, May 31, 1936, p. 15
3.2
 "Literary Guild Chooses Sinclair Novel for Its June Offering," no source, March 6, 1938
3.3
 "What Difference Does Success Make? Novelist Answers," Pantagraph, March 3, 1938
3.4
 "Author Harold Sinclair Awarded $2,000 Guggenheim Fellowship," Daily Pantagraph, March 27, 1939, p. 3
3.5
 "Author Sinclair Tells Rotarians About His Work," Pantagraph, August 17, 1939
3.6
 "A Writing Son of the Midwest," Chicago Sun Times Book Week, September 19, 1943, p. 6
3.7
 "Milner Library Receives Harold Sinclair Original," Pantagraph, April 11, 1948
3.8
 "Lincoln Most Popular Midwest Book Subject," Pantagraph, June 16, 1949 p. 19
3.9
 "Singing in the Reign," Chicago Herald-American, July 11, 1950
3.10
 "Author Sinclair's Valuable Collection Ruined in Fire," Pantagraph, January 11, 1965 and "Sinclair's Book to be Reprinted," no source, November 11, 1952, both items photocopied on same sheet

 

Folder 4:
Miscellaneous
4.1
 Postcard from Ethel Sinclair to Dr. Gary Heath dated January 15, 1980 concerning interview, health, and items pertaining to Harold Sinclair
4.2
 Photocopy with several articles: "Sinclair, Harold Journey Home" from Book Review Digest 1936 p. 1936; "Sinclair, Harold" from Twentieth Century Authors First Supplement, A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature edited by Stanley J. Kountz (New York: The H.W. Wilson Co.), 1945; "Sinclair, Harold Westward the Tide" and "Years of Growth" Book Review Digest 1940
4.3
 "Sinclair, Harold The Cavalryman" from Book Review Digest 1958 and Who's Who in Chicago (Chicago: The A.N. Margus Co.) 1945, p. 816; and "Sinclair, Harold Music out of Dixie," from Book Review Digest 1952
4.4
 Brochure from the Bloomington Public Library, "Find Harold Sinclair a Bloomington author"
4.5
 Photocopy of On the Square, includes articles "New Sinclair Book Available at Museum Gift Shop" and "Sinclair's Mug Added to Museum's Collection," Volume 39, Number 2, 2007

 

Folder 5:
Heath Research
5.1
 Handwritten notes, "Bibliography (from books)," "Bibliography (from catalog, special collections)," "Music Out of Dixie," "Harold Sinclair," "Pam Paperback-The Horse Soldiers," "Collier's Debt of Mercy," "The Cavalryman," "Dell Paper Back," and "Sinclair-H. Allen Smith" (9 sheets)
5.2
 Handwritten notes, "Sinclair," includes list of Harold Sinclair's jobs(6 sheets)
5.3
 Handwritten notes, "Interview notes of Ethel Sinclair, by G. Louis Heath" dated October 1979 (5 sheets)
5.4
 Handwritten notes, "Harold Listed" (1 sheet)
5.5
 Correspondence from G. Louis Heath to Almon Ives dated September 10, 1979 inquiring about information on Harold Sinclair with handwritten note paper clipped to item
5.6
 Correspondence from Joe W. Kraus to Heath dated September 6, 1979 in response to offer of recorded interviews with Ethel Sinclair
5.7
 Correspondence from Robert Sokan to G. Louis Heath dated September 17, 1979 regarding recorded interviews with Ethel Sinclair
5.8
 Correspondence from G. Louis Heath to Henry Holmes Smith dated October 3, 1979 concerning research on Harold Sinclair
5.9
 Correspondence from G. Louis Heath to Raymond N. Dooley dated October 3, 1979 concerning Harold Sinclair's life
5.10
 Correspondence from Roger D. Bridges to G. Louis Heath dated October 15, 1979 concerning photocopying a manuscript from the Illinois State Historical Library
5.11
 Correspondence from L. Brosnahan to G. Louis Heath dated May 24, 1989 concerning Illinois State University
5.12
 Correspondence from Gary Heath to Editor of the Pantagraph dated February 2000 concerning street name, "Sinclair Court" with handwritten notes paper clipped to the item
5.13
 "About the Editor" p 98 from book, Harold Sinclair of Illinois: Letters, Biography
5.14
 photocopy of publications list including articles, books, short stories and where biographical information is located, dated April 6, 1966

 

Folder 6:
Heath Grant Application
6.1
 Correspondence from William R. Linneman to Art White dated September 14, 1979 letter of recommendation for Gary Heath
6.2
 Correspondence from G. Louis Heath to William J. Gnagey dated September 9, 1980 concerning 1980 summer research project report; Project Title: "Harold Sinclair Tapes and Papers" (3 sheets)
6.3
 Correspondence from Charles A. White to G. Louis Heath dated November 19, 1979 concerning half-time summer research appointment
6.4
 Correspondence from Clayton F. Thomas to EAF Faculty dated July 25, 1979 concerning summer research appointment requests (4 sheets)
6.5
 "Request 1980" for G. Louis Heath Summer Research Appointment Request, 1980, includes Narrative, Objectives, Procedures, Significance, and Bibliography (3 sheets)
6.6
 "Scholarly Publications and Accomplishments" for G. Louis Heath (most likely part of Request 1980)
6.7
 "Sinclair grant application-narrative" handwritten (4 sheets-two original, two photocopies)
6.8
 Handwritten version of G. Louis Heath Summer Research Appointment Request, 1980 (see item 6.5) (3 sheets)
6.9
 Handwritten version of "Scholarly Publications and Accomplishments" (see item 6.6) (2 sheets)

 

Folder 7:
Sinclair, Harold Anthony
7.1
 Email correspondence from Harold Sinclair to Dr. Gary Heath dated January 9, 2008 concerning book Harold Sinclair of Illinois: Letters, Biography written about Harold's grandfather and DVD of interview
7.2
 Email correspondence from Gary Heath to Harold Sinclair dated January 14, 2008 concerning connection to Harold Sinclair (author) and DVD of interview
7.3
 Correspondence between Gary Heath and Harold Sinclair dated January 14, 2008 with response to item 7.2 concerning genealogy, death of Ward Sinclair, DVD interview, Wikipedia entry for Harold Sinclair (2 sheets)
7.4
 Email correspondence between Harold Sinclair and Gary Heath dated January 15, 2008 concerning Wikipedia article (2 sheets)
7.5
 Email correspondence from Gary Heath to Harold Sinclair dated January 15, 2008 concerning mug donated to museum and interview placed on youtube.com (4 sheets)
7.6
 Email correspondence between Gary Heath and Harold Sinclair dated January 23, 2008 concerning suggestion about book signing (2 sheets)
7.7
 Email correspondence from Gary heath to Terri Clemens and Greg Koos dated January 24, 2008 concerning Wikipedia entry and books in library and gift shop

 

Folder 8:
Sinclair Writings
8.1
 "William McFee," by Harold Sinclair, appeared in Reading and Collecting: A Monthly Review of Rare and Recent Books, edited by Ben Abramson, May 1937 (3 sheets)
8.2
 "A Visit to Masterman," by Harold Sinclair, appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1963 (6 sheets)
8.3
 "The Boy from Grove Street," (incomplete) by Harold Sinclair, no date (8 sheets)
8.4
 "Harold Sinclair: A Note by the Author of "Years of Illusion" on the American Historical Novel," no source, no date, includes "The Great Historical Novels of Harold Sinclair," "The American Historical Novel: A Note By Harold Sinclair," reviewer quotes, and summaries of novels (7 sheets)

 

Folder 9:
Book Jackets
9.1
 Photocopy of Journey Home book jacket (2 sheets)
9.2
 Photocopy of American Years book jacket (2 sheets)
9.3
 Photocopy of The Years of Growth book jacket (2 sheets)
9.4
 Photocopy of Westward the Tide book jacket (2 sheets)
9.5
 Photocopy of Music Out of Dixie book jacket (2 sheets)
9.6
 Photocopy of The Horse Soldiers book jacket (2 sheets)
9.7
 Photocopy of Books Abridged...The Horse Soldiers book jacket (2 sheets)
9.8
 Photocopy of The Cavalryman book jacket (2 sheets)

 

Folder 10:
Journey Home
10.1
 "Sinclair Sells Two Volumes 'Journey Home', His First Novel, to Be Published Next Fall," no source dated May 31, 1936
10.2
 "A Compact of Passion and Poetry: 'Journey Home,' First Novel of Harold Sinclair of Bloomington, a Novel to Be Remembered," reviewed by Thelma Van Ness, Sunday Pantagraph, dated September 6, 1936

 

Folder 11:
Everton Trilogy
11.1
 "Writing Books is Hard Work, Sinclair Tells Commercial Club Members," Pantagraph, May 5, 1938, p 20
11.2
 "Our History in Fiction," by Burton Rascoe, Newsweek Magazine, May 23, 1938, p 28
11.3
 "Author Portrays Difficult 'Period in American Years,'" Pantagraph, May 29, 1938 and "Booklovers Give Tribute to Sinclair: Author and Wife Have Reception," Pantagraph, June 3, 1938
11.4
 "Sinclair's Book is Called Rich Panorama of Pioneering," Sunday Pantagraph June 12, 1938 (reprint from New York Times)
11.5
 "Letters to the Editor: Harold Sinclair on Lincoln's Lost Speech," The Saturday Review, June 25, 1938, p 13
11.6
 "A New Type of Historical Novel Something About "American Years" By Harold Sinclair," Doubleday Book Review, July 1938
11.7
 "Sinclair Expects to Finish Second of Trilogy by July 15," Pantagraph, June 25, 1939 p 6, c7-8
11.8
 "Author Sinclair Tells Rotarians About His Work," Daily Pantagraph, August 17, 1939 p 3, c 3
11.9
 "New Sinclair Novel Arrives; Issued Feb. 16," Daily Pantagraph, February 2, 1940, p 6
11.10
 "City's Famous Live Again in New Sinclair Novel," Daily Pantagraph, February 15, 1940, p 3
11.11
 "Harold Sinclair's Bloomington: Ever(y)to(w)n," by Robert Bray Illinois Issues Humanities Essays (third series), January 1984

 

Folder 12:
 Westward the Tide
12.1
 "New Harold Sinclair Novel Tells of George Rogers Clark Exploits," Pantagraph, October 4, 1940, p 3

 

Folder 13:
Port of New Orleans
13.1
 "At the River's Mouth: How New Orleans Grew Almost Despite Its Residents; the Colors of History," reviewed by W. Adolphe Roberts, New York Herald Tribune Books, July 26, 1942, p 1-2
13.2
 "New Orleans, City of Memories," reviewed by Horace Reynolds, New York Times Book Review, August 2, 1942
13.3.1
 Book Review Digest 1942 review
13.3.2
 The Readers Encyclopedia of American Literature by Max J. Herzberg and Staff, (New York: Thomas L. Crowell Co.: 1962)
13.3.3
 The Author's & Writer's Who's Who 4th ed. (New York: Hafner Publishing Co.) 1960
13.4
 "Port of New Orleans," by Harold Sinclair dated May 4, 1948, note from author (4 sheets)

 

Folder 14:
Music Out of Dixie
14.1
 "Local Men's Books to Be Out in May," Pantagraph, January 14, 1952 and "Sinclair's New Book Explores Dixie Jazz, Southern Negro," no source, May 6, 1952
14.2
 "Music Out of Dixie: A Novel" appears in Holt, Rinehart Book List for 1952
14.3.1
 WJBC News-O-Gram, May 5, 1952
14.3.2
 Reviews from Times (Roanoke, VA May 11, 1952), Publisher's Weekly, Beacon (Wichita, KN May 1952), Retail Bookseller (May 1952), and Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA), May 4, 1952
14.4.1
 "Music Out of Dixie," Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, no date
14.4.2
 "Sinclair's New Book Explores Dixie Jazz, Southern Negro," Pantagraph, May 9, 1952
14.5.1
 "Bloomington Hits Literary Jackpot" advertisement, Pantagraph, May 11, 1952
14.5.2
 "Community Gets Rash of New Books," Pantagraph, May 11, 1952
14.6
 "Books in Review-The Basin Street Cradle Song of Dusky New Orleans Jazz," Star (Washington, DC), May 11, 1952
14.7
 Advertisements, New York Times (New York City, NY), May 11, 1952 and June 15, 1952
14.8
 "Music Out of Dixie: A Novel," review, Time Book Review, May 11, 1952
14.9
 Burrelle's Press Clipping, May 12, 1952, Edna Bartlett (New York) (3 sheets)
14.10.1
 "Vivid Story of Jazzman, New Orleans" Tennessean (Nashville, TN), May 18, 1952
14.10.2
 "Ernest Dewey:" review, Hutchson, KS, no date, no source
14.11
 "Music Out of Dixie (Reviewed by Wallace X. Rawles)," Herald Express (Los Angeles, CA), May 13, 1952
14.12
 "Jazz From New Orleans (Reviewed by Thomas Sugrue)," New York Tribune, May 18, 1952
14.13
 "The Birth of the Blues," New York Times, May 25, 1952
14.14
 "Meeting the Authors," Pantagraph, May 26, 1953 (2 sheets)
14.15.1
 "New Novels," Times-Star (Cincinnati, OH), no date
14.15.2
 "True History of Jazz Age," Mirror (Los Angeles, CA), May 9, 1952
14.15.3
 "Story of Jazz Told By Novelist," Star (Indianapolis, IN), May 5, 1952
14.15.4
 "Music Out of Dixie," reviews in the Gazette (Berkley, CA), May 15, 1952, Tribune (Oakland, CA), May 11, 1952, and "Music Out of Dixie," no source, May 25, 1952
14.16.1
 "Sinclair Novel Fine Tribute to Dixieland Jazz," Evening News (Buffalo, NY), May 19, 1952
14.16.2
 "But a Clarinet" no source, no date
14.16.3
 "Heyday of Jazz," Traveler (Buffalo, MA), May 18, 1952
14.16.4
 "Writer Sings Tune of Creative Jazz," Dixie Herald (Dallas, TX), June 15, 1952
14.17
 "Novel of Interest for Jazz Lovers," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), June 1, 1952
"Sinclair's Novel of an American Genius," Kansas City Star (Kansas City, KS), August 2, 1952
14.18
 "New Novels On Diverse Themes," Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), May 23, 1952
14.19
 "Warm, Human Story of New Orleans Jazz," Post (Houston, TX), September 14, 1952
14.20.1
 "New Orleans Jazz Pulses In Fine Novel," Dispatch (Columbus, OH), June 22, 1952
14.20.2
 "Music Out of Dixie" and reviews from Herald (Grand Rapids, MI), Cronicle (San Francisco, CA), and Journal (Arizona)
14.21
 Reviews in the Herald (Grand Rapids, MI), Times and News (Kingsport, TX), Columbia Missourian (Columbia, MO), Dispatch (Columbus, OH), Star (Kansas City, KS), and Herald American (Chicago, IL) dated May and June 1952
14.22
 Reviews in Long Island Press (Jamaica, NY), Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), News (Newark, NJ), Mirror (New York City), Times (Hartford, CT), and Publisher's Weekly dated April, May, July 1952
14.23.1
 "Dixieland Start is Book Topic" Arizona Republic, May 11, 1952
14.23.2
 "Dixieland Jazz Story Is Hep, Too" Herald (Miami, FL), June 1, 1952
14.23.3
 Reviews from Times (El Paso, TX) and Times (St. Petersburg, FL), June and July 1952
14.24.1
 Reviews from Star Telegram (Hackensack, NJ), Post (Boston, MA), Times (Victoria, Canada), Saturday Review June 1952
14.24.2
 "Prewar New Orleans," Sun (Baltimore, MD), May 23, 1952
14.25.1
 "A Story of the Jazz Era," Observer (Raleigh, NC), May 11, 1952
14.25.2
 Review, no source and in Herald (Shanamdoa, IA), May 24, 1952
14.26
 Reviews in Herald Tribune and Evening Sun, May 1952
14.27.1
 "Novel Set in New Orleans," no source, Chicago, IL, June 12, 1952
14.27.2
 Reviews in Courier Journal (Louisville, KY) and Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
14.28
 "Eagle Eye on Books," Eagle (Wichita, KN) and reviews in Advertiser (Boston, MA) and Liberty Journal (New York City)
14.29.1
 "This is a Bit Too Cool for Such a Hot Subject," Chicago Tribune, July 6, 1952
14.29.2
 "Sparks From a Curious Mind," News (Dayton, OH), June 15, 1952
14.30
 "Dixieland Music," Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), July 6, 1952
14.31
 Reviews in Tribune (South Bend, IN), V Kirbus Bulletin (New York City), Tribune (Oakland, CA), Peabody Journal of Education (Nashville, TN), and Guidepost (Cincinnati, OH), 1952
14.32.1
 "A Novel Of New Orleans and the People Who Made Its Jazz," The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), June 11, 1952
14.32.2
 Reviews from Examiner (Los Angeles, CA) and Register (Des Moines, IA), 1952
14.33
 Reviews from Publishers-Afro-American (Philadelphia, PA) and Courant (Hartford, CT), 1952
14.34
 "Harold Sincair's New _____Gives New Orleans His _____," Pantagraph, July 25, 1944
14.35
 Reviews from Avalanche Journal (Lubbock, TX), News (Detroit, MI), and News (Los Angeles, CA), 1952
14.36
 Reviews from Book Review Digest (New York City), Post (Boston, MA), and Star (Wilmington, DE), 1952
14.37.1
 "New Orleans Jazz Makers," News (Dallas, TX), August 11, 1952
14.37.2
 "Fighting Indians without Savvy," Times (Chattanooga, TN), November 23, 1958 (review for The Cavalryman)

 

Folder 15:
Horse Soldiers
15.1
 "Author's Note," from The Horse Soldiers (4 sheets)
15.2
 Advertisement for The Horse Soldiers (book) from Decatur Herald and Review (Decatur, IL), June 15, 1956
"Western Roundup" review by Nelson Nye, New York Times, June 20, 1956
15.3
 "Reliving the Civil War," by Richard E. Danielson, The Atlantic, June 1956 (3 sheets)
15.4
 Doubleday Doran Booklist
"Men in Sinclair Book Real," Pantagraph, no date
"Sinclair Book 'Best Seller,'" no source, April 3, 1958
15.5.1
 "The Horse Soldiers" by Harold Sinclair Book of the Month (New York), March 1956
15.5.2
 Reviews from New York World Telegram, Rotarian (Chicago, IL)
15.5.3
 "Famous Union Raid Subject of New Novel," News Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), January 27, 1957
15.6
 "Sinclair Book to be Filmed," no source, May 13, 1958
15.7
 "Filming of Horse Soldiers Impresses Author Sinclair," Pantagraph, November 11, 1958, includes photographs "Novelist on Location" (original and photocopy)
15.8
 "Althea Wins A.P. Female Athlete of Year Award," no source, December 27, 1958
15.9
 Horse Soldiers film review by Bosley Crowther, New York Times, June 27, 1959, p 13, c 1
15.10
 Advertisement, The Horse Soldiers (film), Gala Premier at the Castle Theater, July 12, 1959
15.11
 "Sinclair Novel Starts Thursday at Castle," photographs, Pantagraph, July 12, 1959
15.12
 "Home Towners See Movie Made From Sinclair's Book," Pantagraph, July 1959
15.13
 Ticket for Gala Premier in Bloomington of The Horse Soldiers (film), July 16, 1959
15.14.1
 "'Horse Soldiers' Premiere Takes Sinclairs to Chicago," Pantagraph, June 25, 1959
15.14.2
 "Proclaims Sinclair Day," Pantagraph, July 12, 1959
15.14.3
 "Sinclair Book in Paper Back," Pantagraph, May 6, 1959
15.14.4
 "'Horse Soldier' Killed," Pantagraph, December 7, 1958
15.15.1
 "Authors Gather at Authographing," no source, February 11, 1953
15.15.2
 "Sinclair Display at Library," no source, July 12, 1959
15.15.3
 "Sinclair Gets Full Fee Ruling for Manuscript," no source, December 9, 1964
15.15.4
 "Sinclair's Story in Magazine," Saturday Evening Post, August 1, 1953
15.16
 "Why are Most Civil War Novels Mediocre? Here's Why, With Some Tips for Writers," by David Gerard, Civil War Times Illustrated (Gettysburg, PA), June 1962, p 34-36 (3 sheets)
15.17
 "Hollywood legends brought local author's novel to silver screen," by Bill Steinbacher-Kemp, Pantagraph, March 5, 2006, p B5
15.18
 "Civil War on the Silver Screen, The Horse Soldier (1959)," by Gordon Berg, America's Civil War, November 2007

 

Folder 16:
The Cavalryman
16.1.1
 Advertisement, Cavalryman, Pantagraph, June 29, 1953
16.1.2
 Two other items in News Sun (Hobbs, NM) and Pantagraph
16.2
 Bulletin from Virginia Kirkus Service, May 15, 1958
16.3
 Advertisements from Chicago Sunday Tribune July 13 and July 29, 1958
16.4.1
 "Western Roundup," no source
16.4.2
 "Alan Ladd Swings Pick In Private Gold Mine," Pantagraph May 2-5, 1959, p 5
16.4.3
 "Newman is Pleased; Play Bought for Him," Chicago Daily Tribune, October 16, 1958
16.4.4
 "Alan Ladd Pays More Than $100,000 for 'Cavalry Man,'" Chicago American, October 8, 1958
16.5
 Reviews of Cavalry Man from Publisher's Weekly, Post (Denver, CO), Bee (Newtown, CT), News Sun (Hobbs, NM), New York Times, Couner Express (Buffalo, NY), Star News (Pasadena, CA), and Plains Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
16.6
 "Civil War Facts Make Fine Fiction," News Sentinal (Ft. Wayne, IN) July 26, 1958
16.7
 "Marlowe's Cavalry Rides Again, But This Time There's Romance," Press (Pittsburgh, PA), July 6, 1958
16.8
 "Mr. Lincoln's Army vs. The Sioux," Gazette (Charleston, WVA), June 20, 1958
16.9
 "War Against the Sioux In the Dakota Badlands," Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), July 20, 1958
16.10.1
 "Exciting Plot Helps Civil War Western," Chronicle (Houston, TX), June 29, 1958
16.10.2
 "5 Novels Fill Summer Needs," News (Detroit, MI), July 13, 1958
16.11
 "Alan Ladd Wins Race for Rights to 'Cavalry Man,'" San Francisco Examiner, October 5, 1958
16.12
 Reviews from Spokesman's Review (Spokane, WA), Best Sellers (Sacramento, CA), Republican (Springfield, MA)
16.13.1
 "Novels for Summer," Spokesman's Review (Spokane, WA) June 29, 1958
16.13.2
 "The Cavalryman,' Historical Novel," Republican (Springfield, IL) July 6, 1958
16.14
 "Cavalryman' Puts Marlowe In Sioux Country Journey," Pantagraph, June 25, 1958
16.15.1
 "Fine Fiction Based on Campaign Against the Sioux," Chicago Sunday Tribune, July 13, 1958
16.15.2
 Review, News (Wilmington, DE), June 30, 1958
16.15.3
 "Lewis-Clark Epic; An Indian Fighter," Post and Times (Washington, DC), June 29, 1958
16.16.1
 "Civil War Story Tells Of Winning Dakota Land," Sunday Sun (Lowell, MA), July 20, 1958
16.16.2
 "Chasing the Sioux in Bad Lands," Picayune (New Orleans, LA), August 31, 1958
16.16.3
 Reviews, Union and Leader (Manchester, NH) and Missouian (Missoula, MT)
16.17.1
 "The Fiction Shelf," News (Newark, NJ), August 7, 1958
16.17.2
 "Action at Killdeer," World (Tulsa, OK), August 31, 1958
16.18.1
 "Col. Marlowe Rides Again," New York Herald Tribune, August 17, 1958
16.18.2
 "His Enemy, the Sioux," The Sunday Denver Post, September 21, 1958
16.19
 "Between Book Ends: Sioux Tamer, Lost or Found? And Optimistic Scientist," Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) August 22, 1958
16.20
 "Violence and the March West," Examiner (San Francisco, CA), July 27, 1958
16.21.1
 "Karloff Returns to Live in Britain," Chicago Daily News, August 1, 1958
16.21.2
 "Books in Review, Ernest Cady," Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), August 3, 1958
16.22
 "Battling the Sioux in 'Hell's Antechamber,'" no source, no date
16.23
 "No Man's Land," Chicago Sun-Times, February 13, 1949, p 28c
16.24
 "Fireless Hell," Saturday Review, July 19, 1958

 

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