Frederic Dannay Papersca.1920-1982

Finding Aid Prepared by Patrick LawlorSeptember 2001

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Date Range: ca.1920-1982Size of Collection: 85 linear ft (ca.25,000 items in 190 boxes).Date of Acquisition: Gift of Richard and Douglas Dannay, 1985 & 1987Material on Microfilm: Pearl S. Buck letter; manuscript of "The Glass Village" and "Notes on Wrightsville" are on microfilmTerms of Access: Available for faculty, students, and researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projectsRestrictions on Use or Access: Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and ManuscriptsLocation in Stacks: In sequenceProcessing Information: Processed by Patrick Lawlor and student assistantsBIB ID: 4079731___________________________________________________________________________________________

BIOGRAPHY

Born Daniel Nathan in Brooklyn, New York on 20 October 1905, Frederic Dannay and his cousin Manfred B. Lee created Ellery Queen in 1929. In a series of novels starting with The Roman Hat Mystery (1929), The Devil to Pay (1938), Calamity Town (1942), Ten Days' Wonder (1948), Cat of Many Tails (1949), and And On the Eighth Day (1964), Dannay and Lee established Queen as one of the most influential and groundbreaking mystery novelists. The cousins also produced a number of mystery anthologies, as well as publishing the acclaimed Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1941. Manfred B. Lee died in 1971, and Frederic Dannay died in White Plains, New York, on 3 September 1982.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Correspondence, outlines and drafts, manuscripts, letters of agreement, contracts, photographs, artwork, and memorabilia. The collection is divided into two parts: 1. The Frederic Dannay Papers, and 2. Files of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (EQMM).

The Dannay papers consist of extensive correspondence with most of the notable mystery writers of this century, as well as well-known authors who sometimes wrote in that genre: Isaac Asimov; Lawrence Block; Ray Bradbury; Perl S Buck; Edgar Rice Burroughs; James M. Cain; Raymond Chandler; Agatha Christie, etc. Most of the novels and short stories written by Dannay and Lee are represented in manuscript form: "The Roman Hat Mystery;" "Ten Day's Wonder;" "Cat of Many Tails;" "The Scarlet Letters;" "The Glass Village;" "The Player on the Other Side;" "And on the Eighth Day," etc. In addition, there are the manuscripts of books edited by Ellery Queen; manuscripts by Ellery Queen Jr.; scripts by Ellery Queen; poetry by Dannay; contracts between Dannay and Lee, as well as between them both as Ellery Queen and numerous parties. There are also manuscripts by such notables as Jorge Luis Borges; Erskine Caldwell; Raymond Chandler; Agatha Christie; Stanley Ellin; William Faulkner; Dashiell Hammett; O Henry; Nigel Morland; Georges Simenon; Muriel Spark; Julian Symons; Roy Vickers; and Cornell Woolrich.

The second part of this collection is the files of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (EQMM). Containing some 4,600 manuscripts submitted to the magazine over a period of 40 years, it is an unrivaled collection of its kind. Nearly all of the manuscripts have Dannay's msnuscript corrections.

THE FREDERIC DANNAY PAPERS

I. Cataloged CorrespondenceNote: For complete entries see volume 1 of the Catalog

1 Alexander, David1 Allingham, Margery1 Ambler, Eric1 Anderson, Fred I.1 Armstrong, Charlotte1 Arnott, Noeline1 Arthur, Mildred1 Arthur, Robert1 Ashbaugh, Richard1 Asimov, Isaac1 Atkey, Bertram1 Austin, Margaret1 Avallone, Michael1 Bachrach, Sylvia Farnham1 Bailey, H.C.1 Baldwin, Faith1 Ball, John1 Barker, Shirley1 Barr, Stephen1 Barzun, Jacques1 Baxt, George1 Beach, Stewart1 Bell, Josephine1 Bellamy, Ralph1 Bennett, Margot1 Bentley, E.C.1 Bentley, Phyllis1 Biggle, Lloyd, Jr.1 Bingham, John Michael Ward, 7th Baron Clanmorris1 Blochman, Lawrence1 Block, Lawrence1 Boileau, Pierre1 Bond, Raleigh1 Boucher, Anthony1 Bradbury, Ray1 Brand, Christianna1 Brande, Anna Janet1 Brandner, Gary P.1 Brean, Henry1 Breen, Jon L.1 Breit, Harvey1 Bretnor, Reginald1 Brittain, William1 Brough, James C.1 Brown, Frederic1 Brown, Wenzell1 Buck, Pearl S.1 Burgess, Gelett

1 Burnett, W.R.1 Burroughs, Edgar Rice1 Bush, Geoffrey1 Butler, Gwendoline2 Cain, James M.2 Caldwell, Taylor2 Cameron, Owen2 Campbell, Oscar J.2 Canby, Henry Seidel2 Carr, Albert Z.2 Carr, John Dickson2 Caspary, Vera2 Cave, Hugh2 Cerf, Bennett2 Chandler, Raymond2 Charteris, Leslie2 Child, Charles B.2 Christ, Jay Finley2 Christie, Agatha2 Ciardi, John2 Clemens, Cyril2 Coe, Charles Francis2 Cohen, Roy Octavus2 Coles, Manning2 Cornier, Vincent2 Costain, T.B.2 Crane, Frances2 Creasey, John2 Crispin, Edmund2 Crofts, Freeman W.2 Cronin, A.J.2 Curtis, Richard2 Curtiss, Ursula2 Cushing, Richard Cardinal2 Daly, Elizabeth2 Daly, Carroll John2 Daniels, Harold R.2 Daniels, Norman2 Dannay, Frederic3 Davidson, Avram3 Davis, Dorothy Salisbury3 Day-Lewis, Cecil3 Deal, Borden3 Dedger, David3 deFord, Miriam Allen3 de la Torre, Lillian3 Detzer, Karl3 Dewey, Thomas E.3 Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron3 Eberhart, Mignon S.3 Eckels, Robert E.3 Ellin, Stanley3 Elston, Ralph Vaughn

3 Erskine, Laurie York3 Fairman, Paul3 Ferrars, Elizabeth3 Fish, Robert L.3 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield3 Fleming, Joan3 Francis, Dick3 Freeling, Nicholas3 Freeman, C.J.A.3 Fremlin, Celia3 Gardner, Erle Stanley3 Garfield, Brian3 Garve, Andrew3 Gilbert, Anthony3 Gilbert, Elliot L.3 Gilbert, Michael3 Godfrey, Peter3 Golding, Louis3 Gollancz, Livia3 Gollancz, Victor3 Gordon, Arthur3 Gordon, Richard M.3 Gores, Joe3 Goulart, Ron3 Grant, Richard3 Green, Charles3 Greene, L. Patrick3 Gruber, Frank3 Gulik, Robert H. van4 Haggard, Edith4 Hale, Christopher4 Halliday, Brett4 Hammett, Dashiell4 Harrington, Joyce4 Harrison, Michael4 Harvester, Simon4 Hay, Jacob4 Haycraft, Howard4 Hayes, Brian4 Hecht, Ben4 Hellman, Lillian4 Helu, Antonio4 Highsmith, Patricia4 Hilton, James4 Hitchens, Dolores4 Hoch, Edward D.4 Hoffman, Banesh4 Holding, James4 Holding, Elizabeth Sanxay4 Honce, Charles4 Howard, John Hayden4 Hughes, Dorothy B.4 Hunter, Evan

4 Huston, John4 Innes, Michael4 Jesse, F. Tennyson4 Jordan, Luis A.4 Kantor, MacKinlay4 Keating, H.R.F.4 Kemelman, Harry4 Kendrick, Baynard4 Kenneryly, Mitchell4 Kersh, Gerald4 Kiernan, John4 King, Frank4 King, Rufus4 Knowlton, Don4 Kreymborg, Alfred4 Krutch, Joseph Wood4 Kummer, Frederic Arnold4 la Cour, Tage4 Lacy, Ed4 Lathen, Emma4 Lawrence, Hilda5 Lee, Manfred B.5 Lerner, Max5 Lewis, Richard O.5 Ley, Willy5 Lipsky, Eleazar5 Little, Lou5 Lochte, Richard S.5 Lockridge, Frances5 Lovesey, Peter5 McConnor, Vincent5 McCulley, Johnston5 McCutchan, Philip5 MacDonald, John D.5 MacDonald, Philip5 McGerr, Patricia5 McGivern, William P.5 McKelway, St. Clair5 McNear, Robert5 Martindale, Robert C.5 Marsh, Ngaio5 Masur, Harold Q.5 Mathieson, Theodore5 Matsumoto, Seicho5 Maugham, W. Somerset5 Mayberry, Florence V.5 Millar, Kenneth5 Millay, Edna St. Vincent5 Miller, Wade5 Morland, Nigel5 Morley, Christopher5 Morrell, David5 Narcejac, Thomas

5 Nebel, Frederick5 Nevins, Francis M., Jr.5 Nielson, Helen5 Niven, David5 Norman, Charles5 Nolan, William5 Oboler, Arch6 Pachter, Josh6 Palmer, Suart6 Parry, Henry T.6 Patrick, Q.6 Paul, Elliot6 Peirce, J.F.6 Perelman, Sidney Joseph6 Perowne, Barry6 Peterson, Charles Alden6 Pierce, John6 Plumb, Jack6 Pollock, Channing6 Porcelain, Lidney E.6 Porges, Arthur6 Porter, Joyce6 Powell, James6 Prather, Richard S.6 Priestley, J.B.6 Priestley, John Boynton6 Prince, Jerome and Harold6 Pronzini, Bill6 Quick, Dorothy6 Rascoe, Burton6 Rawson, Clayton6 Reach, Alice Scanlan6 Redman, Ben Ray6 Revesz, Etta6 Rice, Craig6 Richter, Joan6 Rinehart, Mary Roberts6 Roberts, S.C.6 Robinson, Jackie6 Rockwell, Norman6 Rogers, Joel Townsley6 Rohmer, Sax6 Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt6 Rosten, Leo6 Roth, Holly6 Rubin, Rick6 Rukeyeser, Muriel6 Rutledge, Nancy6 Salinger, Pierre6 Serling, Rod6 Schier, Norma6 Seeley, Mabel6 Shellabarger, Samuel

6 Sherwood, Robert E.6 Shiel, M.P.6 Shore, Viola Brothers6 Simenon, Georges6 Slater, Elaine6 Slesar, Henry6 Speed, Jane6 Spivak, Lawrence E.6 Starrett, Vincent6 Steele, Frederic Don6 Steele, Wilbur Daniel6 Stoughton, Arthur A.6 Stout, Rex6 Stribling, T.S.6 Sturgeon, Theodore7 Suter, John7 Symons, Julian7 Targ, William7 Tey, Josephine7 Thurber, James7 Treat, Lawrence7 Tucker, Luttrell7 Twohy, Robert7 Tyre, Nedra7 Ullman, James M.7 Untermeyer, Louis7 Updike, John7 Upfield, Arthur W.7 Van de Wetering, Janwillem7 Van Doren, Carl7 Van Doren, Irita7 Van Doren, Mark7 Vickers, Roy7 Walsh, Thomas7 Watson, Colin7 Waugh, Hilary7 Weiman, Barbara Owens7 Weir, Charlene M.7 Wellen, Edward7 Westlake, Donald E.7 White, William7 Whitehall, Joseph7 Wilde, Percival7 Wodehouse, P.G.7 Woolrich, Cornell7 Wylie, Philip7 Wyndham, Martyn7 Yaffe, James7 Yates, Donald A.7 Young, Alan K.

II. Cataloged ManuscriptsNote: Alphabetical by author. For a complete description of each manuscript see volume 2 of the printed catalog

Boxes 8-63B:8 A

To Christie, Agatha "Death . . ."

9 Christie, Agatha "Double . . ."To

Dannay, Frederic "The Golden Summer."

10 Dannay, F. "The Golden Summer."

11 Dannay, F. "The Golden Summer."To

Dannay, F. "A Group of Poems."

12 Dannay, F. "The International Poll to Determine the Ten Best Living Mystery Writers."

See also Box 89 & Box 23A of the EQMM Series following.

13 Dannay, F. "The Macquarries."

14 Dannay, F. "The Macquarries"To

Dannay, F. "O Lost and Lonely Star."

15 Dannay, F. "O Lost and Lonely Star"To

de la Torre, Lillian

16 Dower, YasukoTo

Kyne, Peter B.

17 Lambert, GerardTo

Perowne, Barry

18 Queen, Ellery "The Adonis . . ."To

Queen, Ellery "The Adventure of the Four."

20 Queen, Ellery "The Adventure of the Needle's"To

Queen, Ellery "The Adventure of the Yang Piece."

21 Queen, Ellery "Af"To

Queen, Ellery "And on the Eighth Day."

22 Queen, Ellery "And on the Eighth Day."

23 Queen, Ellery "And on the Eighth Day"To

Queen, Ellery "Bi"

24 Queen, Ellery "The Black"To

Queen, Ellery "The Body"

25 Queen, Ellery      "Br"To

Queen, Ellery "Cam"

26 Queen, Ellery "Camp"To

Queen, Ellery "Cas"

27 Queen, Ellery     "The Cat on Many Tails."

28 Queen, Ellery     "The Cat of Many Tails."

29 Queen, Ellery     "Cop Out."

30 Queen, Ellery     "Cri"To

Queen, Ellery "The Crooked Road."

31 Queen, Ellery      "The Crooked Road."To

Queen, Ellery "De"

32 Queen, Ellery     "Di"To

Queen, Ellery "Do"

33 Queen, Ellery     "Dr"To

Queen, Ellery "E"

34 Queen, Ellery "Face to Face."

35 Queen, Ellery "Face to Face"To

Queen, Ellery "Fat"

36 Queen, Ellery    "A Fine and Private Place"

37 Queen, Ellery "A Fine and Private Place" To

Queen, Ellery "The Finishing Stroke."

38 Queen, Ellery "The Finishing Stroke."

39 Queen, Ellery "Fir"

ToQueen, Ellery "The Fourth Side of the Triangle."

40 Queen, Ellery "The Fourth Side of the Triangle"To

Queen, Ellery "The Glass Village."

41 Queen, Ellery "Gr"To

Queen, Ellery "The House of Brass."

42 Queen, Ellery "The House of Brass"To

Queen, Ellery "Hu"

43 Queen, Ellery     "Id"To

Queen, Ellery "Ino"

44 Queen, Ellery     "Int"To

Queen, Ellery "Its"

45 Queen, Ellery     "J"To

Queen, Ellery "King"

46 Queen, Ellery     "King"To

Queen, Ellery "Kr"

47 Queen, Ellery     "Kry"To

Queen, Ellery "The Last Woman"

48 Queen, Ellery     "The Last Woman"To

Queen, Ellery "Lo"

49 Queen, Ellery     "Losers"To

Queen, Ellery "Mu"

50 Queen, Ellery     "Mu"To

Queen, Ellery "Ob"

51 Queen, Ellery     "The Origin of Evil."

52 Queen, Ellery     "The Origin of Evil"To

Queen, Ellery "Ou"

53 Queen, Ellery     "The Parisian"To

Queen, Ellery "The Player on the Other Side."

54 Queen, Ellery     "The Player on the Other Side"To

Queen, Ellery "The Roman Hat Mystery."

55 Queen, Ellery     Sample permission lettersTo

Queen, Ellery "The Scarlet Letters."

56 Queen, Ellery     "The Scarlet Letters"To

Queen, Ellery "A Study in Terror."

57 Queen, Ellery     "Stu"To

Queen, Ellery "Ten"

58 Queen, Ellery     "Ten Days' Wonder."

59 Queen, Ellery     "Ten Days' Wonder"To

Queen, Ellery "The Thin Man's Son."

60 Queen, Ellery     "To Vincent Starrett"To

Queen, Ellery "Where Is Bianca?"

61 Queen, Ellery     "Whe"To

Queen, Ellery "Who"

62 Queen, Ellery "Who Spies"To

Queen, Ellery "Wr"

63 Queen, Ellery and Lowell BrentanoTo

Queen, Ellery, Jr.

63A Queen, Ellery, Jr. - Si

63B Sk To Y

III. Arranged CorrespondenceNote: Arranged by date [Boxes 64-72]

64  1930s-1949

65  1950-1954

66  1955-1959

67  1960-1965

68  1966-1969

69  1970-1973

70  1974-1977

71  1978-1979

72  1980-1982  

IV. Arranged ManuscriptsNote: Boxes 73-78 & Boxes 89-90

73 Introductions to Department of First Stories and anonymous manuscripts.

89 "The Ten Most Famous Fictional Detectives of all Time"Hilda Dannay's death: correspondence and funeral registersThe Queen's Awards: 1947 and 1948..galleys, proofs, etc.

90 Miscellaneous notes and signatures collected by Dannay.

74 Photocopies of manuscripts.

75 Photocopies of manuscripts.

76 Fragments of manuscripts.

77 Fragments of manuscripts.

78 Fragments of manuscripts.

V. Documents

--Cataloged and Arranged DocumentsNote: Arranged alphabetically [Boxes 79-81]

79 Dannay, Frederic       2 Jan. 1965 & April 1977

79 Dannay & Lee       15 Sept. 1931 & 23 Nov. 1953

79 Lee & Dannay       13 Oct. 1943; 6 March 1946; 2 July 1947; 27 Nov. 1967

79 Wells, Orson

       3 Aug. 1970

79 Contracts, A - F.

80 Contracts, J - N.

81 Contracts P - W.

--Arranged DocumentsNote: Arranged chronologically [Boxes 82-87]

82 Documents 1930-1963

83 Documents 1964-1967

84 Documents 1968-1972

85 Documents 1973-1978

86 Documents 1979-1982

87 Documents: ledger books

VI. Artwork and PhotographsNote: Cataloged and arranged

88 Dannay, Frederic      Photograph

88 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan      Photograph

88 Fletcher, J. S.      Photograph.

88 Lee, Manfred B.Photograph.

88 "S. F.”Photograph

Note: Cartoons with a mystery theme

88 Sayers, DorothyPhotograph.

88 "The Ten Best Active Mystery Writers of All Time"Photograph

88 Woolrich, CornellPhotograph.

88 Arranged photographs and artwork

VII. Printed MaterialsNote: Boxes 91-100

91 Printed stories92 Printed stories.93 Printed stories.94 Magazines and booklets.95 Magazines and booklets.96 Magazines and booklets.97 Magazines and booklets.98 Miscellaneous printed materials.99 Newspaper clippings.100 Newspaper clippings.

VIII. Memorabilia101 Objects and Memorabilia

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

Cataloged Manuscripts

Note: This part of the collection comprises 87 Boxes of manuscripts submitted to EQMM from its beginning in 1941 till the early 1980s. Each manuscripts has been cataloged. For a complete alphabetic description if the

manuscripts please consult the volumes 2 & 3 of the Catalog at the Reference Desk.

1 A - Am2 An - Arm3 Art - Asimov, Isaac "The Phoenician Bauble"4 Asimov, Isaac "The Phony Ph.D." - Bal5 Ban - Bark6 Barr - Bel7 Ben - Berg8 Berk - Blockman, Lawrence G. "The Girl with the Burgundy Lips"9 Blockman, Lawrence G. "Goodbye, Stranger" - Boucher, Anthony "Like

Count Palmieri"10 Boucher, Anthony "A Matter of Scholarship" - Breen, Jon L. "The Babe

Ruth Murder Case"11 Breen, Jon L. "The Body in the Bullpen" - Bret12 Brig - Brit13 Bro - Cam14 Can - Carr, John Dickson "The House in Goblin Wood"15 Carr, John Dickson "The Jury Box" - Chi16 Christie, Agatha - Con17 Col - Cre18 Cri - Daniels, H.19 Daniels, N. - Davis, C.20 Davis, D. - de la Torre, Lillian "The Lost Heir"21 de la Torre, Lillian "Milady Bigamy" - Di22 Do - Eckels, Robert Edward "Never Trust a Partner"23 Eckels, Robert Edward " Nobody Can Win 'em All"23A Poll: "Who are the Ten Most Famous Fictional Detectives of all Time"?24 Ellin, Stanley "The Moment of Decision" - Ev25 Fa - Fish, Robert L. "Adventure of the Snared Drummer"26 Fish, Robert L. “Advenure of the Spectacled Band” – Fl27 Fo – Gard28 Garf, Gilbert E.29 Gilbert, Michael “A” to “O”30 Gilbert, Michael “P” to “Z”31 Gordon, R. – Gre32 Gren – Hare33 Harrington-Harrison34 Hart – Heidenfeld W. “Bread, Bacon, Pease and’ Tea”35 Heidenfeld W. “Moonshine” – Hoch, Ed “Captain Leopold Bloom Looks for the Cause”36 Hoch, Ed “Captain Leopold Bloom on the Spot” – “I”37 Hoch, Ed “K” – “So”38 Hoch, Ed “Sp”39 Hoch, Ed “Th”40 Hoch, Ed “Tr”

41 Hoding, James “The Photographer and the Policeman” – Huns42 Hunt – In43 Ir – Johns44 Johnson – Kem, B.45 Kemelman – King, P.46 King, R. – Kn47 Ko – Lei48 Len – Ly49 Maca – McDonald, J.50 Mcdonald, P. - McM51 McN – Mar52 Mas – Mayberry, Florence V. “The Girl Downstairs”53 Mayberry, Florence V. “Good Night, Sweet” – Mon54 Moo – Nas55 Nat – Nib56 Nie – Ols57 Oly – Pall58 Palm – Pas59 Pat – Pentecost, Hugh “Chambrum Gets the Message”60 Pentecost, Hugh “Chambrum Plays it Coll” – Jericho and the Painting Clue”61 Pentecost, Hugh “Jericho and the Sea of Faces” – Pere62 Pero – Pete63 Petr – Pop64 Por – Powell, James “Pocketful on Noses”65 Powell, James “The Policeman’s Whereabouts” – Pu66 Q67 Ra68 Re – Ren69 Req – Ri70 Ro – Ry71 Sa – See72 Seg – Si73 Sk – Spa74 Spe – Ste75 Sti – Stu76 Su – Sy77 Ta – Tra78 Tre79 Tro – Ty80 U – Vickers, Roy “A” to “F”81 Vickers, Roy “I” to “Y”82 Wal – Wat83 We – Wig84 Wil – Wy85 X – Ye86 Yo - Z

Arranged EQMM Manuscripts

87 Breen, Jon L."The Jury Box"

      2 folders

87 Carr, John Dixon      "The Jury Box"

      4 folders

87 Penzler, Otto"Crime Dossier"

      6 folders

87 Porter, R. E.      "Crime Beat"      3 folders

87 Steinbrunner, Chris      "Bloody Visions"      2 folders

87 Miscellaneous      1 folder

87 Book reviews      1 folder

87 Indices and Table of Contents1 folder

87 Dannay, Frederic      Notes      1 folder