Corle mss., 1942-1965
Papers, 1942-1965, of Edwin Corle at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
Electronic finding aid encoded by Beth Benda
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly
Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly
Creator
Corle, Edwin, 1906-1956.
TitleCorle mss.,1942-1965
Collection no:
LMC 1246
Extent
ca. 200 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Consists of letters between Corle and his
publishers, series editors, and magazine editors and writings including Corle's stories,
essays, novels, non-fiction books, and extensive holograph and typescript drafts of a
multi-volume novel,
The Californians, left uncompleted
upon his death.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1997.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons
from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their
visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Corle mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Biographical Note
Author, Edwin Corle, 1906-1956, is known for his realistic portrayals of Native
American life in the early 20th century. After a brief career writing for radio Corle
began writing numerous short stories and non-fiction pieces for magazines. In 1934
his
Mojave: A Book of Stories was published. This was
followed a year later by his first and most successful novel
Fig Tree John based on a Cahuilla Indian from southern California. In
addition to other novels, Corle also wrote non-fiction, including books on the Grand
Canyon and the Gila River. In the 1950s, Corle began what was to be his most
important work, a multi-volume novel called
The
Californians.
The work was left uncompleted upon his death.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of letters between Corle and his publishers, series editors, and magazine
editors and writings including Corle's stories, essays, novels, non-fiction books, and
extensive holograph and typescript drafts of a multi-volume novel, The Californians,
left uncompleted upon his death.
The majority of correspondence concerns Corle's writings in the 1950s: the technical
aspects of the publishing of
The Gila: River of the
Southwest
the ideas for the proposed multi-volume series of novels
The Californians,as well as Corle's attempts to sell his
ultimately unpublished work of popular science
Space, Time, and
Man.
An early group of letters from the 1940s were written while Corle was in
the military, and deal mostly with his assignments.
Arrangement/Organization
Arranged into two series: Correspondence and Writings.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Series:
Correspondence, 1942-1965
Box 1
Folder 1
1942-1950
Box 1
Folder 2
1951-1965
Series:
Writings 1942-1965
Arranged in alphabetical order by title. Publishing information given where
known.
Box 1
Folder 3-4
Billy the Kid. New York: Duell, Sloan &
Pearce, 1953. (Novel)
Box 1
Folder 5
A Book of Clowns. (Book proposal)
Box 1
Folder 6-7
Burro Alley. New York: Random House, 1938.
(Novel)
Box 1
Folder 8
California Today. (Non-fiction)
Box 1
Folder 9
Central Park West. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 10
Club Absolute. (Drama)
Box 1
Folder 11-14
Coarse Gold. New York: Dutton, 1942.
(Novel)
Box 1
Folder 15
Death of a Dinosaur. (Non-fiction)
Box 1
Folder 16
The Devil's Highway. (Book proposal)
Box 1
Folder 17
Duck. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 18
Evening at Home. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 19
Exhibition for Gentlemen. (Outline for story or
novel)
Box 1
Folder 20
Fig Tree John. New York: Liveright, 1935.
(Novel)
Box 1
Folder 21
The Fixer. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 22
Front Page Headlines. (Drama)
Box 1
Folder 23
The Gift. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 24-27
The Gila, River of the Southwest. New York:
Rinehart, 1951. (Non-fiction)
Box 1
Folder 28
How I Became a Christmas Tree. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 29
Inside Information. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 30-32
In Winter Light. New York: Duell, Sloan
& Pearce, 1949. (Novel)
Box 1
Folder 33
Kilometer 500. (Drama)
Box 1
Folder 34
The King of Cambodia. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 35
A Law of Probability. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 36
Marble Palace. (Story?)
Box 1
Folder 37
Mr. Uxmier and Theophilus. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 38
The Nasty Ice Cream Man. (Story)
Box 1
Folder 39
No Man On Earth. (Story?)
Box 2
Folder 1
Old Dogs. (Story?)
Box 2
Folder 2
The Palm of Your Hand. (Ideas for a novel)
Box 2
Folder 3
People on the Earth. New York: Random House,
1937.
(Novel)
Box 2
Folder 4
Perpetual Motion. (Ideas for a story or novel)
Box 2
Folder 5
The Picnic. (Story)
Box 2
Folder 6
A Plot and a Cigarette. (Story)
Box 2
Folder 7
Pro and Con. (Story)
Box 2
Folder 8
Project for a book of short stories.
Box 2
Folder 9
Project for a novel.
Box 2
Folder 10
Red Velvet. (Story?)
Box 2
Folder 11
Seeing California. (Essay?)
Box 2
Folder 12
Sexual Behavior in Shakespeare's "Othello".
(Essay)
Box 2
Folder 13
Solitaire. New York: Dutton, 1940.
(Drama)
Box 2
Folder 14-17
Space, Time and Man. (Non-fiction)
Box 2
Folder 18
Speak of the Devil. (Story)
Box 2
Folder 19
The Terrible White Man. (Story)
Box 2
Folder 20
They're Having a Fiesta. (Story)
Box 2
Folder 21-24
Three Ways To Mecca. New York: Duell, Sloan
& Pearce, 1947. (Novel)
Includes the script for
The Man in the Dog Suit, a play
in three acts,
by Albert Beich and William H. Wright which was
based on
Three Ways To Mecca.
Box 2
Folder 25
"Tungsten Over Darwin. "
Atlantic Monthly, 169 (May 1942)
:642-644. (Essay)
Box 2
Folder 26
"The Widow. "
Yale Review, 39 (December 1949) :
337-343. (Story)
Box 2
Folder 27
Yesterday. (Ideas for a play)
Box 2
Folder 28
Yuma. (Essay)
Box 2
Folder 29
Miscellaneous notes
Box 2
Folder 30-37
The Californians. (Novel)
Begun as the first of a multi-volume series of historical fiction, the
project was left unfinished upon Corle's death.
Box 3-4
The Californians. (cont.)