Bradbury mss. III, 1941-1971
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
Creator
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.
TitleBradbury mss. III, 1941-1971
Collection No.
LMC 1122
Extent
97 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Bradbury mss. III, 1941-1971,
consist of material related to Ray Douglas Bradbury, 1920-2012, science-fiction
writer.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, IL. In 1922 he married Marguerite
McClure; together they had four daughters, and stayed married until her death in
2003. At the age of sixteen Bradbury began a distinguished literary career that
spanned eight decades and included novels and stories such as:
"Pendulum,"
Dark Carnival;
The Martian Chronicles;
Fahrenheit 451;
The Illustrated Man;
Something
Wicked This Way Comes;
and numerous other works. He died on June 5, 2012. In his
obituary,
The New York Times wrote: "By many estimations, Mr. Bradbury was the
writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary
mainstream."
Arrangement
Items are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Included in the collection are copyright agreements with All-Fiction Field, Inc.,
Fictioneers, Inc., and Popular Publications, Inc.; correspondence chiefly between
editors and the literary agents of Harold Matson Company, Inc. (three letters are
from Bradbury); and royalty checks. Two checks are for the story,
"Pendulum,"
written with Henry Hasse, July 8, 1941, and May 9, 1950. Several of the checks are
endorsed by Julius Schwartz, his literary agent from 1941 to 1947. Printed materials
include: three contents pages from magazines which printed Bradbury stories (1946,
1949, 1950); Ray Bradbury Review edited by William E. Nolan (1952); review of
Bradbury's
Something Wicked This Way Comes (NYT 9-19-62);
"A Portrait of Genius: Ray
Bradbury"
from Show (Dec. 1964); a Bradbury article,
"At What Temperature Do Books
Burn"
(NYT 11-13-66); book jacket by George Barrow for
Dark Carnival (undated); and
an undated clipping about plagiarism and
Fahrenheit 451.
Related Material
Bradbury mss. and
Bradbury mss. II
, also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 1982
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], Bradbury mss. III, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Staff.
Completed in 2013
Royalty checks, 1941-1945
Correspondence; notarized copyright agreements for
"And Then—The Silence,"
"Killer, Come Back to Me,"
and
"The Small Assassin,"
;
royalty check, 1946-1949
Correspondence, concerning copyright; notarized copyright agreements for
"Impossible,"
"King of the Gray Spaces,"
"The Women,"
"Changeling,"
"I, Mars,"
"Outcast of the Stars,"
"Subteruge"
; royalty checks,
1950-1952
Correspondence, concerning copyright; notarized copyright agreements for
"Bullet with a Name,"
"A Careful Man Dies,"
"The Long Way Home,"
"Dead Men Rise Up Never,"
;
photograph of Ray Bradbury, 1953-1971
Printed materials, including tables of contents from
New Detective,
November 1946;
Super Science Stories,
January 1949;
Super Science Fiction,
March, 1950;
review of
Something Wicked This Way Comes, New York Times;
19 September 1962; articles about plagiarism of
Fahrenheit 451,
undated
