Collins mss., 1926-2001
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
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Creator
Collins, John W., 1912-2001
TitleCollins mss., 1926-2001
Collection No.
LMC 2411
Extent
10,000 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Collins mss., ca. 1926-2001, consist
of the correspondence, writings, photographs, albums and chess club records of John
William (Jack) Collins, 1912-2001, an influential American teacher of
chess.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Collins was born Sept. 23, 1912, in Newburgh, N.Y. His father, John Thomas Collins, a
flutist and piccolo player, frequently played in John Philip Sousa's orchestra. His
mother, Carolyn LaSears Collins, was a homemaker. Collins lived most of his life in
New York City, becoming a chess master in the 1930s. He was a major figure in the
early days of modern organized chess, serving as the first correspondence chess
editor of
Chess Review magazine (which later merged
with
Chess Life). This program laid the groundwork
for the correspondence chess conducted by the United States Chess Federation. He was
one of the few players who excelled nationally at both correspondence and
over-the-board play, winning the U.S. correspondence championship and ranking as one
of the top OTB players in the U.S. He remained an active tournament player through
the 1960s, representing the United States in the first World Correspondence Chess
Championship. A prolific author, he taught thousands of players through his books
and articles, and was co-editor of the ninth edition of
Modern Chess Openings.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series: I. Writings and Accompanying Materials; II.
Professional; III. Bobby Fischer; IV. Game Records; V. Publications; VI.
Correspondence; VII. Personal; VIII. Clippings; IX. Memorabilia; X. Photographs; XI.
Albums and Scrapbooks; XII. Audio-Visual; XIII. Realia.
Scope and Content Note
Writings and Accompanying Materials include original drafts, typescripts, galley
proofs, columns, and articles written by Collins, along with related correspondence,
royalty statements, contracts, and publisher agreements. The Professional series
includes game submissions, income statements, awards and honors, and other materials
relating to Collins' activities as Correspondence Chess Editor, chess mentor and
expert.
The Bobby Fischer series includes correspondence written by Bobby Fischer to Jack and
Ethel Collins; the diaries of Ethel Collins, written during Fischer's 1972 World
Chess Championship victory over Boris Spassky of the USSR; and an unsigned, undated,
handwritten plea for Fischer to return to playing chess professionally. The Game
Records series features more than 70 years of materials pertaining to chess matches,
tournaments and championships.
Correspondents in the general Correspondence series include: Edmund Adam; Weever W.
Adams; Lev Alburt; Emil J. Balthazar; Gigi Benson; Robert F. Brand; Schuyler
Broughton; Robert Byrne; Irving Chernev; Church of the Larger Fellowship; E. Malcolm
Cohen; John W. (Jack) Collins; Arthur Dake; Marna Olsen Davis; E. B. Edmondson;
George F. Gant; Brian Harrow; Ann Humdy; Walter James; Steven Josefowicz; Hector
Jurado; Kurt Landsberger; William Lombardy; Norman Monath; Jacqueline Matisse
Monnier; Steven Moskowitz; Stan Olsen; Milton Pauley; Dick Rees; Charles A.
Reinwald.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2004, 2007
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], Collins mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
.
Processing InformationProcessed by Susan Bogner.
Completed in 2013
Series:
Box 1
I. Writings and Accompanying Materials
Organized into the following subseries of writings by Jack Collins: My
Seven Chess Prodigies; Maxims of Chess; Modern Chess Openings; Columns
and Articles; Early Manuscripts; Other; and Writings by Other
Authors.
My Seven Chess Prodigies
Correspondence with Publishers, 1973-1983,
undated
Draft, Jan. 30,
1976
(2 folders)
Incomplete Index of Biographies
Index of Openings, Index of Players
Interview Transcripts
Miscellaneous Magazine References on the Top Five Young
Masters
Note Sheets on Young Masters
Notes and Related Materials, 1974,
undated
Notes Sent to Fischer, June 29,
1974
Royalty Statements, 1975-1978
Young Masters Draft, 1974
(2 folders)
Various Typescript Sections, corrected
Young Masters Publisher Agreement, 1973
Maxims of Chess
Art
Contracts and Publisher Correspondence, 1976-1977
Draft, Dec. 11,
1978
Galley Proofs
Galley Proofs, Author's Set
Box 2
Maxims
Receipts and Royalty Statements, 1978-1993
Style Sheet and Other Notes
Modern Chess Openings
Correspondence with C.C.L.A., 1957
Correspondence with Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1956,
undated
Correspondence with Walter Korn, 1950-1956
Correspondence with Walter Korn, 1957-1958
Final Page Proofs, 1957
Page Proofs Corrections, 1957
Recapitulation of Earnings, 1965
Royalty Statements, 1959,
undated
Typescript #1, undated
Typescript #2, undated
Typescript #3, undated
Typescript #4, undated
Typescript #5, undated
Typescript #6, undated
Typescript #7, undated
Typescript #8, undated
Typescript #9, undated
Typescript #10, undated
Typescript Material, undated
(3 folders)
Columns and Articles
Chess Life, Games by USCF Members, 1952-1954
Chess Life, Games by USCF Members, 1954-1957
Chess Life, Games by USCF Members, 1967-1971
Chess Life,
"How the Chess
Openings Got Their Names,"
Corrected Draft, undated
Chess Life Review Postal Games, Oct. 22, 1969
Box 3
Chess Movies, 1944-1949
Chess Review Postal Games, July
11, 1957
(2 folders)
Chess Review Postal Games, Jan.
29, 1969
Chess Review Postal Games, undated
(4 folders)
Correspondence, Chess Review Postal Games, 1970-1972
Correspondent End Games, undated
Correspondent End Games, undated
Dictionary of American Biography, undated
Elementary Electronics, En
Passant, 1968-1971
"How the Chess Openings Got Their
Names,"
Allegro,
undated
"How the Chess Openings Got Their
Names,"
Chess Life Corrected Draft, undated
"How the Chess Openings Got Their
Names,"
Chess World, Uncorrected Draft,
undated
Journal of Paraplegia, Chess
Column Notes, undated
Journal of Paraplegia,
Correspondence, 1951-1953
Journal of Paraplegia, Published
Copies, 1951-1953
"The MCO Story,"
Draft,
undated
"The MCO Story,"
Published
Version, March
1958
Solitaire Chess, 1947
Early Manuscripts
"Around the Desk,"
June 15, 1937
"Big League Prospect,"
undated
"The Cabby,"
March 7, 1940
"A Christmas Guest,"
undated
"Country Cop,"
1939
"Death Drops,"
1944
"Football Foolishness,"
April 29, 1936
"Hotel Clerk,"
undated
"A Manager's Choice,"
undated
"A Mistake,"
undated
"Mountain Murder,"
undated
"Mrs. Groom's Adventure"
undated
"My Philosophy,"
Jan. 23, 1941
"No. 89655,"
undated
"Not a Coward,"
undated
"Pepper,"
undated
"Pitching- Jeff Higgins,"
Sept.-Oct.
1939
Political Essays and other Thoughts, 1939-1942,
undated
"Quoted Beliefs,"
undated
"The Recluse Reflects,"
Sept. 18, 1941
"Routine Monotony,"
June 16, 1931
"The Ruppert Household,"
undated
Shorter Writings and Untitled Works, 1933,
undated
"The Tale of One Eight-Year Old in
the Jungle,"
undated
"Taxinter,"
Brooklyn,
Feb. 16,
1940
"Tim,"
undated
"Turned Out,"
undated
War Drafts, undated
"Wheelchair Detective,"
or
"The Recluse Reflects,"
undated
Writer's Digest Assignments, 1933-1934
Miscellaneous Verse, undated
Miscellaneous, undated
Other
"Chess Openings by World
Champions,"
written 1958-1963
"Emanuel Lasker:
1868-1941,"
undated
"A Plan to Develop Chess
Ability,"
undated
Writings by Other Authors
"Death,"
by Santasiere,
A.E., 1973
"Our Day at City Hall,"
by
Oliver Jovanovic, undated
Series:
Box 4
II. Professional
Organized into the following subseries: Chess Club Records; Collins Kids;
Game Submissions; General Business; and Other.
Chess Club Records
A Lecture at the Brooklyn Chess Club, Jan. 11, 1947
Brooklyn Chess Club, 1946-1948
Brooklyn Chess League, 1934-1937
"Caissa's Clarion," Brooklyn Chess Club Bulletin, 1947
"Caissa's Clarion," Brooklyn Chess Club Bulletin, 1948
Hawthorne Chess Club, Attendance and Dues, 1931-1939
Hawthorne Chess Club, Correspondence, 1932-1937
Hawthorne Chess Club, Constitution, Minutes and Matches,
1931-1933,
undated
Manhattan Chess Club, 1970-1978,
undated
Marshall Chess Club, 1940-2000,
undated
Metropolitan Chess League, 1952-1954,
1962
Ventnor City Invitation, 1939,
1940
Collins Kids
1984 Chess Festival, Kiamesha Lake, July
16-20
1986 Chess
Saga
1990 Chess Saga vs.
Icelandic Youth Team Programs
1996 Amateur Team
Championship Results and Honors
The Collins Kids Clarion, Vol.
III, Spring
1997
CK vs. Harvard and Rockefeller, New York, 1978
CK vs. Icelandic and Israeli Youth Teams, 1984
(2 folders)
CK vs. Icelandic Youth and Ethel Collins Memorial Tournament,
June-July
1996
CK vs. West Point Cadets, Apr.
17, 1982
Copies of Logo Design
Ethel B. Collins Memorial Tournament, March 1994
Proposed CK vs. Icelandic Kids, New York, 1978-1979
Receipts
United States Chess Federation Affiliate Certificates,
1999,
2000
Other, 1972-2001,
undated
Game Submissions
1938-1969
1970-1971
1972
1973,
1976,
undated
General Business
Address Book #1
Collins' Income, 1945-1971
Collins' Income, 1973
Contact Information
Jack's Inventories
Other Telephone and Address Books
Phone Book
Rolodex, A-G
Box 5
Rolodex, B-H
Rolodex, H-S
Rolodex, I-R
Rolodex, S-Z
Rolodex, unsorted
Other
Awards and Honors
Biographical Materials on Chess Players, A-G
Biographical Materials on Chess Players, H-K
Biographical Materials on Chess Players, L-Z
Chess Bios
Chess Life Data
Collins and Dunst Correspondence Chess Course, 1945,
undated
Collins' Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, 2001
Complete Ableware Catalog, JWC Feature, 1995
David Feldman, Early Prodigious Achievement, 1975
Interviews with Collins
JWC Biographical Material
The Lincoln Hilton, undated
Logo Prints
United States Chess Federation, 1975-1992
United States Chess Federation Forms and Papers
Miscellaneous
Series:
Box 5
III. Bobby Fischer
Note: the bulk of the correspondence in this series are letters written by
Bobby Fischer to John and Ethel Collins.
Correspondence
Collins, Ethel, 1976-1979
Collins, Ethel and John, 1958-1967,
undated
Collins, John, 1959-1982,
undated
Edmondson, Ed, Oct. 29,
1969
Koch, Edward I., Feb. 16,
1978
Regarding Schuyler Broughton, 1976-1988
Bobby Fischer Game Records
1953-1961,
undated
Copies of Games, 1971,
undated
"Game of the Century" Score Sheet and Analysis, Oct. 17, 1956
Score Sheets and Notes, 1958-1964,
undated
Unidentified Clipping, undated
Memorabilia
1972 World
Championship
Ethel Collins' Diaries from 1972 World Championship
Other
Blank Postcard Given to Jack from Bobby
Clippings, 1972 World
Championship
Clippings and Articles
Clippings and Notes, Bobby Fischer and Iceland
District Court Case, Fischer vs. Darrach, Dec. 1975
Plea for Fischer to Return to Chess, undated
"The Role of Bobby Fischer as a Cold War Symbol," Mar. 9, 1992
Series:
Box 6
IV. Game Records
Contains general game records covering the arc of Collins' career. Game
records for Bobby Fischer are in the Bobby Fischer series.
Anderssen's Games, Opening Index, undated
Assorted Problems: Moves in 5-16 Moves, 16 Problems-No
Solutions
Belgrade, 1964
Benoni, La Defense Benoni et La Defense Benoni Moderne, undated
Championnat de France, 1963
Collins' Games, 1932-1940
Collins' Games, 1938-1970,
undated
Collins' Games, 1941-1950
Collins' Games, 1951-1960
Collins' Games, 1955-1972,
1976
Collins' Games, 1956
Collins' Games, 1961-1999
Collins' Games, 1969
Collins' Games, 1971
Collins' Games, undated
D. Byrne Matches, 1967-1968
Compiled Budapest Defense, Josef Staker and Alan Glasscoe,
1979
European Tournaments, 1899-1904
European Tournaments, 1909-1921
European Tournaments, 1923-1936
Games Annotated by Collins, 1945-1949,
undated
Games Annotated by Collins, 1948-1950,
undated
Games Annotated by Collins, 1950-1952
Hermann Helms vs. Louis J. Wolff, February 1908
Inventories, 1953-1962
JWC Annotations on Saul Rubin's Games, Apr.-May
1956
Box 7
JWC Weekly Planners, 1978-1981
JWC Weekly Planners, 1982-1984
JWC Weekly Planners, 1985-1987
JWC Weekly Planners, 1988-1990
JWC Weekly Planners, 1991-1993
JWC Weekly Planners, 1994-1995
Kresse vs. Austin, 1939
Special Leadership, Notes by JWC
Log Cabin Chess Club, U.S.C.F., Seeded Championship, Aug. 1959
Lombardy Games, undated
Marshall Championship, Collins vs. K. Messerschmitt, Budapest
Defense, Mar. 2,
1940
Match with Marshall, 1907
"My Games of Chess,"
by John
Collins, Book I, 1932-1937
"My Games of Chess,"
by John
Collins, Book II, 1937-1938
"Opening Options,"
by John
Collins, Sept. 21,
1948
Photostats Published by the Dutch Chess Center, 1952-1954
Postal Instruction Games, 1914,
1950,
1957-1967
Postal Instruction Games, 1968-1976,
1980
Postal Instruction Games Annotated by Collins, 1951-1952
Records of Collins' Prize Winnings, 1948-1952,
undated
Reshevsky Memorial Tournament, Rounds 1-7, 1992
Santasiere Games, 1971
Selected Games by JWC, undated
Seventh Midwest Open and Nebraska State Chess Championship,
Sept. 1957
To Collins from Lombardy, Christmas, 1994
U.S. Chess Championship, 1966-1967
1959-1963
Untitled, January
1979
Miscellaneous
Series:
Box 8
V. Publications
Arranged alphabetically by title, then oversized.
14th U.S. Jr. Chess Championship &
60th U.S. Open Chess Championship
1959
59th Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship,
Rochester, MN,
1958
Ableware Homeware Catalog,
1995 (Collins Feature)
Absolute Chess, by Weaver W.
Adams, 1959
All Games from the XXIII U.S.S.R. Chess
Championship,
1956
All Games from the Carlsbad International
Chess Congress,
1929
All Games from the New York International
Chess Congress,
1927
American Chess Bulletin, Vol. 36,
No. 4, Jul.-Aug.,
1939
Chess,
1936,
1939,
1958
Chess Charts, Issue No. 2,
April, 1941
The Chess Correspondent, Vol. XXV,
Nos. 5 and 6, 1952
Chess Endings from Modern Master
Play,
Jacques Mieses, 1901
Chess is an Art, by Richard
Kujoth, 1955
Chess Life,
1953,
1961,
1963
Chess Life, Vol. 38, No. 8,
August 1953
Chess Life, Vol. 41, No. 6,
June 1986
Chess Life, Vol. 46, No. 5,
May 1991
Chess Life,
2000-2002
Chess Life, Proof Copy, March 2002
Chess Life and Review,
May and August, 1978
Chess Monthly, Vol. 62, No. 8,
November 1997
Chess Pie,
1922,
1927
Chess Pie, No.3, 1936
Chess Review,
October 1952
Chess Review,
February 1954
The Chess Review,
December 1938
The Chess Weekly, Vol. 11, No. 18,
March 27, 1909
A Course in the Elements of Modern Chess
Strategy,
Reinfeld and Green, Lessons I-V, 1935
A Course in the Elements of Modern Chess
Strategy,
Reinfeld and Green, Lessons VI-XII, 1936
David Bronstein's Best Games of
Chess,
1944-1949, by
Larry Evans, Limited Ed. No.2
Empire Chess, Vol. VI, No. 1,
Winter
1986
Finals and Semi-finals of the Manhattan and
Marshall C.C. Championships,
1956-1957
Fred Reinfeld Limited Editions, Vol. V, Botvinnik's Best Games,
Part I, 1927-1934
Fred Reinfeld Limited Editions, Vol. X, Ventnor City Tournament,
1939
Fred Reinfeld Limited Editions, Vol. VII, Semmering-Baden
Tournament, 1937
Fretta-Blad T.R.,
1980,
1982,
1983
Het Eindspel, No. 9, Dr. M. Euwe,
1951
Box 9
Instructive and Practical Endings from Master
Chess,
Reinfeld, Lessons II-IV, 1937
International Chess Tournament, Carlsbad,
Bohemia,
Aug.-Sept.,
1911
Materials about Iceland, 1985-1987
Milwaukee, 1957, Edited by Jack
Spence, 1958
Milwaukee Chess Championships, New Western and
North Central,
1959
Modern Iceland, Special Issue: Centuries
of Chess,
1987
National Geographic, Vol. 172, No.
2, February 1987
New Ideas in Old Settings: The Caro-Kann
Defense,
by Warren H. Goldman, 1958
New Jersey Open Chess
Championship,
Compiled by Robert Durkin, 1959
Newsletters, 1966-1993
Principles of Strategy in the Game of
Checkers,
Louis C. Ginsberg, 1932
Quest,
March 1987
Roman Pelts Instructional Materials
Russian Works, 1947,
1951
Selected Games from the 58th U.S. Open Chess
Championship,
1957
Selection of Games from the San Diego
Open, August,
1956
Simple Chess, by Weaver W. Adams,
1946
Simple Chess, by Weaver W. Adams,
Revised, 1958
Skakfelagsbladid, 9-21 mars
1988
Some Facts about Iceland for Ethel Collins, PC Globe, Inc.,
1990
Les Tableaux Echiqueens, A. Garreau, [1966]
Tartakower Memorial Chess Congress, Detroit, 1956
Temas, XXV, No. 292, Mayo, 1975
TWA Ambassador,
Mayo 1980
U.S. Chess Championship and 5th Rosenwald
Trophy Tournament,
1958-1959
U.S. Chess Saga,
1984-1990
Ventnor City International Masters
Tournament,
1945
Vienna International Tournament,
by Larry Evans, 1948
Vim and Vigor,
Fall 2000
World Championship Candidates
Tournament,
1953
Miscellaneous Printed
Chess Archives, Dr. M. Euwe,
1965-1966
(binder)
Box 35 (Oversize)
Life Magazine,
"The Deadly Gamesman"
(Bobby Fischer),
Nov. 12, 1971
(2 copies)
Box 10
America (Russian language),
includes "A Passion for Chess" article on Jack Collins, 1978
Series:
Box 10
VI. Correspondence
Organized alphabetically by last name of the correspondent. Correspondence
from Bobby Fischer is located in the Bobby Fischer series.
A-B
C
Collins, John W.
D-E
F-I
J-L
M-O
P-S
T-U
U.S. Chess Federation: Instructions and Introductory Letters,
1952-1953
V-Z
Unidentified, 1946-1999
Correspondence re: Collins Kids and Chess as an Amateur Sport,
1978
Box 31 (Oversize)
Framed Letter from Wilhelm "William" Steinitz to J. Spence,
August 31, 1895
Series:
Box 10
VII. Personal
Carolyn LaSears Boyd Collins Biographical Material
Collins' Family Tree
Collins' Genealogy Information
Custom-Made Tricycle, 1966-1967
Dad and Mother's Birth Certificates
Dad's Army Papers, 1899,
1930,
undated
Estate of John W. Collins
Framed JWC Memorabilia
Grandfather Collins' Papers, 1873-1903
Henry E. Ecktrom's Will and Death Certificate, 1964
JWC Letter to President F.D. Roosevelt, May 15, 1941
John and Ethel Collins' Household Inventory, undated
John W. Collins Composition Book
John and Ethel Collins' Household Inventory
Medicaid Application, January 12,
2001
Memorial of Ethel B. Collins for John W. Collins, May 25, 1993
Miscellaneous
Mother's Keepsakes
New York Society for Ethical Culture, June-July, 1981
Personal Effects
Polka Brilliante, Piccolo Solo Played by John T.
Collins
Sheet Music, Words and Music by Jack W. Collins, undated
Sousa Band Society News, September
1977
Will and Bequeath of Louis J. Wolff, 1985-1986
Will of Alexander Meyer, March 21,
1990
JWC Memorial Guestbook (album)
Series:
Box 11
VIII. Clippings
Allegro,
May 1975
Articles about JWC
Chess, 1939
Chess, 1941
Chess, 1944
Chess, 1945
Chess, 1946
Chess, 1947
Chess, 1948
Chess, 1949
Chess, 1940s
Chess, 1950
Chess, 1951
Chess, 1952
Chess, 1953
Chess, 1954
Chess, 1955
Chess, 1956
Chess, 1957
Chess, 1958
Chess, Cazenovia, 1958
Chess, Rochester, 1958
Chess, 1965,
1967
Chess Life,
June 20, 1959
Chess Strategies and Analyses
Clippings and Folios, 1969
Clippings and Notes from Books
Collins Kids
Duchamp, Marcel and Alexina
Ethel Collins' Memorial
Game Clippings
"Games by USCF Members,"
1960,
1968
John Cage
JWC Clippings, 1959
JWC, 1978-1979
Literary Market
Marcus and Bryan Brown
Miscellaneous Chess
New York Chess Clubs
NT,
June 27, 1985
Other
"Petrosian Crushed in 26
Moves,"
by Lloyd S. Smith, undated
Photocopies of Chess Book Title Pages
Related Game Clippings
Russian News, October,
1956
Sicilian Defense
Ventnor City Invitation Chess Tournament, 1939
"What I Discovered about Poop
Glover,"
The Saturday Evening Post,
1976
WWII News, 1939-1945
Series:
Box 11
IX. Memorabilia
Organized into the following subseries: Tournament Programs and Bulletins;
and Other.
Tournament Programs and
Bulletins
16eme Olympiade D'Echecs, Israel, 1964
Tallinn, 1975
Mexico, 1978,
1980
1945-1975
1981-1996
Other
Armed Forces Chess Tournament Dinner, 1967,
1969
Blank Cards
Box 12
International Chess Calendars, 1990-1998
Israel Brochures and Pamphlets, 1970s-1980s
Ordination of Reverend Lombardy, May 27, 1967
Rolywholover: A Circus, John Cage Exhibition, 1994
Township of Dover Proclamation, Jan. 8, 1982
Miscellaneous
Series:
Box 12
X. Photographs
Organized into the following subseries: General; and Framed.
General
Chess Players and Enclosed Notes
Christmas Photos from Siggn and Silja, 1983
Collins, 1987,
undated
Collins' Apartment, undated
Collins and Friends, undated
Collins and Others
Collins and Others, 1993
Collins and Others, Negatives, 1993
Collins and Others Eating in Reykjavik, 1972 (From Fischer/Spassky Album
#4)
Collins, Ethel and Jack, Miscellaneous Negatives
Collins Kids
Collins Kids' Rolywholover Circus, April 25, 1994
CK to Israel, 1983-1984
Concord, Collins Kids vs. Iceland, 1988-1989
Dale, Arthur, August 3,
1991
Enlarged Photos from Parsippany, 1994
Enlarged Photos of John and Ethel, August, 1988
Family Portraits
Fischer and Weinstein, October
1956,
October 1957
Fischer as a young boy playing chess with Collins, undated
Fischer playing Collins with Weinstein in background,
undated
Goldmanski and Others, undated
Helms, Hermann, 1955
Iceland, 1995-1996
Jack and Ethel Christmas Card Prints, 1987
Jack on Tricycle, February, 1993
John T. Collins' Band, undated
JWC Photos by Wolff Weber
JWC Picture Gallery, Hall of Fame
John Cage Photos, 1971
Karpov, Anatoly
Lasker, Edward and Wolff, Louis, June 1978,
undated
Lasker, Emanuel
Olafsson, Fridrik, undated
Lyman, Shelby, January,
1988
Personal Framed Photos, undated
Photos from Jack's Apartment
Stanley B. Winters, 1991,
1993,
undated
Tennessee, Lilla, and Friend
Vermont, Summer
1990
X-Ray of Collins' Pelvis at Age 2
August, 1958
September, 1967
April, 1989
Miscellaneous
Framed
Box 13
Ethel Collins with Two Children
Framed Photos of Jack
Jack and man holding a cup
Jack playing chess with Clara Collins
Jack posed with a child at Awards Banquet
Jack's Godchild in Reykjavik, Iceland
John Philip Sousa and Band
(John T. Collins, far left)
John T. Collins and others in military attire
John W. Collins and Hermann Helms
JWC playing chess
Louis Wolff as WWI Soldier
Photos of Apartment Buildings
(3 folders)
Photos of Houses
Portrait of Baby
Box 29
Unn the Deep Minded
Portrait of Soldiers
Portrait of John T. Collins
Jack playing chess with children
Portrait of Unidentified Couple
Portrait of Wilhelm Steinitz
Portraits of Children
Portraits of Jack and Ethel
Woman in Fur Coat, 1955
Unidentified, July,
1985
Unidentified Framed Photos
Series:
XI. Albums and Scrapbooks
Box 12
Scrapbook in Ethel Collins' Memory
(2 folders)
John T. Collins Photos and Clippings
JWC Clippings #1
JWC Clippings #2
JWC Clippings #4
Chess Clippings, Scrapbook #1
Chess Scrapbook #2
Early Scores, Clippings and Letters of Jack
Jack's Very First Album of Chess Clippings, etc.
Box 15
U.S. Open, Lincoln, 1975
NYS Tournament, Corning, 1969
U.S. Open, Rochester, 1958 and
NYS Tournament, 1956,
Buffalo
Bobby, 1958; Karpov, Apr. 1979; Korschnoi at JWC Home,
Aug. 1983; Kasparov, 1988
U.S. Open, Atlanta, 1967
U.S. Open, Cleveland, 1958
U.S. Amateur Team Tournament, Somerset, 1992
1984 U.S. Chess Festival, Concord,
U.S., Iceland, Israel #1
JWC #1
JWC #2
JWC #3
JWC #5
Box 16
Iceland, 1972 #1-A
Iceland, 1972 #8
Fischer-Spassky, 1972
#1
Fischer-Spassky, 1972
#2
Fischer-Spassky, 1972
#4
Fischer-Spassky, 1972
#5
Fischer-Spassky, 1972
#6
Fischer-Spassky, 1972
#7
Box 17
Collins Kids #1
Collins Kids #2
Collins Kids #3
Collins Kids #4
Collins Kids #5
Collins Kids #6
Collins Kids #7
Collins Kids #8
Collins Kids #9
Collins Kids #10
Collins Kids #11
Box 18
Collins Kids Party at Nils Kessler's, 1976
Collins Kids Amateur Tournament, Atlantic City, 1977
Collins Kids Match, Parties at Jack's House, 1977
Collins Kids West Point, 1977 &1978
Collins Kids City Hall, 1978
Collins Kids U.S. Amateur Team Tournament, Somerset, 1981
Collins Kids, West Point, 1982
Collins Kids U.S. Amateur Team, 1982-1983
Collins Kids West Point, 1983-1984
1980-1984, [Multiple events; Primarily Collins
Kids]
Iceland Safari 1977-1978 #1
Iceland Safari 1977-1978 #2
Icelandic Saga 1978-1979 #1
Iceland Saga 1978-1979 #2
Iceland Saga 1978-1979 #3
Iceland Saga 1978-1979 #4
Part of Iceland Saga, 1978
Iceland Saga, Gift from Iceland, 1978-1979
1978-1979
Box 20
Iceland, CK Safari, June
1985 #4
CK, Israel Scenes, 1983-1984
Iceland Safari, 1980
#1
Iceland Safari, 1980
#2
Iceland Safari, 1980
#3
Iceland Saga, Concord, 1981
#1
Iceland Safari, 1982-1983 #1
Iceland Safari, 1982-1983 #2
Iceland Safari, 1982-1983 #3
Box 21
Icelandic Safari, June 1985
#1
Icelandic Safari, June 1985
#2
Icelandic Safari, June 1985
#3
Iceland Safari, June 1985
#5
CK vs. Israeli Kids, Israel, 1983-1984
CK vs. Israeli Kids, Israel, 1983-1984
U.S. Chess Festival, U.S., Iceland, Israel, 1984
Collins Kids Portfolio, 1977
Box 22
CK, 1977
1990 Saga, CK Kids vs.
Iceland
CK vs. Harvard, Chang-Aspis Award, 1986
CK Teams, U.S. Amateur Team Tournament, 1988
Collins Kids, USAT, Somerset, 1990
CK Icelandic Saga, 1990;
Thanksgiving, Zamora
CK Matches at JWC Home, 1985
Nawrose Nur, 1990
Jack's Russian Kids
Untitled, "To Jack and Ethel from
Robert"
Jack's Kids vs. Iselananders, 1990, Concord
Box 23
Jack, Simol at Dalton, March
1988
U.S. Amateur Team Tournaments, 1986-1987
Iceland Saga, 1988
#1
CK Iceland Saga, 1988
#2
CK Iceland Saga, 1988
#3
Gurevich-Adams CK Match, 1985-1986 #1
Gurevich-Adams CK Match, 1985-1986
Florida, 1988, Nicky and
Jack
CK Icelandic Saga, July
1986 #1
CK Icelandic Saga, July
1896 #2
U.S. Amateur Team Tournament, Somerset, 1985
U.S. Amateur Team Tournament, Somerset, 1989
Box 24
Jack Alone #1
Jack and Chess Friends #1
Jack and Chess Friends #2
Jack's Chess Friends #3
JWC Chess Friends #4
Jack's Friends #5
JWC Chess Friends #6
JWC Chess Events and People
Box 25
Chess Cards, etc., Special Keepsakes
Letters to Jack #1
Letters to Jack #2
Lombardy Cards and Letters
Letters and Clippings to Jack #3
Box 26
Letters To Jack #4
Happy Birthday!
Clippings Regarding Jack Clara had kept over many
years
JWC Clippings #3
Letters to John #5 Hall of Fame
JWC 1991 U.S. Chess Hall of
Fame and Our Trip
[Jack's Handmade Toy Soldiers]
Box 27
Silyja 1
Silyja 2
Untitled, [black album with floral accent], undated
Gift from Bennie, Ethel's Favorite Father, March 1991
Untitled; date unclear... 1955-1986 or 1979-1983 (covers
multiple events: Danny's Birthday Party May
1983, Pearl and Allen Kaufman Wedding 1980, Sig-Waters- and Collins 1979)
CK Sal Matera: Wedding Ann and Sal, undated
Untitled; multiple events: Alan and Sara Wedding, 1958; Chess Friends (no particular time or
place); 1956- Trip with Al and Sara -
St. Louis, Canada, Vermont
Collins' House
Collins' New Year's Parties, 1971
Jack, Ethel New Year's
1988 / New Year's Day at Home 1988
Box 28
Louis J. Wolff #1
Louis J. Wolff #2
Series:
Box 28
XII. Audio-Visual
Videocassettes
1987 World Chess
Championship, Show #103 "Bobby Fischer's Chess"
(4 copies)
The Works - "Duchamp"
Ethel's Birthday
The "Cross-Country
Adventure,"
July 25-August 13,
1991
Iceland Chess, PBS Chess Tournament, 9/23/84
(3 copies)
Audiocassettes
Accompanying Note
Andreas Vollenweider, William Ackerman, Kripalu
Instrumentalists
Collins Service, 5/25/93
Ethel B Collins Memorial, 5/25/93
John and Ethel Collins: Start of a bio & people they knew
(by John)
Unidentified, Black Scotch C-90
Kor Langholtskirkju Land Mins Fodur [Icelandic
songs?]
Joseph Matera
Vivaldi Concertos
Discussions, Interviews of Chess People/Jack's
Dictations
(16 tapes in black case)
John W. Collins' Stories
Jack's [ones?]
Series:
Box
30
(Oversize)
XIII. Realia
Autograph Book, Late 1980s-1990s
Box 32 (Oversize)
Wooden Box (once contained Jack's Bios of Chess
Players)
Box 33 (Oversize)
Tin containing Jack's Paper Soldiers
Box 34 (Oversize)
Butterfly box (once contained Jack's early
manuscripts)
Box 35 (Oversize)
Autograph Book, 1927
Blue Purse
Chess Coaster
Flag, 1992 Chess Olympiad in
Manila
Pin, "I Love the U.S.
Team"
(2)
Pin, "New York Salutes 1st American
World Chess Champion"
Pin, "Scholastic Team Chess
Championship,"
March 20, 1994
Set of Chess Player pins (in Russian), [To Mr. Collins from
Michael Perelshteyn]
Sterling Silver Chess Piece, [Gift to Jack from Louis J. Wolff,
ca.
1975]