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Cushing Memorial Library
College Station, TX 77843-5000
Anderson, Poul
Inventory of the Poul
Anderson Collection:
ca. 1951-1954, 1980-1983.
1 linear ft.
Correspondence
regarding Anderson’s writing and travel plans, 1951 – 1954, and manuscripts and
galley proofs of Ivory, Apes and Peacocks, The Devil’s Game, and Orion Shall
Rise (1980-1983).
SCI-FI MSS 00174
English.
Biographical Note
Poul Anderson was born
November 25th, 1926, in
Bristol, PA. He lived in
Port Arthur, Texas for a decade, then in
Denmark, Maryland, and finally Minnesota. He
attended the University of Minnesota, earning a bachelors degree in Physics,
and selling his first science fiction story in 1947 while still an
undergraduate. By 1948, he was a full-time freelance writer, his profession for
the rest of his life. Anderson was highly regarded in science fiction and
fantasy. He was honored with seven Hugo Awards, three Nebula Awards, a variety
of other awards, and was named
Grand Master of the Science Fiction
Writers of America in 1997/1998. A 1981 entry in the
Dictionary of Literary Biography called
him one of the five or six most important writers to
appear during the science-fiction publishing boom of the decade following the
end of World War II. Anderson used his scientific training to write
technically accurate science fiction, to project plausible future technologies,
and to be regarded as an outstanding
hard science fiction writer. He also
wrote highly regarded fantasies, and viewed much of his own work more in the
realm of magical realism than anything else. Anderson died in 2001 at age 74.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regarding Anderson’s writing and travel plans, 1951 –
1954, and manuscripts and galley proofs of Ivory, Apes and Peacocks, The
Devil’s Game, and Orion Shall Rise (1980-1983).
Organization of the Papers
This collection is organized into 3 series: Correspondence by date,
followed by manuscripts and galleys.
- Series 1. Correspondence, April 3, 1951-October 7,1955.
- Series 2. Manuscripts, undated.
- Series 3. Galley, undated.
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Online Catalog Terms
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Names
Anderson, Poul
Subjects
Ivory, Apes and
Peacocks
Orion Shall Rise
The Devil's Game
Processing Information
Processed by Unknown and Hal W. Hall in
February 2005.
Detailed Description of the Collection:
Series 1. Correspondence,
April
3, 1951-October 7, 1955.
1/10
Anderson, Poul to Ted Dikty. October 23, 1952, re:
visit. TLS, 1 postcard.
Anderson, Poul to Ted Dikty. May 26, 1951, re: going
to be out of town, publishing book. ALS, 1 postcard.
1/20
Anderson, Poul to Ted Dikty. April 3, 1951, re:
discussing a new book for Shasta, tentatively The Long Way Home, and giving
a rough outline of plot and ideas. TLS, 3 leaves.
Anderson, Poul to Ted Dikty. February 5, 1953, re:
informing Shasta of his scheduled trip to Europe in April and making possible
arrangements to proof and autograph sheets for
The Star Ways. TLS, 1 leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Ted Dikty. February 16, 1953, re:
extending the Shasta deadline for publication of
The Star Ways to September
22, 1954 and other business comments. TLS, 1 leaf.
1/30
Anderson, Poul to Mel and Ted. March 2, 1953, re:
giving same information as February 5, 1953 letter and requesting
acknowledgment and arrangements be made soon. TLS, 1 leaf.
Dikty, Ted to Poul Anderson. March 31, 1953, re:
delay for
Starways. TLS, 1 leaf, carbon
copy.
Anderson, Poul to Shasta. March 27, 1953, re:
thanking them for the copy of
The Demolished Man and again
repeating the previous information about going to Europe. TLS, 1 leaf.
1/40
Anderson, Poul to Ted Dikty. April 3, 1953, re:
giving more information on travel plans and suggestions for autograph sheets.
TLS, 1 leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Mel and Ted. April 20, 1953, re:
may not be in Europe as long as first thought and will be in contact around
October. TLS, 1 leaf.
Dikty, Ted to Poul Anderson. May 20, 1953, re:
wanting to know when Anderson will be back and that
Starways would get into
production one he does. TLS, 1 leaf.
1/50
Anderson, Poul to Shasta. February 13, 1954, re: when
he expects to return. ALS, 1 leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Mel and Ted. October 23, 1953, re:
sending new address in California, asking for a week to proof
Starways galleys. TLS, 1
leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Shasta. October 31, 1953, re: Space
Platform, new address. TLS, 1 postcard.
1/60
Dikty, Ted to Poul Anderson. December 11, 1953, re:
expanding
Sam Hill. Western Union
Telegram, 1 leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Ted Dikty. December 13, 1953, re:
getting married, story already taken. Western Union Telegram, 1 leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Mel and Ted. January 6, 1954, re:
thank you for fruitcake, explaining why he couldn't give
Sam Hill to Ted. TLS, 1
leaf.
1/70
Dikty, Ted to Poul Anderson. February 13, 1954, re:
congratulations on marriage, cover of
Starways being done by Hubert
Rogers as favor to Mel, need to extend publication date to September 22, 1954.
TLS, 2 leaves, carbon copies.
Anderson, Poul to Shasta. February 20, 1954, re: new
address. TLS, 1 leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Melvin Korshak. April 20, 1954, re:
accepting proposal for publication date on The Starways. TLS, 1 leaf.
1/80
Anderson, Poul to Shasta. May 18, 1954, re: new
address. TLS, 1 leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Ted Dikty. August 10, 1954, re: not
agreeing to extension for publication date for
Starways. TLS, 1 leaf.
Anderson, Poul to Mel and Ted. January 9, 1954, re:
informing them that his agent, Scott Meredith, has tried to contact Shasta to
renegotiate the
Starways contract with no
response, Anderson considering taking the book elsewhere. TLS, 1 leaf.
1/90
Anderson, Poul to Melvin Korshak. September 15, 1955,
re: declaring their contract is terminated, would still reconsider if they
contact him. TLS, 1 leaf.
Dikty, Ted to Poul Anderson. October 7, 1955, re:
contracts, trying to publish bigger book, wanting to publish Starways. TLS, 1
leaf, carbon copy.
Series 2. Manuscripts,
undated.
1/100
Anderson, Poul. Notes on list of names to use in a
novel. Handwritten, 1 leaf,
undated.
1/110
Anderson, Poul. Manuscript excerpt from
Ivory, and Apes and
Peacocks. Typed, 1 leaf, with handwritten corrections,
undated.
1/120
Anderson, Poul. Manuscript of
Ivory, and Apes, and
Peacocks. Typed, 101 leaves, with handwritten corrections,
undated.
1/130
Anderson, Poul. Manuscript of
The Devil's Game. Typed, 340
leaves, with handwritten corrections. Some leaves are carbon copies and
photocopies,
undated.
1/140
Anderson, Poul. Manuscript of
Orion Shall Rise. Pages
1-404, typed with handwritten corrections.
undated.
2/10
Anderson, Poul. Manuscript of
Orion Shall Rise. Pages
405-658, typed with handwritten corrections.
undated.
Series 3. Galley,
undated.
2/20
Anderson, Poul. Galley proof of
Orion Shall Rise. Typed, 676
leaves, photocopies,
undated.