the inventory of the zelda popkin collection...

The Inventory

of the

Zelda Popkin

Collection

#1096

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

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POPKIN, ZELDA

Preliminary Listing

10/14/83

I. Manuscripts

Box 1 A. DEAR ONCE. 2 drafts

B. HERMAN HAD TWO DAUGHTERS.

1. 1st draft

2. 3rd draft

3. Copy-edited MS

C. DEATH OF INNOCENCE. Unrevised MS

D. SMALL VICTORY.

1. Notes,

2. Correspondence

3. Research,

Box 2: 4. MS and outline

E. WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY. MS

F. DEATH OF INNOCENCE. MS

G. DEAR ONCE. MS

H. Partial MS, untitled

Box 3 J. Early notebook with stories and poems, ca. age 11

Box 5 K. Anna Kross/Women=s Court research

L. ARecollections of Mickey Marcus@ M. AThe Tower to the Sky@ N. Roger W. Straus interview

O. AManhattan Gang@ Box 7 P. HERMAN HAD TWO DAUGHTERS. Outline, research

Box 8 Q. DEAD MAN=S COIFF

1. Outlines

2. Draft

3. Notes

R. DEATH WEARS A WHITE GARDENIA. Draft

S. HERMAN HAD TWO DAUGHTERS. 2nd draft

T. MURDER IN THE MIST

1. Outlines

2. Draft

3. Notes

U. TIME OFF FOR MURDER

1. Proposal

2. Notes

3. Final draft

4. Research

V. WHO KILLED ROGER GAYLE? Proposal

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Box 9 W. THE CHILD WHO CRIED ALL NIGHT. Notes and drafts

Box 11 X. THE JOURNEY HOME. Research, notes, outlines

Y. SO MUCH BLOOD. MS

Z. NO CRIME FOR A LADY. Copy-edited MS

Box 13 AA. ADark Legend.@ A Play by ZP and Helene Fraenkel

BB. Short stories:

1. AFifty Came Back@ 2. Ideas/fiction/articles

3. AShips are Young Men@ 4. AOld Ma=am River@ 5. AParty for the Little Lawd Jesus@ 6. AThe Mourners@ 7. AHow to Make Money in the Stock Market@ 8. AOu Est L=Uranium?@ 9. ABien-Aimee Eleve A Suburban Childhood@ 10. AYes There Is a 2nd Chance@ 11. ASportland Santa Claus@ 12. Israel travel log, 1953

13. Miscellaneous stories and articles

14. Published stories

CC. THE GREAT MCPARLAND. Notes and research

DD. PARK ROW

EE. THE INNOCENTS. Proposal and Ch. 1-4

FF. THE MURDER ON GRAMERCY PARK

GG. ONE DROP OF BLOOD

HH. THE CHILD WHO CRIED ALL NIGHT. Loose MS pages

II. A DEATH OF INNOCENCE. MS

Box 14 JJ. OPEN EVERY DOOR.

1. Notes

2. Author=s page proofs

KK. QUIET STREET. MS

LL. SILVER SALVER.

1. Notes

2. Research material

MM. WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY. MS

NN. 4 small notebooks

Box 15 OO. THE LUCKIEST KIDS IN THE WORLD. Outline

PP. AThe Detective Goes to Jail@ by ZP and Jonathan Finn. Draft

QQ. ACharlie Chan in Sing Sing.@ Draft

RR. AQueed.@ A screen adaptation by Jonathan Finn and ZP. Draft

and notes

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II. Correspondence

Box 1 A. Reader correspondence re: HERMAN HAD TWO DAUGHTERS

Box 3 B. Correspondence with editors and publishers

Box 4 C. Miscellaneous correspondence and writings

Box 7 D. Correspondence from ZP=s father, 1940's-1950's

Box 8 E. Re: DEAD MAN=S COIFF

F. Re: DEATH WEARS A WHITE GARDENIA

G. Re: MURDER IN THE MIST

Box 9 H. Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 11 I. Correspondence re: THE JOURNEY HOME

J. Correspondence re: DEAR ONCE

Box 12 K. Moses Zerwich, 1943-1945

L. Yaddo, 1964-1979

M. Correspondence files, M-W, 1940-1970's

N. MCA, 1958-1962

O. Hill and Wang

P. Lippincott, 1938-1970

Q. Cyrilly Abels

R. E.P. Dutton

Box 13 S. Correspondence re: ADark Legend@ T. Correspondence re: THE INHERITANCE

Box 14 U. Re: OPEN EVERY DOOR

V. Re: QUIET STREET

W. Re: WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY

Box 15 X. General correspondence

Y. Burglary/Insurance information-correspondence to 1972

Z. Jewish Welfare Board

AA. Joint Distribution Committee

BB. Prostitution book

III. Financial Papers:

Box 1 A. Royalty statements and contracts for DEAR ONCE

B. Contracts for DEATH OF INNOCENCE

Box 7 C. Contracts

Box 12 D. Contracts with Lippincott, 1938-1954

IV. Personal Papers

Box 1 A. Award certificate from the Jewish Book Council of America for

QUIET STREET, May 21, 1952

Box 12 B. New York University Law School notebook for Property I

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V. Printed Matter:

Box 1 A. DØDEN SOKER SELSKAP

B. UNA GARDENIA PER IL BOIA

Box 3 C. Magazine and newspaper articles by ZP

Box 5 D. Mystery magazines containing stories by ZP

Box 7 E. Reviews re: A DEATH OF INNOCENCE

F. Reviews re: HERMAN HAD TWO DAUGHTERS

G. Publicity-17th Annual Jewish Book Fair, 1968

Box 8 H. Reviews re: DEATH WEARS A WHITE GARDENIA

I. Reviews re: MURDER IN THE MIST

J. Magazine: The Armchair Detective

Box 9 K. AThe Search,@ New York Times Magazine, January 25, 1976

L. AThe Heirs of the Holocaust,@ New York Times Magazine, June 19,

1977

Box 10 M. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1922-1923

N. News clippings, 1927

O. Coronet, April 1953: AWhat Do You Know About Love?@ by ZP

P. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Feb. 1954: AJunie-No-Name@ by

ZP

Box 11 Q. Reviews re: THE JOURNEY HOME

R. Reviews re: SO MUCH BLOOD

S. Reviews re: NO CRIME FOR A LADY

T. Reviews re: DEAR ONCE

Box 14 U. Re: OPEN EVERY DOOR

V. Re: QUIET STREET

W. Re: WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY

VI. Subject Files

Box 4 A. Material re: the Joint Distribution Committee-Anti-Nazism

B. Material re: Friends of Democracy-news releases

C. Material re: Anti-Defamation League

D. North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy. General

releases, Feb.-April 1947

Box 5 E. America-Israel Cultural Foundation

Box 6 F. Ad Schulberg correspondence

G. MCA-Phyllis Jackson, Rae Everitt

H. A. and S. Lyons/Pete Gross

I. Willner

J. Strassman

K. Leland Hayward/Frances Pindyck

L. Articles and broadcasts

M. Miscellaneous articles

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N. Women=s court/prostitution notes

O. Coronet article

P. U.S.I.A.

Q. Speeches

R. Taxes/resume

S. Hebrew University, 1964

T. Arendt

U. Israel Today

V. Lectures, 1958

W. J.W.B. lectures

X. Correspondence and clippings

Box 9 Y. American Red Cross

1. Memorandums re: Buchenwald

2. Civilian War Relief Field Report re: the movement of the

Jews to Palestine

Box 10 AA. Arthur M. Greenhall

BB. Einson-Freeman Co.

CC. Arnold Constable

DD. Pan American Medical Association-Daily Bulletin, 1934

EE. China-flood and famine relief

FF. Union Square, Centennial Celebration, 1932

GG. Archaeology-Casper Kraemer

HH. Russian Cathedral

VII. Audio/Visual Material:

A. 1 recordBAThe Helen Hall Show, #101@

Popkin, Zelda

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6/3/04

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 15

I. Manuscripts.

A. Short stories published in The American Magazine, by ZP, includes TLS

from Jeremy Popkin to HGARC, May 25, 2004.

1. AGlory at Twilight,@ 7 p., October 1947. [F. 17]

2. ABitter Bondage,@ 24 p., May 1950.

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Popkin, Zelda (8/23/06, 11/9/06)

Popkin, Zelda

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8/23/06, 11/9/06

Preliminary Listing

I. Manuscripts.

Box 16 A. Novels by ZP.

1. THE CHILD WHO CRIED ALL NIGHT, draft, TS, 413 p.;

includes publishing contract, 1976. [F. 1-2]

2. MOLLY MAGUIRE, 3 drafts: 2 TS, 1 TS with holograph notes,

543-546 p. [F. 3-11]

3. THE GREAT MCPARLAND. [F. 12-18]

a. 6 drafts, 2 TS, 4 TS with holograph notes, 101-750 p.;

includes notes; revisions; TLS.

Box 17 b. Ibid. [F. 1-5]

c. Notes, TS and holograph; includes newspaper clippings;

TLS; memorandum. [F. 6-7]

B. By others.

1. AA Black Hard Shine In My Hand,@ by Maureen McGuigan, poem,

TS, 1 p. [F. 7]

2. AThe Story of My Life,@ by Uri Ben Aharen Yitzchok Feinberg

(Harry Feinberg), TS, 7 p.

II. Correspondence.

A. Re: THE GREAT MCPARLAND; notables include: [F. 8]

1. Hill and Wang, Inc. TLS, Feb. 1964 - July 1965.

2. Wang, Arthur and Abels, Cyrilly. TLS, ALS, Apr.-Aug., 1965;

includes printed material.

III. Professional Material.

A. Subject files; may include printed materials; correspondence. [F. 9]

1. AMolly Maguire.@ 2. AQuiet Street Thrown.@

IV. Printed Material.

A. Booklets.

1. AHere Is America,@ 1961.

2. AThe Miner Sings.@ B. Newspaper, June 21, 1953.

V. Artwork.

A. Cover illustration re: THE GREAT MCPARLAND; includes photocopy.

Popkin, Zelda (8/23/06, 11/9/06)

VI. Audio.

A. AHaywood Trial,@ reel-to-reel tapes.

Popkin, Zelda

#1096

8/3/07

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 17

I. Correspondence.

A. Personal, to Dotty, Sandy, Julie and Dick Popkin; includes TLS, ALS,

ANS, memos, transcribed letters, telegrams, photocopies.

1. Re: Red Cross, 1943-1946. [F. 10]

2. Re: Israel, 1948-1949. [F. 11]

3. 1949-1951. [F. 12]

4. 1952-1953. [F. 13]

5. 1954-1955. [F. 14]

6. 1956-1957. [F. 15]

7. 1961-1963. [F. 16]

8. 1964-1965. [F. 17]

9. 1966-1983. [F. 18]

a. Popkin, Zelda. ANS to Marion Schwarzschild (possibly

ZP=s last letter), 4/18/83.

B. Popkin, Jeremy D. TL to HGARC re: ZP collection, 7/29/07. [F. 19]

II. Manuscripts.

A. Poem, AFound Poem: Zelda Popkin,@ TS. [F. 20]

III. Printed Materials.

A. Various magazine and newspaper clippings. [F. 21]



Popkin, Zelda

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3/4/08

Preliminary Listing

I. Manuscripts.

A. By ZP, TS with holograph notes, n.d., unless noted.

Added to Box 17 1. “Memorandum On: Chapter Eighteen” (chapter of THE

INHERITANCE), 2 drafts, 3-4 p. [F. 22]

2. “Memorandum On: THE INHERITANCE,” 7 p.

3. “On Sources,” 2 drafts, 5-7 p.

4. “Part Two,” 5 p.

5. Untitled.

a. Re: THE INHERITANCE, 3 p.

b. Re: “Sources,” 7 p.

6. Text fragments, approx. 30 p.

B. By others; includes notes; quotes from books.

1. “Heritage of Conflict,” by Vernon H. Jensen, 2 p., 1950.

2. “The Path I Trod,” autobiography of T. V. Powderly, 10 p., n.d.

3. “The Pinkerton Labor Spy,” by Morris Friedman, 2 p., n.d.

C. “Drafts for Forward,” file re: detective story, trains, n.d.; includes TLS

from Union Pacific Railroad Company. [F. 23]

II. Professional Materials.

A. Re: ZP books, research materials, TS, approx. 40 p.; includes chapter

outlines; holograph notes.

B. Subject files; may include printed material; correspondence; manuscripts.

1. “The Great McParland Bibliography and Correspondence,”

includes 1 notebook. [F. 24]

2. “The Great McParland (notes),” includes printed materials. [F. 25]

Box 18 3. “Molly Maguires Trials and Execution.” [F. 1]

4. “Pinkerton Agency Materials.”

5. Untitled.

a. Re: “Idaho,” historical materials; includes notes;

correspondence; printed materials.

b. Re: “The Story of Zelda Popkin (Who Looks a Lot Like

Someone I Know),” by Leslie Lewinter-Suskind, Weight

Watchers magazine article, Oct. 1981; includes printed

materials; correspondence. [F. 2]

III. Correspondence.

A. “Joan Davies,” file, approx. 30 ALS, TLS, Sep. 1975 – Dec. 1978;

includes Memorandum of Agreement re: DEAR ONE, signed by ZP and

Donald Morrison, 1976.


B. Professional, approx. 15 TLS, memos, June, 1953-June, 1982.

IV. Printed Materials.

A. 11 clippings from various magazines and newspapers, n.d., 1938, 1970.

[F. 3]

B. “A History of the Coal Miners,” reprint.

C. “The Molly Maguires,” movie programs.

D. “The Idaho Yesterdays,” journal, Winter 1963-1964.

E. “Aeo Ltd.” advertisement.

V. Financial Materials.

A. Deposit ticket recorder.

VI. Personal Memorabilia.

A. Free admission ticket to National Aquarium, Baltimore.

VII. Notebooks.

A. “Molly Maguires Founders, Tactics, Membership, Organizations, Etc.”

[E. 1]

B. “Anthracite, Mining, and Miners Life.”

C. “Plot - Characters, etc.” [E. 2]

D. “The Avendale Disaster.”

E. “Schuylkill County, Architecture, Topography, Etc., Social Climate,

Newspaper, Churches, Salons.” [E. 3]

F. “Labor and Religions... Historical, Political Background.”

G. “Boise LMCP Materials.” [E. 4]

H. 2 untitled.

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11/4/08

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 18

I. Correspondence.

A. 4 TLS, 19 ALS copies from ZP to Richard and Julie Popkin, 1961-1980;

includes copy of ZP press pass; letter from Jeremy Popkin (son) re:

provenance of letters. [F. 4]

Popkin, Zelda (3/31/09)

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3/31/09

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 18

I. Correspondence.

A. 19 ALS, 12 TLS from ZP to Julie and Richard ADick@ Popkin,

photocopies, 1948-1968. [F. 5]

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