The Macaulay Publishers' Literary Contracts Including Permissions and Correspondence
A Guide and Inventory
SPEC.RARE.CMS.296
Guide Compiled by Abraham L. Furman
With revisions by Alyssa Jennings
Overview of the Collection:
Box and Folder Listing:
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Note on format:
Author (Pseudonyms/others)
Title (Alternate Title)
Asterisks (*) indicate those items present in the Howard Inventory.
Box 1 A-De
- Armstrong, Edwin Ross
- One Being Living (No Virgins Wanted), 1934
- Adams, Samuel Hopkins
- *Beautiful Womanhood Publishing Co.
- Browne, Eleanor
- (Unopened letter addressed to Mrs. Eleanor Browne)
- *Clarke, George & Gauvreau, Emile
- Virtue OKd (Framed), 1931
- *Davis, Isabel L.
- The King of the Amazons, 1933
- Davis, Isabel L.
- Davis, Owen
- The Family Cupboard, 1913
- De Jean, Louis
- Behold the Man (Look At Me), 1935
- *Dekobra, Maurice
- The Clover-Footed Angel, 1932
- Dekobra, Maurice
- Dekobra, Maurice
- Passion Lighting the World, 1933
- *Dekobra, Maurice & Joyce, Peggy Hopkins
- Transatlantic Lady (Transatlantic Wife), 1932
- Dekobra, Maurice
- *Dekobra, Maurice
- De La Serna, Ramon Gomez
- (Unintelligible)(Cinelandia), 1929
- *Dell, Robert
- The Rise and Fall of the League of Nations, 1939
- Demarest, Phyllis Gordon
- Children of Hollywood, 1928
- Demarest, Phyllis Gordon
- Demarest, Phyllis Gordon
- The Past is Ours (Days Without Ending), 1934
- Demarest, Phyllis Gordon
- De Regnier, Henri
- Les Recontres De M. De. Breot, 1928
- DeVanny, Jean
- *DeVanny, Jean (Duckworth and Co. Rights)
- *DeVanny, Jean (Duckworth and Co. Rights)
- *DeVanny, Jean
- Out of Such Fires (Perverted People), 1933
Box 2 De-Ea
- *DeVanny, Jean
- *Dickenson, May Freud
- Dorrance, Ethel
- Dorrance, Ethel & James
- Dorrance, Ethel & James
- Lonesome Town (Welcome To Our City), 1921
- Dorrance, James French
- Fighting Hearts (The Garden of Weeds), 1931
- *Dorrance, James French
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- Borrowed Reputations
(Empty)
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- The Desert Hawk, 1927
(Empty)
- Drago, Sinclair Drago
- Following the Grass
(Empty)
- Drago, Sinclair Drago (Brothers, Warner)
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- The Match King, 1932
(Empty)
- Drago, Sinclair Drago
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago & Noel, Joseph
- Out of the Silent North
(Empty)
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- Out of the Silent North
- Smoke of the .45
- Susanna(Empty)
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago (Putnam, J. Westley)
- Playthings of Desire
(Empty)
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- Special Agreements
(Empty)
- Drago, Sinclair Drago (Sennett, Mack)
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- Where the Loon Calls, 1928
(Empty)
- *Drago, Sinclair Drago
- Drago, Harry Sinclair
- Suzanna
- Snow Patrol
- Wild Fruit
- This Way to Hell
- Women Thou Art
- Love Toy
- Out of the Silent North
- The Match King
- Desert Hawk
- Following the Grass
- Where the Loon Calls
- Smoke of the .45
- Borrowed Reputations
- *Drake, William A.
- George Bryan Brummell: Beau and Hypocrite, 1928
- *Dunois, Dominique
- A Lover Returns (La Belle Journee), 1931
- *Dunois, Dominique
- Natural Mother (Georgette Garou), 1929
- Dunois, Dominique
- *Dunois, Dominique
-
The Second Son (Le Second des Beathcult), 1931
- Dunois, Dominique
- Dwyer, Eileen (Reid, Mrs. Eileen)
- *Eagan, Alberta Stedman
- Absolution (The Sweetened Cup), 1928
- *Eagan, Alberta Stedman
- Eagan, Alberta Stedman
- Eagan, Alberta Stedman
- They Call It Sin (Marie Celestine, Alien), 1931
Box 3 Ea-Fo
- Eagan, Alberta Stedman
- The Unfinished Day (Success), 1933
- *Eberhard, Frederick G.
- The Microbe Murders, 1934
- Eberhard, Frederick G.
- The Secret of the Morgue (Black Light), 1931
- *Eberhard, Frederick G.
- *Eberhard, Frederick G.
- Eberhard, Frederick G.
- The Thirteenth Murder, 1930
- Edginton, May
- Edginton, May
- Money Money Money
- Reckless [No actual paperwork included]
- Love Girl
- Dance of Youth [No actual paperwork included]
- Fair Lady [No actual paperwork included]
- Tropic Flower [No actual paperwork included]
- *Edginton, May
- Woman of the Family, 1935
- Favorite Wife, 1937
- Child In Their Midst, 1938 [No actual paperwork included]
- Edison, C. L.
- Great American Novel, 1928
- *Edward, George (Verlag, Drei Masken)
- Naked Island (Passatwind), 1929
- *Eggan, J. Blake
- (Checks for Psychic Cult Systems)
- *Eldridge, Paul
- Ellberg, John
- *Ellis, John Breckenridge
- *Ellis, John Breckenridge
- His Dear Unintended, 1916
- *Evans, C. Benn
- Fauley, Wilbur Finley
- A Princess of the Slums, 1926
- Fauley, Wilbur Finley (Fawley, Wilbur)
- *Fauley, Wilbur Finley
- Queenie, 1920 [When Lizzie was a Lady, 1921]
- *Fauley, Wilbur Finley (Fawley, Wilbur)
- Fauley, Wilber Finley
- *Fisher, Steve (Gould, Stephen)
- The Murder of the Admiral, 1936
- *Fishter, J. Franz
- Ambassador of Death, 1937
- *Folsom, Elizabeth Irons
- Ford, Ford Maddox
- No Enemy (English Country), 1929
- *Foster, George C.
- The Little French Daughter of Joy (One Sunday Morning), 1930
Box 4 Fo-Ga
- Foster, George C.
- Mistresses of Grace, 1934
- Foster, George C.
- The Oldest Profession, 1929
- Foster, George C.
- Their Fathers Shadow (Cats and Clover), 1928
- Foster, R. Francis (Moore, Anne Louise)
- The Moat House Mystery, 1929
- Foster, R. Francis
- Fowler, Keith
- All The Skeletons in All the Closets, 1934
- Fredinburgh, Theodore
- Freuchen, Peter
- *Frohman, Daniel
- Encore, 1937
- Daniel Frohman Presents, 1936
- Frooks, Dorothy
- All In Love (God's Gift to Women), 1931
- *Fulton, Dote
- Darkness From Dawn (Why This Light), 1934
- Fulton, Dote
- *Gask, Arthur
- Hidden Door (Judgment of Larose), 1934
- *Gask, Arthur
- *Gask, Arthur
- *Gask, Arthur
- Murder in the Night (Red Paste Murders), 1932
- *Gates, Eleanor, 1935
- Jungle Girl (Butterfly of Leepoohu)
- Rich Little Poor Boy
- Pa Hardy
- *Gates, Eleanor
- Gates, Eleanor
- Gates, Eleanor
- The Poor Little Rich Girl, 1935
- A White Man and Yellow, 1910
- *Gates, H.L.
- Apartment Hotel (Granada 9000), 1932
- *Gates, H.L.
- Sin (Born To Be Bad), 1933
- Death By Appointment, 1933
- *Gates, H.L.
- Death Counts, 1932
- Even The Rich Girl, 1933
- *Gates, H.L.
- Gates, H.L.
- *Gates, H.L.
- In A Shanghai Garden, 1932
- *Gates, H.L.
Box 5 Ga-Gi
- Gates, H.L.
- *Gates, H.L.
- Gates, H.L.
- *Gates, H.L.
- Mystery of Seven Bad Men, 1932
- Gates, H.L.
- Gates, H.L.
- *Gauvreau, Emile
- *Gauvreau, Emile
- The Scandal Monger (The Man At The Peep-Hole), 1932
- What So Proudly We Hailed, 1935
- *Genung, Heleu & Hayes, Caryl May
- *Georgie, Leyla
- The Establishment of Madame Antonio, 1934
- *Gerard, Louise
- Bride of the Night (Her Cousin, The Sultan), 1929
- *Gerard, Louise
- The Flower of the Flame (In the Shadow of the Palm), 1925
- *Gerard, Louise
- *Gerard, Louise
- *Gerard, Louise
- Lifes Parade (Life's Shadow), 1931
- Gerard, Louise
- *Gerard, Louise (Mills & Boon)
- A Son of the Sahara, 1923
- *Gerard, Louise
- Secret Love, 1932
- *Gerard, Louise
- The Strange Young Man, 1930
- *Gerard, Louise
- *Gerard, Louise
- *Gille, Lilian
- A Family Affair (Holts Children), 1932
Box 6 Gr-Hea
- *Graham, Lewis (Goldberg, Lou)
- The Great I Am, 1933
(two folders)
- *Gollomb, Joseph
- Gollomb, Joseph
- Pirates: Old and New, 1928
(Empty)
- *Goodchild, George
- Death on the Center Court, 1926
- *Gordon, Samuel
- Gordon, Samuel
- The Second Flowering, 1923
- *Gorman, Herbert S.
- The Two Virginities, 1926
- *Gould, Wallace
- Aphrodite and Other Poems, 1928
- Goyne, Richard
- Gray, Oscar
- The Bagshot Mystery, 1928
- *Gray, Willis Gale
- Grayson, Charles
- Everything Goes (The Chastity Belt), 1932
- Grayson, Charles
- *Grayson, Charles
- *Greenburger, Sauford J.
- Groc, M. Leon
- Gropper, Milton Herbert
- Grounds for Indecency, 1931
- *Grose, Helena
- *Grose, Helena
- Grose, Helena
- They Meant To Marry, 1934
- Harrington, Joseph
- *Hart, Smith
- *Haskell, Edward
- *Hastings, A.C.G.
- Ann Hathaway
- The Man in the Monkey Suit, 1931
- *Hazlitt, Henry
- *Hearley, John
- The Pope or Mussolini, 1929
Box 7 Her-Ku
- *Hermant, Abel
- Last and First Love (Le Cycle de Lord Chelsea), 1929
- *Herzog, Dorothy
- Intimate Strangers (Once A Month), 1932
- *Herzog, Dorothy
- *Hoffman, Arnold
- Hollatz, C.A. & Keller, H.A.
- Murder on the High Seas, 1933
- *Hollingsworth, Margaret Richardson
- *Hope, Fielding
- Hopkins, Linton
- *Hosie, W.G.
- The Story of Eva Mackay, 1932
- Hotchkiss,, John T.
- James, R. Francis (Rabbit, James F.)
- High, Low, and Wide Open, 1935
- Keller, H.A.
- Keller, H.A.
- Keller, H.A.
- *Kemp, Harry
- The American Treasury: An Anthology of American Poets, 1927
- Kemp, Harry
- Kessel, Joseph
- Princes of the Night, 1925
- *King, Paul Kiralyhegyi
- *Krims, Milton
- Krims, Milton
- The Lone Rider of the Mojave, 1930
- *Krims, Milton
- The Trading Post (Felix Looks for Romance), 1931
- Krutch, Joseph
- From Ibsen To Odets, 1935
- Kummer, Frederic Arnold
Box 8 La-Leq
- Lady X
- Lady X
- The Diary of My Honeymoon, 1910
- *Lambert, Dudley and Rosa
- The Mystery of the Golden Wings, 1936
- Lancing, George
- *Larkin, Robert E.
- Lasky, Jesse Jr.
- No Angels In Heaven (Without Orchids), 1937
- *Lawson, John Howard
- *Lawson, John Howard
- LeVarre, William, 1933
- Fated Woman
- Yankee Girl
- The Bedside Manner
- Leblanc, Maurice
- The Memoirs of Arsene Lupin, 1924
- Lee, Richard Henry
- Nights and Daze in Hollywood, 1934
- Lehman, Paul Evan
- Lehman, Paul Evan
- Lehman, Paul Evan
- Cougar of Canyon Caballo, 1935
- Lehman, Paul Evan
- *Lehman, Paul Evan
- Lehman, Paul Evan
- Valley of Hunted Men, 1937
- *Lehman, Paul Evan
- Wolves of the Chaparrel, 1937
- Lehman, Paul Evan
- Leitfred, Robert H.
- The Corpse That Spoke, 1936
- Leitfred, Robert H.
- Murder is My Racket (Death Cancels the Evidence), 1951
- Leitfred, Robert H.
- The Man Who was Murdered Twice, 1949
(One letter also mentions The Kidnappers by Albert C. Ullman and Skyscraper Murders by Samuel Spewack)
- Lequeux, William
- The Doctor of Pimlico, 1920
- *Lequeux, William
- The Dangerous Games (Hidden Hands), 1925
- *Lequeux, William
Box 9 Ler-Lyon
- Leroux, Gaston
- Man of a Hundred Faces (Mr. Flow), 1929
- Leroux, Gaston
- *Leroux, Gaston
- Wolves of the Sea (The Floating Prison), 1923
- Cheri-bib and Cicely (Masking Men), 1922
- Leroux, Gaston
- Leroux, Gaston
- Octopus of Paris (The Sleuth Hound), 1926
- Leroux, Gaston, 1923
- Cheri Bibi
- Mystery Man
- The Pearl Necklace
- *Leroux, Gaston
- The Son of Three Fathers, 1927
- *Levine, Isaac Don, 1926
- Liebovitz, David
- Chronicle Of An Infamous Woman, 1933
- *Liggett, Walter W.
- *Liggett, Walter W.
- *Linden-Rogers, Ingyard
- The Life Cru (Pregnant), 1932
- Linfield, Mary B.
- Young Woman In Love, 1926
- *Lorac, E.C.R.
- *Lorac, E.C.R.
- *Lorac, E.C.R., 1933
- The Greenwell Mystery
- The Case of Colonel Marchand
- Lorac, E.C.R.
- *Lorac, E.C.R.
- Murder in St. Johns Wood, 1934
- *Lorac, E.C.R.
- The Murder on the Burrows, 1932
- Louys, Pierre
- Woman and the Puppet, 1947
- Lubou, Doroothy & Haynes, Harmony
- The Reckless Hollywood (The Reckless Virgin), 1932
- Lucas, Jay J.
- The Arizonan (Arizona Cowboy), 1939
- Lucas, Jay J.
- Lucas, Jay J.
- Lucas, Jay J.
- The Boss of the Rafter C., 1937
- Lucas, Jay J.
- The Seven Bar Seven Ranch, 1933
- Lucas, Jay J.
- Lucas, Jay J.
- Chief of the Vigilantes, 1933
- Lyon, Mabel Dana
Box 10 Lyons-Mic
- *Lyons, Ruth
- *Lyons, Ruth
- Lyons, Ruth
- McMcleary, Inez Klumph
- *MacConnell, Sarah Warder
- *MacDonald, Edwina Levin
- Blind Windows (Blindness Of Youth), 1927
- *MacDonald, Edwina Lecin
- A Lady Of New Orleans, 1925
(empty)
- MacDonald, Edwina Levin
- McDonell, Gordon
- *MacDonough, Glen & Chapin, Anna Alice
- MacEwen, Walter
- Where There's Life (Hasty Marriage), 1934
- McKinlay, Stone
- *Markey, J.J.
- For Women Only (Potiphar's Daughter), 1931
- *Marquiss, Walter
- Youth In Love (City Girl), 1934
- *Marshall, Bruce
- Children Of This Earth (And There Were Giants), 1925
- Marshall, Bruce
- *Martin, Nell
- Send Me Five'(LOvers Should Marry), 1932
- Mason, Gregory & Carroll, Richard
- May, Robert Harold
- Means, Guston
- The Strange Death of President Harding, 1931
- *Mearson, Lyon
- Footsteps in the Dark, 1926
- Mearson, Lyon
- The Whisper of the Stair, 1923
- *Meier-Graefe
- Menne, Bernhard
- Blood and Steel (Rupp)(The Murder Barons)(The Lords of Essen), 1938
- *Merriam, Charles
- Lash of the Fire Masters, 1936
- Michaels, Karin
- The Dangerous Age, (1912)
Box 11 Mil-Owen
*Millay, Kathleen
- Millay, Kathleen
- When The Bough Breaks, 1932
- Mitchell, Labbeus
- The Parachute Murder, 1945
- Moore, Amos
- Moore, Amos (Bennet-Thompson, Lilian & Hubbard, George)
- *Moroso, John A.
- Moroso, John A.
- Bread Eaten in Secret, 1931
- Moroso, John A.
- The City Of Silent Men, 1921
- *Moroso, John A.
- Poor Passionate Fool, 1932
- *Moroso, John
- Love in Her Heart (Marta Christiansen), 1933
- Moroso, John
- The Stumbling Herd, 1922
(empty)
- Moroso, John
- East Side-West Side, 1922
- Morris, C.D.
- Adventures of Billy & Betty, 1939
- Morton, Michael & Traill, Peter
- Nafziger, Ray(Taylor, Grant)(Denver, Robert)
- Hell-Roarin Texas Trail, 1931
- Naismith, Grace
- Hagar's Child (Pedigreed Children), 1933
- *Narain, Ram
- The Tigress of the Harem, 1929
- Newte, Horace W.C.
- *O'Brien, Brian
- Beating About the Bush, 1937
- *O'Brien, Edward J.
- Dance of the Machine (Machines and Short Stories), 1929
- *O'Hara, R.E.
- Kingdom of Dreams (Small Minds), 1925
- *Olden, Bolder
- Orkow, B. Harrison
- My Mistress, My Wife, 1933
- *Oursler, Fulton
- Overland, Doris
- Tony and the Revolution, 1938
- Owen, Ethel
- Someone Shall Love Me (Foolish Women), 1939
- Owen, Ethel
- Romance in the Rain, 1937
Box 12 Owen-Rollins
- Owen, Haus C.
- *Parijanine, Maurice
- Paris, John
- *Pell, John R.E. & Perry, Clay
- *Perkins, Kenneth
- Rockey, Howard
- Rockey, Howard
- A Word to the Wives (The Other Woman's Way), 1931
- Rockey, Howard
- A Woman Free (Greater Love Hath no Woman), 1932
- Rockey, Howard
- Daughters of Luxury, 1924
- Rockey, Howard
- *Rockey, Howard
- Love, Honor, And Deceive (The Last of Her Race), 1932
- *Rockey, Howard
- *Rockey, Howard, 1932
- Paradox
- The Test
- Limelight
- The Varanoff Tradition</li>
- Rockey, Howard
- This Thing Called Freedom (That Derwynt Girl), 1931
- Rockey, Howard
- *Rogers, F. Theo
- Spain: Civilization of Savagery?, 1937
- *Rollins Jr., William, 1932
- Murder at Cypress Hall
- Chicago Confetti
Box 13 Romier-Von
- Romier, Lucien
- Who Will Be Master- Europe or America? (Qui Sera Le Maitre- Europe ou Amerique), 1928
- Ross, David
- Poet's Gold (Poems to be Read Aloud), 1933
- Rotherwell, Fred
- To Raise These Halt, 1936
- *Rowe, Anne
- The Turn Of A Wheel, 1929
- Roy, Norton
- Roy, Norton
- *Rud, Anthony, 1934
- House of the Damned (The Death Messenger)
- Rose Death Riddle
- The Stuffed Men
- Ryan, Don
- Sakier, Abraham
- Sabastian, Inez
- Sebastian, Inez
- Don't Call It Love (Smother Love), 1929
- Tutwiler, Julia R.
- The Origins Of Religious Chastity, 1911
- *Von Hollander, Walter
- Fever House (Das Fiebernde Haus), 1928
- Boni and Liverights, Inc. (Vender)
Summer Bachelors
- Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company (Chemical Corn Exchange Bank)
Bookkeeping documents
(two (2) envelopes)
- Perkins and Goodwin Company
Contracts for book paper between Perkins and Goodwin Co. and The Macaulay Company
Box 14:File Folders
Folder Numbers 1-11
- Royalties to Authors: (A to F). 68 leaves.
- Royalties to Authors: (G to L). 89 leaves, some provisional with no entries. Docketed: This file contains copies of royalty statements no significant signatures. 2/14/42.
- Royalty Charts: 11 sheets, folder docketed of little interest
- Royalty Statements and Plates Scrapped: 91 leaves (plus attached check stubs)
- Lists: Macaulay titles, Macaulay authors, Macaulay mysteries and westerns; Furman imprint titles; non-fiction, fiction, juvenile and Gold Label titles and dates of publication; lists of titles sold
- Macaulay Tax reports: 20 leaves; some documents for the years 1956-1962
- Old [Post-WWII] Correspondence: 178 pieces, including retained carbons
- Correspondence To Be Checked Unfinished: 53 leaves
- Macaulay Paid Bills: 205 pieces (including all checks), 1953-1954
- Keepers: Two letters
- (Untitled folder): “a/c payable” A-T, one “Option Agreement”, 24 leaves