Manuscripts

Correspondence

Description: The correspondence in the collection includes both professional and personal letters written to editors, agents, work colleagues, friends, and fans. There is also one letter written to Margaret Millar in 1945 while Kenneth Millar was serving at sea during the Second World War. The letters include both originals and drafts, either autograph or author's retained typewritten copies; all the letters are written by Kenneth Millar, unless otherwise noted. Of the letters that are signed, the majority are signed Ken or Kenneth Millar.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1945-1980
Call number: mssMillark
Creator: Nathanson, Philip D(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Philip D. Nathanson, May 2022.
Associated people: Freeman, Don, (1908-1978.); Freeman, Lydia. (1919-1993.); Heyes, Douglas, (1942-); Hill, Walter, (1922-1980.); Jaffe, Marc. (1915-1983.); Kirsch, Robert R., (1915-1994.); Macdonald, Ross, (1910-1997.); Millar, Margaret, (1923-2014.); Olding, Dorothy, (1916-1996.); Semple, Lorenzo,; Smith, Jack,; Swanson, H. N.; Wynn, Tracy Keenan.
Associated organizations: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; Harold Ober Associates.
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The manuscripts include drafts of novels, notebooks, book reviews, screenplays, articles, and essays; many of the manuscripts are autograph or typewritten, carbon copies with autograph corrections and additions. The manuscripts are written by Kenneth Millar unless otherwise noted; a majority are signed either Kenneth Millar or Ross Macdonald.
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Letters to Don Freeman and Lydia Freeman
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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Two autograph letters.
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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Two autograph letters.
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Letters to Don Freeman
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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Two autograph letters.
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