Overview of the Collection |
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Creator: | Ackerman, Forrest J. |
Title: | Forrest J Ackerman Papers |
Inclusive Dates: | 1924-1977 |
Quantity: | 96 linear ft. |
Abstract: | THIS COLLECTION IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR PROCESSING. Papers of the American science fiction author, editor, agent, collector and fan. Correspondence, 1930-1967, includes fan mail; communications with other writers including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Andre Norton, and others; correspondence with book and film companies. Files, 1951-1967, contain personal financial records and material on various organizational affiliations. Manuscript material, 1962-1969, includes that of Ackerman and others for whom he acted as agent. Published material, 1933-1967, relates to science fiction and includes catalogs, work lists, booklets, clippings, and references. |
Language: | Mostly English, some German, Spanish and French. |
Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
THIS COLLECTION IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR PROCESSING.
Forrest J Ackerman (no period after the middle initial) was born November 24, 1916 in Los Angeles, California. He saw his first fantasy film at age five and from that moment on his life and work was built around science fiction as fan, author, agent, publisher, editor and collector.
In 1923, at the age of seven, he was a charter member of the Science Fiction League and in 1930 he created The Boys' Scientifiction Club. In 1939 he attended the First World Science Fiction Convention, where he wore the first "futuristicostume" and sparked a tradition of fan costuming that continues to this day at science fiction conventions around the world; he has missed only two WorldCons in the ensuing 70 years. In 1946 he founded the Fantasy Foundation and helpd found the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society and the National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F). In 1953 he received a unique Hugo Award for "#1 Fan Personality."
His writing began almost as early as his fan activities -- in 1929, when he won a contest at the San Francisco Chronicle with his original story of a trip to Mars. Since then, fifty of his stories have been published, including collaborations with A. E. van Vogt, Francis Flagg, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Donald Wolheim and Catherine Moore, and his stories have been translated into six languages. He named and wrote the origin story for the title character of the Vampirella comic book series. In addition, he has ten non-fiction books (most on science fiction movies) and thirteen anthologies to his credit. His known pseudonyms include SF Balboa, Nick Beal, Walter Chinwell, J. Forrester Eckman, Jacques De Forest Erman, Laurajean Ermayne, Jone Lee Heard, Alus Kerlay, Alden Lorraine, Jack Parish, Spencer Strong, Fisher Trentworth, Allis Villette, Hubert George Wills, Weaver Wright, and Dr. Acula.
In addition to his own writing, Ackerman inspired or assisted many other future luminaries of the genre, including Ray Bradbury (whose first story was published by Ackerman), Ray Harryhausen, Charles Beaumont, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Stephen King (whose first story submission was to Ackerman's Spacemen magazine) and L. Ron Hubbard. He has represented some 200 science fiction and fantasy authors, including Hugo Gernsback, Andre Norton, A.E. van Vogt, and Jack Williamson, and was Ed Wood's "illiterary" agent. Ackerman is also credited with having coined the term "sci-fi" in 1954.
Ackerman edited, published, or otherwise assisted a number of science fiction magazines over the years, creating and inspiring a legion of fans. At the tender age of sixteen he became associate editor of Time Traveller magazine, the first-ever fanzine, and the next year became film editor of Science Fiction Digest. In 1939 he started his own magazine, Voice of Imagination, and later edited Famous Monsters of Filmland, Monster World, and Spacemen. He provided publishing assistance to The Daughters of Bilitis in the group's early days (that, and his several lesbian novels written under the name "Laurajean Ermayne," earned him the title of "honorary lesbian").
His love of the genre is not limited by national borders, as evidenced by his active contributions to film magazines from around the world, including the Argentinian La Cosa - Cine Fantástico, where he had a monthly column for over four years. In 1960, he introduced American readers to the longest science fiction series in history when he organized Ace Books' publication of an English translation of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan (much of the translation was done by his German wife, Wendayne).
Over the years Ackerman amassed a comprehensive collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror film material amounting to some 300,000 items: books (including 500 editions of Frankenstein and Dracula), magazines, videos, photographs, clippings, manuscripts, autographs, toys, and movie memorabilia (among which is the head of The Creature from the Black Lagoon and a Martian death-ray machine from War of the Worlds). Until 2002 the collection resided in the 18-room "Ackermansion" in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles; he later donated a number of items to the Seattle Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, of which he is a board member. Among his friends are icons of the genre including Fritz Lang, Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, and Boris Karloff, and he has made cameo appearances in more than fifty films.
His efforts across a broad spectrum of the arts not only encouraged the organization and spread of science fiction and its fans, but also did much to foster the acceptance of science fiction as a respectable literary, art and film genre. He has truly earned the sobriquet "Mr. Science Fiction."
"I regard myself as a sci-fi sponge
that should be squeezed
for information and anecdotes
as long as I'm here.
So
while I'm still around,
squeeze me."
— Forrest J. Ackerman.
THIS COLLECTION IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR PROCESSING.
The Forrest J Ackerman Papers consists of correspondence, subject files, manuscripts and science fiction material.
Correspondence (18 boxes, 1930-1967) includes incoming correspondence of Forrest J Ackerman, including fan mail and greeting cards, and outgoing correspondence. There is also some correspondence of others. Notable names found in correspondence include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Hubbard College of Scientology, Christopher Lee, Andre Norton, Samuel A. Peeples, Robert Silverberg, A.E. Van Vogt, (Manly) Wade Wellman, and Jack Williamson. There is also a large amount of fan mail.
Subject files (2 boxes, 1951-1967) include advertisements, bank and tax forms, correspondence with organizations, clippings, notes, and published material including a book of Ronald Cobb's drawings autographed by the artist and a section on organizations to which Forrest J Ackerman belonged.
Manuscripts (1 box, 1962-1967) contains incomplete drafts of various issues of Famous Monsters and Monster World, manuscripts of several stories and a set of musical lyrics arranged alphabetically by title and subject. This series also includes manuscripts of others arranged alphabetically by author; authors include Isaac Asimov and Harry Harrison.
Science fiction (8 boxes, 1933-1967) is divided into three parts: Related material, Literary material, and Published material. Related material contains correspondence, catalogs, lists and published material relating to Forrest J Ackerman's work as an editor, agent and writer and includes a section of science fiction organizations to which Ackerman belonged. Literary material includes published works of Forrest J Ackerman arranged alphabetically by title of publication. Published material includes booklets, clippings and magazines concerning science fiction, arranged alphabetically by type and then by title; this section includes some foreign-language material.
The collection also includes two later accessions which have not been integrated into the main collection. 1978 additions (64 linear ft) contains a wide range of material, including art, clippings, memorabilia, correspondence, photographs and writings. 1991 additions (0.25 linear ft.) contains writings, published magazines, clippings, and a videotape. See the inventory below for full details.
Note that the two later additions, and each series in the main collection, restart their numbering with "Box 1." When requesting material, please be sure to include the series or accession date and box number to ensure retrieval of the correct items.
Correspondence is subdivided into incoming and outgoing; incoming general correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the sender and all other correspondence is arranged chronologically. Subject files are arranged alphabetically by topic, while manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by title. Science fiction material is arranged alphabetically by type.
Note that each series is numbered separately beginning with "Box 1." Please specify both series and box number when requesting boxes to ensure that the correct items are retrieved.
THIS COLLECTION IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR PROCESSING.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Special Collections Research Center has substantial science fiction related holdings both in its manuscripts collections and in Rare Books. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a listing of related manuscript collections and search the Classic Catalog for a complete list of books.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Forrest J Ackerman Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Gift of Forrest J Ackerman and Forest J Ackerman Estate, 1967-2010.
Created by: -
Date: Dec 1967
Revision history: 21 Jul 2010 - converted to EAD (MRC);
16 Jul 2012 - LCNAF updates (MRC)
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RESTRICTED: THIS COLLECTION IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR PROCESSING. |
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Incoming - general | |||||||||||
Box 1 | A - H 1947-1967, undated (9 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | I - S 1935, 1949, 1954-1967, undated (13 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | T - Z 1930, 1938, 1953-1967, undated (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Ace Books, Inc. 1957-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Ackerman, Carroll 1956, 1960-1961, 1963-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Albright, Donn 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Asimov, Isaac and Robyn 1956, 1957, 1961, 1965-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Beaumont, Charles 1954, 1956, 1963 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Beckman, Peter 1964-1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Belmont Productions, Inc. 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Bennet, Vern 1966-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Bogaslawski, Peter 1963, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Bradbury, Ray 1951, 1961, 1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Brunas, John and Michael 1964-1966 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Burdick, Lorraine 1963-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Carnell, E. J. 1957, 1963-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Coburn, William 1963-1966 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Collier, Chris 1962-1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Coune, Georges 1965-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Cozzi, Luigi 1965-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Danials, Gray 1965-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1963-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. 1963-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Edwards, Gary 1963, 1964, 1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Ernsting, Walter 1957-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Estes, Oscar 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | F and S. F. Book Co. 1961-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Gallet, Georges 1961-1965 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Gardiner, John 1956-1957 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Germehausen, Anna, Louise and Al 1957, 1963-1964, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Gold, Horace 1965, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Grabner, Boris 1961-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Greenberg, Robert 1962-1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | de Groote, Alexander 1963, 1965 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | van Hageland, Albert 1961-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Haussler, Herbert 1957, 1961-1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Hubbard College of Scientology 1966-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Jarman, Peter J. 1964-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Keising, Irving 1965-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Kolchak, Harriet 1962-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Lee, Christopher undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Levitt, Dan 1964-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | MacFadden-Bartell Corporation 1963, 1966-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Mass, Joseph 1962-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 1965-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Michel, Jean-Claude 1961-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Minter, Richard 1963-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Mula, Tom 1966 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Naughton, Peter 1962-1965 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Neutzel, Charles 1965, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Norton, Andre 1961, 1965-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Obbagy, William 1962, 1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Osborne, Charles 1963, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Paperback Library, Inc. 1963-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Partridge, Norman 1963-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Peeples, Samuel A. 1963, 1965-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Pfeffer, Max 1949, 1953-1954 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Pickering, Stephan 1964-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | de la Ree, Gerald, 1957, 1961-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Reed, Dr. Donald A. (President of the "The Count Dracula Society") 1964-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Romer, Jean-Claude 1963-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Rubin, Samuel "8 MM Collector" 1966, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Scognamillo, Giovanni 1960, 1965 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Silverberg, Robert 1961, 1966-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Tabb, Lamar 1964-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Temple, William 1959-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Trimble, John 1961, 1964, 1967 undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Unbehaun, Klaus 1961, 1963-1966 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vertlieb, Steve and Erwin 1965-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Van Vogt, A. E. 1963-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Warren, James 1957-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Warren, William and Beverly 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Wellman, Wade 1966-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Williamson, Jack 1959-1965 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Willits, Malcolm Collectors Bookstore 1961, 1964-1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Wollheim, Don Ace Books, Inc. 1958-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Unidentified 1942, 1954-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Unidentified 1957, 1963-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Incoming - fan mail | |||||||||||
Box 6 | 1948, 1954-1955, 1958-1962 (Mar) (9 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 7 | 1962, Apr-Dec (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 8 | 1963, Jan-Jul (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 9 | 1963, Jul-Dec (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 10 | 1964 (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 10 | 1965, Jan | ||||||||||
Box 11 | 1965, Feb-Oct (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 12 | 1965, Nov-Dec | ||||||||||
Box 12 | 1966 (6 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 13 | 1967, Jan-Oct (3 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 13 | Drawings 1960-1967, undated (4 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 14 | Undated | ||||||||||
Box 15 | Undated | ||||||||||
Incoming - greeting cards | |||||||||||
Box 16 | Undated | ||||||||||
Box 16 | Birthday 1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 16, 17 | Christmas 1958, 1966, undated (6 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 17 | Get well undated | ||||||||||
Box 17 | Telegrams, congratulatory undated | ||||||||||
Outgoing | |||||||||||
Box 17 | 1938 | ||||||||||
Box 17 | 1949 | ||||||||||
Box 17 | 1951-1963 (7 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 18 | 1964-1967 (7 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 18 | Undated | ||||||||||
Box 18 | Postcards undated | ||||||||||
Box 18 | Of others, A-Z 1955-1967, undated |
Subject files | |||||||||||
Advertisements | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous 1962, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Magazines 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Organizations 1958, 1962-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Agents report forms 1957 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Announcements 1955-1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Bank and tax forms 1960-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Bills and receipts 1962-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Clippings 1956, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Colorado State University Library 1966 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Employment resumes 1962, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Evans, Everett undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Insurance 1955, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Invitations 1964-1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Notes 1965-1967, undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 1 | N. Y. Film Festival 1967 | ||||||||||
Organizations | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Air-A-Tans 1961, 1962, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Book Clubs 1964, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | California Council on Religion and the Homophile 1966 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | The Calvin Coolidge Society 1966 | ||||||||||
Esperanto | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Newsletters and correspondence 1955, 1960-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Publications 1961-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | International Society for General Semantics 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Neo-Fund Committee 1963-1965 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Severance Club 1965-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Programs 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Publications 1958, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Receipts 1957, 1961-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Ron Cobb drawings, autographed 1967 (25 drawings) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Trips 1951, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1967, undated |
Manuscripts | |||||||||||
Famous Monsters | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Nos. 18, 20, 26, 27 (incomplete) undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Nos. 30, 32, 33, 34 (incomplete) undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Nos. 40-43, 44 (incomplete) 1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | No. 46 (incomplete) undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | No. 47 (incomplete) undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | No. 48 (incomplete) undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Unidentified undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | "Frankenstein's Bebe?" undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | "Frankenstein from Space" undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | "The Monster Man, Sire of Slan" undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Monster World Nos. 2, 3, 5, 9, 11 (incomplete) undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Musical Lyrics Nov-Dec 1964, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Spaceland (incomplete) undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | "When Frighthood Was in Flower" 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Fragments 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Of others | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Asimov, Isaac undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Harrison, Harry 1963 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Obbagy, Bill 1962, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Poetry 1965, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Translations - Ackerman, Wendayne undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Various undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Warren, Bill 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Fragments undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Unidentified undated |
Science fiction | |||||||||||
Related material | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Ackerman Agency 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Advertisements 1956-1958, 1963-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Agreement forms 1962, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Awards - Japan Science Fiction Fandom Award (Xerox copy) 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Big Heart Awards 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Book announcements 1960, 1965, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Business cards undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Copied story undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Decimal classification of fantasy | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Russell, Samuel undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Erb-Dom 1955 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Famous Monsters excerpts undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Filing cards undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Letterheads, forms and calling cards 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Lists | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Addresses 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Advertisers undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Agenda of screenplays, Edwards, G. John undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Articles in various magazines 1945-1954 | ||||||||||
Books | |||||||||||
Box 1 | 1964-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | F & S Book Store 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Fantast (Medway) Ltd. 1959, 1965-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | G. Ken Chapman Ltd. undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Reston, Ronald undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Transgalaxis 1958 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Comic books 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Clients undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Films undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Foreign 1966-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | International Fantasy Award entries 1954 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Items of house for sale 1961, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Magazines undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Movie Star News 1964, 1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | New York Post reprints 1955-1957 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | People 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Posters and auction material undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Problems film classification 1963-1965 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Stills and photos 1963, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Wanted by Ackerman, Forrest J 1960, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Various 1960-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Unidentified 1967, undated: | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Magazine covers 1954, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Memos 1964, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Notes | |||||||||||
Box 3 | 1962, 1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | on Karloff Interview 1967 | ||||||||||
Organizations | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Award Film Club 1966 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | The British Peter Cushing Fan Club 1963 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | The Count Dracula Society 1963-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Fandom undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | International Movie Collectors Club 1962 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Los Angeles County-Hollywood Museum 1963 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society 1952, 1957, 1966-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | National Fantasy Fan Federation 1963, 1965 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Science-Fantasy Writers of America 1952 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Science Fiction Writers of America 1964-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund 1962-1965, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | World Science Fiction Society 1958-1959, 1964-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Photos undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Photos, autographed undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Publicity 1952, 1961, 1965-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Receipts | |||||||||||
Box 3 | 1964-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | G. Ken Chapman Ltd. 1959-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | H. M. Johnson 1956-1966 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Rejection slips undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Royalty Statements 1956-1957, 1962-1966, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Scripts 1965, undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Story synopsis undated | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Tax forms 1951, 1957, 1959, 1967 | ||||||||||
Literary material | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Adventures in Tomorrow (pub. by Greenberg), "The Mute Question" 1951 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | The Arkham Sampler, "A Basic Science Library, A Symposium" by Ackerman, Forrest J, and others; "Dr. Keller Again" Winter, 1949 | ||||||||||
Los Cuentos Fantasticos | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 2 #22 "La Pregunta Silente" undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 3 #6 "No Hay Tiempo Como El Futuro" undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 3 #25 "Nada Nuero Bajo El Sol" undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 3 #33 "El Monumento Atomico" undated | ||||||||||
Famous Monsters of Filmland (excerpts) | |||||||||||
Box 4 | "The Frankenstein Story" undated | ||||||||||
Box 4 | "Public Vampire No. 1" undated | ||||||||||
Fantasy Book | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 1 #1 "Strange Alliance" 1947 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 1 #4 "Dwellers in the Dust" Dec, 1948 (3 copies) | ||||||||||
Fantasy Magazine | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 2 #6 "Scientifilm Theme Songs" Feb, 1934 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 3 #1 "Scientificinematorially Speaking" Mar, 1934 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 3 #4 "Scientifilm Snapshots" Jun, 1934 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 3 #5 "Scientificinematorially Speaking" Jul, 1934 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 4 #1 "Scientificinematorially Speaking" Sep, 1934 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 4 #2 -"Science Fiction Serial" Oct-Nov, 1934 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | "Scientifilm Snapshots" | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 4 #4 "Scientificinematorially Speaking" Feb-Mar, 1935 | ||||||||||
Box 4 | "Universal languages" | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Vol. 5 #1 "Scientifilm Snapshots" Jun, 1935 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 5 #3 "Scientificinematorially Speaking" Aug, 1935 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 5 #4 "Scientificinematorially Speaking" Sep, 1935 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 6 #1 "Scientifilm Snapshots" Jan, 1936 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 6 #2 "Scientifilm Snapshots" Mar, 1936 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 6 #3 "Scientifilms" Jun, 1936 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | #38 "Scientificinematorially Speaking" Sep, 1936 | ||||||||||
Glom #6 published by Ackerman, Forrest J Jan, 1947 | |||||||||||
Box 5 | "Procificon Report" | ||||||||||
Box 5 | "Scientifilmaticorrespondence" | ||||||||||
If | |||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 6 #2 "The Odd Genre" Feb, 1956 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 6 #3 "The Odd Genre" Apr, 1956 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Imaginative Tales (fragment), "Scientifilm Marquee" undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Marvel Science Stories Vol. 3 #1, "Behind the Ate Ball"; "Race to the Moon"; "Why We Might Have Another World War" Nov, 1950 | ||||||||||
Nebula Science Fiction | |||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 1 #3 "Scientifilm Previews" Summer, 1953 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 1 #4 "Scientifilm Previews" Autumn, 1953 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 2 #1 "Sabina" undated | ||||||||||
Box 5 | "Scientifilm Previews | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Vol. 2 #3 "Scientifilm Previews" Feb, 1954 | ||||||||||
Box 5 | The New York Post, "Science Fiction" Apr 3, 1955 | ||||||||||
Other Worlds Science Stories | |||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #2 "The Mute Question" Sep, 1950 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #3 "Earth Can Be Fair" (conclusion) Oct, 1950 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #21 "Scientifilm Searchlight" Mar, 1957 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Planet Stories Vol. 4 #9 "Mars Is Hell" Nov, 1950 | ||||||||||
Science Fiction Digest | |||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #1 "Philip Wylie" Sep, 1933 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #2 "Scientificinematorially Speaking" Oct, 1933 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #4 "He Wrote 'Souls Aspace'"; "Science Fiction Fun"; "Scientificinematorially Speaking"; "Six Startling Scientifilms" Dec, 1933 | ||||||||||
Spaceway | |||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 1 #2 "Scientifilm Parade" Feb, 1954 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 1 #3 "Scientifilm Parade" Apr, 1954 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #1 "Scientifilm Parade" Jun, 1950 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #2 "Scientifilm Parade" Dec, 1954 | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Vol. 2 #3 "Scientifilm Parade" Feb, 1955 | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Super-Science Stories , "Dhactwho-Remember?" by Ackerman, Forrest J. and Morley, Wilifred Owen; both British and American editions (2 books) | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Thrilling Wonder Stories Vol. 14 #2 "Looking Forward" Oct, 1939 | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Utopian Vol. 1 #6 (no. 199 limited to 300 copies) "Pre-Hysteric" Jun, 1952 | ||||||||||
Box 7 | V59, "Ces Amours de Monstres"; "L'Auteur, Tel Qu'il se Voit"; "Tina Petit" undated | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Weird Tales Vol. 34 #6 "Nymph of Darkness" by Ackerman, Forrest J and Moore, C. L. Dec, 1939 | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Wonder Stories Vol. 7 #8 "Earth's Lucky Day" by Ackerman, Forrest J and Flagg, F.; "The Reader Speaks"; "Science Fiction League" Apr, 1936 | ||||||||||
Published material | |||||||||||
Booklets | |||||||||||
Box 7 | Tricks beleben den Film by Unbehaun, Klaus autographed undated | ||||||||||
Clippings | |||||||||||
Box 7 | 1956-1967, undated | ||||||||||
Box 7 | "The Challenge from Beyond" undated | ||||||||||
Magazines | |||||||||||
Los Cuentos Fantasticos | |||||||||||
Box 8 | Tomo II Jul 15, 1948 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Tomo III Jul 31, 1948 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Tomo IV Aug 15-31, 1948 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | #5 Sep 1-15, 1948 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | #6 Sep 16-30, 1948 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | #7 Oct 1-15, 1948 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | #8 Oct 16-31, 1948 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Vol. 1 #9, #13 undated | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Vol. 2 #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #23, #24 undated | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Vol. 3 #27 , #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #34, #35 undated | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Vol. 4 #37, #39, #40, #41, #42, #43, #44 undated | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Haunted Vol. #1 Mar, 1963 | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Vectors Vol. 4 #4 4th Quarter, 1962 |
1978 additions | |||||||||||
Art | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Commercial | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Etchings (10 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Paintings (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Photographs | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Photographs (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Clippings | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Miscellaneous (12 folders) | ||||||||||
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Business (4 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Business (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Business (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Business (24 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Business (25 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Business (25 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Cards | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Cards | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Cards | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Fan mail (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 12 | Fan mail (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 13 | Fan mail (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 14 | Fan mail (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 15 | Fan mail (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 16 | Fan mail (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 17 | Fan mail (28 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 18 | Fan mail, postcards, telegrams | ||||||||||
Box 19 | General (22 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 20 | General (23 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 21 | General (23 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 22 | General (24 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 23 | General (23 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Publicity (18 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 25 | Publicity (20 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 26 | Publicity (20 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 27 | Publicity (20 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 28 | Publicity (20 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 29 | Publicity (20 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 30 | Publicity (10 folders) | ||||||||||
Film art | |||||||||||
Oversize 1 | [miscellaneous] | ||||||||||
Fragments | |||||||||||
Box 30 | [miscellaneous] (10 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 31 | [miscellaneous] (21 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 32 | [miscellaneous] (20 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 33 | [miscellaneous] (20 folders) | ||||||||||
General | |||||||||||
Box 34 | Miscellany (18 folders) | ||||||||||
Memorabilia | |||||||||||
Box 35 | [miscellaneous] (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Memoranda | |||||||||||
Box 36 | [miscellaneous] (14 folders) | ||||||||||
Publications | |||||||||||
Box 36 | Miscellaneous (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Miscellaneous (16 folders) | ||||||||||
Photographs | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Personal | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Nude portraits | ||||||||||
Records | |||||||||||
Box 38 | Financial (20 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 39 | Financial (12 folders) | ||||||||||
Personal | |||||||||||
Box 39 | Address books (5 volumes) | ||||||||||
Box 40 | Business cards | ||||||||||
Box 41 | Letterhead | ||||||||||
Box 41 | Note cards (7 folders) | ||||||||||
Social events | |||||||||||
Box 41 | [miscellaneous] (11 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 42 | [miscellaneous] (17 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 42 | Pamphlets (10 items) | ||||||||||
Box 43 | Pamphlets (62 items) | ||||||||||
Unsolicited mail | |||||||||||
Box 44-58 | [miscellaneous] | ||||||||||
Writings | |||||||||||
Typescripts, by Ackerman | |||||||||||
Box 59 | Creepy, Eerie, Spacemen and Vampirella | ||||||||||
Box 59 | Famous Monsters of Filmland (7 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 59 | Imagination | ||||||||||
Box 59 | Miscellaneous (7 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 60 | Miscellaneous (3 folders) | ||||||||||
Published, by Ackerman | |||||||||||
Box 60 | Assorted works | ||||||||||
Box 60 | Famous Monsters of Filmland (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Typescripts, miscellaneous | |||||||||||
Box 61 | Books, assorted (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 62 | Books, assorted (6 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 61 | Perry Rhodan, complete (10 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 62 | Perry Rhodan, complete (16 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 63 | Perry Rhodan, complete (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 63 | Perry Rhodan, fragments (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 63 | Speeches and commentaries | ||||||||||
Box 63 | Short stories and poems (9 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 64 | Short stories and poems - fragments (3 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 64 | Galley proofs, The Beast, by A. E. Van Vogt | ||||||||||
Box 64 | Published works, miscellaneous |
1991 additions | |||||||||||
Essays | |||||||||||
Box 1 | "A Brush with Genius," Omni | ||||||||||
Periodicals | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Filmfax Feb-Sep 1991 (4 issues) | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Monsterama May 1991 | ||||||||||
Memorabilia | |||||||||||
Box 1 | [miscellaneous] | ||||||||||
Clippings | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Articles about | ||||||||||
Videotape | |||||||||||
Box 1 | [unidentified] 1990 |