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Title: Leonard Wibberley papers Collection number: 0172 Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 17.33 Linear feet15 boxes, 1 map case file Date (inclusive): 1953-1983 Abstract: This collection contains the papers of the author Leonard Wibberley (1915-1983). Wibberley wrote over 100 books over the course of his career. His papers include manuscripts, galleys, and typescripts for books written by him. creator: Holton, Leonard, 1915-1983 creator: O'Connor, Patrick, 1915-1983 creator: Webb, Christopher, 1915-1983 creator: Wibberley, Leonard, 1915-1983 Acquisition The Leonard Wibberley papers were donated to USC by Leonard Wibberley in the late 1960s, by his heirs in 2002 and by the archives of Shell Aircraft International in 2004. Preferred Citation [Box/folder# or item name], Leonard Wibberley papers, Collection no. 0172, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California. This collection contains typescripts, manuscripts, and galleys for various works written by Leonard Wibberley. It also includes the texts of some of his lectures and articles and some of his business correspondence. Please see the Scope and Content notes of individual series for more information. Biographical Note Leonard Wibberley was born April 9, 1915, in Dublin, Ireland. He attended schools in Ireland and England and was an apprentice to a London publisher. At sixteen, he became a copy boy at the Sunday Dispatch; during the Depression, he worked as street fiddler, ditch digger, dishwasher, and cook. From 1932-1936, he was a reporter for the London Daily Mirror and assistant London editor for the Malayan Straits Times and the Singapore Free Press; he then became editor of the Trinidad Evening News in the West Indies. Wibberley worked for the Shell Oil Company in Trinidad from 1939-1941. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1943 to work for Walsh Kaiser Shipyards while also serving as cable editor for the Associated Press. He was the American correspondent for the London Evening News and a staff writer for The Los Angeles Times from 1950 until his death of a heart attack on November 22, 1983, in Santa Monica, California. Wibberley wrote more than one hundred books, including stories for children, historical novels, satires, plays, and mysteries. Many of these were written under the pseudonyms Leonard Holton, Christopher Webb, and Patrick O'Connor. Wibberley is best known for his five political satires The Mouse That Roared, Beware of the Mouse, The Mouse on the Moon, The Mouse on Wall Street, and The Mouse that Saved the West; the first two were made into successful motion pictures. Conditions Governing Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access. Conditions Governing Use The collection contains published materials; researchers are reminded of the copyright restrictions imposed by publishers on reusing their articles and parts of books. It is the responsibility of researchers to acquire permission from publishers when reusing such materials. The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Subjects and Indexing Terms Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Fiction Wibberley, Leonard, 1915-1983 -- Archives Authors, Irish--California--Los Angeles--20th century--archival resources Children's literature--archival resources Correspondence Historical fiction--archival resources Manuscripts 0172 2
Page proofs Screenwriters--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources Scripts Travel writing--archival resources Typescripts Correspondence Series contains Wibberley's correspondence with his agents and publishers for the years 1956-1962. Series is arranged in chronological order. Box 1, Folder 1 Bills Paid 1967 Box 1, Folder 2 Correspondence Box 1, Folder 3 Correspondence with Agent/Publisher 1953 Box 1, Folder 4-5 Correspondence with Agents 1956-1960 Box 1, Folder 6-7 Correspondence with Publishers 1956-1960 Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence 1959 Box 1, Folder 9 Correspondence with Publishers 1960-1962 Box 1, Folder 10 Correspondence with Agents 1961-1962 Box 1, Folder 11 KCRW Stuff Box 1-4, 14 Adult Fiction Series contains working manuscripts and final typescripts of Wibberley's works of fiction written for adults, including the original manuscript of The Mouse that Roared. Other titles present in this series include The Centurion, The Hands of Cormac Joyce, Adventures of an Elephant Boy, and The Road from Toomi. Box 1, Folder 12 Box 1, Folder 13 Box 1, Folder 14 Box 1, Folder 15-16 Box 1, Folder 17-18 Box 1, Folder 19-20 Box 1, Folder 21 Box 1, Folder 22-23 Box 1, Folder 24 Box 1, Folder 25 Box 1, Folder 26 Box 1, Folder 27 Box 2, Folder 1 Box 2, Folder 2 Box 2, Folder 3 Box 2, Folder 4-5 Box 2, Folder 6 Box 2, Folder 7-8 Adventures of an Elephant Boy - Working Manuscript Adventures of an Elephant Boy - Final Typescript The Better Mousetrap Beware of the Mouse - Typescript The Centurion - Typescript The Centurion - Carbon Copy The Centurion - First Attempt The Centurion - Working Manuscript Corner of Paradise The Dark Night of Father Felix The Dark Night of Father Felix (rough draft) The Dark Night of Father Felix (complete) The Devil to Play Envoy Extraordinary - Carbon Copy Envoy Extraordinary - Same Characters as Mrs. Searwoods Secret Weapon Envoy Extraordinary - Incomplete A Feast of Freedom - Original Manuscript Flint's Island - Typescript 0172 3
Adult Fiction Box 2, Folder 9 Flint's Island - Manuscript and Layouts Box 2, Folder 10 Flowers by Request Box 2, The Gates of Hell Folder 11-12 Box 2, Folder 13 The Hands of Cormac Joyce - Final Typescript Box 2, Folder 14 The Hands of Cormac Joyce - Working Manuscript Box 2, Folder 15 Homeward to Ithaca Box 2, Folder 16 The Island of the Angels -Typescript Box 2, Folder 17 The Island of the Angels - Working Manuscript Box 2, Folder 18 Last Stand of Father Felix Box 2, Folder 19 1776-1976 The Meeting Box 2, Folder 20 Meeting with a Great Beast - Final Typescript Box 2, Folder 21 Meeting with a Great Beast - Typescript with Suggestions Box 2, Folder 22 The Mirror of Hell Box 2, Folder 23 The Mouse on the Moon - False Start Box 2, Folder 24 Mouse on Wall Street (complete) P.1-111 Box 2, Folder 25 Mouse on Wall Street (complete) P.112-217 Box 2, Folder 26 Mouse on Wall Street: Dead Matter - Manuscript Box 2, Folder 27 The Mouse That Roared - Rough Draft (p.1-96) Box 2, Folder 28 The Mouse That Roared - Rough Draft (p.97 - end) Box 3, Folder 1-2 The Mouse That Saved The West Box 3, Folder 3-7 The Nightmare - Manuscript Box 3, Folder 8 The Nightmare - Manuscript and Correspondence Box 3, Folder 9-10 One in Four - Working Manuscript Box 3, Folder 11 One in Four - Outline for Novel Box 3, Folder 12 One in Four - S.C.O.P. p.1-198 Box 3, Folder 13 One in Four - S.C.O.P. p.199-346 Box 3, Out of the Depths - Carbon Copy Folder 14-15 Box 3, Out of the Depths - Working Manuscript Folder 16-17 Box 3, A Pact with Satan - Working Manuscript Folder 18-19 Box 3, Folder 20 A Problem in Angels - Working Manuscript Box 3, Folder 21 The Road from Toomi - Typescript Titled Dimension Beyond Africa Box 3, The Road from Toomi - Final Typescript Folder 22-23 Box 3, Folder 24 The Road from Toomi - Working Manuscript Box 3, Folder 25 The Saint Maker Box 4, Folder 1-2 The Saint Maker - Typescript Box 4, Folder 3-5 Sea Captain from Salem - Manuscript Box 4, Folder 6 The Sea Witch - Signed by Robert Nathan Box 4, Folder 7 Secret of the Doubting Saint (Incomplete) Box 4, Folder 8-11 Seven Hills (a.k.a. Testament of Theophilus) Box 4, Folder 12 Stranger at Killnock - Missing a Few Pages Box 4, Folder 13 A Touch of Jonah - Miscellaneous Typescript Pages Box 4, A Touch of Jonah - Working Manuscript Folder 14-15 Box 4, Unidentified Manuscript about Grand Fenwick Folder 16-17 Box 4, Untitled Novel - Typescript Folder 18-19 Box 4, Untitled Novel - Typescript Folder 20-21 Box 4, Miscellaneous Typescript Pages Folder 22-24 Box 4, Folder 25 Miscellaneous Partial Manuscripts 0172 4
Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Fiction Series contains working manuscripts and final typescripts of Wibberley's works of fiction written for children and young adults, including his four-book fictionalization of the life of Thomas Jefferson and his John Treegate series. Other titles present in this series include The Quest of Excalibur, Attar of the Ice Valley, Encounter Near Venus, and The Crime of Martin Coverly. Box 4, Folder 26 The Adventures of an Elephant Boy (p. 1-96) Box 4, Folder 27 The Adventures of an Elephant Boy (p. 97 - end) Box 4, Folder 28 The Ann and Hope Mutiny Box 4, Folder 29 The Ann and Hope Mutiny (p. 1-114) Box 4, Folder 30 The Ann and Hope Mutiny (p. 115 - end) Box 4, Folder 31 Attar of the Sci-Valley Box 5, Folder 1 Attar of the Ice Valley - Final Typescript Box 5, Folder 2 The Ballad of Mocha Mick - Manuscript Box 5, Folder 3-4 Bases Loaded by Patrick O'Connor - Manuscript Box 5, Folder 5 Beyond Hawaii - Typescript Corrected by Author Box 5, Folder 6 Black Tiger at Bonneville Black Tiger at Bonneville Box 5, Folder 7 Black Tiger of Indianapolis by Patrick O'Connor Box 5, Folder 8 Black Tiger of Indianapolis by Patrick O'Connor - Complete Box 5, Folder 9 A Car Called Camellia by Patrick O'Connor Box 5, Folder 10 Typescript Pages from A Car Called Camellia and Spare Cabin Box 5, A Car Called Camellia by Patrick O'Connor - Working Manuscript Folder 11-12 Box 5, Folder 13 The Centurion (p. 4-13) Box 5, Folder 14 The Crime of Martin Coverly - Unbound Proof Box 5, Folder 15 The Quest of Martin Coverly (original title) - a.k.a. The Crime of Martin Coverly Box 5, Folder 16 The Quest of Martin Coverly Box 5, Folder 17 A Dawn in the Trees - Working Manuscript Box 5, Folder 18 Deliver Us From Wolves Box 5, Folder 19 Deliver Us From Wolves - Incomplete/Unnumbered Pages Box 5, Folder 20 Encounter at Flint's Island Box 5, Encounter at Flint's Island - Final Typescript Folder 21-22 Box 5, Folder 23 Encounter Near Venus - Working Manuscript Box 5, Folder 24 Encounter Near Venus Box 5, Eusebius the Phoenician - Working Manuscript Folder 25-26 Box 5, Folder 27 The Five Dollar Watch Mystery - mixed up, incomplete Box 5, Folder 28 The Fox Who Was Too Clever Folder 1 The Gales of Spring - Working Manuscript Folder 2 The Gales of Spring - p.1-109 Folder 3 The Gales of Spring - p.110-end Folder 4 The Hands of Comac Joyce - incomplete Folder 5 Homeward to Ithaca Folder 6 Jefferson - Part of All 3 Books Combined Folder 7 Journey to Untor - Working Manuscript Folder 8 Journey to Untor - Carbon Copy Folder 9 The King and the Goats Folder 10 Leopard's Prey Little League Family Folder 11-12 Folder 13 Mark Toyman's Inheritance 0172 5
Juvenile Fiction Matt Tyler's Chronicle - Missing 2-7 Folder 14-15 Folder 16 The Mutiny of the Ann and Hope - Miscellaneous Pages from Working Manuscript Folder 17 The Mutiny of the Ann and Hope - Working Manuscript Perilous Gold - Manuscript Folder 18-19 Folder 20 Peter Treegate's War - Working Manuscript Folder 21 Peter Treegate's War - Duplicate Pages Peter Treegate's War - Unpublished Version Folder 22-23 The Quest of Excalibur - Carbon Copy Folder 24-25 Folder 26 The Quest of Excalibur - Preliminary Sketch The Quest of Excalibur - Typescript Folder 27-28 Folder 1 The Quest of Excalibur - Working Manuscript Folder 2 The Quest of the Otter - Working Manuscript Folder 3-4 The Quest of Excalibur - Miscellaneous Typescript Pages Folder 5-6 The Quest of Excalibur - Manuscript titled "The Return of Arthur" Folder 7-8 The Quest of Excalibur (Incomplete Chapters) Folder 9 The Raising of the Dubhe - Working Manuscript Red Pawns Folder 10-11 The River of Pee Dee Jack - Working Typescript Folder 12-13 Sea Captain from Salem - Final Typescript Folder 14-15 Folder 16 Sea Captain from Salem - Unused Chapter Seawind from Hawaii - Final Typescript Folder 17-18 Folder 19 Seawind from Hawaii - Original Typescript Folder 20 South Swell at Hermosa - Working Manuscript Sword of Thorgrim - Typescript Folder 21-22 Time of the Harvest - Carbon Copy Folder 23-24 Folder 25 Time of the Harvest - Typescript Box 8, Folder 1 Time of the Harvest - Working Manuscript Box 8, Folder 2 Treasure at Twenty Fathoms Box 8, Folder 3 Treegate Novel Box 8, Folder 4 Treegate's Raiders - Incomplete Typescript Box 8, Folder 5-6 Treegate's Raiders - Finished Manuscript Box 8, Folder 7 Treegate's Raiders (Incomplete) Box 8, Folder 8 Treegate's Raiders (p. 109 - end) Box 8, Folder 9 Treegate's Raiders (p. 1-108) Box 8, Folder 10 Unidentified Treegate Typescript Box 8, Folder 11 The Watermelon Mystery Non-fiction Series contains working manuscripts and final typescripts of Wibberley's works of non-fiction. Titles present in this series include No Garlic in the Soup!: A Portuguese Adventure, The Land That Isn't There: An Irish Adventure, Voyage by Bus: Seeing America by Land Yacht, and Guarneri: Story of a Genius. Box 8, Folder 12 Ah Julian - Original Manuscript 0172 6
Non-fiction Box 8, Folder 13 Autobiography Box 8, Folder 14 Book about America for British Readers (unpublished) Box 8, The Coming of the Green - As Published by Henry Holt Folder 15-16 Box 8, Fiji: Island of the Dawn - Final Typescript Folder 17-18 Box 8, Fiji: Island of the Dawn - Working Manuscript Folder 19-20 Box 8, Folder 21 Guarneri Box 8, Hound of the Sea - Working Manuscript Folder 22-23 Box 9, Folder 1 Irish: "If you were to pick up the whole of Ireland" Box 9, Folder 2 The Land That Wasn't There (Incomplete) Box 9, Folder 3-4 The Land That Wasn't There (Carbon Copy) Box 9, Folder 5 The Luthier of God (Guarneri) Box 9, Folder 6 No Garlic in the Soup (p. 1-111) Box 9, Folder 7 No Garlic in the Soup (p. 112 - end) Box 9, Folder 8 Oliver Goldsmith or The Good Natured Man [ Oliver Goldsmith or The Good Natured Man] - Miscellaneous Pages and Notes Box 9, Folder 12 Oliver Goldsmith (p. 1-105) Box 9, Folder 13 Oliver Goldsmith (p. 106-200) Box 9, Folder 14 Oliver Goldsmith (p. 201-300) Box 9, Folder 15 Oliver Goldsmith (p. 301-357/end) Box 9, Oliver Goldsmith - Manuscript Folder 16-18 Box 9, Secret of the Doubting Saint - Working Manuscript Folder 19-20 Box 9, The Shannon Sailors - Final Typescript Folder 21-22 Box 9, Folder 23 The Shannon Sailors - Dead Matter Box 9, Folder 24 Sir Winston Churchill (Incomplete) Box 9, Folder 25 Something to Read (Complete) Box 9, Third Time Lucky Folder 26-27 Box 10, Folder 1-2 Toward a Distant Island - Final Typescript Box 10, Folder 3 Towards a Distant Shore - Working Manuscript Box 10, Folder 4 Unidentified Working Manuscript Box 10, Folder 5-6 Ventures into the Deep - Working Manuscript Box 10, Folder 7-8 Voyage by Bus - Final Typescript Box 10, Folder 9 Yesterday's Land Box 10, Folder 10 Voyage by Bus (p. 115 - end) Box 10, Folder 11 Voyage by Bus (p. 9-114) Box 10, Folder 12 Voyage by Bus - Rough Draft (p. 1-114) Box 10, Folder 13 Voyage by Bus - Rough Draft (p. 115 - end) Box 10, Folder 14 Zebulon Pike - Soldiers and Explorer Map-case 5, Drawer 4, Box 9-11, 15 Galleys, Proofs and Illustrations Series contains galleys and page proofs for books written by Leonard Wibberley. Titles present in this series include The Crime of Martin Coverly, The Centurion, Voyage by Bus: Seeing America by Land Yacht, and Perlious Gold. Series also includes page layouts for Little League Family and illustrations for Beware of the Mouse and The Quest of Excalibur. Box 14, Folder 1 Box 14, Folder 2 Box 14, Folder 4 Adventures of Elephant Boy - Galley and Page Proofs Attar of the Ice Valley Attar of the Ice Valley - Master Proof 0172 7
Galleys, Proofs and Illustrations Box 14, Folder 5 Box 14, Folder 6 Box 14, Folder 7-8 Box 14, Folder 9-10 Box 14, Folder 11-12 Box 14, Folder 13 Map-case 5, Drawer 4 Box 14, Folder 14-16 Box 14, Folder 17 Box 15, Folder 1 Box 15, Folder 2 Box 15, Folder 3 Box 15, Folder 4-5 Box 15, Folder 6 Box 15, Folder 7 Box 15, Folder 8-9 Box 15, Folder 10 Box 15, Folder 11 Box 15, Folder 12 Box 15, Folder 13 Box 15, Folder 14 Box 15, Folder 15 Box 15, Folder 16-18 Box 16, Folder 1 Box 16, Folder 2 Box 16, Folder 3 Box 16, Folder 4 Box 16, Folder 5 Box 16, Folder 6 Beware of the Mouse - Galley Beware of the Mouse - Illustrations The Centurion The Centurion - Galley The Centurion - Printer's Proof The Centurion - Production Galleys Cover Illustrations Crime of Martin Coverly Crime of Martin Coverly - Galley Proofs Encounter Near Venus Encounter Near Venus - Master Proofs The Islands of the Angels Little League Family Meeting With a Great Beast Mouse on Wall Street Perilous Gold The Quest of Excalibur - Galley The Road from Toomi - Galleys The Road from Toomi - Proofs Shannon Sailors The Time of the Lamb - Galley and Illustration Ventures into the Deep - Uncorrected Galley Proof Voyage by Bus Voyage by Bus - Author's Galleys Voyage by Bus - Galley Voyage by Bus - Galley Proofs Voyage by Bus - Maps and Slides Voyage by Bus - Page Proofs Zebulon Pike Articles and Short Stories Series contains edited typescripts of articles and short stories written by Wibberley, including his short story "Prevarication Jones." Short stories are in alphabetical order by title; articles are not. Box 10, Folder 15-22, Box 11, Folder 1-9, Box 16, Folder 7 Box 11, Folder 10 Box 11, Folder 11 Box 11, Folder 12 Box 11, Folder 13 Box 11, Folder 14 Box 11, Folder 15 Box 11, Folder 16 Box 11, Folder 17 Box 11, Folder 18 Box 11, Folder 19 Box 11, Folder 20 Articles Untitled Article - Manuscript "About Robert Nathan" "The Hands of Cormac Joyce" Playboy Article "The Brighter Monday Catastrophe" "Garden of Eden" Partial Manuscript "Gift from Hungary" ["Irish Legend"] - Miscellaneous Manuscript "Prevarication Jones" - Complete Draft "Report on an Execution" "Sea Legend" 0172 8
Articles and Short Stories Box 11, Folder 21 Box 11, Folder 22 Box 11, Folder 23 Box 11, Folder 24 Short Story of Captain Penn's Voyage (Complete) "Time Will Tell" "The Wine of the King of Spain's Daughter" Untitled Short Story Lectures Series contains edited typescripts of lectures, speeches, and talks given by Wibberley to various audiences. Box 11, Folder 25 Speeches Box 11, Folder 26 Lecture Box 11, Folder 27 Lectures Box 11, Folder 28 Lecture #5 Box 11, Folder 29 Lecture Box 11, Folder 30 Lecture - "I Go There Quite Often" Box 11, Folder 31 Lecture - "On Reading to Children" Box 11, Folder 32 Leonard Wibberly - "The Need of Wyverns" 1968 November 16 Box 11, Folder 33 Lectures Box 11, Folder 34 Speeches Box 11, Folder 35 Lecture #4 Box 11, Folder 36 Lecture #3 Box 11, Folder 37 Lecture [?] - Father Bredder Screenplays and Screen Treatments Series contains edited typescripts of screenplays and screen treatments written by Wibberley, including "Take Me to Your President" and "East to the Indies." Box 11, Folder 38 Black Jack Rides Again Box 11, Folder 39 East to the Indies (Treatment) Box 11, Folder 40 East to the Indies Box 11, Folder 41 Encounter Near Venus Box 11, Folder 42 Flint's Island - Script Box 11, Folder 43 Francis of Assisi Box 11, Folder 44 The Hands of Corman Joyce Box 11, Folder 45 Hypsypops Rubicunda Box 11, Folder 46 Island of the Angels - Partial Working Manuscript Box 11, Folder 47 Island of the Angels - Treatment (2 copies) Box 11, Folder 48 The Masterpiece Box 11, Folder 49 The Mouse on Wall Street Box 11, Folder 50 A Problem in Angels - Treatment [?] Box 11, Folder 51 Puss in Boots Box 11, Take Me to Your President Folder 52-53 Box 13, Folder 10 Meeting With a Great Beast Box 13, Folder 11 Stranger at Killknock Plays Series contains edited typescripts of plays written by Wibberley, including The Heavenly Quarterback and Black Jack Rides Again. Box 11, Folder 54 Box 11, Folder 55 Gift of a Star Gift of a Star - Working Manuscript 0172 9
Plays Box 11, Folder 56, The Heavenly Quarterback Box 12, Folder 1-2 Box 12, Folder 3 The Heavenly Quarterback - Working Typescript Box 12, Folder 4 Irish Play for Ben Benjamin (Treatment) Box 12, Folder 5 The Laundry Room (Complete Rough Draft) Box 12, Folder 6 The Mouse that Roared Box 12, Folder 7 The Mouse that Roared - Musical Box 12, Folder 8 Mrs. Searwood's Secret Weapon Box 12, Folder 9 Mrs. Searwood's Secret Weapon (Incomplete) Box 12, Folder 10 Once in a Garden Box 12, Folder 11 Portrait of Jenny (Rough Draft) Box 12, Folder 12 The Vicar of Wakefield Box 13, Folder 1 The Vicar of Wakefield - Final Typescript Box 13, Folder 2 The Vicar of Wakefield - Working Manuscript Box 13, Folder 3 1776-1976 Poetry Series contains edited typescripts of poetry and long verse written by Wibberley. Box 13, Folder 4 Box 13, Folder 5 Box 13, Folder 6 Box 13, Folder 7 Box 13, Folder 8 Box 13, Folder 9 Miscellaneous Poems "The Things People See in Christopher's Room" (Complete) "Pilgrim Cat" (Complete) "Gift of the Shepherd: A Christmas Legend" - Manuscript "The Ballad of Mopey Mick" "Meeting With a Great Beast" Sound Recordings Series contains sound recordings of the score for the musical The Mouse that Roared. Box 13, Folder 12 The Mouse that Roared - Musical Score 0172 10