Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

1. ARCHIVES: Dartmouth College   Letter to Harold Goddard Rugg, 28-OCT-1917.  [HARPER]
2. ARCHIVES: John Hay Library, Brown University "Manuscript Collection"   Letter to Mrs. Howard, 12-JAN-1916.  [HARPER]
3. ARCHIVES: Library of Congress "Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection"   Letter to Helen Boudin, 08-NOV-1926. Collection Name: Butler, Ellis Parker, . (1869-1937.) Repository Name: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington DC LC Reference: mm97006376 Type: Letter of Ellis Parker Butler. Collection Dates: 1926. Extent: 1. Description: TLS (8 Nov. 1926; Flushing, N.Y.) signed Ellis Parker Butler "Pigs is Pigs" (from the title of Butler's book, Pigs is Pigs, published in 1906), to Helen Boudin, New York, N.Y., concerning Butler's writings. Author. Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Index Terms: NUCMC  [HARPER, WEB]
4. ARCHIVES: Princeton University Libraries, Princeton, New Jersey "F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers"   Letter to Fitzgerald, 1923.  [HARPER]
5. ARCHIVES: Princeton University Libraries, Princeton, New Jersey "Julian Street Papers"   Correspoondence with Julian Street, 1912-1934 and a letter from Butler to Edward H. Dodd, Jr., 1934.  [HARPER]
6. ARCHIVES: Princeton University Libraries, Princeton, New Jersey "Story Magazine and Story Press Papers"   Four letters and one document, ca. 1935.  [HARPER]
7. ARCHIVES: Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Library "A Lifetime of Letters to a Daughter"   Unpublished typescript by Elsie Butler Waller.  [HARPER]
8. ARCHIVES: Special Collections, Indiana State University "Eugene V. Debs Collection"   Letter to Debs from the Authors' League of America, 10-APR-1918. Signed by Butler and Eric Schuler.  [HARPER]
9. ARCHIVES: Special Collections, University of Iowa, Iowa City "Ellis Parker Butler Papers"   Six hundred and thirty-five Authors' League and personal letter and other manuscripts, 1897-1937. See WEB.  [HARPER, WEB]
10. ARCHIVES: State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines   Letter to E. R. Harlan, 24-FEB-1912.  [HARPER]
11. ARCHIVES: State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City "Iowa Press and Authors' Club Records."   Manuscript Division. Four scrapbooks of press clippings, correspondence (1896-1946). Includes four letters by Butler.  [HARPER]
12. ARCHIVES: Yale Collection of American Literature   American Literature Collection Manuscript Miscellany. Letter asking the recipient to "tell a couple more stories" at the Niantic Club in Flushing on February 4, or instead to lend a copy of verses parodying "The Pope he is a happy man." Butler has humorously annotated his autograph, "Full signature with the curlycue very rare. Worth 5 c." Accession: 20040524-n. See WEB.  [WEB]
13. ARCHIVES: University of Virginia   Letters to Nathan N. Wallack, 1935-1937. Butler writes to Wallack about the fate of the original manuscript of "Pigs is pigs," its first printing in American Magazine in October, 1905, the true first edition by Railway Appliances Company, 1905, the English edition of 1906, and the fate of the original manuscript and the two first editions he owned. He also gives directions to his house in Flushing, and, in a letter written the year he died, notes that his doctor is allowing him one highball a day.  [WORLDCAT]

1897

14. National Magazine (August, 1897)   "Two Love Letters"   A poem in 16 verses.  [EPBLIB]

1902

15. New York Times (November 15, 1902)   "Mr. Gilder's Choice of Words"   A letter to the editor. p BR13.  [NYTIMES]

1903

16. Leslie's Monthly (June, 1903)   "The Gymkhana at Milkville" A story. The author spells the word as "gymkhana" (which is the dictionary spelling) while the illustrator and HARPER use "gymkana." Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory (F. Y. Cory). Includes the author's submission letter. p 127-133.  [HARPER, FICTIONMAGS]

1911

17. New York Times (March 24, 1911)   ""Yawp," "Yoppox," "Faryawp," "Yawpists," "Yawpers," "Jang," "Hellogram""   A letter to the editor. The first of four letters in a series. p 10.  [NYTIMES]
18. _____ (March 27, 1911)   "Telephonic Messages"   A letter to the editor by W. J. Lampton. The second of four letters in a series. p 10.  [NYTIMES]
19. _____ (March 29, 1911)   ""Yawp""   A letter to the editor. "Ellis Parker Butler Identifies the Lampton with the Telephonic Variety." The third of four letters in a series. p 12.  [NYTIMES]
20. _____ (March 29, 1911)   "A Solemn Protest"   A letter to the editor by Mrs. R. P. Mulligan. The last of four letters in a series. p 12.  [NYTIMES]
21. Judge (April 1, 1911)   "The Complete Letter Writer"    [HARPER]

1912

22. Boston Sunday Herald (March 31, 1912)   "Frost-Bit Frisbie" Joe Chapple's News-Letter succeeding The Boston News-Letter the first newspaper printed in America. Sunday Magazine Section of The Sunday Herald. Illustrated. p 10. Also called National News-Letter, probably in syndication.  [EPBLIB]
23. BOOK: On the Tibur Road (1912) "To G. M. W. and G. F. W."   Poetry. A preface to the book by George Meason Whicher and George Frisbie Whicher (noted as "a letter in verse"). Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press. p vi-viii.  [EPBLIB]

	Century Magazine August, 1913 Click for larger image

1913

24. Century Magazine (August, 1913)   "E. P. Butler Literature Factory" A letter to the editor. p 638.  [EPBLIB]

1915

25. American Magazine (July, 1915)   "A Letter to Ellis Parker Butler"   "From the real father in 'The Son and Father Movement.'" Volume 80. Number 1.  [EPBLIB]

1917

26. Snappy Stories (August 4, 1917)   "The Life and Letters of Samuel J. Winterburn"    [HARPER]
27. New Republic (September 8, 1917)   "Another Group of Vigilantes"   A titled letter to the editor.  [HARPER]
28. ANTHOLOGY: Harper Centennial (1917) "Dear House of Harper"   "A Few of the Greetings and Congratulations." A congratulatory letter from Ellis Parker Butler to the editors and publishers at Harper. "Twelve hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed from type by Harper & brothers for private distribution among their friends." p 38  [GOOGLE BOOKS]

1918

29. Saturday Evening Post (August 17, 1918)   "Letters from the Back" Fiction written as a series of letters to the front. p 45, 48.  [HARPER]
30. New York Times (September 22, 1918)   "The Chewing Gum Issue"   A letter to the editor. "Ellis Parker Butler Replies to Gertrude Atherton." p III-2.  [NYTIMES]

1919

31. Authors' League Bulletin (February, 1919)   "A Letter to the Members"    [HARPER]

	Saturday Evening Post August 17, 1918 Click for larger image

1920

32. Woman's Home Companion (June, 1920)   "A Letter to Miss Douglas"   A story. "An amusing mixture of temper and tantrums, antiques and antics, letters and love." Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. p 14-15, 64.  [RGTPL]

1923

33. Detective Magazine (December 21, 1923)   "The Letters in the Sky" A story. British publication. Vol. 3 No. 29. p 215-222. Illustrated by Leo Bates.  [FICTIONMAGS]

1924

34. Rotarian (November, 1924)   "Who's Your Friend?"   An essay. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 13-15, 69-72. Short bio on page 4. Also, letters written in the contest started in the July 1924 issue "Little Tin Godlets" are printed p 30,46-53.  [EPBLIB]

1925

35. D. A. C. News (April, 1925)   "Our Go-Get Form Letters"    [HARPER]

1926

36. Bookman (May, 1926)   "Letter"   A letter to the editor by Butler.  [HARPER]

1929

37. Clues (October, 1929)   "The Hunch"   A story. "Inspector Laney's hunches were brilliant, but no one was prepared for the one he played in the 'three-letter' murders." Published twice monthly, the full title of this publication is "Clues: A Magazine of Detective Stories." One illustration. p 222-228.  [COOK+MILLER]

1930

38. Bookman (November, 1930)   "Letter from the author on book borrowing"    [RGTPL]

1935

39. Top-Notch (May, 1935)   "Letter"   Testimonial in the Silver Anniversary Issue.  [LOCKE]

	Detective Magazine December 21, 1923 Click for larger image

1953

40. Muscatine Journal (December 30, 1953)   "Pearls From the Past"   Extracted from the Muscatine Library Newsletter.  [WEB]

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