Literary papers of Lockridge, including manuscripts, drafts, typescripts, correspondence, and signed first editions of nine of his novels, several of which he wrote with his wife, Frances. The collection dates from THE PROUD CAT (1951) to A RISKY WAY TO KILL (1969). The manuscripts bear corrections and emendations which illustrate to the critic of this genre the origin and development of the intricate plot lines of the mystery novel.