Mike McGrady papers, 1966-1970

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Series I: Manuscripts

Series I is comprised of the manuscripts of Naked Came the Stranger and Stranger than Naked or How to Write Dirty Books for Fun & Profit. The folders for Naked Came the Stranger contain the original drafts submitted by the various authors, as well as the final drafts as edited by McGrady and Aronson, and the publisher. The second manuscript is McGrady's personal copy that he edited and compiled.

Naked Came the Stranger

Published work, 1969

Request Box 1

Box 1 Folder 1 Mike McGrady--Billy and Gilly, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 2 John Cummings--Ernie Miklos, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 3 George Vecsey--Morton Earbrow, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 4 Jack Schwartz--Joshua Turnbull, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 5 Jane Margold--Arthur Franhop, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 6 Bob Greene--Mario Vella, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 7 Bernie Bookbinder--Marvin Goodman, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 8 Carol Burton, Stan Green--Alan Hetterton, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 9 Bob Waters--Paddy Madigan, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 10 Bill McIlwain--Taylor Hawkes, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 11 Bob Wiemer--Ansel Varth, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 12 Harvey Aronson--Melvin Corby, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 13 Gene Goltz, Merle Goldberg--Willoughby Martin, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 14 Bob Mayer, Val Duncan, Ken Byerly, Mal Karman--Zoltan Caradoc, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 15 Emmett Brightwell, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 16 Martin Buskin--Reuben Dalrymple, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 17 Anthony Insolia--Charles Luckman, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 18 Barry Abisch--Sheldon Bernstein, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 19 Marilyn Berger--Esther, 1966-1968

Box 1 Folder 20 Station Breaks, 1966-1968

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Box 2 Folder 1 to 2 Stranger Than Naked or How to Write Dirty Books for Fun & Profit , , 1970

Series II: Administrative files

Series II contains all of the administrative files related to the hoax. McGrady organized them into different groups, correspondence from the co-authors, correspondence in response to the hoax, memos to the co-authors, the advertising campaign, and newspapers articles describing the hoax. The correspondence from the co-authors concentrates on keeping the hoax a secret after the book was published. They also write about how to manage dividing the profits among 26 people, and the publicity required of everyone once they were revealed. The correspondence in response to the hoax contains letters from friends as well as the general public. Many people wrote to McGrady after the hoax was revealed, most thought that it was very clever, but there are a few letters from people who believed that the project promoted this type of literature instead of criticizing it. The memos to the co-authors are comprised of the original memo proposing the project, as well as follow-up giving more details of the project and the expectations. This series also contains a number of news clippings of the advertising as well as the stories when the hoax broke, and responses to the story in various newspapers.

Box 2 Folder 3 to 4 Correspondence from co-authors, 1969

Box 2 Folder 4 to 5 Correspondence in response to hoax, 1969

Box 2 Folder 7 Memos to the co-authors, 1966-1969

Box 2 Folder 8 Advertising campaign, 1969

Box 2 Folder 9 to 10 Newspaper articles describing the hoax, 1969

Box 2 Folder 11 Photograph of the co-authors, 1969

Collection Overview

Collection Contents

Mike McGrady papers, 1966-1970

Series I: Manuscripts

Series II: Administrative files