Theodore Roscoe papers, 1850-1980

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Series I: Book Titles


Subseries I.1: The web of conspiracy; the complete story of the men who murdered Abraham Lincoln



Box 1 Galley proofs (xerox copies), with corrections -- Page proofs of the Reader's Digest article: "The Abraham Lincoln Murder Case", based on The web of conspiracy (Feb. 1960) -- Photocopy of the Reader's Digest Book: The Abraham Lincoln Murder Mystery, based on The Web of Conspiracy -- The Lincoln Murder Case by Dale Wasserman for CBS television, based on The Web of Conspiracy, 1961. -- Mimeographed playscript, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, [1959]



Box 2 Photographs -- Photostats and xeroxes -- Printed illustrations


Subseries I.2: Only in New England; the Story of a Gaslight Crime.


Box 2 Only in New England; the Story of a Gaslight Crime., New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [c1959], 1 Printed copy, inscribed and signed by the author

Series II: Manuscripts and Subject Files

1992 Addition



Box 3 A-S



Box 4 T-W, and "The Lincoln Assasination", Manuscript



Box 5 "The Lincoln Assasination.: Research Files, Notes, photo reproductions, printed materials, and four audio cassettes



Box 6 Drama in Black , Manuscripts



Box 7 The Web of Conspiracy , Correspondance, Review materials, etc.


Box 7 Research files 1, Notes, tanscripts of documents, printed materials, etc.



Box 8 The Web of Conspiracy.: Research Files 2, Notes, transcripts of documents, printed materials, etc.



Box 9 The Web of Conspiracy , Front matter; typed manuscript; Galley



Box 10 Biographical sketch and clippings, chiefly about Lincoln, research, and writings