AHJ_ah00430 Inventory of the Jack Schaefer papers, 1925-1986 Schaefer (Jack) papers Processed by Melanie Francis The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort March 2006 Finding aid is in English Jack Schaefer papers, 1925-1986 Collection number: 00430 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. Publication date: 2006 Contact Information American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/ January 2003

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 Collection Summary Schaefer, Jack, 1907-1991 Jack Schaefer papers 1925-1986 00430 13.5 cubic ft. (26 document boxes, 2 F24 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English, Polish, Spanish, German, Finnish, Slovak, and Japanese Papers of this illustrious journalist and writer of western novels and short stories (Shane, Monte Walsh, and Stubby Pringle’s Christmas), including correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, publications in book and magazine format, newsclippings, photographs, and miscellaneous memorabilia. Biography of Jack Schaefer

Jack Schaefer, noted 20th century journalist and writer of western novels and short stories, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1907. He attended school in Lakewood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College with a major in English literature in 1929. Graduation was followed by a year of study at Columbia University, then a year of reporting for the United Press. The Depression years were spent as assistant director of education at the Connecticut State Reformatory, associate editor and later editor, 1933-1942, of the New Haven Courier Journal. Then in 1942 he joined the editorial department of the Baltimore Sun. Gerald Johnson and H. L. Mencken were Schaefer’s colleagues.

In 1949 Schaefer married Louise Deans and Shaefer’s first novel, Shane, appeared in book form. Previously Shane had been serialized in Argosy magazine. The story is seen through the eyes of a young homesteader’s son as a drifter, Shane, comes into the family’s struggle to maintain homesteader rights in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, at odds with cattlemen who claimed to rule the range. The novel was later made into a popular Hollywood film in 1953, starring Alan Ladd. After Shane came First Blood in 1953, the tale of a young stage coach driver who reveals courage and achieves manhood during an ambush. Then came a collection of short stories, The Big Range, showing everyday situations in Western life in a dramatic light. Canyon tells the story of the lonely battle of a young Cheyenne Indian who struggles with conformity both within himself and his environment. The Pioneers came out in 1955 followed by Out West, an anthology of western writing. Company of Cowards, a Civil War story, was written at the invitation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The Kean Land and Other Stories appeared in 1959, Old Ramon in 1960, a novel about an old sheepherder who teaches a young boy the ways of range life. Monte Walsh tells the story of the rise and fall of one cowboy and the eventual demise of the cowboy life with the encroachment of civilization. This novel was also made into a film in 1970, starring Lee Marvin in the title role.

Stubby Pringle’s Christmas, originally written as a short story in 1963, was adapted as a screenplay for television’s Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1967, starring Beau Bridges and Julie Harris.

Jack Schaefer’s books have been translated into Finnish, Swedish, French, Danish, Indonesian, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish, Slovenian, and German, plus many other languages. Jack Schaefer lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from 1955 until his death in 1991.

 Scope and Content

The Jack Schaefer papers, 1925-1986, include his original manuscripts of novels, short stories, and scripts. Newspaper publications include over five hundred editorials, primarily from Schaefer’s early journalism career in the 1930s with The New Haven Courier Journal and Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, and hundreds of newspaper reviews of Schaefer’s works in print and in film. Fifty-two American and foreign editions of his books and twelve complete magazines with his articles or short stories provide examples of the diversity of Schaefer’s publications. Personal and biographical materials include memorabilia and photographs of Schaefer, friends and business acquaintances, plus stills of films and plays for television. Several clippings about Schaefer works are also part of the biographical papers. Correspondence reflects Schaefer’s relationship with book and magazine publishers, film producers, and fans. Also, copies of the case file correspondence between Jack Schaefer and Gene Gressley, former director of the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, show the long-term relationship between the two with regard to Schaefer donations to the archives, his requests for research information, and his philosophy of writing.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

Other known archival collections created by Jack Schaefer are:

Jack Schaefer Papers, 1920-1968, Center for Southwest Research, General Library, University of New Mexico Schaefer Collection, Oberlin College, Ohio The Jack Schaefer Society. Acquisition Information

Jack Schaefer donated his papers to the American Heritage Center between 1957 and 1986.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Melanie Francis in January 2003.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Jack Schaefer papers, 1925-1986, Collection Number 00430, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Western stories--Authorship. Shane (Motion picture). Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Journalism Literature Performing Arts Container List Series I. Creations

(Drafts of Novels, Short stories, Screen and Radio Plays, Speeches) Arranged alphabetically

 1 1 Adolphe Alphonse Bandlier 1966 1 2-3 All in One Place 1962-1963 1 4-5 American Beastiary, draft undated 1 6-7 American Beastiary undated 2 1-2 American Beastiary undated 2 3 American Deserts 1958-1962 2 4 The American Indian undated 2 5 Antelope Junction 1963 2 6 Asquith undated 2 7 Bandelier undated 2 8 A Beginning 1961-1963 3 1 The Canyon, script undated 3 2 The Canyon, information on book 1955 3 3 Canyonlands 1964 3 4 Catnipped undated 3 5 The Chaft undated 3 6 Champion’s Son undated 3 7 Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer, information on book 1966 3 8 Company of Cowards, information on book 1957 3 9 Christmas Eve at the Slash Y 1960 3 10 Company of Cowards 1957 3 11 Cooter James undated 3 12 The Coup of Long Lance undated 3 13 Dakota 1954 3 14 Death Valley 1960 3 15 Denver Post Horse Race undated 3 16 The Desert 1958 3 17 Dobe Chavez 1960 3 18 Drifters 1962 4 1-2 Elsa Eberle 1950, undated 4 3 Elvie Burdette undated 4 4 An Ending 1962 4 5 Enos Carr 1962 4 6 The Fifth Man 1958 4 7 First Blood, information on book 1952 4 8 Fodor’s Old West 1975 4 9 General Pingley undated 4 10 The Goodman undated 4 11 The Great Endurance Horse Race 1959 4 12 The Great Endurance Horse Race, information on book 1964 4 13 Grizzly Adams 1963 5 1 Happy Man undated 5 2 Harmonizing 1959 5 3 Harvey Kendall undated 5 4 Hattie 1962 5 5 Hellfire 1960 5 6-7 Heroes Without Glory 1963 5 8 Heroes Without Glory, information on book 1964-1965 5 9-10 Heroes Without Glory 1965 5 11 History of Transcontinental Railroad undated 5 12 Hugo Kertchak, Builder 6 1 Ike’s Home Town 1956 6 2 In Harmony 1954 6 3 Incident on the Trail undated 6 4 Jack Langrishe undated 6 5 Jack Schaefer and the American West, forward 1977 6 6 Jack Schaefer’s People, introduction undated 6 7 Jacob 1952 6 8 The Jaguar and the Puma undated 6 9 The Jailkeeper’s Daughter undated 6 10 Jeremy Rodock 1955 6 11 John Philips 1963 6 12 Josiah Willett 6 13 The Kangaroo Rat undated 6 14 The Kean Land undated 6 15-16 The Kean Land and Other Short Stories undated 6 17 Kittura Remsberg undated 7 1 La Gaceta 1964 7 2 The Last Chukker 1956 7 3 Launcelot Andrews undated 7 4 The Legend of Dodge City 1957 7 5 Literature Cannot Be Taught 1966 7 6 Lord of the Beasts 1961 7 7 A Man and Four Bears 1964 7 8 The Man Who Saw undated 7 9-11 Mavericks 1968, 1980, undated 7 12 Mavericks, information on book 1968 7 13 A Middle Aged Man 1962 7 14 Miley Bennett undated 7 15 Modern Cowboy undated 7 16 Monte Walsh, rough draft undated 8 1 Monte Walsh, rough draft undated 8 2 Monte Walsh, screenplay 1969 8 3 Monte Walsh, introduction to book 1980 8 4-6 Monte Walsh undated 8 7 My Southwest 1959 8 8 My Town undated 9 1 Nate Bartlett’s Store undated 9 2 Navajoland 1966 9 3 A New Direction 1975 9 4 New Mexico, early draft 1965 9 5 New Mexico, later draft 1965 9 6 Oberlin College short story undated 9 7 Old Ramon 1960 9 8 Old Ramon, information on book 1961 9 9 Old Records 9 10 One Man’s Town undated 9 11 Our National Parks undated 9 12 Out West 1960 9 13 Payment in Full 1963 9 14 Pierre 1954 9 15 The Pinto Horse 1961 9 16 Pioneers, information on book 1955 9 17 The Plainsmen 1963 9 18 Powder Kent 1961 9 19 Prudence by Name undated 10 1 Ruidoso 1964 10 2 The Ramanor of North America undated 10 3 Salt of the Earth undated 10 4 Sampling of the Southwest 1965 10 5 Sangre de Cristo 1960 10 6 Schmedding book, foreword undated 10 7 Second Fiddle undated 10 8 Sergeant Houck 1951 SAFE Shane undated SAFE Shane, Release Dialogue Script 1953 10 9 Shane, drama with music 1982 10 10 Shane, information on book 1954-1964 10 11 Short Novels, information on book 1967 10 12 Silver Whip 1952 10 13 Slash Y 1961 10 14 Solar Perplexus undated 10 15 Speeches 1975 11 1 Spenser and Chivalry undated 11 2 Stubby Pringle’s Christmas, short story 1963 11 3 Stubby Pringle’s Christmas, printed 1978 11 4 Stubby Pringle’s Christmas, original of treatment undated 11 5 Stubby Pringle’s Christmas, drama, first draft undated 11 6 Stubby Pringle’s Christmas, drama, revised second draft undated 11 7 Stubby Pringle’s Christmas, information about book 1964 11 9 Sunset Trail 1970 12 1 Trail Hero 1958 12 2 Trooper Hook undated 12 3 Western Fiction: Why Bother?, 1975 12 4 What’s in a Name? undated 12 5 World of Denver 1961 12 6 Young Men at Work 1941 12 7 Your National Parks 1958 12 8 XYZ 1951 Series II. Published Works Subseries 1. Books

Arranged alphabetically

 13 American Book Company 1979 13 The Audubon Wildlife Treasury 1976 13 The Canyon 1980 13 The Canyon (Kanion), Polish edition 1986 13 The Collected Short Stories, book on audio-cassette tape 1988 13 The Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer 1966 13 Company of Cowards, Corgi publication 1973 13 Company of Cowards, Bantam publication 1970, 1988 13 Conversations with a Pocket Gopher 1978 13 Cowboy and Indian Trader, by Joseph Schmedding, intro. by Jack Schaefer 1951 14 English for Modern Life, Level Four 1977 14 English—Pathways to the World 1976 14 First Blood 1988 14 First Blood (Pierwsza Krew), Polish edition 1979 14 Focus 1969 14 General Pringley (Generalul Pingley), Spanish edition 1973 14 Great Westerns from the Saturday Evening Post 1976 14 Journal of Popular Culture—The Popular Western 1974 14 Mavericks, Corgi publication 1968 14 Mavericks, Deutsch publication 1968 14 Mavericks, Dell publication 1974 15 Monte Walsh (Muz Se Srdcem Kovboje), Polish edition 1970 15 Monte Walsh I (um homem dificil de morrer), Spanish edition 1972 15 Monte Walsh II (un homen dificil de morrer), Spanish edition 1972 15 Monte Walsh, Corgi publication 1972 15 Monte Walsh, University of Nebraska Press 1981 15 Monte Walsh, books on audio-cassette tapes 1988 15 Old Ramon 1962 15 Out West, volumes 1 and 2 1972 15 The Pioneers 1972 15 The Pioneers, Aconteceu No Oeste, Spanish edition 1972 15 Reader’s Digest (Auswahlbucher), Der Rat des Medizinmanns, German ed. 1983 15 Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, Collectors Library Edition, The Canyon 1984 16 Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, The Canyon 1984 16 Reader’s Digest (Selezione Dal Reader’s Digest), Il Canyon, Spanish edition 1985 16 Reader’ Digest (Det Bedstes Boger), Den Lykkeliage Dal, Finnish edition 1988 16 Short Stories 1977 16 Shane 1949 16 Shane, Spanish edition 1972 16 Shane, Heinemann publication 1972 16 Shane, edition for English as a second language 1973 16 Shane (Mein Grosser Freund Shane), German edition 1974 16 Shane, (Jezdziec Znikad), Polish edition 1976 16 Shane, Heinemann Educational Books 1976 16 Shane, book on 8-track tape cassette 1978 16 Shane, (Jesdec Z Nezmama), Slovak edition 1988 16 Shane, Japanese edition undated 16 Ten Western Stories 1975 17 Western American Literature 1976 17 Western Writers Series 1975 17 The Young America Basic Reading Program 1972 17 1 Book Jackets (assorted) Subseries 2. Articles and short stories in magazines

Arranged chronologically

 18 Rider from Nowhere (Part 1), Argosy July 1946 18 Rider from Nowhere (Part 2), Argosy September 1946 18 Rider from Nowhere (Part 3), Argosy October 1946 18 Shane, el desconocido, Dartagnan, Spanish publication December 1957 18 Jack Shaefer Shuns Shane, Santa Fe Scene September 1959 18 The Shrew, New Mexico Fiesta Issue 1971 18 Notes for a New Mexico Bestiary, New Mexico Holiday Issue 1971 18 Famous New Mexico Novelist Is Rotary Speaker, Round Table September 1971 18 Interview with a Shrew, Audubon November 1975 18 Western Fiction: Why bother? Braille Book Review March-April 1976 18 Topics March-April 1976 18 Interview with a Pocket Gopher, Audubon May 1976 18 Interview with a Bat, Audubon November 1976 18 Enos Carr, Basin and Range September/October 1985 18 The Cowboy’s Christmas Eve, Boys’ Life December 1986 Subseries 3. Articles and short stories removed from magazines

Arranged chronologically

 19 1-6 Articles, assorted 1950s, 1960s Series III. Correspondence

Arranged chronologically

 Subseries 1. General 20 1-7 1925-1929, 1950-1969 21 1-4 1970-1976 22 1-7 1977-1983 23 1-3 1984-1986 23 4-5 Undated letters Subseries 2. Fan Mail and Speaking Engagements 23 6 Invitations to speak 1940-1975 23 7 “Thank you” notes and letters 1940-1975 24 1-6 Fan Mail 1945-1983 Series IV. Personal/Biographical

(Memorabilia, Photographs, Newspaper Clippings)

 25 1 Awards and Degrees 1929, 1961, undated 25 2 High School Annual 1925 25 3 Miscellaneous undated Photographs: 25 4 Allen, Henry W. undated 25 5 Friends undated 25 6 Miscellaneous undated 25 7 Oxley, Bruce undated 25 8 Schaefer, Jack 1955, 1959, 1961, undated 25 9 Shane stills and slides undated 25 10 Shooting an unidentified film undated 25 11 Silver Whip stills undated 25 12 Stubby Pringle’s Christmas stills undated 25 13 Western characters undated 25 14 Shane Illustrations, Etchings by John McCormack 26 1-4 Newspaper clippings undated Series V. Oversize

(Photographs, Editorials and Reviews)

 27 1 Photographs (2), with Hugh Downs, Schaefer portrait undated 27 2 Reviews and Editorials by Schaefer 1932

(scrapbooks)

 27 Reviews and Editorials by Schaefer 1933-1934

(loose)

 28 Reviews and Editorials by Schaefer 1933-1934

(loose)