Title: Correspondence 1948-1951  Category: General/Writings
Written: 1948-1951  Pages: 2,209
 
Description:
Part 1 - Correspondence, mostly semi-personal with casual friends and acquaintances. Some with more close friends. Lower volume business discussions that didn't merit their own file might also appear here. There are also some fan letters and the return correspondence from the Heinleins. Some family letters. Christmas and birthday cards and other cards scattered throughout. File is sorted by Alpha on last name of correspondent.1-200, Part 1, 203 pages. A-F. Page 18 in a letter to Forrest Ackerman Heinlein discusses his definition of real friendship, also discusses the military aspects of Space Cadet in detail, with mentions of military officers and their nature including two with whom he worked in Philadelphia he’d willingly “kill by slow torture”. Page 39 has a letter in which RAH says he heard Leslyn had married (between 1047 and 1949 to a man who turned out to have another wife, and she had the marriage annulled. Page 43 a long letter to Robert Bloch in which RAH talks at length about his writing principles, and upon his choice of race for main characters in his stories—the correspondence continues through several long and interesting letters. Page 142 has a letter updating Leslyn’s condition. Correspondence with "Calling All Girls" magazine re acceptance of "Poor Daddy". Robert supplies affidavit to the Department of the Army attesting to the loyalty to the United States of Robert Cornog at pp166-171. Cornog was a nuclear physicist and friend of Robert's. "Stranger in a Strange Land" is dedicated to Cornog.
Part 2 - Correspondence, mostly semi-personal with casual friends and acquaintances. Some with more close friends. Lower volume business discussions that didn't merit their own file might also appear here. There are also some fan letters and the return correspondence from the Heinleins. Some family letters. Christmas and birthday cards and other cards scattered throughout. File is sorted by Alpha on last name of correspondent.Part 2, 310 pages, continuing similar correspondence. H. Highlights include: Extended correspondence with L. Ron Hubbard, including Hubbard talking about some of the concepts that would come to form the backbone of Dianetics in a letter to Heinlein in March, 1949, pp226-232. Later letters discuss the writing/publication history of "Dianetics" and the formation of "The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation" and "Hubbard College" in Wichita, KS. Family correspondence of the Heinlein clan.
Part 3 - Correspondence, mostly semi-personal with casual friends and acquaintances. Some with more close friends. Lower volume business discussions that didn't merit their own file might also appear here. There are also some fan letters and the return correspondence from the Heinleins. Some family letters. Christmas and birthday cards and other cards scattered throughout. File is sorted by Alpha on last name of correspondent.Part 3, 123 pages, continuing similar correspondence. L-Z. Highlights include: Cal Laning re "Billion Dollar Eye". Fritz Lang. Fan letter from A. E. Van Vogt. Jack Williamson.
Part 4 - 84 pages. Correspondence with screenwriter Rip Van Ronkel re "Destination Moon" screenplay, including pages of script revisions. Also exploration of a proposal to colloborate on a radio program.
Part 5 - Correspondence, mostly semi-personal with casual friends and acquaintances. Some with more close friends. Lower volume business discussions that didn't merit their own file might also appear here. There are also some fan letters and the return correspondence from the Heinleins. Some family letters. Christmas and birthday cards and other cards scattered throughout. File is sorted by Alpha on last name of correspondent. Part 1, 241 pages, continuing similar correspondence. A-B. Highlights include: Isaac Asimov, Forry Ackerman, Robert Bloch, Chesley Bonestell. Correspondence with "Boys Life" magazine re "Satellite Scout" and "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon".
Part 6 - Correspondence, mostly semi-personal with casual friends and acquaintances. Some with more close friends. Lower volume business discussions that didn't merit their own file might also appear here. There are also some fan letters and the return correspondence from the Heinleins. Some family letters. Christmas and birthday cards and other cards scattered throughout. File is sorted by Alpha on last name of correspondent. Part 2, 251 pages, continuing similar correspondence. C. Highlights include: Arthur C. Clarke, Bill Corson, Ted Carnell. Robert Cornog.
Part 7 - John W. Campbell, 1949-1951. 123 pages. Business and personal correspondence with the editor of Astounding.
Part 8 - Correspondence, mostly semi-personal with casual friends and acquaintances. Some with more close friends. Lower volume business discussions that didn't merit their own file might also appear here. There are also some fan letters and the return correspondence from the Heinleins. Some family letters. Christmas and birthday cards and other cards scattered throughout. File is sorted by Alpha on last name of correspondent. Part 3, 255 pages, continuing similar correspondence. D-K. Highlights include: August Derleth, Sprague de Camp, Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore. Some discussion of possiblity of Robert returning to Philadelphia laboratory for Korean War service.
Part 9 - Correspondence, mostly semi-personal with casual friends and acquaintances. Some with more close friends. Lower volume business discussions that didn't merit their own file might also appear here. There are also some fan letters and the return correspondence from the Heinleins. Some family letters. Christmas and birthday cards and other cards scattered throughout. File is sorted by Alpha on last name of correspondent. Part 4, 298 pages, continuing similar correspondence. L-Q. Highlights include: Willy Ley, Fritz Lang, Cal Laning. Letter from Robert to Laning at pp 113-120 discusses how Robert could "prove" his loyalty to the US from his writings. Office of Naval Intelligence had turned him down for clearance regarding Korean War work based on a 1935 report that he was "pink". Letter also discusses his 1930s work with Upton Sinclair and "EPIC" at length.
Part 10 - 44 pages. Correspondence with Irving Pichel, Director of Destination Moon, discusssing post-production work on the movie, public reaction to the movie, and the possibility of working together again. Pichel discusses authorship of final scenes of Destination Moon at pg 43 regarding contested screen credits, and thanks Robert for his support.
Part 11 - Correspondence, mostly semi-personal with casual friends and acquaintances. Some with more close friends. Lower volume business discussions that didn't merit their own file might also appear here. There are also some fan letters and the return correspondence from the Heinleins. Some family letters. Christmas and birthday cards and other cards scattered throughout. File is sorted by Alpha on last name of correspondent. Part 5, 321 pages, continuing similar correspondence. R-Z Highlights include: "Notes for a Story About Mercury" by Robert at pp6-9. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Ted Sturgeon, George O. Smith & Dona Smith. G. Harry Stine discussing rocket testing he was participating in Las Cruces, NM, including the firing of captured German V-2 rockets. Anthony Boucher filed under 'W' for his real name (William A. P. White and addressed by Robert as "A. P."), Jack Williamson.