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Leon Uris, 1924-2003
Papers, 1939-1999
Preliminary Inventory

169 boxes, 43 oversize boxes, 6 galley folders (108 linear feet)

Note: This brief collection description is an accession record. The collection is not fully processed or cataloged; no biographical sketch, descriptions of series, or indexes are available.
Acquisition: Gifts, 1997, 2003-2004
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Katherine Haack, Hope Rider, and Liz Murray, 2005
RLIN Record ID: None


Table of Contents

Scope and Contents
Folder List

Scope and Contents

The papers of Leon Uris were received at the Ransom Center between 1997-2004 from two sources. The first accession was formerly housed at the University of Colorado, and several subsequent accretions came from Uris's estate after his death in June 2003. In total, the papers account for the majority of Uris's literary output, beginning with his first novel, Battle Cry (1953) through God in Ruins (1999). Also present are correspondence, personal and business papers, photographic images, research materials, scrapbooks, and speeches. The collection is organized in four Series: I. Works, ca. 1953-1999; II. General Research Materials; III. Correspondence, 1939-1995; and IV. Career-Related and Personal Material.

The first Series includes material for Uris's fiction and non-fiction works, arranged alphabetically by title, including his novels Angry Hills (1955), Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin (1964), Battle Cry (1953), Exodus (1958), God in Ruins (1999), The Haj (1984), Mila 18 (1961), Mitla Pass (1988), QB VII (1970), Redemption (1995), Topaz (1967), and Trinity (1976). In addition, produced and unproduced screenplays are present for Angry Hills (MGM, 1959), Armageddon, Battle Cry (Warner Brothers, 1954), Big Country, Exodus (United Artists, 1960), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Paramount, 1957), Mila 18, QB VII (ABC-TV, 1974), Rebel Troop, Topaz (Universal, 1969), and Trinity. Uris worked, sometimes contentiously, with directors Robert Aldrich, Raoul Walsh, John Sturges, Otto Preminger, and Alfred Hitchcock. Also present is the Broadway musical Ari based on Exodus. Uris's non-fiction works include Exodus Revisited, and two books written in collaboration with his wife, photographer Jill Peabody Uris, Ireland: A Terrible Beauty (1975) and Jerusalem: Song of Songs (1981).

Most of the works are represented by numerous typescript drafts and research material. Novel and screenplay drafts for Trinity are particularly well-represented, although the order of creation for the numerous, and frequently incomplete, drafts is difficult to ascertain. In many cases, correspondence, excerpts, page proofs, galleys, promotional material, and reviews are also present. There is a substantial amount of research for Uris's works on Ireland in Series II. General Research Material. Additional reviews for works published through 1991 are found in Uris's scrapbooks in Series IV. Posters are present for Ari, QB VII, and Trinity. Other writings include story outlines, plays, radio scripts, and screenplays such as "Big Country," "Billy Mitchell," "The Fourth Horseman," "The Great Mr. Casey," "The Gringo," "Ringside," "Tales of Forever Island," as well as articles and juvenilia.

The general research material in Series II. includes information on China, Ireland, the Middle East, New York City, the South Pacific, and Tahiti. At the time of his death, Uris was working on projects involving China and immigration to the Lower East Side. Arranged alphabetically by subject, the voluminous research on Ireland was gathered primarily on a 1972 trip with his wife Jill. In traveling the country, they collected countless brochures and maps, as well as current newspapers and sectarian pamphlets on "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. Ireland: A Terrible Beauty and Trinity were products of this research.

The correspondence in Series III. is arranged alphabetically by person or subject, followed by date order for larger runs of letters. Generally, both incoming and outgoing correspondence is present, although incoming letters predominate. Files include charitable contributions, Uris's divorce from Jill Peabody, family, fans, friends, fun, hate mail, rejected invitations and requests, "nuts," the University of Colorado, and letters Uris dictated to his secretary from 1974-1976 that remain in the original shorthand. Also present is correspondence with Uris's publishers Curtis Brown and Doubleday. A number of business files originated from Uris's attorney, Herbert Schlosberg and are identified as (Schlosberg) in the folder list. Additional Schlosberg files are scattered throughout the collection. The family correspondence consists of Uris's letters to his mother, father, and sister Essie from 1939-1981. The letters are full of detail regarding all aspects of his life, especially during the war years. There is extensive fan correspondence from 1959-1994.

Series IV. Career-Related and Personal Material contains articles about Uris, addresses, business and financial files, material on the 1976 presidential campaign of Henry "Scoop" Jackson, photographs and slides, scrapbooks, speeches, and travel brochures. The business and financial files, primarily Schlosberg's, include contracts, financial statements, rights, royalties, and taxes. The photographs and slides document Uris's personal and literary activities from 1927-1977. Two family albums cover the period 1927-1963. Production photographs from Battle Cry are present, as are numerous slides of Uris's vacation and research trips. The slides have been retained in their original boxes and cases, and are arranged in date order.

The scrapbooks range from general publicity to reviews of specific works such as Battle Cry, Angry Hills, Exodus, and QB VII. Also present are clippings and photographs covering the opening of Uris's book store, "Exodus Books and Records," in Sherman Oaks, California, in 1960. In all, the scrapbooks thoroughly document Uris's life for nearly fifty years from 1944-1991. Due to their size, weight, and fragile condition, the scrapbooks will require special care in handling.

Throughout his career, Uris made numerous public speaking appearances, especially on behalf of Jewish causes. He was a frequent speaker on university campuses, and in 1989-1990 he toured the country on a lecture and fundraising circuit for Soviet Jewry. The speech drafts, arranged by date from 1959-1993, reflect this activity.

Works by others in this series include a 1954 diary kept by Uris's wife Betty, his father's memoirs, and a watercolor drawing by portrait artist Gordon Wetmore.

Books, personal effects such as awards, and sound recordings received with the papers were transferred to appropriate departments within the Ransom Center.


Folder List

Box	Folder	Description

Series I. Works, ca. 1953-1999

		ANGRY HILLS (novel, 1955; film, 1959)
			Novel
				"Hellenic Interlude," early title
1	1-3				Original handwritten memoirs by Uris's
							uncle, Aron Yerushalmi (spelling of
							name varies)
	4-5				Typescripts of ch. 1-12 of handwritten
							memoirs
	6-8				Synopsis, two versions
	9-12				Typescripts, early drafts and fragments, with
							publisher and agent correspondence,
							1953

				"Angry Hills," typescripts
2	1-2				First draft
	3				Pp. 1-96
	4				Ch. 5 to end
	5				Parts 2-3
	6			Research material, maps of Greece
			Screenplay (MGM, 1959)
	7			Sequence breakdown, "Uris's copy, 1/21/58"
	8-9			First draft, corrected and uncorrected
						typescripts

3	1			Revision with correspondence, discarded
						pages, editor's criticisms, Uris notes
	2			Draft with casting and Uris's notes
	3			Corrected version, April 1958
	4			Second draft, "temporary incomplete,"
						April 10, 1958
		ARI (Broadway musical based on EXODUS, 1971)
	5		Synopsis (early title "Exodus")
	6-10		Early typescript drafts

4	1-7		Drafts, in collaboration with Judith Paige Mitchell
					(alternate titles include "Avidan")
	8-10		Blended drafts, transition to collaboration with
					Walt Smith

5	1-2		Blended drafts, cont'd
	3-9		Drafts, music by Walt Smith

6	1		Additional copies of various script pages
			Revised scripts
	2			Dec. 15, 1968
	3			Undated
	4-8		Duplicated scripts, Gaston and Goldberg
					production

7	1		Duplicated scripts, cont'd
	2-7		Lyrics
	8-9		Resum� of musical numbers
			"Exodus--The Musical," post-Broadway, reworked
					with Walt Smith
	10			Script

8	1-3			Scripts, cont'd
	4			Lyrics
	5		Correspondence, 1965-1972
	*		Poster (*removed to Oversize Folder 4)
		ARMAGEDDON: A NOVEL OF BERLIN (novel,
				1964)
			Novel
				First draft
	6-7				Part I

9	1				Part II
	2-3				Part III
	4-5				Part IV
				Revised typescripts
	6				Parts I-II

10	1-4				Parts I-II, cont'd
	5-7				Part III

11	1-3				Part III, cont'd
	4-5				Part IV
	6			Reader's "general German report," with Uris's
						notations
	7*			SATURDAY EVENING POST condensation,
						1963 (*articles and excerpts removed to
						Oversize Box 186)

				Research material
12	1-2				Berlin airlift, 1948-1949, two bound
							volumes

13	1*				Brochures, maps of Berlin and Germany
							(*oversize newspapers and magazine,
							1945-1947, removed to Oversize Box 186)
			Screenplay
	2			Schematic outline, notes, and fragments
	3-6			Draft fragments

14	1			Draft fragments, cont'd
	2			Chapter breakdown, Oct. 30, 1964
				Rough draft revisions
	3				First, Dec. 9, 1964
	4				Second, nd
	5				Third, Feb. 1965
	6				Fourth, April 1965
	7			First draft, MGM script, April 19, 1965

		BATTLE CRY (novel, 1953; film, 1955)
			Novel
15	1-5			Rough draft

16	1			Rough draft, cont'd
	2-3			"Esprite d'corps Part 1"
	4-5			Publisher's copy, with corrections
	6-7			Final draft

			Screenplay (Warner Brothers, 1955)
17	1-7			Drafts, 1953-1954
	8			Correspondence, 1953-1955

		"Big Country," screenplay
18	1-2		Incomplete early versions
	3		First and second versions, May-June 1957
	4	"Billy Mitchell," story outline, typescript, Oct. 1985
		EXODUS (novel, 1958; film, 1960)
			Novel
	5			Summary of chapters
				Early typescript
					Corrected
	6-7					Part I
	8					Part II

19	1-2					Part III
	3					Part V
					Carbon, uncorrected
	4-5					Part I
	6					Part II

20	1-2					Part III
	3					Part IV-V
				Later typescript
	4-6				Book I

21	1-2				Book II
	3-4				Book III
	5-6				Book IV
	7				Book V; discarded pages

22	1-8			Israel copy, carbon

				Final, Doubleday & Co.
23	1-4				Vol. 1
	5-8				Vol. 2

24	1-4				Vol. 3
	*			Final galley proofs (*removed to Galley
						Folders)
	*			Illustrations by John Groth for 1962 Doubleday
						edition (*removed to Oversize Folder 1)
	5*			Excerpts in THE DAY-JEWISH JOURNAL,
						1959 (*oversize newspaper and
						magazine excerpts removed to Oversize
						Boxes 187-189)
	6-7*			Research material (*oversize newspapers and
						magazines removed to Oversize Box 190
						and Oversize Folder 2)

25	1-3			Research material, cont'd
	4			Articles about
				Correspondence
	5				Sher, Daniel, July 16, 1956
	6				Uris, Leon, cables to newspapers re Suez-
							Sinai war, Oct. 1956
	7			Promotional material

			Screenplay (United Artists, 1960)
26	1-2			Incomplete typescript
	3			"Slide numbering"
	4			"Step sheets"
	5			Promotional material
		EXODUS REVISITED (non-fiction, 1959)
	6-8		Early typescript
	9-10		Early typescript, with corrections

27	1-3		Setting copy
	*		Galley corrections (*removed to Galley Folder)
	4-5		Page proofs
	6		LOOK magazine article reprints, Nov. 24, 1959
	7	"The Exodus 1947 Project," documentary film
				proposal, 1993
	8	"The Fourth Horseman," corrected playscript
		GOD IN RUINS (novel, 1999)
			Proposals for a novel, June 1996
	9			"Epiphany--Hail to the Chief"
	10			"Hail to the Chief"

28	1-3			"Opus XII"
	4			"Twenty-twenty"
			Typescript drafts
	5-6			1st and 2nd, incomplete

29	1-2			1st and 2nd, cont'd
	3-6			Rough drafts, incomplete

30	1-7			Rough drafts, cont'd

31	1-4			Part one
	5-7			Part two

32	1-11			Chapter drafts, incomplete set

33	1-7			Chapter drafts, cont'd

34-35				1998, ca. Feb.

36	1-3			"Old and diminished"
	4-6			1998, July-Sept.

37	1			"Chapter breakdowns/notes," list of characters
						Sept. 30, 1998
	2			Researcher's copy, through p.158
	3		Cover art
			Research material
	4			Partial list of research materials and sources
	5-7*			Articles, general (*oversize material removed
						to Box 191)

				Subject files
38	1				Anti-defamation
	2				ATF strategic plan, 1997
	3				Colorado
	4-5				Computer technology

39	1				Denver Convention Center
	2				Elders of Zion
	3				Farrakhan, Louis
	4-6				Gun control, gun laws, etc.
	7				Hate groups
	8-9				Internet

40	1				"Jew's Lies"
	2-3				"Jews," "Luther," 1994-1997
	4-5*				Kennedy assassination (*oversize
							material removed to Box 191)
	6				Klanwatch, militia

41	1				Militia, white supremacist literature
	2				NAACP in prisons
	3-4				National Rifle Association publications
	5				Osprey/SCARAB, helicopters and
							weaponry
	6				Paladin Press

42	1				Quinn platform and presidency, ch. 38
	2				Religious right
	3-6				Rhode Island, Providence and Newport

43	1				Science
	2-3				Scouts and scouting
	4				SOLDIER OF FORTUNE magazines
	5				Southern Poverty Law Center
	6				Terrorism and other articles
	7				Virginia Historical Society, printed
							materials
	8				Weapons

44	1	"The Great Mr. Casey," early play, handwritten and
				typescript drafts
	2-4	"The Gringo" (also titled "The Wind That Swept
				Mexico") background synopsis of screenplay,
				Aug. 1964

		GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (film,
					Paramount, 1957)
45	1		Background sketch of setting and characters
			Screenplay drafts
	2			"1st temporary yellow" draft, Feb. 1955
	3			Typescript with corrections, Sept.-Oct. 1955
	4-5			"Corrections to typescript from editors," and
						draft fragments, Dec. 1955
	6			"1955 version"
	7			"3rd temporary yellow with Wallis' notes," Feb.
						1956
	*		Map of Tombstone, Arizona (*hand-drawn and
					notated map removed to Oversize Folder 2)
	8		Score, "The Ballad of Boot Hill"
	9		Article re western film genre

		THE HAJ (novel, 1984)
46	1-2		Corrected typescript, "false start" (titled "Beirut")
			Part 1
	3-4			Rough draft, restarted April 1982 (various titles)
	5			Corrected typescript, second draft? (titled
						"Ismael")
	6			Uncorrected typescript

47	1			Uncorrected typescript, cont'd
	2			Photocopy of early uncorrected draft
	3			Corrected typescript with reader's or editor's
						comments
			Part 2
	4			Rough drafts, finished Jan. 3, 1983
	5			Uncorrected typescript

48	1			Lightly corrected photocopy typescript
	2			Corrected typescript with reader's or editor's
						comments
	3-5		Parts 3-5, corrected typescript

49	1-3		Parts 3-4, rough drafts, 2nd draft finished
					Aug. 1, 1983
	4-6		Part 5, Corrected typescripts with reader's or
					editor's notes

50	1		New ending, corrected typescript
	2		Draft of alternate ending
	3		Jacket copy
	4		Research material
		IRELAND: A TERRIBLE BEAUTY (non-fiction,
				1975), photographs by Jill Uris
	5		Outline of book concept
			Typescript drafts
	6-12			Book I
	13			Book II

51	1-4			Book II, cont'd
	5			Discarded pages
	*		Page layout (*removed to Oversize Box 192)
	6		Published version, lightly annotated
	*		1980 calendar, commentary by Uris, photographs
					by Jill Uris (*removed to Oversize Box 192)
	7		Reviews
	8		Schedule for authors' promotional tours
		JERUSALEM: SONG OF SONGS (non-fiction,
				1981), photographs by Jill Uris
			Typescript drafts
	9			Corrected

52	1			Corrected, cont'd
	2-3			Uncorrected
	4			Partial
	5-6			Photo captions
	*		Photographic production material, Kingsport
					Press (*removed to Oversize Box 193)
			Research material
	7			Armenians
	8			Christ to Caliph Omar

53	1-4*			Chronologies, 5000BC-1978AD (*oversize
						removed to Oversize Folder 5)
	5-6			Contemporary material on Jerusalem
	7			Crusades
	8			David
	9			Divided Kingdom
	10			ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA, notes
	11			Exile and return
	12-13			Herod

54	1			Holy Sepulchre
	2			Israel, pamphlets and brochures
	3			Israelites lifestyle up to Solomon's reign
				Jerusalem
	4				Archeology
	5				Geography
	6				Miscellany
	7			Jewish quarter excavations
	8			Josephus, Joshua, Judah
	9			Judges
	10			Maps of Jerusalem, ancient

55	1-2			Maps of Jerusalem, ancient, cont'd
	3			Marcus Antonius
	4			Masada, Mishnah and Talmud, Moses
	5			Moslems in Jerusalem
	6			Museums
	7			Nemiah to destruction of second temple
	8			"Notes to David, used"
	9			Ottoman Empire
	10			Pagels, Gnostic gospels

56	1-2			Prophets
	3			Russians
	4			Solomon
	5-6			Temple mount
	7-11			Various subjects

		MILA 18 (novel, 1960)
			Novel
57	1-5			First draft
	6			Drafts, various

58	1-5			Drafts, cont'd
	6			Reading, typescript
	7-8*			Research material, including photographs of
						the Warsaw ghetto (*maps and
						chronology of events removed to
						Oversize Folder 6)
	*			Final galley proof and Foundry proof
						(*removed to Galley Files)

59	1-7			Serialization, THE DAY-JEWISH JOURNAL,
						1961-1962

60	1			Serialization, cont'd
			Screenplay
	2-7			Drafts, from Feb. 1966

61	1-8			Drafts, cont'd

62	1-6			Drafts, revised through Aug. 16, 1985
	7			Schedule of shooting days; proposed cast list

				Correspondence (Schlosberg)
63	1				1967-1979, translation rights, television
							and film production
	2-3				1981-1987, film negotiation
		MITLA PASS (novel, 1988)
	4-6		Early drafts

64	1-2		Early drafts, cont'd
	3-4		Revised draft, with notes interleaved
	5		Setting copy

65	1-3		Setting copy, cont'd
	4-5		Galleys, with author's corrections

66	1-3		Galleys, with printer's marks
	4		Dust jackets
		QB VII (novel, 1970)
	5-6		Corrected typescript

67	1-5		Carbon typescripts
	6-7		Incomplete drafts

68	1-2		Part III, corrected
	3-5		Setting copy, April 1970
	6		Excerpts in CURRENT LAW JOURNAL,
					Malaysia, Sept. 1989
	*		Poster (*removed to Oversize Folder 4)

			Research material
69	1			Handwritten notes and research questions
	2-6			British court system, libel problems, human
						experimentation, the SS, and war crimes
				Dering vs. Uris, trial transcripts, April-May
						1964
	7				Vol. 1, bound

70	1-2				Vol. 2-3, bound

71	1-5				Unbound trial transcripts

72	1				Dering's answers to interrogatories
	2-3		Correspondence (Schlosberg), including trial
					material
	4-8		Clippings, television adaptation, ABC-TV, 1974
	*	Radio scripts (*scripts in bound volume, removed
					to Oversize Box 192)
			"Edward G. Robinson Presents Israel," nd
			Presentation for Israel Bonds based on EXODUS,
					adapted by Sholom Rubinstein, Oct.
					1959

		"Rebel Troop," screenplay
73	1-3		Uris typescript draft
	4-5		Revised second draft by Nathan Douglas, Harold
					J. Smith, and John Prebble, Universal City
					Studios, Aug. 1965
		REDEMPTION (novel, 1995)
			Typescript drafts
	6-7			Part I
	8			Part II

74	1			Part II, cont'd
	2-4			Revised draft
	5			Outline, Parts III-IV
	6-7			"First Interlude and Part IV"

75	1-2			"First Interlude," cont'd
	3-5			Duplicate drafts
	6		Production material
			Research material
	7-9			Correspondence, handwritten and typed notes
	10			Gallipoli Peninsula
	11			"Manual of Pack Transportation"

76	1			Medical-historical
	2			Mules
	3-4			New Zealand tourist information, maps
	5			WINSTON CHURCHILL, by Violet Bonham
						Carter, photocopy
	6			THE WORLD CRISIS: 1911-1914, by Winston
						Churchill, photocopy

77	1-4			THE WORLD CRISIS, cont'd
	5-7	"Ringside," story outline and typescript drafts,
				Aug. 1954

78	1-6	"Tales of Forever Island," children's story, typescripts
		TOPAZ (novel, 1967; film, 1969)
			Novel
	7-8			Typescript drafts

79	1-6			Typescript drafts, cont'd

80	1-4			Final typescript
	5-6			Galley proofs

81	1-5			Galley proofs, cont'd
	6			Page proofs

82	1-2			Page proofs, cont'd
	3*			Excerpts, in LUI, Dec. 1967 (*excerpts in
						various publications removed to
						Oversize Box 194)
	4			Interview re writing of TOPAZ, Sept. 1968
	5			Research material, maps and brochures

83	1-3			Research material, cont'd
				DeVosjoli, Philippe, lawsuit
	4-6				Depositions of DeVosjoli, Uris, Schlosberg,
							and others, 1969-1972

84	1-2				Depositions, cont'd
	3-4				Trial documents and correspondence
	5				Briefs, appellate court, 1973
			Screenplay (Universal, 1969)
	6-7			Narrative outlines, 1968

85	1-4			Drafts
	5			Musical score
		TRINITY (novel, 1976)
			Novel
	6-9			"Father, Son, and Holy Ghost," typescript
						drafts (title evolves to "Trinity")

86-99				"Father, Son, and Holy Ghost," cont'd

100	1-4			Chapter notes; fact checking
	5*			Cover artwork (*oversize removed to Box 195)
	6			Excerpt in MAINLINER, June 1976
	7-11			Research material

101	1-2			Correspondence
	*			Posters (*removed to Oversize Folder 4)
	3-4			Promotional itineraries for joint IRELAND: A
						TERRIBLE BEAUTY tour; launch party
						guest lists
	5			Reviews
			Screenplay
	6-10			Typescript drafts, ca. 1976-1994

102-113				Typescript drafts, cont'd

114	1			Typescript drafts, cont'd
				Correspondence
	2				1976, Video Program Services, Inc.
	3-6				1977-1981, lawsuit, BMP Productions, Inc.
	7				1987-1988, re film rights and joint venture
							agreement proposal
		Writings, miscellaneous
	8*		Articles by Uris (*oversize bound volume
					removed to Oversize Box 192)
	9		Plays (juvenilia), poems; includes published
					excerpts from letters to his father in
					JEWISH YOUTH AT WAR, photocopy,
					1945

Series II. General Research Materials

115	1-8*	China, culture and politics (*oversize posters
				removed to Oversize Folder 4)

		Ireland (correspondence scattered throughout)
116	1		Church and state
	2		Constitution of Ireland
	3		Devlin, Bernadette, articles on
	4		Eire Nua, brochures
	5		Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast shipyards
			Historical background
	6			Chronologies, history of Ireland
	7-8			Ireland, general social and economic history

117	1-3			Ireland, general, cont'd
				Northern Ireland/Ulster
	4				"Aspects of Irish Social History, 1750-
							1800"
	5				Belfast riots, 1857
	6				British Army occupation
	7				"Brutalities," including tribunals, torture,
							and internment
	8				Civil Rights Association
	9				Londonderry

118	1-4				Londonderry, cont'd
	5				Loyalists and unionists
	6				"Northern Ireland, 1921-1971"

119	1				"Northern Ireland, 1968-73: A Chronology
							of Events, Volume I, 1968-1971"
	2-6				Paisley, Ian, works by and about
	*				Pepper, John (*photocopies of Pepper's
							columns in the BELFAST
							TELEGRAPH, 1965-1972, removed
							to Oversize Box 195)

120	1				Public Record Office documents
	2-6*				Publications, general re Ulster (*oversize
							material removed to Box 196)

121	1-6				Publications, general re Ulster

122	1				Publications, general, cont'd
	2				"Royal Ulster Rifles"
	3				"Ulster Year Book 1973"
	4		Immigration, notes on
	5		Irish American Cultural Institute
	6-7		Irish Republican Army (IRA)

123	1		Itinerancy
	2		MacBride, Maud Gonne and Sean MacBride
	3		Maynooth College Calendar, 1971-1972
	4-5		Medical research, Geoffrey Dean
	6		Military: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Irish
					Rangers
	7		Orange Order
			Print material
	8-9*			Clippings, ca. 1971-72 from various sources
						including THE DAILY TELEGRAPH,
						FINANCIAL TIMES, THE
						GUARDIAN, INTERNATIONAL
						HERALD TRIBUNE, THE IRISH
						TIMES, THE SUNDAY TIMES
						(*newspapers, AN PHOBLACHT,
						HIBERNIA, THE UNITED IRISHMAN,
						and others, 1960, 1968-1975, removed to
						Oversize Boxes 197-200 and Oversize
						Folder 3)

124	1-9			Clippings, cont'd

				Journals and magazines, 1971-1975
125	1				AQUARIUS (formerly EVERYMAN)
	2-4				EIRE-IRELAND

126	1				FORTNIGHT; IRELAND OF THE
							WELCOMES
	2				JOURNAL OF THE KERRY
							ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
							HISTORICAL SOCIETY; MS.; NEW
							YORK
	3				PROFILE
	4				STREAM AND FIELD; THIS WEEK; THE
							TWELFTH ULSTER ANNUAL,
							1972; ULSTER COMMENTARY;
							THE VETERAN
	6-7		Profiles, including Desmond Boal, Michael
					Collins, Cardinal William Conway, William
					Craig, Brian Friel, John Healy, John Hume,
					Lord Killanin, Grace O'Malley, Charles
					Stuart Parnell, Patrick Pearse, and others

			Tourism, brochures
127	1-2			Accommodations
	3			Outdoor activities and sports
				Regional
	4-5				Cork
	6				Donegal
	7				Dublin

128	1-3				Dublin, cont'd
	4				Galway
	5-7				Ireland, general

129	1-3				Ireland, general, cont'd
	4				Kerry
	5				Kilkenny, Limerick
	6				Mayo

130	1-3				Northern Ireland, Londonderry
	4				Tipperary
	5				Waterford
	6				Wexford and Wicklow
	7-8			Transportation; boat, bus, caravan, train
	*			Williams, T. Desmond.  "Secret Societies in
						Ireland" (*removed to Galley File)

131	1*	Middle East, 1967-1997 (*maps removed to Oversize
				Folder 6)
	2-4	New York City, Statue of Liberty

132	1-7	New York City, cont'd
	*	South Pacific and Tahiti (*HOLIDAY magazines
				removed to Oversize Box 201)
	8	Miscellaneous clippings and print material

Series III. Correspondence, 1939-1995

133	1	Alterman, Bob, 1968-1981
	2	Blitzer, Wolf, 1982-1983
	3	Christmas cards and list, 1987, 1993
	4	Christmas charter, re Bahama yacht trip, 1990
	5-11	Contributions, charitable, 1990-1995

134	1	Curtis Brown, Ltd. (Schlosberg), 1980-1989
		Divorce (Jill Peabody), 1990
	2-3		Disbursement reports, 1988-1989
	4		House sale, 1988-1990
	5-6		Peabody, Jill, correspondence, 1988-1990
	7-8		Schlosberg, Herbert H., Uris divorce matters, 1989

135	1		Shelter Island house, lease, 1988
	2		South Park Tower, residence
	3-5		Uris dissolution, general, 1988-1990
		Doubleday
	6-7		1957-1965
	8		1975-1977

136	1-3		1978-1990
	4		1990, "D-day schedule," re books and finances
		Family (primarily Uris outgoing)
	5-7		Abrams, Anna, 1939-1970, with letters from
					Esther ("Essie") Uris
			Kofsky, Esther Uris ("Essie," Mrs. Harry Kofsky)
	8			1942
	9			1943

137	1-2			1944
	3			1945
	4			1946-1953
	5			Undated
	6		Uris, Karen to her father, Aug. 3, 1994
			Uris, Wolf William
	7			1955-1956
	8			1957-1961
	9			1962-1963
	10			1964-1966
	11			1967-1968

138	1			1969-1974
	2			1975-1981
		Fans
	3-7		1959-1961, EXODUS

139	1-3		1961-1962, mostly EXODUS
	4-7		1964-1974

140	1-6		1964-1974, cont'd

141	1-5		1964-1974, cont'd
	6-8		1975-1980

142	1-10		1975-1980, cont'd

143	1-6		1975-1980, cont'd
	7-8		1990

144	1-4		1991-1993
	5		1994
	6-7	Friends, 1990s

145	1	Friends, 1990s, cont'd
	2	Fun
	3-5	General, 1956-1992
	6	Hate file
		Invitations and requests, rejected
	7-9		1958-1984, EXODUS

146	1-2		1958-1984, EXODUS, cont'd
	3-4		1974-1976
	5		1977
	6		1978

147	1		1978, cont'd
	2		1979-1981
	3		1990-1991
	4-5		1993-1995

148	1	Jewish organizations, 1988-1990
	2	John Hopkins Library, 1987-1988
	3	Kinder Verlag (Schlosberg), 1961-1969
	4	King David trimillenium, 1994
	5	Klanwatch, legal action
	6-7	"No answer," 1991-1995
		"Nuts"
	8		1962-1965
	9-10		1967-1972
	11-12		1976-1978

149	1	St. Barths, vacation, 1990
	2-3	Soviet Jews, 1989-1990
	4	Sharon, Ariel, notes and clippings
	5	Thank you letters received, 1993-1995
	6-7	Trip (Russia, Poland, Hungary), Oct. 1989
		University of Colorado, Uris Collection
	8		Correspondence, 1981-1990
	9		Inventory of Uris book collection, ca. 1981

150	1-2		Inventory, with appraisal, 1986
	3		Ralph G. Newman, Inc., appraiser, 1982-1986
	4-7	Uris, Leon, letters dictated to his secretary, written in
				speedwriting shorthand, 1974-1976

151	1-6	Uris, Leon, letters dictated, cont'd

Series IV. Career-Related and Personal Material

152	1-3	About Uris
		Addresses
	4-5		Address book, old; change of address
	6		COA cards, master list
	7		"R/A" addresses, with some correspondence

153	1-3		"R/A" addresses, cont'd
	4-5		"R/A" addresses, through 1993

154	1		"R/A" addresses, through 1993, cont'd
	2		Printed address and phone list
	3	Bantam loans, 1965-1976
	4-5	Benedict, Frederick A., lawsuit, 1969-1970

155	1-2	Benedict, Frederick A., lawsuit, cont'd
	3-4	Book catalogs, Judaica
		Business and financial (Schlosberg)
			Contracts
				ANGRY HILLS
	5				1955-1986
	6				Copyright renewal
	7			ARMAGEDDON, 1964-1986
	8			BATTLE CRY, 1952-1984

156	1			Correspondence, re contracts, 1955-1977
	2-4			Doubleday, 1969-1988
	5			EXODUS, foreign, 1957-1987
	6			THE HAJ, 1983-1987
	7			JERUSALEM: SONG OF SONGS, 1980-1981
				MILA 18
	8				1959-1987
	9-10				1984-1991, Paramount

157	1-3			TOPAZ, 1967-1990
	4		Financial statements, 1959-1985
			Insurance
	5			Life, 1972-1981
	6			Personal accident, 1979-1987
	7			WGA claims, 1986-1988
	8			Workmen's compensation, 1971-1988
	9			Miscellaneous, 1972-1979

			Rights
158	1			MILA 18
	2			QB VII, foreign
	3			TRINITY, foreign
			Royalties
	4-6			THE ANGRY HILLS
	7			ARMAGEDDON
	8			BATTLE CRY

159	1			BATTLE CRY, cont'd
				EXODUS
	2-3				Distribution, film, 1961-1990
	4-5				Foreign
	6				MGM
	7			MILA 18

160	1			MILA 18, cont'd
	2			QB VII
	3			TOPAZ
			Taxes
	4-6			1988
	7			1989
	*	Calendars, 1962, 1988, and 1990, with notations
				(*removed to Oversize Box 192)
		Jackson, Henry M., 1976 presidential campaign
	8-9		Biographical materials, fact sheets, publicity,
					photographs, ephemera
	10		Miscellaneous letters re Jackson campaign

161	1		"News from Senator Henry M. Jackson," press
					releases
	2-3		Notes for Uris speeches in support of Jackson
	4		Notes re Jackson campaign and itinerary
	5-6	Medical
	7	Operating manuals, household equipment
		Photographic images
			Photographs
	8-9			BATTLE CRY, film, 1954-1955
	*			El Blatt, Abdullah, inscribed to Uris
						(*removed to Oversize Box 202)

162	1			Exodus Books and Records book store,
						1960-1961
	2			"Exodus Medal," Mexico, 1967
				Family
	*				1927-1964 (*album removed to Oversize
							Box 203)
	*				1961-1963 (*album removed to Oversize
							Box 202)
	3*				ca. 1960s (*oversize photographs of Karen
							Uris removed to Box 202)
	4			Friends
	5-8			Personal and career-related, 1954-1960,
						includes BATTLE CRY
				Travel photographs
	9-10				New York City

163	1-2				USSR, summer 1961?
	3				Yafa and Shifra, Israel, July 1967
	*			University of California at Santa Clara, June
						1977, honorary degree (*removed to
						Oversize Box 204)
	*		Slides (*research/travel slides removed to oversize
					slide cases, Boxes 205-212)
	4			1954
	5			1955, family
	6			1955-1956
	7			1958
	8-9			1959
	10			1961
	11			1961, Germany & USSR

164	1			1962
	2			1963-1965
	3-5			1964, Mexico
	6			1964-1966
	7			1971, New Zealand
	8			nd, Europe

		Scrapbooks
165	OS		1944-1946

166	OS		1953, BATTLE CRY

167	OS		1953-1955, BATTLE CRY, ANGRY HILLS

168	OS		1955-1956, BATTLE CRY, Israel, EXODUS

169	OS		1958-1960, EXODUS

170	OS		1959, EXODUS

171	OS		EXODUS promotional material

			Clippings, general
172	OS			1960-1962

173	OS			1960-1970

174	OS			1964-1976

175	OS			1970-1974, QB VII

176	OS			1972-1979

177	OS			1975-1980 (with Jill Peabody, Ireland, etc.)

178	OS			1976-1981

179	OS			1988-1989

180	OS			1989-1991

		Shelter Island house
181	1*		Remodeling project (*blueprints and drawings
					removed to Oversize Folder 3)
	2		Stationery
		Speeches
	3		1959, "The Faith You Have Kept," 22nd UJA
					Annual National Conference
	4		1960, Hank Greenspun testimonial dinner
			1967, Mesa College, Lowell Heiney Library dedication
	5		1978, Johns Hopkins University, Homewood
					Campus, G. Harry Pouder lecture
			1980, Wittenberg University, commencement
					address, Springfield, Ohio
	6		1981, UJA tour; Scopus Award acceptance with
					Jill Uris
			1984, Mesa College seminar
	7		1985, Lincoln College, commencement address
			1986, Speech to Jewish Book Fairs
			1987, Speech to Denver periodontists
			1988
				"The Rising of the Warsaw Ghetto," with
						Jill Uris, Vancouver; speeches to
						University of Judaic Studies
	8			THE NEW YORK TIMES Literary Luncheon
	9			Smithsonian Institute

182	1			Tarawa Memorial dedication, Long Beach;
						Miami and Detroit Book Fairs
	2		1989, San Francisco, Memphis, Chicago, San
					Antonio, Minneapolis, Allenton
			1990
	3			Emanuel Foundation for Hungarian Culture,
						Hotel Pierre; Montclair, New Jersey;
						Mexico speech
	4			Jewish Federation, Baltimore; Montreal
						Combined Jewish Appeal; Temple Beth
						El, Patchogue
	5			Jewish Federation, Detroit; Israel Bonds
						Dinner; Brevard County, Florida; UJA,
						Cedarhurst, Long Island; Fort
						Lauderdale; Boston

183	1		1991, Temple Beth Shalom, Jacksonville, Florida;
					Hartford
	2		1993, Yom Hashoah, Los Angeles; programs for
					"Havdalah with the President," Jefferson
					Memorial, Washington, D.C.
	3		nd, various speech drafts
	4	Survivors of the Shoah, Visual History Foundation,
				information and clippings
		Travel
	5		Brochures, general
	6		Afghanistan
	7-8		Austria
	9		Eastern Europe

184	1		England
	2		France
	3		Netherlands, The
	4		Pakistan
	5		Sweden, Stockholm telephone directory, 1971

185	1		Sweden, cont'd
	2		United States
	3	Uris, Betty, 1954 diary, with letter to parents,
				May 28, 1954
	4-5	Uris, Wolf William, memoirs
	6	Welage, B. Patrick. "Gay Spirituality: From Freud to
				the Millennium," master's thesis, 1999
	7	Wetmore, Gordon, watercolor drawing of Uris

186-212		Oversize Boxes




Leon Uris Papers Preliminary Inventory
(Last modified: 26 June 2005 )

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