Inventory of the Hoke Norris Papers, 1934-1977, bulk 1956-1977


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Descriptive Summary of the Collection

Creator

Norris, Hoke, 1934-1977

Title

Hoke Norris Papers

Dates

1934-1977,

Dates

bulk 1956-1977

Extent

9 cubic ft. (20 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 2 volumes)

Abstract

Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.

Language

Materials are in English.

Repository

Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections

Collection Call Number

Midwest MS Norris

Collection Stack Location

3a 41 3


Administrative Information

Cite As

Hoke Norris Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Provenance

Gift, Mrs. Hoke Norris, 1978.

Processed by

Pamela Olson and Leigh Ann Ripley, 2005.

Acknowledgements

This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Access

The Hoke Norris Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Hoke Norris Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.


Biography of Hoke Norris

Hoke Marion Norris was born on October 8, 1913 in Holly Springs, North Carolina. He received his A. B. from Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University) in 1934, and began his career in journalism as a reporter at the Elizabeth City, N.C. Daily Advance. In 1936 he moved to the Raleigh, N.C. News and Observer, then became reporter-editor at the Associated Press in Raleigh and Charlotte. Norris spent 1942-1946 in the Southwest Pacific Theater as a captain for combat intelligence in the Army Air Force. He returned to the Associated Press in 1946, then worked as reporter and editorial writer for the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, and in 1950 he received a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.

Norris left North Carolina in 1955 to work as a reporter (1955-1958), and literary editor (1958-1968), at the Chicago Sun-Times. During the 1960's he played a significant role in reporting the events surrounding Civil Rights movement in the South. After leaving the Sun-Times, Norris served on the editorial board of the Chicago Daily News from 1968-1970, and taught creative writing at the University of Chicago. In 1971, Norris became the Director of Public Information at the Chicago Public Library, where he worked until 1974. He then served as the Assistant Vice-President for Public Affairs and Director of the Office of Public Information at the University of Chicago until 1976.

In addition to his contributions to newspapers, Norris edited and wrote short stories, magazine articles, and novels. These publications include the 1956 novel All the Kingdoms of the Earth; a 1962 collection of writings about segregation entitled We Dissent; and the 1968 novel It's Not Far But I Don't Know the Way. His short stories were published in Cavalier, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Gallery, Genesis, Playboy, and several literary journals.

Hoke Norris was married to Edna Dees Rackley Norris and had one daughter, Marion Dees Norris. He died on July 8, 1977 at the age of 63.


Scope and Content of the Collection

Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, literary manuscripts, research materials, and miscellaneous ephemera documenting the personal and professional life of Hoke Norris.

The bulk of the collection consists of Norris' works, which are primarily typescript, and include entire novels as well as drafts and clippings of reviews, reportage, short stories, poems, lectures, proposed anthologies, assorted notes, and collaborations between Norris and other writers. Correspondence is between Norris and friends, relatives, coworkers, colleagues, and publishers. Prominent correspondents include Marshall Best, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lewis Lapham, and Henry Miller.

A small portion of the collection consists of miscellaneous personal and professional documents, including contracts, royalty statements, newspaper clippings, school papers, photographs, and ephemera. Rounding out the collection are two scrapbook volumes containing clippings of Norris' articles for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News.

Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.


Papers are organized in the following series:

Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1941-1977. Box(es) 1-4

Letters to Hoke Norris of a personal and professional nature; with the majority pertaining to Norris' submissions to publishers, as well as his public relations work for the University of Chicago.

Arranged alphabetically, with unidentified correspondents filed chronologically at the end of the alphabetical run.

Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence, 1942-1977. Box(es) 4-5

Letters and memoranda from Hoke Norris to publishers, agents, colleagues, relatives, and friends. The bulk of these letters regard submissions to magazine and book publishers. Memoranda to Don Bruckner of the University of Chicago often include Bruckner's reply on the bottom of the page.

Arranged alphabetically with form letters and unidentified correspondents filed chronologically at the end of the alphabetical run.

Series 3: Works, 1934-1977. Box(es) 6-19

Drafts, proofs, and final versions of Norris' magazine articles, newspaper columns, book reviews, lectures, short stories, novels, and poetry. Also included are notes, research materials, and reviews of Norris' works, as indicated. Many of Norris' works reflect his concern for racial relations, particularly in the South. The Civil Rights Movement folders contain clippings and other pertinent materials concerning the movement, which Norris documented throughout the 1960's as Sun-Times correspondent. Newspaper clippings are arranged chronologically and include additional Civil Rights articles as well as Norris' "Critic at Large" columns. Drafts of book reviews are filed under "Reviews".

See also Series 5: Scrapbooks, for more newspaper clippings of works.

Arranged alphabetically by title of work, with Civil Rights Movement, Lectures, Newspaper Clippings, Poetry, Research Materials, Reviews, Unidentified, and Untitled grouped by subject. Collaborations between Norris and other authors are filed at the end of series, alphabetically by title. Oversize-Legal items are filed with Series 4: Miscellaneous; larger items are filed in Oversize.

Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1933-1977. Box(es) 20

Contracts, royalty statements, newspaper clippings, school papers, photographs, and other miscellaneous items.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1962-1963, 1970. Box(es) Vol. I-Vol. II

Two scrapbook volumes containing clippings of Norris' columns and editorials for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News, dating 1962-1963 and 1970. Several unattached full pages were moved from Volume I to Oversize.

Scrapbooks are arranged chronologically.


Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.

Names

Subjects


Container List

Series 1: Incoming Correspondence, 1941-1977

Letters to Hoke Norris of a personal and professional nature; with the majority pertaining to Norris' submissions to publishers, as well as his public relations work for the University of Chicago.
Arranged alphabetically, with unidentified correspondents filed chronologically at the end of the alphabetical run.

Box Folder Contents
1 1 Abel, Dominick, 1974-1976
1 2 Adams, William (Illinois State University), 1974-1975
1 3 Amburn, Ellis (Coward-McCann, Inc.), 1968
1 4 Amussen, Robert [includes note from Pat Kuhuel] (McGraw-Hill Book Co.), 1955
1 5 Anderson, Elliott (TriQuarterly), 1973
1 6 Anderson, Jon (The Chicagoan), 1974
1 7 Arnold, Judith (Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc.), 1971-1972
1 8 Ashmore, Harry S. (Arkansas Gazette), 1956
1 9 Babcock, Fredric, 1972
1 10 Ball, Jeffrey (Elks Magazine), 1977
1 11 Ballantine, Ian (Ballantine Books), 1972
1 12 Bates, Natalie (Crown Publishers), 1974
1 13 Bauer, Malcolm (The Oregonian), 1956
1 14 Bauk, Marji, 1967
1 15 Beadle, Muriel, 1974
1 16 Benet, Jon, 1969
1 17 Bernard, Sidney (The Smith), 1971
1 18 Best, Marshall (Viking Press), 1952
1 19 Birnie, William A. H. (Readers Digest), 1972
1 20 Bixler, Paul (Antioch Review), 1974
1 21 Black, David (New York Shakespeare Festival), 1973
1 22 Blades, John (Chicago Tribune), 1976-1977
1 23 Blair, John F., 1972-1973
1 24 Bloch, Susan (Evergreen Review), 1968
1 25 Bok, Derek C., 1972
1 26 Bova, Ben (Analog), 1973
1 27 Bracken, Tom (Story Quarterly), 1975
1 28 Brand, Millen (Crown Publishers), 1971
1 29 Brandt, Nat (American Heritage), 1976
1 30 Braude, Adele (Public Affairs Committee), 1976
1 31 Braude, Michael, 1976
1 32 Brisk, Mel (Quadrangle Books), 1971-1972
1 33 Bronkema, Don (Smithsonian Magazine), 1977
1 34 Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1977
1 35 Brooks, Keziah C., 1977
1 36 Brooks, Patricia (Northwest Review), 1973
1 37 Bruccoli, Matthew (University of South Carolina), 1972-1974
1 38 Bruckner, Don J., 1974-1976, n.d.
1 39 Buck, L.W. [includes photograph], 1967
1 40 Byrne, Jane, 1972
1 41 Cameron, Angus (Alfred A. Knopf), 1977
1 42 Cappon, Alex (University of Kansas City Review), 1956
1 43 Carrigan, Richard A. (National Accelerator Laboratory), 1974
1 44 Carroll, Paul (Follett Publishing Company), 1971
1 45 Carruth, Jane H. (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), 1974
1 46 Carson, Walter E., 1974
1 47 Carver, Wayne (The Miscellany), n.d.
1 48 Chiappeta, Mike, 1976
1 49 Chicago Review, n.d.
1 50 Clark, Blair (Nation), 1976
1 51 Cleaver, Diane (Doubleday), 1973
1 52 Cobbs, Bill, 1970
1 53 Coleman, Lonnie (Good Housekeeping), 1963
1 54 Cowley, Malcolm, 1971
1 55 Crichton, Robert, 1941
1 56 Cromie, Alice, 1976
1 57 Curtis, C. Michael (Atlantic Monthly), 1976
1 58 Curtis, Charlotte (New York Times), 1975
1 59 Cushman, John A. S. (Willis-Kingsley-Wing), 1963
1 60 Dam, Kenneth W., 1976
1 61 Davidson, W. W. (Georgia Review), 1967
1 62 Davis, Evancia, 1975
1 63 DeBlois, Frank, 1963
1 64 Decter, Midge (Harper's Magazine), 1969
1 65 Dee, Ivan R. (Quadrangle Books), 1968
1 66 Department of the Army, 1977
1 67 Dern, Emil, 1973
1 68 Doherty, Lawrence E. (Advertising Age), 1976
1 69 Dorfman, Ron (Chicago Magazine), n.d.
1 70 Driscoll, William C., 1973
1 71 Dufort, Jeanne, 1977
1 72 Dunlap, Henry A., 1957
1 73 Dunne, Thomas L. (St. Martin's Press), 1975
1 74 Dykstra, Susan (Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc.), 1967-1969
1 75 East, Charles (Louisiana State University Press), 1968-1969
1 76 Edwards, Page (Grossman Publishers), 1968
1 77 Eldredge, Don H. (Rand McNally and Co.), 1974
1 78 Epstein, Charles (Chicago Life), 1976
1 79 Epstein, Joseph, n.d.
1 80 Fargis, Paul (Hawthorn Books), 1970
1 81 Fargis, Richard, 1970
1 82 Ferman, Edward L. (Fantasy and Science Fiction), 1968-1970
1 83 Fiction International, n.d.
1 84 Fields, W. C., 1976
1 85 Fink, John, 1974-1975
1 86 Fisher, Roy M. (Chicago Daily News), n.d.
1 87 Fleming, Alice (David McKay Company), n.d.
1 88 Fling Magazine, 1974
1 89 Frankel, Haskel (Curtis Publishing Company), 1968
1 90 Galongca, Joseph, 1966
1 91 Gard, Robert E., 1971-1972
1 92 Geltman, Emanuel (Quadrangle), 1973
1 93 Gerson, Ed (Chicago Review), 1973
1 94 Giambacco (?), Jacqueline (Crown Publishers, Inc.), 1974
1 95 Giroux, Robert (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Inc.), 1974
1 96 Glassner, Barry (Tales), n.d.
1 97 Goldstein, Michael, 1977
1 98 Gollob, Herman (Atheneum), 1975
1 99 Gonzales, Laurence (TriQuarterly), 1970
2 100 Graham, Jack, 1976
2 101 Greenberg, Mike (Chicago Guide), n.d.
2 102 Gross, Gerald J. (MacMillan Publishing), 1973
2 103 Guthman, Edwin (Los Angeles Times), 1972
2 104 Haider, Vicky (Playboy), 1977
2 105 Hammer, Barbe (Random House), 1976
2 106 Harmet, A. Richard (Field Enterprises Educational Corporation), 1976
2 107 Hartley, Margaret L. (Southwest Review), 1971
2 108 Hartmann, Forrest D., 1975
2 109 Hawley, Edward (Chicago Tribune), 1974
2 110 Hayes, Harold (?), n.d.
2 111 Heisler, Rhonda (Albert Whitman and Co.), 1973
2 112 Henkel, Eloise, n.d.
2 113 Henry, Helena (Greenwood Press), 1972
2 114 Herr, Evelyn (Walker and Company), 1974
2 115 Hess, John J. (Follett Publishing), 1974
2 116 Hibbs, Ben, 1969-1972
2 117 Higginson (?), Angeline (Friends of American Writers), 1976
2 118 Hills, Rust (Esquire), n.d.
2 119 Holtzman, Jerome, 1965-1977
2 120 Horizon Press, 1969-1976
2 121 Howard, Ruth P. (Southern Voices), 1974
2 122 Hubel, Gordon (Smithsonian Institution Press), 1974
2 123 Hunt, Richard P. (NBC News), 1976
2 124 Huttner, Richard, 1977
2 125 Isaacs, Roger D., 1976
2 126 Ivey, A. G. [Signed "Pete"], 1974
2 127 Jakobsson, Ejler (Galaxy/If Magazines), 1973
2 128 Jenkinson, Bertha, 1970
2 129 Jinks, Larry (Miami Herald), 1972
2 130 Jones, Howard Aldred, 1976
2 131 Jordan, Lawrence (Doubleday), 1976
2 132 Kaplan, Jeremiah (MacMillan Company), 1971-1972
2 133 Kennedy, Jane, 1973
2 134 King, Larry L., 1970
2 135 Kirkpatrick, Clayton (Chicago Tribune), 1972-1976
2 136 Kisor, Henry (Chicago Daily News), n.d.
2 137 Kleinman, Cylvia, n.d.
2 138 Kluger, Richard (Charterhouse), 1972
2 139 Kneer, Leo (Scott, Foresman and Co.), 1974
2 140 Koff, Richard M. (Playboy), 1972
2 141 Kogan, Herman, 1976, n.d.
2 142 Koner, Silvia (Redbook), 1977
2 143 Korda, Michael (Simon and Schuster), 1973-1977
2 144 Kotker, Norman (Charles Scribner's Sons), 1974
2 145 Kraus, Herbert M., 1970
2 146 Kretchmer, Arthur, 1976
2 147 Kuhuel, Pat, 1956
2 148 Kuntz, Arthur (Professional Press), 1977
2 149 LaBine, Joseph w. 1974
2 150 Lanthier, Dany (MacMillan Company), 1977
2 151 Lapham, Lewis H. (Harper's Magazine), 1976-1977
2 152 Larsen, Carl W., 1972
2 153 Lawrence, Elizabeth (Harper & Brothers), 1954
2 154 Lawrence, Seymour, 1974
2 155 Leggett, John (Houghton Mifflin Company), 1954
2 156 Lehrman, Nat, 1975
2 157 Leroux, Charles (Tribune Magazine), 1974
2 158 Lieber, Charles D. (Lieber-Atherton, Inc.), 1976
2 159 Lish, Gordon (Esquire), 1977, n.d.
2 160 Litwin, Michael, 1976, n.d.
2 161 Loeb, John H. (Grossman Publishers), 1973
2 162 Logan, John (The Nation), 1968
2 163 Lopez Publications, n.d.
2 164 Lord, Sterling, 1973
2 165 Lustig, Lawrence (Encyclopedia Britannica), 1976
2 166 Macauley, Robie (Playboy) (also to Susan Dykstra), 1968-1976
2 167 Mahoney, Donal (PTA Magazine), 1973
2 168 Mahoney, Walter (Reader's Digest), 1972
2 169 Manning, Robert (Atlantic Monthly), 1972
2 170 Mantell, Suzanne (Harper's), 1977
2 171 Mayer, Peter (Avon Books), 1976
2 172 McCarter, William J, 1976
2 173 McCauley, Gerard, 1977
2 174 McCleery, William (Ladies' Home Journal), 1963
2 175 McCormick, Ken (Doubleday), 1973
2 176 McKie (?), Ronald, 1956
2 177 McNally, Andrew (Rand McNally and Co.), 1973
2 178 Milgrom, Mory, 1966
2 179 Miller, Arv, 1973
2 180 Miller, Eugene H. (Rinehart and Co. Publishers), 1954
2 181 Miller, Francis P., 1962
2 182 Miller, Henry, 1965
2 183 Millones, Peter (New York Times), 1976
2 184 Minton, Walter J. (G.P. Putnam's Sons), 1971
2 185 Molle, Charles, n.d.
2 186 Molson, Gordon, 1973
2 187 Mong, John R. (Saturday Evening Post), 1963
2 188 Montgomery, Gillespie V., 1977
2 189 Moreau, John Adam (Chicago Tribune Press Service), 1972
2 190 Morin, Alexander (Aldine Publishing), 1974
2 191 Morrison, Theodore, 1951-1952
2 192 Murray, Patricia (Lion Press), 1950
2 193 Myers, James E., 1973-1977
3 194 Neatour, Henriette (Collins-Knowlton-Wing), 1968-1973
3 195 Nemanic, G.C. (The Great Lakes Review), 1975
3 196 Newman, C.M. (New Yorker), 1968
3 197 Newman, M. W. (Chicago Daily News), n.d.
3 198 Nichols, Peter (Saturday Review), 1968
3 199 Norris, Eugene, 1974
3 200 Norris, Frank, 1972-1973
3 201 Norville, Barbara (Simon and Schuster), 1956
3 202 Nyren, Neil (Arbor House), 1977
3 203 O'Connell, Charles, 1976
3 204 O'Keefe, Dan (Reader's Digest), 1977
3 205 Orellana, Paula J., 1972
3 206 O'Toole, Denise (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1973
3 207 Ottum, Bob (Sports Illustrated), 1977
3 208 Outhwaite, Tony (Horizon Press), 1976
3 209 Overton, Jim (Southern Exposure), 1977
3 210 Owens, David, 1975
3 211 Page, Gerald W. (Witchcraft & Sorcery), n.d.
3 212 Paley, Stanley (Playboy Productions), 1973
3 213 Perkins, Terry, n.d.
3 214 Petrakis, Harry Mark, 1972
3 215 Phillips, Glen H. (Science Research Associates), 1976
3 216 Phillips, Julia (Ladies' Home Journal), 1968
3 217 Plimpton, George (The Paris Review), n.d.
3 218 Plotnick, Harvey (Henry Regnery Company), 1971-1973
3 219 Pohl, Frederik (Bantam Books), 1975
3 220 Polikoff (?), Barbara, n.d.
3 221 Price, Mary (Yale Review), 1977
3 222 Probst, Marian, 1972
3 223 Protter, Eric (Gallery), 1976
3 224 Raeburn, Ben (Horizon Press), 1976
3 225 Randolph, Leonard, 1973
3 226 Range, Peter Ross (Playboy), 1976
3 227 Raphael, Bette-Jane, (McCall's) (to Susan Dykstra), 1968
3 228 Rasmus, John (Chicago Magazine), 1976-2977, n.d.
3 229 Rawson, Eleanor (David McKay Company), 1973
3 230 Ray, David, 1972-1976
3 231 Raymond, Connie (Carolina Quarterly), 1968
3 232 Ready, Arnita [Secretary of Robert Gard], 1971-1972
3 233 Reese, Dan (Valley), 1974
3 234 Reidy, Mary, 1974
3 235 Renshaw, Charles C. (Prism Magazine), 1974
3 236 Ribalow, Meir Zvi (New York Shakespeare Festival), 1974
3 237 Ridlon, Marci (Follett Publishing), 1971
3 238 Riordan, Timothy (incomplete), 1974
3 239 Rippee, Tom W., 1972
3 240 Rippy, Frances Mayhew, 1976
3 241 Robinson, Frank M. (Rogue Magazine), 1963
3 242 Roen, Sheldon R. (Behavioral Publications), 1972
3 243 Rooke, Leon, n.d.
3 244 Rosenfield, Maurice, 1973
3 245 Rosset, Barney (Grove Press), 1971
3 246 Rudin, Stanley A., 1968
3 247 Rudo, Dorothy (G.P. Putnam's Sons), 1971
3 248 Saga, 1977
3 249 Sale, Faith (Fiction), n.d.
3 250 Salisbury, Gretchen (Assistant to Ted Solotaroff), 1977
3 251 Sandburg, Carl, 1958
3 252 Sanders, Richard C. (AAF Personnel Distribution Command), n.d.
3 253 Saunders, John B. (Science Research Associates), 1974
3 254 Saxton, Mark (Gambit Incorporated), 1973-1976
3 255 Scharlatt, Hal (E.P. Dutton & Co.), 1972
3 256 Schossberger, Emily, 1952-1953
3 257 Schutz, Dan F., 1971
3 258 Scott, James A. (Willis-Kingsley-Wing), 1965
3 259 Selg, Thalia (Story Quarterly), 1974
3 260 Sennett, Carol (Quadrangle Books, Inc.), 1972
3 261 Shawn, William (New Yorker), 1976
3 262 Shea, J. Vernon, 1953
3 263 Sherman, N. (Five Arts Award), 1952
3 264 Shrifte, Evelyn (Vanguard Press), 1974-1977
3 265 Shuttleworth, John (The Mother Earth News), 1974
3 266 Silvestro, Clement M., 1974
3 267 Simon, Henry W. (Simon & Schuster), 1966
3 268 Simpson, Ralph (Wake Forest University), 1970
3 269 Smith, The, n.d.
3 270 Smith, Anne Mollegen (Redbook), 1968
3 271 Smith, Carol Houck (W.W. Norton & Co.), 1976
3 272 Smith, Michael V. (Chicago Tribune), 1974
3 273 Soper, Moneta (The Georgian), 1969
3 274 Spectorsky, A.C. (Playboy), 1960
3 275 Stimmel, Stuart R. (The Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon), 1977
3 276 Stocking, Marion K. (The Beloit Poetry Journal), 1972
3 277 Strachan, Pat (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), 1974
3 278 Sublette, Walter (Playboy Enterprises), 1976
3 279 Summer (?), Thor (Ark River Review), n.d.
3 280 Sutton, Margaret (Encyclopedia Britannica), 1976
3 281 Swallow Press, 1971
3 282 Sweet, James S., 1976
3 283 Swenson, Eric (W.W. Norton & Co.), 1972
3 284 Szathmary, Louis (The Bakery), 1971
4 285 Takeuchi, Dick (Chicago Sun Times), n.d.
4 286 Teichmann, Howard Miles (NBC News), 1973
4 287 Thomas, James R. (National Endowment for the Arts), 1973
4 288 Toppi, Jeanette (McCalls), 1963
4 289 Touch Limited, n.d.
4 290 Tovell, Arnold (Beacon), 1973
4 291 Tyler, Ellena (David McKay Company), 1974
4 292 Ulman, Katharine (Willis Kingley Wilson), 1956
4 293 Van Vlissingen, L.A. (Chicago Tribune), 1976
4 294 Verhulst, Roger, 1972
4 295 Vinick, Larry (Simon and Schuster), 1956
4 296 Von Nickern, Lillian (Paris Review), 1973
4 297 Wade, Jim (David McKay), 1974
4 298 Walker, Del, 1972
4 299 Ward, Jody (Playboy Book Division), 1976
4 300 Weills, Christopher [missing first page], n.d.
4 301 Weinberg, Kenneth G. [addressed to Michael Braude], 1976
4 302 Weingartner, Fannia (Chicago Historical Society), 1977
4 303 Wentworth, Richard L. (University of Illinois Press; Louisiana State University Press), 1967-1975
4 304 West, Anthony, 1976
4 305 Western Union Telegraph Co. (invitation), n.d.
4 306 Wicker, Tom (Winston-Salem Journal), 1956
4 307 Wille, Lois, n.d.
4 308 Williams, Alan D. (Viking Press), 1968
4 309 Wimberly, L.C. (University of Nebraska), 1956
4 310 Wing, Willis Kingsley, 1954
4 311 Witherspoon, Bill, 1975
4 312 Woestendiek, William J., 1968
4 313 Wohl, Sam (Simon and Schuster), 1956
4 314 Woods, Pricilla (Collins-Knowlton-Wing), 1970-1971
4 315 Wright, Lee (Simon and Schuster and Random House), 1955-1976
4 316 Wright, William C. (Leisure Guide), 1974
4 317 Wussler, Robert (WBBM), 1972
4 318 Yost, Richard A., 1970
4 319 Unidentified, 1970-1976, n.d.

Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence, 1942-1977

Letters and memoranda from Hoke Norris to publishers, agents, colleagues, relatives, and friends. The bulk of these letters regard submissions to magazine and book publishers. Memoranda to Don Bruckner of the University of Chicago often include Bruckner's reply on the bottom of the page.
Arranged alphabetically with form letters and unidentified correspondents filed chronologically at the end of the alphabetical run.

Box Folder Contents
4 320 Applegath, John, 1976
4 321 Armory, Cleveland, 1972-1973
4 322 Arnold, Judith, 1961
4 323 Ashmead, Larry (Harper Collins), 1973
4 324 Balk, Alfred, 1974
4 325 Berkow, Ira (to Herman Kogan, re. Mike Chiapetta), 1976
4 326 Berthold, Mr., 1974
4 327 Best, Marshall (Viking Press), 1951
4 328 Bisher, Alexander, 1973
4 329 Black, David, 1973
4 330 Blair, John F., 1973
4 331 Bluebook, 1977
4 332 Boos, Mike and Whiting, Bob, 1976
4 333 Bracken, Tom (Story Quarterly), 1975
4 334 Braude, Adele (Public Affairs Quarterly), 1976
4 335 Braude, Michael, 1975
4 336 Brisk, Mel (Quadrangle Books), 1972
4 337 Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1976
4 338 Bruccoli, Matthew (University of South Carolina), 1973
4 339 Bruckner, Don J. (University of Chicago), 1974-1976
4 340 Cannon, Mr. and LeBind, Mr., 1974
4 341 Carrigan, Richard, 1974
4 342 Carter, John Mack (Good Housekeeping), 1977
4 343 Chiapetta, Mike, 1977
4 344 Claiborne, Mr., 1973
4 345 Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc., 1972
4 346 Conley, Claire, 1977
4 347 Cousins, Norman ?, 1974
4 348 Cowley, Malcolm, 1953
4 349 Curtis, Charlotte, 1974
4 350 Davies, Dr., 1971
4 351 Dee, Ivan, 1976
4 352 Doherty, Lawrence E. (Advertising Age), 1976
4 353 Dorfman, Ron, 1976
4 354 Dykstra, Susan, (Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc.), 1968
4 355 East, Charles (Louisiana State University Press), 1969
4 356 Eidenberg, Eugene (University of Illinois), 1976
4 357 Erlich, David (Saga), 1977
4 358 Ernsberger, George (Avon Books), 1971
4 359 Fargis, Richard, 1970
4 360 Ferman, Edward L. (Fantasy and Science Fiction), 1969
4 361 Fink, John (?) (Chicago Tribune), 1974
4 362 Fitzgerald, Joseph F. (City Building Dept.), 1974
4 363 Fles, Barthold, 1950
4 364 Follett, J. R., 1973
4 365 Galongca, Joseph, 1967
4 366 Genesis, 1977
4 367 Geoghegan, Mr., 1976
4 368 Goldsborough, Bob, 1976
4 369 Goldstein, Michael (University of Illinois), 1977
4 370 Golin, Al, 1976
4 371 Graham, Jarlath J. (Jack) (Advertising Age), 1976
4 372 Grann, Phyllis (G. P. Putnam's Sons), 1976
4 373 Gross, Gerald (MacMillan Co., also from Gross to Norris), 1972
5 374 Hartmann, Forrest D., 1975
5 375 Hayes, Harold, 1973
5 376 Heiserman, Virginia, 1976
5 377 Hibbs, Ben, 1972
5 378 Hubel, Gordon (Smithsonian Institution Press), 1974
5 379 Hunt, Richard (NBC), 1976
5 380 Isaacs, Roger, 1976
5 381 Jinks, Larry (Miami Herald), 1972
5 382 Kirkpatrick, Clayton (Chicago Tribune), 1972
5 383 Koner, Silvia (Redbook), 1977
5 384 Korda, Michael (Simon and Schuster), 1976
5 385 Kretchmer, Arthur (Playboy), 1976
5 386 Kroll, Mr., 1976
5 387 Lapham, Lewis H. (Harper's Magazine), 1976
5 388 Lawrence, Seymour, 1974
5 389 Lieber, Charles D., 1975
5 390 Lish, Gordon (Esquire), 1976
5 391 Lord, Sterling, 1972
5 392 Lund, Kenneth (Scott, Foresman and Co.), 1973
5 393 Macauley, Robie, 1967-1968
5 394 Mahoney, Donal (PTA Magazine), 1974
5 395 Mahoney, Walter (Reader's Digest), 1972
5 396 Mantell, Suzanne, 1977
5 397 Marmur, Mrs. (Simon and Schuster), 1973
5 398 Maroon - Grey City Journal (University of Chicago), 1977
5 399 McCarter, William J. (WTTW), 1976
5 400 McCauley, Gerard, 1977
5 401 McCormick, Kenneth, 1973
5 402 McGillicuddy, Judge, 1972
5 403 McNally, Andrew (Rand McNally and Co.), 1973
5 404 Miller, Eugene H. (Rinehart and Co.), 1954
5 405 Millones, Peter (New York Times), 1976
5 406 Minick, Mr. (Magazine Management Co.), 1973
5 407 Molson, Gordon, 1973-1976
5 408 Morin, Alexander (Aldine Publishing), 1974
5 409 Munk, Erika, 1973
5 410 Muntyan, Mr. (University of Chicago), 1975
5 411 Myrus, Don (Gallery Magazine), 1973
5 412 Nault, William H. (Field Enterprises Educational Corp.), 1976
5 413 Neatrour, Henriette, 1972
5 414 New York Times (editor), 1977
5 415 Norris, Calvin and Mabel (parents), 1942-1944
5 416 Notz, John (Professional Press), 1968
5 417 O'Keefe, Dan (Reader's Digest), 1977
5 418 Ornstein, Dr., 1974
5 419 Overton, Jim, 1977
5 420 Outhwaite, Tony (Horizon Press), 1976
5 421 Paley, Stanley, 1973
5 422 Panorama, (Bill), 1973
5 423 Philipson, Morris (University of Chicago Press), 1974
5 424 Phillips, Glen H. (Science and Research Associates), 1976-1977
5 425 Plimpton, George, 1977
5 426 Plotnik, Harvey (Henry Regnery Co.), 1972
5 427 Posson, Joyce, 1954
5 428 Price, Mary (Yale Review), 1977
5 429 Raeburn, Ben (Horizon Press), 1976
5 430 Range, Peter Ross, 1976
5 431 Rasmus, John, 1976
5 432 Ready, Anita, 1972
5 433 Renshaw, Charlie (Prism Magazine), 1973
5 434 Richardson, Mrs. (St. Martin's?), 1973
5 435 Robbins, Manuel J., 1974
5 436 Rogers, Josephine, 1968
5 437 Rogin, Gilbert (Sports Illustrated), 1976
5 438 Roman, Mr. 1968
5 439 Rosenfield, Mr., 1973
5 440 Rosensweig, Mr., 1973
5 441 Rudin, Stanley A., 1974
5 442 Samuelson, Jane (Henry Regnery Co.), 1976
5 443 Saunders, Stephan, 1976
5 444 Shawn, William (New Yorker), 1954-1976
5 445 Shea, J. Vernon, 1953
5 446 Sherman, N. (National Five Arts Award), 1952-1953
5 447 Smith, Gregory, 1973
5 448 Southern Baptist Convention, 1977
5 449 Stewart, Maxwell S., 1976
5 450 Stimmel, Stuart (Opportunity), 1977
5 451 Straus, Mr., 1973
5 452 Sutton, Margaret and Lustig, Larry, 1976
5 453 Sweet, Jim (University of Chicago), 1976-1977
5 454 Tovell, Arnold, 1973
5 455 Van Doren, Irita, 1976
5 456 Van Vlissingen, L.A. (Chicago Tribune), 1976
5 457 Wentworth, Richard L. (University of Illinois Press; Louisiana State University Press), 1975
5 458 West, Anthony, 1976
5 459 Weybright, Mr., 1974
5 460 Wicker, Tom (Winston-Salem Journal), 1956
5 461 Willis, Mr., 1973
5 462 Wing, Willis Kingsley, 1953-1960
5 463 Woll, Bernice (Vanguard Press), 1977
5 464 Wussler, Robert (WBBM-TV) and Schulman, 1972
5 465 Wyeth, Mr., (Science Fiction), 1973
5 466 Form letters to editors and publicists, 1973, 1976
5 467 Unidentified, 1958-1977, n.d.

Series 3: Works, 1934-1977

Drafts, proofs, and final versions of Norris' magazine articles, newspaper columns, book reviews, lectures, short stories, novels, and poetry. Also included are notes, research materials, and reviews of Norris' works, as indicated. Many of Norris' works reflect his concern for racial relations, particularly in the South. The Civil Rights Movement folders contain clippings and other pertinent materials concerning the movement, which Norris documented throughout the 1960's as Sun-Times correspondent. Newspaper clippings are arranged chronologically and include additional Civil Rights articles as well as Norris' "Critic at Large" columns. Drafts of book reviews are filed under "Reviews".
See also Series 5: Scrapbooks, for more newspaper clippings of works.
Arranged alphabetically by title of work, with Civil Rights Movement, Lectures, Newspaper Clippings, Poetry, Research Materials, Reviews, Unidentified, and Untitled grouped by subject. Collaborations between Norris and other authors are filed at the end of series, alphabetically by title. Oversize-Legal items are filed with Series 4: Miscellaneous; larger items are filed in Oversize.

Box Folder Contents
6 468 $5000 Bill, The, n.d.
6 469-470 Adopted (pseudonym-Michael Flynn), ca. 1977
6 471-472 Adopted (pseudonym-Michael Flynn) - research materials, 1972-1977
6 473-474 All the Kingdoms of the Earth (previously the Inheritors) - draft, ca. 1956
6 475 All the Kingdoms of the Earth (previously the Inheritors) - proofs, Ch. 1-7, 1956
7 476 All the Kingdoms of the Earth (previously the Inheritors) - proofs, Ch. 8-12, 1956
7 477 All the Kingdoms of the Earth (previously the Inheritors) - synopsis and reviews, 1956
7 478 Amazing Graceland, 1977
7 479 And Hanging on this Gallows We Have. . ., n.d.
7 480 Andrew Johnson's "High Crimes", 1974
7 481 Ang Panahon Ay Ginto, 1945
7 482 Art, n.d.
7 483 Autumn Comes to America, ca. 1971
7 484 Babbitt Revisited, ca. 1976
7 485 Blood Won't Tell, n.d.
7 486 Branch Water, n.d.
7 487 By Invitation Only (Gallery), 1973
7 488 Chain (Prairie Schooner), 1951
7 489 Children of Pride, n.d.
7 490 City Between the Prairie and the Lake, The (Leisure Guide), n.d.
7 491 City Fables (Playboy, VIP), 1957, 1964
7 492 Civil Rights Movement - articles by Norris, see also oversize, 1964-1968
7 493 Civil Rights Movement - articles by Norris and Frank McMahon, see also oversize, 1961-1968
7 494 Civil Rights Movement - book proposal, 1960's
7 495 Civil Rights Movement - drafts and research materials, 1960-1964
7 496 Civil Rights Movement - research materials, 1964-1976
8 497 Civil Rights Movement - Southern Baptism - articles and research materials, 1976
8 498 Count the Ways, Chum, n.d.
8 499-501 Crooked Mile, The, n.d.
8 502 Daisy and the Hand of God (University of Kansas City Review) (later part of All the Kingdoms of the Earth), 1956
8 503 Dancing Lesson, The (Prairie Schooner), 1973
8 504 Dealer's Choice, 1973
8 505 Dear Sir, You Cur, 1952
8 506 Death of a Writer, The, 1950
8 507-510 Down a Dark Road, pp. 1-280, n.d.
9 511-514 Down a Dark Road, pp. 281-541, n.d.
9 515 Dream, 1972-1975
9 516 East of the Sun, West of the Moon, n.d.
9 517 Education of Joe Parker, The, Synopsis, ca. 1973
9 9 518-521 Education of Joe Parker, The, ca. 1973
9 9 522-523 Education of Joe Parker, The - draft, Ch. 1-4, ca. 1973
10 524 Education of Joe Parker, The - draft, Ch. 5-10, ca. 1973
10 525 Education of Joe Parker, The - notes and research materials, ca. 1973
20 745 Elections - North Carolina, 1948 - drafts of articles and notes, 1948
10 526 Elisabeth Kubler-Ross on Dying, 1975
10 527 ESP, 1976
10 528 Farewell, June, n.d.
10 529 Faulkner, 1962 (?)
10 530 Fifth Card, The (Cavalier Magazine), 1953
10 531 Final Distance, The (Redbook Magazine) (later part of It's Not Far But I Don't Know the Way), 1967
10 532 Fourth Estate, n.d.
10 533 Free University in Action, A, (previously titled Learning at the Library), 1974
10 534 Friendship, 1976
10 535 Gastronomical Day in the Life of the American Citizen, A, ca. 1972
10 536 Ghost (Playboy), 1968
10 537 Ghost - Thirteen Short Stories [Ghost, The Patient, Go-Gi, Still Alive and Living. . .], 1959-1973
10 538 Ghost - Thirteen Short Stories [By Invitation Only, The Scene of the Crime, The Rebels, The Dancing Lesson], 1959-1973
10 539 Ghost - Thirteen Short Stories [Instant Replay, Unto the Mountaintop, Weed of Sorrow], 1959-1973
10 540 Gladiator, n.d.
10 541 Go-Gi (University of Kansas City Review), 1958
10 542 Grandma Was a Flapper - (University Review), 1969
10 543 Great Libraries of Greater Chicago, The, 1973
10 544 Handy Utility Editorial and Other Matters, The, n.d.
10 545 Handyman - (Prairie Schooner), 1954
10 546 Hard Way, The, n.d.
10 547 Hello, Out There, From Old Town (pseudonym Michael Flynn), n.d.
11 548 How Beautiful with Shoes, 1977
11 549-550 How It Is (A War Diary), 1945
11 551 How Small Is the Smallest?, 1977
11 552-553 How Small Is the Smallest? - notes and research materials, 1977
11 554-556 How They Died-An Informal Anthology of Legal Killings, 1972
12 557-558 How They Died-An Informal Anthology of Legal Killings - research materials, 192
12 559 Hung Jury (Playboy), 1963
12 560 I Am an Impressionist, ca. 1977
12 561-562 Ideas for Articles, 1959-1977
12 563 If the Assyrians Should Come Calling, ca. 1976
12 564 Instant Replay, n.d.
12 565 Iring of the Large, Heavy Mammal, The, n.d.
12 566 It's Like Going Home Again (Oh, to Be In England), 1977
12 567 It's Not Far, But I Don't Know the Way (Playboy) (later part of novel of same name), 1967
12 568 Killing of the Animals and Birds Series, The (edited by Norris) - research materials, ca. 1970
12 569 Killing of the Animals of the Water, The (edited by Norris), ca. 1970
12 570-571 Killing of the Beasts of the Field, The (edited by Norris) (folders 1-2), ca. 1970
13 572 Killing of the Beasts of the Field, The (edited by Norris) (folder 3), ca. 1970
13 573-574 Killing of the Birds of the Air, The (edited by Norris), ca. 1970
13 575 Killings, The - (New Letters) (sequel to Look Away), 1972
13 576 Lean and Hungry Look, A, 1945