This series contains drafts of, and excerpts from, Ellenberger's biography of Novarro, published in 1999; reviews of the book in the gay press; and drafts of an article Ellenberger published in the early 1990s in an unidentified newsletter, Shadowland. The series also contains Ellenberger's correspondence relating to his research. The correspondence includes requests for information made by Ellenberger to the FBI and the Department of the Navy under the Freedom of Information Act; the information Ellenberger eventually received was redacted from 6 pages to a single sentence. The majority of Letters Out are initial requests for information. The Letters In include several original letters from Freda Novello and photocopy letters from Lina Basquette, Novarro's dance-partner during his earliest years in Los Angeles; however, although other letters refer to correspondence from Anita Page, no letters from her are now in the collection. Several Letters In also refer to the Ramon Novarro Film Club that Ellenberger ran from approximately 1992 to 1995 in conjunction with his research; other materials relating to this organization can be found among the subject files in Series 2: Research Notes and Files (see below).