Bob Wade papers
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Content Description
The Robert A. Wade papers document Wade's career writing noir mysteries with his partner H. BIll Miller (who died in 1961) until Wade's death in 2012. THe collection inculdes personal and business correspondence, diaries, first editions of their books, ledgers, typescripts, draft manuscripts, hand-corrected galley proofs, dust jackets, scrapbooks, magazines, newspaper clippings, notecards, and rejection and fan letters.
Dates
- Creation: 1938 - 2010
Creator
- Miller, Wade (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical Note
Robert (Bob) Wade, together with his longtime partner H. Bill Miller, wrote more than forty mystery novels, several of which were adapted for film. The most famous of these was "Badge of Evil" which was adapted into the Orsen Welles film "Touch of Evil."
Wade and Miller first met at violin lessons when they were both 12 and they began writing together a few months later. They attended San Diego State University together, and when Wade was drafted in 1942, Miller enlisted with him.
After WWII, they began their writing career in earnest and published their books under several pseudonyms including Whit Masterson, Wade Miller, Will Daemer, and Dale Wilmer. The partnership came to an end when Miller died of a heart attack in 1961. Wade continued to publish, but gradually transitioned to writing under his own name and began to focus on writing screenplays and encouraging film adaptations of his previous works. Wade died in 2012.
Extent
41.4 Linear Feet (66 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in 14 series: Correspondence, Diaries, Contracts, Writing Process Files, Manuscripts, Plays, Personal Files, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Ephemera, Audiovisual Materials, Publications, Artifacts, and Books.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Johnson Rare Books & Archives, November 27, 2017.
Subject
- Miller, Bill, 1920-1961 -- Archives (Person)
- Miller, Wade -- Archives (Person)
- Wade, Bob, 1920-2012 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Bob Wade papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jacqueline Morin
- Date
- 2019 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu