Scope and Contents Four original typed letters signed "Vicky" to her publisher Malcolm Johnson (1902-1958) and his wife Mathilde Whitridge Johnson (1910–1976), along with one envelope. Mr. Johnson was the president of the American Book Publishers Council, executive vice-president of the D. Van Nostrand Publishing Company, and a managing editor of Atlantic Monthly and Doubleday & Co. Although Mr. Johnson was Baum's publisher, the letters here are of a personal...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Vicki Baum correspondence and film typescript consists of four typed letters signed "Vicki" on "Vicki Baum" letterhead, along with an unpublished draft for a film titled "Conspiracy (Working Title for Sands O' Life)." The correspondence is addressed to Baum's publisher Malcolm Johnsohn and his wife Mathilde Whitridge Johnson. Baum wrote the first three letters in 1943 and the fourth letter in 1946. The draft of the script for "Conspiracy (Working Title for Sands O' Life)"--authored by...

Abstract The Vicki Baum correspondence and film typescript consists of four typed letters signed "Vicki" on "Vicki Baum" letterhead, along with an unpublished draft for a film titled "Conspiracy (Working Title for Sands O' Life)." The correspondence is addressed to Baum's publisher Malcolm Johnsohn and his wife Mathilde Whitridge Johnson. Baum wrote the first three letters in 1943 and the fourth letter in 1946. The draft of the script for "Conspiracy (Working Title for Sands O' Life)"--authored by...