I. Correspondence, 1915-1970,
Outgoing, 1932, 1953, 1963-1970
Incoming,
Letters in regards to publishing & other literary activity, A-Z, 1915,1939-1963
Letters from friends and fans, A-Z, 1915-1968
Fan mail redirected from radio KFRC after reading of "The Constant Heart", Feb 1932
Unknown, 1939-1963, n.d.
Biographical notes by Mrs. Archer
Finance, contracts & other legal documents, 1914-1955
Newspaper Articles about K.R.A., 1931-1962
Ephemera, 1933, n.d.
Douglas Archer Sr., Opera programs and clippings, 1907, 1910, 1922
Douglas Archer Jr. and his family, Correspondence to his parents, 1942-1963
Clubs and Societies:
Poets of the Pacific, programs, journal, certificate of merit, 1941, 1943
California Writer's Club, roster, 1951
California Federation of Chaparral Poets, certificate
The Poetry Society of America, Bulletin, Dec 1944, Feb-Mar, May 1953, Dec 1956, May 1963
Teaching:
Technical Adult School, Oakland, printed copy of "Original Poems by Class in Poetry and Verse, 1948-1949
Dominican Grammar School, Collection of student poems, 1949,1951-1952
Poetry Workshop:
Incoming & outgoing correspondence, 1955
Notes, publicity drafts, newspaper clippings, blank contest entry form
Programs and announcements for lectures and readings, 1936, 1953,n.d.
V. Manuscripts, [1927]-1967,
Source material; newspaper clippings of stories & publisher information, 1934-1966
"Afternoon in a park, Bad Sassendorff, Germany, and other works", 1967
"Broadcast script", KYA, corrected & annotated typescript, Jun 1949
"Bus Trip", set of 3 poems, typescript, n.d.
"Call Frae the Heather":
Corrected typescript (poems were broadcasted over KYA), n.d.
Corrected and edited scripts for a dramatic reading, 1936
"Coffee Shop", corrected typescripts, Oct 1946, n.d.
"Epicure Evening", Handmade pamphlet of poems and sketches in a menu, n.d.
"For One Who Stayed", poems, typescript, n.d.
"Frae the Heather" broadcast outlines of Scottish songs, typescripts, Nov 1949
"The Gipsy in Me", collection of stories, corrected typescript, [1927]
"Growth", poem which received a Browning Society Award, 1962
"Harvest of War", corrected typescript, n.d.
"Make Straight the Way", corrected typescripts, n.d.
"My Son Enlist", a poem, corrected typescript, n.d.
"Night Clerk Western Union", corrected typescript, n.d.
"Persimmon Harvest", incomplete set of poems, and receipts, 1954
"Personality", writing of nine different human personalities [by K.R.A ?], n.d.
"Return Freight", narrative picture poem, corrected typescript, 1934
"Roses and Fire: Lyrics", corrected typescript, n.d.
"Saga of Service: For City Hospitals Everywhere", 3 corrected typescripts
"Seeing the World at One and Three Fifty Cents per Mile: 8000 miles for 1.22 dollars", article sent to N.Y. Post, typescript, 1931
"Tumbleweed Trail", 2 corrected typescripts and notes, 1936
"Song of a Little Brother", complete and incomplete typescript sets, corrected
Single poems by title, A-Z, typed and hand written versions
Untitled groups of poems, corrected and uncorrected typescripts
Untitled poems, drafts
Short stories and essays by title, B-W
Story and essay fragments, outlines
Speeches; "Child Poetry Lines and Laughter", "Old Songs and New", "Poetry Day 1953", "Shakespeare and Stratford Today", "These are Scots"
Score for "The Gray Ship", music and words by K.R.A, scripted by hand, n.d.
Notebook, contains drafts for poems, addresses, and misc. notes
Notes
VI. Printed Material, 1934-1960,
Galley proofs:
"Frae the Heather", 2 corrected copies
"Petals of the Guelred-Rose", 3 corrected copies
"Night Clerk Western Union", Glenwood ed. [pamphlet], 1960's
Cards, 1947, 1959
Poems in journals; "Daphne in Change", Envoi, and "Wild Halcyons", The Navy, v.61:10, Oct 1956
Poems; newspaper clippings from:
The Albany Herald, featured in "The Red Kite", 1937-1942
The Carmel Pine Cone-Cymbal, featured in "Poetry", 1942-1952
The Courier, featured in "The Poetic View", 1933-1934
The Maple Leaf, n.d.
The Oakland Tribune, featured in "Other Fellows", 1928-1958
The San Francisco Examiner, 1939, 1941-1942
Poems; newspaper clippings from misc. publications, 1935-1958, n.d.
Articles in journals and newspapers, 1934, 1954, n.d
Book publicity and book reviews, flyers & clippings, 1935, 1937, 1941, 1943, 1955
VII. Scrapbooks, 1933-1937, 1951-1952,
VIII. Photographs, [1890-1960],
Poetry by other than K.R.A., booklets and copies:
A Dozen New Poems, by Gavin Arthur, [inscribed by author], 1954
Tropic Earth, by Clifford Gessler, [inscribed by author], 1944
Typed and hand written copies of Nora May French's poems
Writings by other than Kate Archer:
"Yada Lecture", unknown author, Feb 1956
"Fire & Ice: The Two Satan's", by Jennette Yeatman, carbon copy
Miscellany publications:
The West Minster Magazine, v.35:3, Autumn 1946
"The Truth About the War", Major George A. Drew, reprint of MacLean's, Canada's National Magazine, Jul 1928