mss052 Dan Brennan Papers University of Minnesota Libraries
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Leslie Czechowski, September 2004 English Brennan, Dan, 1917- Dan Brennan Papers 1950-1974 (bulk 1970-1974) University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division [mss] 5.25 cubic feet The collection contains correspondence (1970-74), speeches, book reviews, and manuscripts of short stories and articles. Mss 52 English Mezzanine Administrative Information Restrictions on Access

Available for use in Manuscripts Division reading room.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright is retained by the author.

 Preferred Citation

Dan Brennan Papers (Mss 42), Literary Manuscripts Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

 Acquisition

Donated by Dan Brennan in 1974.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Archives staff.

 Arrangement

The collection is organized by type of material into eleven groups:

Correspondence Articles About Brennan Speeches Book Reviews Movie Reviews Short Stories Poetry Plays Novels Non-Fiction Fragments Biographical Note

Dan Brennan was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota, but grew up in Minneapolis. He served with the Air Force during the Second World War. He returned to Minnesota after the war and worked as a journalist, novelist, and press secretary for Minneapolis Mayors Hubert Humphrey and Eric Hoyer.

He published 25 paperback novels and many short stories and hunting articles. One of his best-received books was his first novel, <emph render="italic">Never So Young Again</emph>, published in 1942. He died in Artesia, California in 2002.

 Scope and Content Note

The collection contains correspondence (1970-74), speeches, book reviews, and manuscripts of short stories and articles.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Brennan, Dan, 1917- -- Archives Detailed Contents

The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.

Correspondence Dated Correspondence, 1970-1974 Cynthia V. Kutz, editor, Tower-Belmont Publications, Inc., New York, 24 June 1970

1 p., typescript. The book Trouble This Summer retitled Insurrection is on September list. Don't publish Brennan's type of wildlife book.

 Luther C. Goldman, Office of Conservation Education. Washington, DC, 11 January 1972

1 p., typescript. Description of information and photos for story on wetlands.

 Jack Samson, managing editor, Field & Stream, New York, 1 May 1972

1 p., typescript. Notification of use of article and method of payment.

 Joseph Blotner, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 24 September 1972

1 p., typescript. Friendly, personal letter.

 Doug Garr, editor, College Magazine, New York, 3 December 1973

1 p., typescript. Acceptance of Faulkner article and when it will appear.

 Joseph Blotner, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 25 August 1974

1 p., typescript. Friendly letter, gives James Faulkner's address and when to get in touch.

 Undated Correspondence Dan Brennan to Norman [?],

Friendly letter, review of his book.

 Articles about Brennan "The Last Charge at Woodhill," by Jim Klobuchar, 14 November 1970

Copy of published edition in the Minneapolis Star.

 Speeches Speech to Palmer Writers School, 13 April 1970

Donaldson's, Minneapolis. Typescript copy of final draft. 2 numbered pages; complete.

 Unknown speech

Carbon typescript copy of final draft. 11 numbered pages; complete.

 Book Reviews Bader, Douglas. Fight for the Sky

1 p. typescript copy of draft.

 Blotner, Joseph. Faulkner

6 p. typescript copy of draft; 4 p. numbered typescript copy of final draft.

 Brace, Gerald Warner. The Stuff of Fiction.

1 leaf; copy of published edition.

 Burrows, William E. Richtofen.

5 numbered pages of typescript copy of final draft.

 Collins, Carvel, ed. William Faulkner New Orleans Sketches.

4 numbered pages typescript copy of final draft.

 Deighton, Len. Bomber

Copy of published edition in the Minneapolis Tribune, 22 November 1970.

 Geismar, Maxwell. Mark Twain, An American Prophet.

2 numbered pages of typescript copy of draft.

 Jablonski, Edward. Double Strike

2 numbered pages of typescript copy of final draft.

 Katkov, Norman. With These Hands

2 numbered pages each of a typescript copy and a carbon typescript copy of final draft.

 McCudden, Major James T.B. The Flying Fury

3 numbered pages of typescript copy of final draft.

 McVay, Alfred and Hickey, Ed. A Couple of Cards

2 numbered pages of typescript copy of final draft

 Meriweather, James B. and Millgate, Michael, eds. Lion in the Garden

See: Collins, Carvel.

 Stearns, Marshall and Jean. Jazz Dance

1 leaf; copy of published edition.

 Toliver, Col. Raymond F. and Constable, Trevor J. The Blond Knight of Germany

3 numbered pages of typescript copy of final draft.

 Townsend, Peter. Duel of Eagles

2 numbered pages of typescript copy of draft; 3 numbered pages of typescript of final draft.

 Whitehouse, Arch. Squadron Shilling

Copy of published edition in the Minneapolis Star, 4 January 1969.

 Ulanoff, Stanley M., ed. The Red Baron

See Burrows, William F.

 Movie Reviews The Battle of Britain

3 numbered pages of typescript copy of final draft.

 Short Stories Short Stories "Another Summer."

Typescript copy of draft; 5 numbered pages (incomplete). Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 7 numbered pages (complete).

 "A Piece of Fear"

Typescript copy of draft; 17 numbered pages (complete). Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 16 numbered pages (complete).

 "Back to Kansas"

Typescript copy of draft; 16 numbered pages (complete).

 "Beta Hypothesis of Winning Tennis or the Square Root of Your Overhead"

Xerox typescript copy of draft; 6 numbered pages (complete).

 "Blues in the Rain"

Typescript copy of draft; 12 numbered pages (complete)

 Boomerang"

Xerox typescript copy of final draft; 22 numbered pages (complete)

 "Britain's Greatest Day"

Carbon typescript copy of draft; 8 numbered pages (complete)

 "Crash Out"

Typescript copy of draft; 13 numbered pages (complete)

 "Creeek Bottom Brush Busters"

Typescript copy of draft; 10 numbered pages (complete). Carbon typescript copy of final draft; pages 3-11 (incomplete).

 "Dead Women"

Typescript copy of draft; 8 numbered pages (incomplete)

 "Doc"

Typescript copy of draft; 3 numbered pages (complete). Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 6 numbered pages (complete)

 "Don't Turn Back Till Aberdeen"

Typescript copy of draft; 8 numbered pages (complete). Typescript copy of final draft; 3 numbered pages (complete)

 "Feel of the Land"

Typescript copy of draft; 16 numbered pages (complete). Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 2 numbered pages (incomplete)

 "Fire Hoop"

Typescript copy of draft; 8 numbered pages (complete)

 "Forty Minutes to Fill"

Typescript copy of draft; 12 numbered pages (complete)

 "Gunning the Prairie Grouse"

Typescript copy of draft; 6 numbered pages (incomplete)

 "How to Be a Classy Cheater"

Typescript copy of draft; 3 numbered pages (complete)/ Xerox typescript copy of draft; 3 numbered pages (complete)

 "How to Communicate with Teenagers or Long, Long Time in Cloudland"

2 Xerox typescript copies of final draft (complete). 2 Xerox typescript copies of page 2 (incomplete)

 "How to Give Your Wife a Hunting Dog for Christmas"

Typescript copy of final draft; 4 numbered pages (complete)

 "I Live Next Door to Mary Tyler Moore"

Typescript copy of draft; 3 numbered pages (complete)

 "In the Morning Sun"

Typescript copy of draft; 24 numbered pages (complete). Carbon typescript copy of draft; 20 numbered pages (complete)

 "Kansas Mixed Bag"

Typescript copy of draft; 16 numbered pages (complete)

 "Land of the Fee, Home of the Rave"

Typescript copy of draft; 19 numbered pages (complete)

 "Last Deer Stand"

Typescript copy of draft; 4 numbered pages (incomplete). Typescript copy of draft; 20 numbered pages (complete)

 "Lombardi Among the Lilliputians" (published in Sports Illustrated)

Typescript copy of draft; 7 numbered pages (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; pages 1-6, 11 (incomplete)

Xerox typescript copy of final draft; 12 numbered pages (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; 14 numbered pages (complete)

 "You Too Can Be Vince Lombardi" (earlier title)

Jack Aureen, pseud.

Typescript copy of draft; 2 numbered pages (incomplete). 2 typescript copies of draft; 6 numbered pages each (complete). Xerox typescript copy of draft; 6 numbered pages (complete)

 "Man Who Killed Snowmobiles"

Typescript copy of draft; 11 numbered pages (complete)

 "Man Who Stopped the Third World War"

Typescript copy of final draft; 5 numbered pages (incomplete)

 "Moonlighter"

Typescript copy of final draft; 40 numbered pages (complete)

 "Nature's Law"

Typescript copy of draft; 4 numbered pages (complete). Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 3 numbered pages (complete)

 "Once Around the Coach, Girls"

Typescript copy of draft; 6 numbered pages (complete). Xerox typescript copy of draft; 6 numbered pages (complete)

 "Over the Hill Together"

Xerox typescript copy of draft; pages 3,5,8 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; pages 1,3,4-6,14 (incomplete)

Xerox typescript copy of draft; 22 numbered pages (incomplete)

Typescript copy of final draft; 19 numbered pages (complete)

Xerox typescript copy of final draft; 14 numbered pages (complete)

 "Penance"

Typescript copy of draft; page 1 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; 4 numbered pages (incomplete).

Typescript copy of draft; 12 numbered pages (complete)

Typescript copy of draft; 11 numbered pages (complete)

 "Phantom S.E. 5"

Typescript of copy of draft; 16 numbered pages (incomplete). Typescript copy of draft; 18 numbered pages (complete).

 "Quit for the Next"

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 13 numbered pages (complete)

 "Ransom"

Xerox typescript copy of draft; 2 numbered pages (complete)

Typescript copy of draft; 2 numbered pages (complete)

 "Red Stop Murder"

Typescript copy of final draft; 22 numbered pages (complete)

 "Requiem for a Quarterback"

Typescript copy of draft; 16 numbered pages (complete)

 "Resort to a Sport"

Xerox typescript copy of draft; 5 numbered pages (complete)

 "Return of Service"

Typescript copy of draft; 6 numbered pages (complete)

 "Revenge"

Typescript copy of final draft; 7 numbered pages (complete)

 "Snow Grouse"

Typescript copy of draft; 14 numbered pages (complete)

 "So Long, Miss Twenty-Five Dollars"

Typescript copy of draft; 9 numbered pages (complete)

Carbon typescript copy of draft; 8 numbered pages (complete)

Xerox typescript copy of final draft; 8 numbered pages (complete)

 "Strawstack Geese"

Copy of published edition in The Palmer Writer, vol. 9, number 4.

 "Take It Off, Take It Off, or A Pretty Girl's on the Other Side of Tommy Dorsey"

2 typescript copies of draft; 7 numbered pages each (complete)

Typescript copy of draft; 5

Typescript ; numbered pages (incomplete)

 "Thirty-Love"

Typescript copy of draft; 7 numbered pages (complete)

 "Turkey Buck Fever"

Typescript copy of final draft; pages 1-2, 4-5, 7, 11 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; 12 numbered pages (complete)

 "Who Ever Really Knows"

Typescript copy of final draft; 3 numbered pages (complete)

 "You Get the A and I'll Get the B or Before the Martini"

Typescript copy of final draft; 6 numbered pages (complete)

 "Young Man in a Hurry"

Typescript copy of final draft; 12 numbered pages (incomplete)

 "Zammy Hound"

Typescript copy of draft; 12 numbered pages (complete)

 Untitled Stories Untitled

Typescript copy of final draft; 23 numbered pages (incomplete)

 Untitled

by Beverly Norton, pseud.

Typescript copy of draft; 5 numbered pages (complete)

 Poetry "Birthday: Two Score and Seventeen"

Typescript copy of draft; 1 page. Typescript copy of final draft; 1 page.

 Plays "Don't Blow Your Cool, or Home to Kenwood"

Holograph copy of notes; 3 pages.

Typescript copy of draft; 41 numbered pages (complete)

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 43 numbered pages (incomplete)

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 47 numbered pages (complete)

 "Don't Turn Back Till Minneapolis"

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 47 numbered pages (complete)

 "Under the Clock"

Typescript copy of final draft; 42 numbered pages (complete)

 "Under the North Star"

Typescript copy of final draft; 61 numbered pages (complete)

 Novels Always the Sky Remembers

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 222 numbered pages (complete)

 Among the Trumpets

Typescript copy of draft; pages 4-8, 25-59, 1-23, 1-38, 1-20, 1-7, 1-12, 1-9, 1-11, 1-6, 1-7 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of original draft, 1950; pages 1, 34-130 (incomplete).

Typescript copy of draft, 1973-1974 rewritten version; 197 numbered pages (complete)

 Caves of Gold

incomplete typescript; 116 pages

 Double Fault

complete typescript; 403 pages

 Everybody Looks Like Monday

Typescript copy of final draft; 159 numbered pages (complete)

Xerox typescript copy of final draft; 159 numbered pages (complete)

 Get With It

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 213 numbered pages (complete)

 Godfather Killer

See: Everybody Looks Like Monday

 Hang By Your Heels

Jack Aureen, pseud.

Typescript copy of draft; 25 numbered pages (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; 138 numbered pages (incomplete)

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 161 numbered pages (complete)

 Honorable Estate

Typescript copy of draft; 429 numbered pages (incomplete)

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 448 numbered pages (complete)

Typescript copy of final draft; 399 numbered pages (complete)

 I Knew a Girl in Duluth

Typescript copy of draft; pages 1, 167-221 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; 166 numbered pages (incomplete)

 I Nominate for Murder

Typescript copy of draft; 166 numbered pages (complete)

 Insurrection

See: The Last Cavalry Charge at Woodhill Country Club

 The Last Cavalry Charge at Woodhill Country Club

Typescript copy of draft; pages 38-39, 67-71 (incomplete)

Xerox typescript copy of draft; pages 84-112 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; pages 1-32, 133-158, 64-89, 161-258 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; pages 161-253 (incomplete)

Published as Insurrection, New York City, Belmont Books, 1970

 Marriage a la Mode

Typescript copy of draft; pages 1-4, 1-8 (incomplete)

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 228 numbered pages (incomplete)

 No Deposit, No Return

See Marriage a la Mode

 Nothing Very Beautiful

Typescript copy of draft; pages 42-49, 42-48, Ch. 11 unnumbered (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; 507 numbered pages (complete)

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 600 numbered pages (complete)

 No Vodka on the Moon

Typescript copy of draft; 278 numbered pages (incomplete)

 Play by Play

Typescript copy of draft; 47 numbered pages (incomplete)

 President's Right Hand

Typescript copy of draft; pages 100-128, 15?-190? (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; 187 numbered pages (complete)

 Sex and the Superbowl

Typescript copy of draft; 191 numbered pages (complete)

 The Sky Remembers (original title: Always the Sky Remembers)

Carbon typescript; 222 pages (incomplete)

Typescript; 225 pages (complete)

 Summer Is Gone

See I Knew a Girl in Duluth

 Toy Over Town

See Hang By Your Heels

 Time Enough to Live

Typescript copy of draft; pages 47-137 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; 256 numbered pages (complete)

Typescript copy of final draft; 280 numbered pages (complete)

 To Catch a Cop

See No Vodka on the Moon

 Velvet Rut

See Honorable Estate

 Where Do You Go To Quit?

Typescript copy of draft; 117 numbered pages (incomplete)

 Non-Fiction "Canadian Crackshot Cookery"

Typescript copy of draft; 7 numbered pages (complete)

 "Crackshot Cookery"

Typescript copy of draft; 9 numbered pages (complete)

 History of Business Motivations, Inc.

Carbon typescript copy of final draft; 5 numbered pages (complete)

 "How to Shoot a Pheasant"

Xerox typescript copy of draft; 5 numbered pages (complete)

 "Minnesota Blue Bills"

Typescript copy of draft; 7 numbered pages (complete)

 "Mr. Woodcock Versus the Orange Flash"

Holograph copy of notes; 1 page (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; pages 1, 4, 9-13 (incomplete)

 "Prairie Grouse Paradise"

Typescript copy of draft; 11 numbered pages (complete)

 "Suburbia Pheasant Hunting"

Carbon typescript copy of draft; 12 numbered pages (complete)

 "William Faulkner, the Reviser"

Typescript copy of draft; 4 numbered pages (complete)

Xerox typescript copy of final draft; 6 numbered pages (complete)

 "Wimbledon Indoor Tailgaters"

Xerox typescript copy of final draft; 5 numbered pages (complete)

 Untitled Non-Fiction Untitled

Published in Hunting Illustrated.

Typescript copy of draft; 3 numbered pages (complete)

 Untitled

Xerox typescript copy of final draft; 7 numbered pages (complete)

 Fragments Titled Miscellaneous Fragments "Bookies in Minneapolis"

Typescript of copy of draft; 1 page (incomplete); 1948

 "Borde(?) Mixed Bag"

Typescript of copy of draft; pages 2-3, 5-6, 11-12, 15, 17-18 (incomplete)

Typescript copy of draft; pages 2-3, 5-6, 11-12, 18, 18 (incomplete)

 "Flowers of the Forest"

Typescript of copy of draft; 1 page (incomplete)

 "See Here Blackie"

Xerox typescript of copy of draft; pages 43-48, 50-63(incomplete)

 "Winged Victory"

Typescript and holograph copy of notes; 1 page (incomplete)

 Untitled Fragments 1 page typescript copy of draft; page 8 typescript copy of draft; pages 5-8, 10-14 1 page typescript copy of draft 1 page typescript copy of draft 1 page typescript copy of draft; page 4 typescript copy of draft; pages 1-11, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15; 7 unnumbered

published under Jack Aureen pseud.

 1 page holograph copy of notes