urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00873 J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Finding aid created by Joan Sibley Harry Ransom Center, 2011 Finding aid encoded by Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham11 April 2011 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935 J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher Collection 1921-1935, undated 5 boxes (2.10 linear feet) Includes manuscripts for several works by the prolific British journalist and detective fiction writer J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher. English Manuscript Collection MS-1420 Access:

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This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.

 Container List Works: 1.1 The box hill murder, handwritten manuscript, 190 pages, 1928. 1.2 The Cartwright Gardens murder, handwritten manuscript, 206 pages, 1923. 1.3 Cobweb castle, handwritten manuscript, 220 pages, 1927. 1.4 False scent, handwritten manuscript, 223 pages, undated. 1.5 Fire over England, handwritten manuscript, 61 pages, undated. 2.1 The great Brighton mystery, handwritten manuscript, 216 pages, 1925. 2.2 The house in Tuesday market, handwritten manuscript, 207 pages, 1927. 2.3 I cannot pretend that the world is waiting for this story for this..., handwritten manuscript, 237 pages, undated. 2.4 The Kang-he vase, handwritten manuscript, 205 pages, 1923. 3.1 A maker of fortune, handwritten manuscript, 19 pages, 1935? 3.2 The Mazaroff affair, handwritten manuscript, 233 pages, 1921. 3.3 The middle spinney murder, handwritten manuscript, 200 pages, 1930. 3.4 The missing chancellor, handwritten manuscript, 206 pages, undated. 3.5 Murder of the lawyer's clerk, handwritten manuscript, 211 pages, 1932. 4.1 Sea fog, handwritten manuscript, 222 pages, undated. 4.2 The Selchester affair, handwritten manuscript, 220 pages, 1926. 4.3 The time-worn town, handwritten manuscript, 240 pages, 1921. 4.4 The wrist mark, handwritten manuscript, 211 pages, 1927. 5.1 The Yorkshire Moorland murder, handwritten manuscript, 200 pages, 1929. Miscellaneous: 5.2 Fletcher, Joseph Smith, Mrs. ALS to Feldman, Lew David, 31 July no year.