Folder 1: “The Barn, formerly known as Lincoln Park Auditorium”

1. Photocopy of “The Barn, formerly known as Lincoln Park Auditorium”

Folder 2: Versions of “Bathroom Reading”

2. “Bathroom Reading” by Al Look, approx. 18,000 words, 10 pages.

3. “Bathroom Reading” by Al Look, Arranged by Qwert Yuiop, 67 pages.

Folder 3: Edited version of “Bathroom Reading”

4. “Bathroom Reading” by Al Look, approx. 20,000 words, 9 pages

5. “Bathroom Reading” by Al Look, Arranged by Qwert Yuiop, 67 pages. With original drawings. (2 copies)

Folder 4: Rejection Letters

6. The Atlantic Monthly

7. The Vanguard Press; Nov 22, 1954

8. Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Publishers; July 13, 1954

9. Crown Publishers Inc; June 28, 1954

10. Doubleday & Company, Inc.; May 20, 1954

11. Ballantine Books, Inc.; May 7, 1954

12. Prentice-Hall Inc.; April 22, 1954

13. The John Day Company Inc., Publishers; Dec. 27, 1954

14. The Saturday Evening Post

15. Pageant Publishing

16. Collier’s Publishing

17. Blue Book Magazine, McCall Corp; July 31, 1951

18. The Rotarian; Nov. 17, 1949

19. The Saturday Evening Post

20. Esquire, the Magazine for Men; Aug. 1949

21. Argosy, The Complete Man’s Magazine; July 1949

22. The American Magazine; June 1949

23. Volitant Publishing Co.

24. Columbia Publications, Inc

25. Pageant Publishing

26. The Rotarian Publishing; Aug. 8, 1949

27. The Elks Magazine; July 31, 1941

28. Argosy, The Complete Man’s Magazine; July 4, 1949

29. True: The Man’s Magazine 

30. Look, Publishing; Aug. 1949

31. Coronet Magazine; Apr 1, 1949

32. Unusual Magazine; Feb. 3, 1955 (3 postcards)

33. List of Magazines to send “I Lost a Gold Mine” (4 pages)

Folder 5: Al Look on Evolution

34. “Man, Verses Monkeys / Our Cousins the Apes; Paper for the Forum Club” by Al Look. (16 pages)

Folder 6: Four Utah Skeletons

35. “Four Utah Skeletons” by Al Look, with edits (17 pages)

36. “Four Utah Skeletons” by Al Look, Aug. 1960 (9 pages)

37. Map of the Native Indian Country in the Four Corners

Folder 7: “Grand Mesa” by Al Look

38. “Grand Mesa” photocopy with edits. By Al Look (5 pages)

Folder 8: Look Manuscripts

39. “Jedro” by Al Look (11 pages)

40. Handwritten story titled “Qwert Yuiop” by Al Look

Folder 9: Look Manuscript

41. Titled: “Dear George:” or “Letter from a Drunk” by Al Look/Qwert Yuiop (3 copies, 4 pages)

42. “Matrimonial Itch” by Al Look (5 pages)

Folder 10: “Marriage by Accident”

43. Rejection slip from Cosmopolitan Publication

44. Rejection slip from Ideal Publishing Corp.

45. Rejection slip from Country Gentleman; Feb 12, 1951

46. Rejection slip from Collier’s Publishing, Feb 1, 1951

47. List of publishers “Marriage by Accident” was sent to

48. “Marriage by Accident” by Al Look (3 copies, 1 has edits) (7/8 pages)

Folder 11: Outlaw Research and Articles

49. “Robin Hood in Brown’s Park” Our Strip of Land (6 pages)

50. “Tom Horn” Our Strip of Land (3 pages)

51. Parts of manuscript on Tom Horn

52. “Charlie Siringo, Rough on Crooks” by Al Look (4 pages) 

53. “Ann Bassett, Queen of the Cattle Rustlers” by Al Look (11 pages)

54. “Lee’s Ferry: the lonely crossing on the river played a large role in early history of the area” by W. L. Rusho, the Salt Lake Tribune Home Magazine” newspaper article. (original 2 pgs and photocopy 4 pgs) 

Folder 12: Mesa Verde 

55. Letter to Holiday Collier’s from Al Look, regarding watercolor sketches of Mesa Verde; Apr 9, 1954

56. “Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde” watercolor sketch by Al Look

57. “Balcony House, Mesa Verde” watercolor sketch by Al Look

58. “Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde” watercolor sketch by Al Look 

59. “Sun Temple, Mesa Verde” watercolor sketch by Al Look

60. Letter from Holiday Publications rejecting the need for Al Look’s sketches

61. “The Indian Mummy” by Ernie Pyle in Rocky Mountain News; June 29, 1939. Newspaper article about a mummy found in Carnegie near Durango.

62. “Snowstorm May Solve Prehistoric Enigma of Disappearance of Tribe” Associated Press Newspaper article; Nov 30, 1931

63.  “Guardian of the West” by Albert Rosenfeld, Empire: The Magazine of the Denver Post. Article about Mesa Verde. (original 4 pgs, photocopy 8 pgs)

64. “On a warm December day in 1888 when two cowboys hunting strays rode to the edge of a cliff on Mesa Verde…” manuscript regarding Al Look’s sketches, written by Al Look. (9 pgs)

Folder 13: Navajo Pete

65. Rejection slip from The Redbook Magazine, the Blue Book Magazine, McCall Company

66. Rejection slip from Good Housekeeping.

67. Rejection slip from Saturday Evening Post

68. Rejection slip from Collier’s the National Weekly (3 copies with notes)

69. Rejection slip from MacFadden Publications (3 copies)

70. Rejection letter about Navajo Pete from McClure Newspaper Syndicate; Sept 29, 1931

71. Ultimate rejection letter to Al Look from Newspaper Institute of America; Apr 3, 1933

72. Letter of recommendations about Navajo Pete from McClure Newspaper Syndicate; Jul 27, 1931

73. “Tending the Spirit: Navajo Medicine Man, a Combination Priest-Doctor-Historian, Is Kept Busier than Ever” by Edwin McDowell. Article about Navajo medical techniques. 

74. “Navajo Pete” handwritten story by Al Look. (2 pages)

75. Typed “Navajo Pete” manuscript by Al Look (2 copies, 6 pages)

76. Navajo translations

Folder 14: Drafts of stories with information on how to forward them to Collier’s magazine 

77. “Pint for Pint” by Look (6 pages). Screenplay about Duke, a millionaire bootlegger

78. “Pearls of Poverty” by Al Look, (6 pages, 1348 words)

79. “The Doctor’s Charge” by Al Look 

80. Handwritten note by Al Look. “The question at issue -whether profound love ever could visit the same person more than once in a lifetime. Ladies said no…”

81. “The Story”, unknown source. Magazine article.  “Reece Rivers’ younger brother Babe, is a constant source of anxiety to him…”

Folder 15: “Origin of Man in America”

82. “Origin of Man in America” draft with handwritten notes by Al Look (8 pgs)

83. “Origin of Man in America” draft with notes, objective, outline by Al Look (9 pgs)                      Objective “There is no belief among leading anthropologists that man originated on this continent and many theories have been advanced concerning primitive man’s migration from the Old World…”

Folder 16: “Overcoat” Drafts

84. Rejection letter by Saunders M. Cummings Publishing 

85. “The Overcoat” draft by Al Look (17 pages, 3700 words)

86. “The Overcoat” by Al Look (18 pages, 3700 words)

Folder 17: Research on Butch Cassidy 

87. “Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross relive a legend: Last of the Great Outlaws” Article about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, 2 pages)

88. “’Wild Bunch’ Roamed Near Colorado River” by William Logan, Rocky Mountain News; Oct 13, 1969. Photocopy news article

89. “The Wild Bunch: Butch Cassidy and his gang of desperadoes robbed banks, trains, and mine payrolls with a daring and finesse unequaled in the Old Wild West” article from the Denver Public Library, Western Collection

90. “Butch Cassidy Died in U.S.” by Charles Hillinger, Denver Post-Los Angeles Times; Apr 6, 1970 (original and two photocopies)

91. “Butch Cassidy Died in Wyoming in 1953, Cheyenne Man Claims” by Peter M. Kelly newspaper article, Sept. 18, 1968 (original news clipping and photocopy)

92. “Top Man of the Wild Bunch: Was Butch Cassidy all bad? Or was there some good in this man who rode straight into Western legend?” by Calvin Glen, Annual, 1971 (3 pages)

93. “Butch Cassidy & Co. Riders of the Outlaw Trail” by Carl W. Breihan (5 pages)

Folder 18: Drafts for Butch Cassidy 

94. Crude Butch Cassidy timeline. 1894-1901 (6 pgs)

95. “Castle Gate Holdup” handwritten notes (2 pgs)

96. “The Wild Bunch Members” by Al Look (5 pgs)

97. “Butch Cassidy” by Al Look (41 pages)

98. “Butch Cassidy Death” by Al Look (13 pages)

99. “Manhunters” by Al Look (5 pages)

100. “Union Pacific Robbery, 1899 at Wilcox Wyoming, it went up with a bang” by Al Look (6 pages) 

101. “Winnemocca Robbery, He Smelled Like A Skunk” by Al Look, (4 pages)

102. “Up Train Robbery The Strike At Tipton with Butch Cassidy” by Al Look (3 pgs)

103. “Harry Tracy, Mad Dog of the Wild Bunch” by Al Look (3 pages)

104. “Butch Cassidy, Top Gun of the Wild Bunch” by Al Look (11 pages)