The Walter F. Tunks Collection

Alphabetical by Series Title: A-B, C-F, G-L, M-O, P-R, S-Z
Alphabetical by Publisher: A-B, C-F, G-L, M-O, P-R, S-Z
Additional Related Material

A Short History of the Dime Novel
The first American "dime novel" was created in June of 1860 when Irwin Beadle and his brother Erastus published a story called "Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter." The story was an instant success - not because of the quality of the writing, but rather because of the flamboyant marketing and pricing strategies used. The Beadles' comic book-like creations were aimed at a less literate and poorer mass audience, in contrast with the typical novels of the time, which were aimed at an elite group of readers. The Beadles were able to offer titles for a dime, and in some cases even five cents, because the books were made of the newly available, cheap wood pulp paper (the original "pulp fiction"), using flimsy paper covers. The Beadles' company (later to become Beadle and Adams) soon faced competition from the likes of publishers such as Street and Smith and Frank Tousey.

It should be noted that, to avoid confusion, one usually speaks of the publishers of dime novels more often than one speaks of the authors. This is because authorship is often uncertain. Multiple authors using a single pseudonym wrote many of the titles in a series. Alternately, a single author might also employ different names for different titles or series.

The dime novel industry churned out series after series, title after title, creating some memorable characters such as "Deadwood Dick," "Nick Carter" (see image above) and "Buffalo Bill." The subjects of the early dime novels mostly dealt with sensational adventures on the Western frontier, owing much to the themes of James Fenimore Cooper, but eventually ended up going in the urban direction of the detective, science fiction, and athletic story. The product was aimed chiefly at young males, however there were attempts to create series for young women as well. The dime novel's peak popularity was reached in the last third of the 1800s, as more and more people began to have more and more free time. The success was not to last, however. Few new dime novels were published after World War I, and no new material was produced after 1920. Standing out among the various reasons from the dime novel's downfall was the advent of the motion picture, which cost less than a dime novel and was undoubtedly more exciting. No longer did audiences have to make the stories come alive themselves; they simply sat and relaxed while the stories were acted out for them on a screen.

No one would claim that dime novels represent high art. They were often hidden in barns or under mattresses, and many thought them immoral and even dangerous to the youth of society. More so than that, the novels were simply poorly written. Like the later radio dramas and Hollywood movies based on them, dime novels used worn, improbable plot formulas and cliche characters ("virgins, villains and violence"). What makes the dime novel interesting is that it mirrors the tastes, values and stereotypes of its era. And, one sees for the first time in dime novels a rejection of traditional European models of literature. Here American authors used American subjects and American settings in their fiction, and they were aimed directly at the American market using homegrown marketing strategy. The dime novel, for better or worse, had an effect on shaping American mass culture and therefore is an important aspect to the study of American arts, letters, and history.

The Walter F. Tunks Collection
Oberlin College Library's Special Collection of dime novels was compiled by Dr. Walter F. Tunks, the Rector of St. Paul's Church in Akron, Ohio for 23 years. Dr. Tunks was a well-respected churchman who helped to turn around St. Paul's in the years he served there. Besides being dedicated in his service to the church, Tunks was an enthusiastic collector of dime novels, and an avid fisherman. Tunks' collection is a valuable asset to the Oberlin College Library, consisting of approximately 4000 items. These are representative of the various genres and styles of dime novels over a publication period of about fifty years. It includes multiple issues from 225 different series, representing every prominent American publisher of dime novels and several British "penny dreadfuls." A few French and German dime novels are included in the collection as well. There are also some additional books, newspaper clippings, articles, bibliographies and correspondence collected by Tunks that may be of interest to scholars. Oberlin College received its collection of dime novels as a gift from friends of Walter Tunks, Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Frank in 1959. Mr. Frank was also a Trustee of Oberlin College.

Inventory of the Walter F. Tunks Collection, Oberlin College

Alphabetical by Series Title:

Note: Number(s) following publisher indicate DN number(s) which are for Special Collections internal use. Please cite the DN number when requesting a title. (Items marked with * are cross-listed in the heading English dime novels. Items marked with ** are cross-listed in French dime novels. Items marked with are cross-listed in German dime novels.)

A (title, publisher, DN#)
A No. 1 Series	A No. 1 Publishing Co	1-3
Adventure Series	Arthur J. Westbrook Co.	1-45
Adventure Weekly	Street and Smith	45A
*Aldine Boxing Novels	Aldine Publishing Co.	531
*Aldine Invention, Travel and Adventure Library	Aldine Publishing Co.	532-539
*Aldine Robin Hood Library	Aldine Publishing Co.	540-542
*Aldine Tip Top Tales	Aldine Publishing Co.	543
Alger Series	Street and Smith	46
All Around	Frank Tousey	47-49
All Sports Library	Winner Library Co.	50-53
American Detective Series	Arthur J. Westbrook Co.	54-56
American Tales	Beadle and Co.	58
Arm Chair Library	F.M. Lupton	59
Army and Navy	Howard, Ainslee and Co.	60
B
Banner Weekly	Beadle and Adams	57
Beadle and Adams' 20 Cent Novels	Beadle and Adams	78A, 79
Beadle's Boy's Library	Beadle and Adams	61-64
Beadle's Boy's Library	M.J. Ivers and Co.	65, 66
Beadle's Dime Novels	Beadle and Co.	67-78
Beadle's Dime Novels, Vol. I	Beadle and Co.	247
Beadle's Dime Biographical Library	Beadle and Co.	238-240
Beadle's Dime Dialogues	M.J. Ivers and Co.	241, 242
Beadle's Dime Drillbook	Beadle and Co.	243
Beadle's Dime Series	Beadle and Co.	248
Beadle's Dime Songbook	Beadle and Co.	249
Beadle's Dime Tales	Beadle and Co.	245, 246
Beadle's Frontier Series	M.J. Ivers and Co.	79A-94
Beadle's 1/2 Dime Library	Beadle and Adams	95-154
Beadle's 1/2 Dime Singer's Library	Beadle and Adams	251
Beadle's Library of Choice Fiction	Beadle and Co.	244
Beadle's Monthly	Beadle and Co.	155
Beadle's New Dime Novels	Beadle and Adams	156-162
Beadle's New York Dime Library	Beadle and Adams	163-237
Beadle's Pocket Library	Beadle and Adams	252-253A
Beadle's Pocket Novels	Beadle and Adams	254-258
Beadle's Popular Library	Beadle and Adams	259, 260
Beadle's Serio-Comic Speaker	Beadle and Adams	262
Beadle's Union Songbook	Beadle and Co.	250
Billy the Kid	Atomic Books	2344
Blake's Western Stories	Herbert Cody Blake	2341
Blood and Thunder Story Paper Frank T. Fries		2342
Blue and Gray Weekly	Frank Tousey	263
*Black Bess Harrison	(?)	544-546
Bob Brooks Library	A.E. Ottendorf	264
Bowery Boys Library	Winner Library Co.	264A-269
Boy's Best Weekly	Arthur J. Westbrook	270-300
*Boys' First Rate Pocket	Aldine Publishing Co.	547
*Boys' Friend	Amalgamated Press	548-550
*Boy's 1/2d Leader	H.W. Jackson	551
Boys of New York Pocket Library	Frank Tousey	301
Boys' Star Library	Frank Tousey	302-307
Brave and Bold Weekly	Street and Smith	308-316
British dime novels:	see English dime novels
*Buffalo Bill Library	Aldine Publishing Co.	552-563
*Buffalo Bill Novels	Aldine Publishing Co.	564-567
Buffalo Bill's Border Stories	Street and Smith	317-321
Buffalo Bill Stories	Street and Smith	322-332
C
Campfire Library	Campfire Library Co.	333, 334
Champion Library	Champion Publishing Co.	334A
Cheerful Adventure Library	Aldine Publishing Co.	335
Christian Herald	???	335A
Circling the Globe Series	Arthur J. Westbrook	336, 337
Claude Duval Series	Robert M. DeWitt	338
Comrades	Street and Smith	339. 340
Cricket Library	Novelist Publishing Co.	341
F
Fame and Fortune Magazine	Street and Smith	626-629
Fame and Fortune Weekly	Frank Tousey	630-641
Famous American Scouts	J. Regan and Co.	2346
Fashions Syndicate Trading Co.		642-645
Fireside Companion	George Munro	646
Five Cent Comic Library	Frank Tousey	647-650
Five Cent Weekly Library	Frank Tousey	651
Five Cent Wide Awake Library	Frank Tousey	652-678
Fortune Story Magazine	Street and Smith	679
Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours	Frank Leslie's Pub. House	679A
Frank Manley's Weekly	Frank Tousey	680-708
Frank Reade Library	Frank Tousey	709-742
Frank Reade Weekly	Frank Tousey	742A-806
Frank Starr's American Novels	Frank Starr and Co.	807, 808
French dime novels
Sitting Bull	La Nouvelle Populaire	809
Texas Jack	La Nouvelle Populaire	810
G
German dime novels
Reiter ohne Kopf, Der	Drucf und Berlag von	811
U. Weichert Verirrt inder Widniss	Drucf und Berlag von	812
U. Weichert Von Sturm verschlagen	Drucf und Berlag von	813
U. Weichert Golden Weekly	Frank Tousey	814
Good Reading	A.D. Porter Co.	815
Great Western Library	Street and Smith	816
H
Half Dime Library	Beadle and Adams	817
Handsome Harry	Frank Tousey	818
Happy Days	Frank Tousey	818A
Harper's Weekly	Harper and Bros.	819
Hart Series	Arthur J. Westbrook	824, 825
*Hogarth House Library	Hogarth House Publications	575-578 I
*Invention Library	Aldine Publishing Co.	579-585
J
Jack Hazard and His Fortunes	F.M. Lupton	2348
Jack Lockwill	NEA Service, Inc.?	863-866
James Boys, The	????	2345
James Boys Weekly	Frank Tousey	826-837
Jesse James Stories	Street and Smith	838, 839
Judge's Library	Judge Publishing Co.	840
K
Klondike Kit	Street and Smith	842, 843
L
Lakeside Library	Donnelly, Loyd, and Co.	844
*Land of Mystery, The with Submarine Privateer, The	Harkaway House	625
Leisure Hour Library	F.M. Lupton	845
Liberty Boys of "76"	Frank Tousey	846-860
Library of Choice Fiction	Laird and Lee	861
Little Blue Books	Haldeman-Julius Co.	862
Log Cabin Library	Street and Smith	867-875
Log Cabin Series	Log Cabin Press	876
Lovell's Library	John W. Lovell Co.	878
M
"Magnet" Handbooks	Hurst and Co.	879
Medal Library	Street and Smith	880, 881
Merriwell Series	Street and Smith	882-1007
Might and Main Library	Winner Library Co.	1008
Morrison's Sensational Series	John W. Morrison	1009, 1010
Motor Stories	Street and Smith	1011, 1019
Munro's Library	Norman L. Munro	1020
My Queen	Street and Smith	1021-1050
N
*National Library, The	????	586
National Police Gazette	Richard K. Fox Publishing Co.	1050A
*Nelson Lee Library	Amalgamated Press	587-590
*New Black Bess Library, The	Aldine Publishing Co.	591
New Magnet Library	Street and Smith	1056-1121
*Newne's Adventure Library	George Newnes	592
*Newne's "Black Bess" Library	George Newnes	593-595
*Newne's Reskin Library	George Newnes	596, 597
New Nick Carter Weekly	Street and Smith	1122-1210
New Tip Top Weekly	Street and Smith	1211-1287
New York Detective Library	Frank Tousey	1288-1305
New York Saturday Journal	Beadle and Adams	1305A
*Nick Carter	George Newnes	598-604
Nick Carter Detective Library	Street and Smith	1306
Nick Carter Library	Street and Smith	1307-1312
Nick Carter Stories	Street and Smith	1313-1321
Nick Carter Weekly	Street and Smith	1322-1326
Nickel Library	Nickel Library Co.	1327, 1328
Nightshade Series	Robert M. DeWitt	1329, 1330
Novelette Library	G.W. Studley	1331, 1332
Nugget Library	Street and Smith	1333-1341
O
Old Broadbrim Weekly	Street and Smith	1342
Old Cap Collier Library	Munro's Publishing House	1343-1351
Old Log Cabin	Street and Smith	877
Old Sleuth Library	George Munro's Sons	1352-1364
Old Sleuth Weekly	Arthur J. Westbrook	1365-1368
Old Sleuth's Own	J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.	1369-1378
Oliver Optic's Magazine	Lee and Shephard	1379
Ottenheimer Tracy the Outlaw	I & M Ottenheimer	1380
P
Paul Jones Weekly	Winner Library Co.	1381-1383
People's Handbook Series	F.M. Lupton	1384
Peterson's National Ladies Magazine	Charles J. Peterson	1385
Physical Culture	Physical Culture Pub. Co.?	1386
Pirate Story Series	Arthur J. Westbrook	1387-1391
Pluck and Luck	Frank Tousey	1392-1512
Puck's Library	Keppler and Schwartzman	1513
R
Railroad Series	J.S Oglivie and Co.	1514
Red Raven Library	Winner Library Co.	1515-1517
Red White and Blue Weekly	Street and Smith	1518-1520
Reiter ohne Kopf, Der	Drucf und Berlag von	811
U. Weichert Richmond's Novels	Richmond and Co.	1521, 1522
*Robin Hood Library	Aldine Publishing Co.	620
*Robin Hood Library	Amalgamated Press	621
Rough Rider Weekly	Street and Smith	1523-1524
Round the World Library	Street and Smith	1525-1527
S
Saturday Library	Saturday Library Co.	1528
Secret Service	Frank Tousey	1529-1617
Select Library	Street and Smith	1618
Shaw's Novels	Elmer Shaw	1619
Shield Weekly	Street and Smith	1620, 1621
**Sitting Bull	La Nouvelle Populaire	810
Snaps	Frank Tousey	1623-1648?
Sport Story Magazine	Chelsea House	1648
Star Journal	Beadle and Adams	1649
Star-Spangled Banner	Hunter and Co.	1650
Starry Flag Weekly	Street and Smith	1651
Steam Man, The	Frank T. Fries	2347
Student and Schoolmate	J.H. Allen	1652
Sunday Library, The	J.S. Ogilvie and Co.	1653-1656
Sunday Mercury	????	1657
*Submarine Privateer, The with Land of Mystery, The	Harkaway House	625
T
Temperence Library	Albert Sibley	2077A
**Texas Jack	La Nouvelle Populaire	809
Three Chums Weekly	Frank Tousey	1658-1665
Tip Top Quarterly	Street and Smith	1666-1670
Tip Top Semi Monthly	Street and Smith	1671
*Tip Top Tales	Aldine Publishing Co.	622-624
Tip-Top Weekly	Street and Smith	1672-2077
Top Notch Magazine	Street and Smith	2078
True Blue Weekly	Street and Smith	2079-2087
True Flag	Moulton and Lincoln	2087A
Twentieth Century Handbooks	Street and Smith	2088
U
Union Square Library	Norman L. Munro	2089
V
Verirrt inder Widniss	Drucf und Berlag von	812
U. Weichert Von Sturm verschlagen	Drucf und Berlag von	813
U. Weichert
W
War Libary	Novelist's Publishing Co.	2090-2092
Western Story Library	Street and Smith	2093
Western Weekly	Arthur Westbrook Co.	2094-2097
Wide Awake Magazine	Street and Smith	2098
Wide Awake Weekly	Frank Tousey	2099-2123
'Wild Bill' Hickok	Atomic Books	2343
Wild West Weekly	Frank Tousey	2124-2212
Work and Win	Frank Tousey	2213-2309
Y
Yankee Blade	Potter and Potter	2310
Yankee Doodle	Frank Tousey	2311-2318
Yankee 5 Cent Library	Atlantic News Co.	2319
Young Athlete's Weekly	Frank Tousey	2320, 2321
Young Broadbrim Weekly	Street and Smith	2322, 2323
Young Glory Weekly	Frank Tousey	2324, 2325
Young Klondike	Frank Tousey	2326-2333
Young Rough Riders Weekly	Street and Smith	2334, 2335
Young Sleuth Library	Frank Tousey	2336-2338
Younger Brothers	I & M Ottenheimer	2339
Youth's Companion	Lee and Shepard	2340

Alphabetical by Publisher:

Note: Number(s) following series title indicate DN number(s).

A (title, DN#)
Aldine Publishing Co.
Aldine Boxing Novels	531
Aldine Invention, Travel, and Adventure Library	532-539
Aldine Robin Hood Library	540-542
Aldine Tip Top Tales	543
Boys' First Rate Pocket Library	547
Buffalo Bill Library	552-563
Buffalo Bill Novels	564-567
Cheerful Adventure Library	335
Dixon Brett Detective Library	574
Invention Library	579-585
New Black Bess Library, The	591
Robin Hood Library	620
Tip Top Tales	622-624
Amalgamated Press
Boys' Friend, The	348-350
Nelson Lee Library, The	587-590
Robin Hood Library	621
Allen, J.H.
Student and Schoolmate	1652
A No. 1 Publishing Co.
A No. 1 Series	1-3
Atlantic News Co.
Yankee 5 Cent Library	2319
Atomic Books
Billy the Kid	2344
'Wild Bill' Hickok	2343
B
Beadle and Adams
Banner Weekly	57
Beadle and Adams' 20 Cent Novels	78A-79
Beadle's Boy's Library	61-64
Beadle's Half-Dime Library	95-154
Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library	251
Beadle's New Dime Novels	156-162
Beadle's New York Dime Library	163-237
Beadle's Pocket Library	252-253A
Beadle's Pocket Novels	254-258
Beadle's Popular Library	259, 260
Beadle's Serio-Comic Speaker	262
Half-Dime Library	817
New York Saturday Journal	1305A
Star Journal	1649
Beadle and Co.
American Tales	58
Beadle's Dime Biographical Library	238-240
Beadle's Dime Drillbook	243
Beadle's Dime Novels	67-78
Beadle's Dime Novels, Vol. I	247
Beadle's Dime Series	248
Beadle's Dime Songbook	249
Beadle's Dime Tales	245, 246
Beadle's Library of Choice Fiction	244
Beadle's Monthly	155
Beadle's Union Songbook	250
Blake, Herbert Cody
Blake's Western Stories	2341
C
Campfire Library Co.
Campfire Library	333-334
Champion Publishing Co.
Champion Library	334A
Chelsea House
Sport Story Magazine	1648
D
Daisy Bank Publishing Co.
Daisy Bank Publications	568-569
DeWitt, Robert M.
Claude Duval Series	338
DeWitt's Jonathan Wild Series	495
Nightshade Series	1329-1330
Donnelley, Loyd, and Co.
Lakeside Library	844
Drucf und Berlag von U. Weichert
Der Reiter ohne Kopf	811
Verirrt inder Widniss	812
Von Sturm verschlagen	813
F
Fox, Richard K.
National Police Gazette	1050A
Fries, Frank T.
Blood and Thunder Story Paper	2342)
Steam Man, The	2347
G
Garden City Publishing Co.
Devil's Payday, The	2349
Graphic Co.
Daily Graphic, The	342-343
H
Haldeman-Julius Co.
Little Blue Books	862
Harkaway House
Land of Mystery, The with Submarine Privateer, The	625
Harper and Bros.
Harper's Weekly	819
Harrison
Black Bess	544-546
Hogarth House Publications
Hogarth House Library	575-578
Howard, Ainslee and Co.
Army and Navy	60
Hunter and Co.
Star-Spangled Banner	1650
Hurst and Co.
"Magnet" Handbooks	879
I
Ivers, M.J.
Beadle's Boy's Library	65, 66
Beadle's Dime Dialogues	241, 242
Beadle's Frontier Series	79A-94
J
Jackson, Henry Wells
Boys' 1/2d Leader	551
Judge Publishing Co.
Judge's Library	840
K
Keppler and Schwartzman
Puck's Library	1513
L
Laird and Lee
Library of Choice Fiction	861
Lee and Shepard
Oliver Optic's Magazine	1379
Youth's Companion	2340
Leslie, Frank
Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours	679A
Log Cabin Press
Log Cabin Series	876
Lovell, John W.
Lovell's Library	878
Lupton, F.M.
Arm Chair Library	59
Jack Hazard and His Fortunes	2348
Leisure Hour Library	845
People's Handbook Series	1384
M
Marsh, George
Dick Dobbs Detective Weekly	520-522
Morrison, John W.
Morrison's Sensational Series	1009-1010
Moulton and Lincoln
True Flag	2087A
Munro, George
Fireside Companion	646
Old Sleuth Library	1352-1364
Munro, Norman L.
Munro's Library	1020
Union Square Library	2089
Munro's Publishing House
Old Cap Collier Library	1343-1351
N
NEA Service, Inc.
Jack Lockwill	863-866
Newnes, George Deadwood
Dick Library	570-573
Dick Turpin Library	605-619
Newnes' Adventure Library	592
Newnes' "Black Bess" Library	593-595
Newnes' New Redskin Library	596, 597
Nick Carter	598-604
Nickel Library Co.
Nickel Library	1327-1328
Nouvelle Populaire, La
Sitting Bull	810
Texas Jack	809
Novelist Publishing Co.
Cricket Library	341
War Library	2090-2092
O
Ogilvie, J.S.
Old Sleuth's Own	1369-1378
Railroad Series	1514
Sunday Library, The	1653-1656
Ostendorf, A.E.
Bob Brooks Library	264
Ottenheimer, I & M
Tracy the Outlaw	1380
Younger Brothers	2339
P
Patten, Gilbert
Dime Novel, The	408
Peterson, Charles J.
Peterson's National Ladies Magazine	1305
Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Physical Culture	1386
Porter, A.D.
Good Reading	815
Potter and Potter
Yankee Blade	2310
R
Regan, J.
Famous American Scouts	2346
Richmond and Co.
Richmond's Novels	1521-1522
S
Saturday Library Co.
Saturday Library	1528
Shaw, Elmer
Shaw's Novels	1619
Sibley, Albert
Temperence Library	2077A
Starr, Frank
Frank Starr's American Novels	807-808
Street and Smith
Adventure Weekly	45A
Alger Series	46
Brave and Bold Weekly	308-316
Buffalo Bill Border Stories	317-321
Buffalo Bill Stories, The	322-332
Comrades	339, 340
Diamond Dick Jr. Weekly	496-516
Diamond Dick Library	517-519
Do and Dare Weekly	523-529
Fame and Fortune Weekly	626-629
Fortune Story Magazine	679
Great Western Library	816
Jesse James Stories	838-839
Klondike Kit	842-843
Log Cabin Library	867-875
Medal Library	880, 881
Merriwell Series	882-1007
Motor Stories	1011-1019
My Queen	1021-1050
New Buffalo Bill Library	1051-1055
New Magnet Library	1056-1121
New Nick Carter Weekly	1122-1210
New Tip Top Weekly	1211-1287
Nick Carter Detective Library	1306
Nick Carter Library	1307-1312
Nick Carter Stories	1313-1321
Nick Carter Weekly	1322-1326
Nugget Library	1333-1341
Old Broadbrim Weekly	1342
Old Log Cabin	877
Red White and Blue Weekly	1518-1520
Rough Rider Weekly	1523-1524
Round the World Library	1525-1527
Select Library	1618
Shield Weekly	1620-1621
Starry Flag Weekly	1651
Tip Top Quarterly	1666-1670
Tip Top Semi-Monthly	1671
Tip Top Weekly	1672-2077
Top Notch Magazine	2078
True Blue Weekly	2079-2087
Twentieth Century Handbooks	2088
Western Story Library	2093
Wide Awake Magazine	2098
Young Broadbrim Weekly	2322-2323
Young Rough Riders Weekly	2334-2335
Studley, G.W.
Novelette Library	1331-1332
Syndicate Trading Co.
Fashions	642-645
T
Tousey, Frank
All Around	47-49
Blue and Gray Weekly	263
Boys of New York Pocket Library	301
Boys' Star Library	302-307
Detective Library	409-494
Fame and Fortune Weekly	630-641
Five Cent Comic Library	647-650
Five Cent Weekly Library	651
Five Cent Wide Awake Library	652-678
Frank Manley's Weekly	680-708
Frank Reade Library	709-742
Frank Reade Weekly	742A-806
Golden Weekly	814
Handsome Harry	818
Happy Days	818A
James Boys Weekly	826-837
Liberty Boys of "76"	846-860
New York Detective Library	1288-1305
Pluck and Luck	1392-1512
Secret Service	1529-1617
Snaps	1623-1648
Three Chums Weekly	1658-1665
Wide Awake Weekly	2099-2123
Wild West Weekly	2124-2212
Work and Win	2213-2309
Yankee Doodle	2311-2318
Young Athlete's Weekly	2320,2321
Young Glory Weekly	2324, 2325
Young Klondike	2326-2333
Young Sleuth Library	2336-2338
W
Westbrook, Arthur
Adventure Series	4-45
American Detective Series	54-56
Boy's Best Weekly	270-300
Circling the Globe Series	336-337
Deadwood Dick Library	344-407
Early Western Life Series	530
Hart Series	824, 825
Old Sleuth Weekly	1365-1368
Pirate Story Series	1387-1391
Western Weekly	2094-2097
Winner Library Co.
All Sports Library	50-53
Bowery Boy Library	264A-269
Might and Main Library	1008
Paul Jones Weekly	1381-1383
Red Raven Library	1515-1517

Additional Material in the Walter Tunks Collection:

Boxed Items:

BOX #1: 113 items total
75 items	Bibliographies, catalogues, etc.
5 items	Dime novel covers
32 items	Dime Novel Club materials
BOX #2: 40 items total
16 items	Tunks correspondence, etc.
7 items	Tunks Collection information
2 items	Frank T. Fries correspondence
15 items	Library correspondence
BOX #3: 43 items total
1 item	Honors thesis
12 items	Misc. dime novel articles
20 items	Misc. newspaper clippings
10 tems	Jesse James material

Books:

Appler, Augustus C. Guerrillas of the West. St. Louis: Eureka Publishing Company, 1876.

Boggs, S.S. Eighteen Months a Prisoner Under the Rebel Flag. Lovington, IL: Published by the author, 1887.

Bruce, Robert and Albert Baiseley, Col. George W. Stokes. Three Old Plainsmen and Three Other Western Stories. New York: Robert Bruce, [1923].

Carter, Nicholas (John R. Coryell). Secret Agents of Brazil. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, [n.d.].

Chester, George Randolph. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1908].

Chester, George Randolph. Wallingford in His Prime. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1913].

Connelley, William Elsey. Quantrill and The Border Wars. New York: Pageant Book Company, 1956.

Connors, Chuck. Bowery Life. New York: Richard K. Fox Pub. Co., [1904].

Croy, Homer. Jesse James was My Neighbor. New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, [1949].

Croy, Homer. Last of the Great Outlaws. New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, [1956].

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Dime Novel Links

Stanford University's Dime Novel Collection

Online pulp magazine resource

Syracuse's Street and Smith Preservation Project

Michigan State's Collection of Popular Fiction

Hess Collection of Dime Novels at the University of Minnesota

American Women's Dime Novel Project at George Mason University

Northern Illinois University

Library of Congress

—Laura Daugherty, 2001