Scope and Contents
The Consists primarily of book length and short story length manuscripts of western, detective, and adventure stories, including his Walt Slade Texas Ranger series.
Dates
- circa 1920-1949
Creator
- Scott, Leslie, 1893-1975 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
A. Leslie Scott (1893-1974) first appeared Railroad Stories magazine beginning in 1930, and became a a frequent contributor. He was an ex-fireman and railroad brakeman, working on the iron pike across the midwest.
“I fired on the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Norfolk and Western and the Baltimore and Ohio. Worked in various departments on the Illinois Central and the Great Western. Also ran a crew and twirled a brake club on the Pennsy, covering quite a bit of territory in the interim.”
Scott was a prolific author of westerns, but also contributed mystery and adventure stories to various magazines. He created the character Jim Hatfield for Western Rangers magazine, under the “housename” Jackson Cole. Later he created the “Walt Slade” series writing under the house-name of Bradford Scott.
“The railroad characters in my stories are taken from life,” Scott wrote in a Railroad Stories column. “Of course, names, etc., are changed, but I imagine railroad men on certain roads will not have much trouble seeing attributes of the originals in my fiction characters.”
Extent
12 linear feet (8 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Leslie Scott papers collection consists primarily of book length and short story length manuscripts of western, detective, and adventure stories, including his Walt Slade Texas Ranger series.
Processing Information note
Collection is processed.
- Authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Billings, Buck
- Cole, Jackson
- Holt, Tex
- Leslie, A., 1893-1975
- Leslies, A. Scott, 1893-1975
- Popular literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scott, Bradford, 1893-1975
- Western stories Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Guide to the Leslie Scott papers
- Status
- Preliminary Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
