Scope and Contents
The collection (1966) contains professional correspondence, and paperback volumes.
There are three folders of correspondence that include incoming and outgoing letters.
Thirty-two letters are from the Lenniger Literary Agency.
There are five paperback volumes of novels by Chadwick, and three of them are translated versions in Scandinavian languages. Titles include: Jaguar, Avgrundens Rand, Last Stand for a Lawman, Sabrina, and Seksloberen.
Dates
- 1966
Creator
- Lenniger Literary Agency (Organization)
- Chadwick, Joseph (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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
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
Joseph Chadwick (1909 - ) was born in York, Pennsylvania. He began his writing career in 1935 with the Chicago Daily News Feature Syndicate. He became an author of over ninety-one books, most of them westerns, suspense and espionage novels. His pseudonyms include John Callahan, Jim Conroy, Jim Layne, Jack Barton, Jud Blame, and John Conway. He was managed by the Lenniger Literary Agency.
Extent
1 linear feet (8 containers) : 3 folders, 5 loose volumes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Joseph Chadwick (1909 - ) was a prolific author of westerns, suspense and espionage novels, who was managed by the Lenniger Literary Agency. The collection (1966) contains professional correspondence and paperback volumes.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- American fiction -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Arts and Humanities Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Authors and publishers -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chadwick, Joseph
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Lenniger Literary Agency
- Suspense fiction -- Authorship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Western stories -- Authorship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Chadwick Correspondence
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
