Western stories -- Authorship
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Don B. and Terry Diener Allen papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 500
Abstract
Collection comprises the papers of American authors Don B. Allen and Terry Allen, including literary manuscripts and research materials for works of historical fiction and non-fiction about the West and about Native Americans, as well as collections of creative writing and poetry by young American Indians edited by Terry Allen.
Dates:
1951-1967
Herbert E. Arntson papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 064
Abstract
Herbert Edward Arntson (1911-1982) was an author, English professor, and musician. The collection includes manuscripts of books and short stories, poems, speeches and correspondence, which reflect his work.
Dates:
1934-1983
Charles Boeckman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 329
Abstract
Charles Boeckman (1920- ) is an author and musician. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and an autobiographical scrapbook compiled by Boeckman.
Dates:
1944-1981
Edwin Booth papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 184
Abstract
Edwin Booth (1906-1980) was a writer of Western fiction. The Edwin Booth Papers contain personal and professional literary correspondence with authors who were contemporaries of Booth, as well as literary manuscripts. The manuscript series contains manuscripts of novels and short stories. The collection also includes published copies of Booth's novels and anthologies of short stories. Booth wrote American westerns as well as mystery literature.
Dates:
1946-1981
Edward Y. Breese papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 136
Abstract
Consists primarily of correspondence with editors, manuscripts of fiction and some non-fiction, and financial material relating to the marketing of his stories.
Dates:
1965-1972
Frederic Robert Buckley papers
Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025041771409]
Identifier: Ax 319
Abstract
Frederic Robert Buckley (1896 -?) is the literary name of Frederic Robert Wakelin-Buckley, who wrote western, adventure, and sea stories. The collection contains manuscripts including short stories, novelettes, novels, plays, and essays, and correspondence, 1921-1929.
Dates:
1921-1929
Courtney Owen Cameron papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 573
Abstract
Courtney Owen Cameron (1902/1906-1960) was an American author of crime and suspense novels (sometimes referred to as mysteries), and westerns, who often wrote under the name "Owen Cameron." The collection (1943-1960) contains correspondence, manuscripts of unpublished and published novels and short stories, tearsheets, published works, and scrapbooks, 1943-1960.
Dates:
1943-1960
Robert Ormond Case papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 467
Abstract
Robert Ormond Case lived from 1895 to 1964, residing in Oregon most of his life. He was educated at the University of Oregon and went on to become a popular author of books and stories in the western genre, as well as a prominent resident of Portland. This collection contains several examples of his writing, in both published and manuscript forms. It also includes a large quantity of personal and private correspondence and documents.
Dates:
1926-1964
Frank P. Castle papers
Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025042362901]
Identifier: Ax 331
Abstract
Frank Castle was a writer of western, mystery, suspense, sex, medical, historical, and juvenile fiction, and comic book scripts. The collection contains manuscripts for short fiction and comic strips, 1948-1966.
Dates:
1948-1966
Joseph Chadwick correspondence
Collection
Identifier: A 200
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.
Dates:
1966
Gifford Cheshire manuscripts
Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025042363388]
Identifier: Ax 375
Abstract
Gifford P. Cheshire (1905- ) is a writer of western novels. The collection (1966-1969) contains manuscripts of Wenatchee Bend, and Ambush at Bedrock, and also copies of the published books.
Dates:
1966-1969
William (Will) Everett Cook papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 332
Abstract
William Everett Cook was a writer of western and adventure novels and stories. Collection consists of correspondence (273 letters), manuscripts for his novels, short stories, and one novella, and an extensive collection of western pulp fiction containing short stories by Cook.
Dates:
1952-1964
William R. Cox papers
Collection — Photo box 1: [Barcode: 35025041131182]
Identifier: Coll 032
Abstract
William Cox (1901-1988) was a prolific writer for the pulp fiction magazine industry during the 1930s, 1940s and into the early 1950s. He later wrote for the television industry and continued to publish in a wide variety of genres including sports, Westerns, and juvenile fiction. This Collection consists of three main series: correspondence with business associates and other contemporary writers (Red Barber, Ray Bradbury, John Ford, David Frost, Lillian Hellman, Elmore Leonard and Allen...
Dates:
1914-1980
Thomas A. Curry, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 318
Abstract
Thomas A. Curry, Jr. (1900-1976) was best known as a writer of adventure stories. He published numerous novels, novelettes and periodical articles. This collection contains several of his manuscripts and also a large amount of his correspondence.
Dates:
1922-1967
Allan Elston papers
Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025041716057]
Identifier: Ax 280
Abstract
Allan V. Elston (1887-1976) was educated as a civil engineer, and he worked on railroads, as a mining engineer in Chile, as a cattle rancher, and from 1924 on he wrote western fiction. The collection contains research notes, published pieces, royalty statements, and correspondence with agents, other writers, and from readers, 1930-1960.
Dates:
1930-1960
Hal George Evarts Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 823
Abstract
Hal Evarts, Jr. was a writer of Western and mystery fiction. The collection comprises personal and professional correspondence, literary manuscripts, personal journals, and printed materials of author Hal George Evarts, Jr. The manuscripts are of Evarts' novels and short stories in the western and detective/mystery styles.
Dates:
1936-1970
Molly Gloss papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 296
Abstract
Collection comprises the papers of American author Molly Gloss, including notes, planning documents, research materials, and drafts of novels, short stories, book reviews, and essays written between 1979 and 2003. The collection includes examples of her work in several genres, including young adult fantasy literature, Outside the Gates (1986); western fiction, The Jump-Off Creek (1989); adventure fiction, Wild Life: A Novel (2000); and science fiction, The Dazzle of Day, “Interlocking Pieces”...
Dates:
1979-2003
Zane Grey papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 462
Abstract
The collection contains four original hand-written manuscripts by western author Zane Grey. It also contains three published stories. The stories in the collection are particular to the Rogue River in Oregon.
Dates:
1923-1929
Sheba May Hargreaves papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll 194
Abstract
Sheba Hargreaves (1882-1960) was an elementary teacher and author. The collection consists of manuscripts of books and feature articles, correspondence, and pamphlets.
Dates:
1924-1960
Ray Hogan papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 838
Abstract
Ray Hogan (1908- ) is an author specializing in western fiction. The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts for many of Hogan's novels and stories.
Dates:
1964-1987
Llewellyn (Lew) P. Holmes papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 552
Abstract
Llewellyn (Lew) P. Holmes (1895-1988) was a pulp and western writer who wrote under his own name and the pseudonyms Matt Stuart, Dave Hardin and Perry Westwood. The collection contains correspondence, published works, page proofs, and books.
Dates:
1954-1966
Jay Kalez papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 404
Abstract
Jay Kalez was an author of mystery, detective, and adventure stories. The collection contains short story and article manuscripts, publisher and agent correspondence, and Army Corps of Engineer press releases.
Dates:
1926-1937
Victor Kaufman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 380
Abstract
Victor Kaufman (1910-1966) was a writer of western stories, and later he became an advertising agent. The collection (1927-1958) contains manuscripts, tearsheets, and correspondence, and also publications of young people's magazines from the 1930s-1940s.
Dates:
1927-1958
Peter Bernard Kyne papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 732
Abstract
Peter Bernard Kyne (1880-1957) was a prominent author of novels and short stories. He served in the Spanish-American War and World War I, and resided in San Francisco most of his life. This collection includes thousands of personal and professional correspondence, and well over a hundred manuscript copies of novels and short stories. While this collection spans the years 1917 to 1957, the majority of the correspondence dates from 1935-1940.
Dates:
1917-1957
Jeanne Tellier Leeson papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 452
Abstract
Collection contains materials collected by Jeanne Tellier Leeson, author and teacher, in the course of her research on author Lambert Florin, and include correspondence, newsclippings, photos and negatives, ephemera, and writings.
Dates:
1966-1985
Norma Bicknell and Robert Stuart Mansfield papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 765
Abstract
Norma Bicknell (1906-1965) and Robert Mansfield (1906- ) met and married in 1925 while students at the University of Michigan; as undergraduates, both studied creative writing. The collection includes many manuscripts, correspondence and miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1929-1970
Dudley Dean McGaughey papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll 211
Abstract
Dudley Dean McGaughy (1906-1986), a prolific writer of pulp westerns who published over 100 books during his lifetime, was represented by the Lenniger Literary Agency. Collection includes manuscripts and correspondence.
Dates:
1953-1974
Dwight Bennett Newton papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 192
Abstract
Collection comprises papers of American author of western fiction Dwight Newton, including correspondence with other writers, the August Lenniger Literary Agency, and Book Creations, Inc.; literary manuscripts (including short stories and teleplays); and 57 vols. of Newton's books.
Dates:
1947-1985
George Washington Ogden papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 484
Abstract
George Washington Ogden (1871-1966) was a journalist and editor for newspapers, and later became an author of western stories and novels. The collection contains manuscripts, literary contracts and agreements, mementos and photographs, an accounting journal, and correspondence with agents, editors, and also seven letters (1922) from Elizabeth B. Custer (Mrs. George A. Custer), 1909-1940.
Dates:
1909-1940
Theodore V. Olsen papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 393
Abstract
Theodore Victor Olsen was a well-known writer of western novels and stories, and other works inspired by American history. A native of Wisconsin, he was born in the town of Rheinlander in 1932 and died there in 1993. This collection contains many examples of his writing, from throughout his career, in draft and proof forms. Also included are many business-related correspondence.
Dates:
1955-1983
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