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Western Fiction Ephemera Collection
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Title: Western Fiction Ephemera Collection
Dates: 1900-1950
Collection Number: SC.26
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 145 uncatalogued paperbacks and 92 periodical titles (45 linear feet).
Repository:
California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Fullerton, California 92834-4150
Abstract: Western Fiction Ephemera Collection consists of 145 uncatalogued paperbacks and 92 periodical titles pertaining to the fiction
of the American West and traditional Western genres.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open to the public.
Western Fiction Ephemera Collection. California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Scope and Content of Collection
One of the highlights is a long run of Street and Smith's Western Story Magazine (September 1922-January 1935). A small collection
of early "Dime Novels" focusing on the mythic "Wild West" are also included.
Western fiction.
Dime novels.