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Frederick and Patricia Shroyer Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Collection
SC.15  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Frederick and Patricia Shroyer Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Collection
    Dates: 1890-1950
    Collection Number: SC.15
    Creator/Collector: Frederick and Patricia Shroyer
    Extent: 1671 volumes and 4 boxes (240 linear feet)
    Repository: California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
    Fullerton, California 92834-4150
    Abstract: The Frederick and Patricia Shroyer Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Book Collection consists of late 19th to 20th century genre fiction, 1890 to 1950, and thirty-one periodical titles from 1897 to 1909.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    The collection is open to the public.

    Preferred Citation

    Frederick and Patricia Shroyer Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Collection. California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Dr. Fredrick Shroyer was a professor at California State University, Los Angeles who donated his science fiction, fantasy, and horror book collection in 1981. He collected all significant authors from 1890 to 1950 in those genres. A separate gift at a later date was 360 short stories from the 1920s and 1930s in the form of tear sheets in indexed pressboard covers together with runs of thirty-one periodicals from 1897 to 1909. Many of the books have their original dust jackets. The books are fully cataloged and shelved in call number order. The tear sheets and periodicals have not been processed.

    Indexing Terms

    Science Fiction
    Fantasy