Frederick and Patricia Shroyer Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Collection

California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections

800 N State College Blvd.

3rd Floor, Library South, PLS-352

Fullerton, California 92834-4150

(657) 278-3444

http://www.library.fullerton.edu/

2014

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