Guide to the Richard H. Robinson Papers
MS.L.014
Finding aid prepared by Carole McEwan
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, 92623-9557
949-824-3947
spcoll@uci.edu
© 2010
Title: Richard H. Robinson papers
Collection Number: MS-L013
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Languages: The collection is in English.
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear feet
(2 boxes and 1 oversize file)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1978-1984
Date (inclusive): 1960-1984
Abstract: This collection contains the published articles, literary manuscripts and other papers of Orange County, California writer
Richard H. Robinson. Included are manuscripts of his short stories and screen plays; newspaper and magazines articles; and
cartoons dating from the 1960s to 1984. Also included is infomation about his book written with Virgil Partch (Vip),
Relations in Strange Locations
Creator:
Robinson, Richard H. (Richard Hall), 1927-
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Richard H. Robinson Papers. MS-L014. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Joy Mature, 1985.
Processing History
Processed by Carole McEwan and others.
Biography
Richard H. Robinson was an author who lived and worked in Orange County, California in the late 20th century.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains the unpublished literary manuscripts of short stories, plays and television scripts and other witings
of writer Richard H. Robinson. Included are clippings of his published articles and colums from prominent Orange County, California
periodicals. Also included are publicity materials from his book with cartoonist Virgil Partch,
Relations in Strange Locations (1978). There is also a letter from John F. Kennedy (1960) regarding a gift that Richard H. Robinson sent him.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Robinson, Richard H. (Richard Hall), 1927- --Archives.
Vip
American fiction -- 20th century -- Sources
Journalists--California--Orange County--20th century--Sources
Articles,
Bulk, 1962-1963
1962-1987
Box 1, Folder 1
Articles: drafts,
1978-1979
Oversize FB-070:4
Coast Illustrated,
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 4
Orange County Illustrated,
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 5
Biographical information,
1962
1970-1978
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence: John F. Kennedy,
1960
Box 1, Folder 7
Drawings: cartoons,
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Publications:
Relations in Strange Places - photocopies of cartoons by Virgil Partch,
circa 1978
Box 1, Folder 9
Publications:
Relations in Strange Places- publicity materials,
1978
Writings,
Bulk, 1984
1961-1984
Box 1, Folder 11
A Conversation Downtown,
1960
Box 1, Folder 14
Hummingbird Man: outline,
1984
Box 1, Folder 15
Iron Pants: research clippings,
1977,
1982
Box 2, Folder 1
Make your deaath as painless as possible,
undated
Box 2, Folder 2
The Man from Wells Fargo/Adobe Gold,
1961
Box 2, Folder 3
More than a Holiday,
probably 1966
Box 2, Folder 4
Rejoneador: version A,
1984
Box 2, Folder 5
Rejoneador: version B,
1984
Box 2, Folder 6
Rejoneador: research photos and clippings,
Bulk, 1984
1962-1984
Box 2, Folder 8
The Tennis Pro: outline and research,
1981
