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Durham (Philip) Index and Bibliography collection
LSC.1220  
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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Expanded Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Philip Durham Index and Bibliography collection
    Creator: Durham, Philip
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1220
    Physical Description: 5.5 Linear Feet (11 boxes and 1 oversize box)
    Date (inclusive): 1960-1977
    Abstract: Philip Durham (1912-1977) was a professor in the English department at UCLA (1953-77), and a Fulbright professor of American literature (1955-56). The collection consists of Professor Philip Durham's indexes of various pulp magazines and the beginnings of several bibliographies, a history of Black mask and a Dashiell Hammett bibliography.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
    Portions of this collection are restricted from copying. Consult container listing for additional information.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Philip Durham Index and Bibliography Collection (Collection 1220). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Kayla Landesman, January 1981.
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    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9912178913606533  

    Biography

    Durham was born February 7, 1912 in Portland, Oregon; BS, Linfield College, 1935; MA, Claremont Graduate School, 1946; Ph.D, Northwestern University, 1949; faculty member, Elmhurst College, 1949-51; instructor (1953-55), assistant professor (1955-61), associate professor (1961-66), professor (1966-76), and professor emeritus (1976-77), UCLA Department of English; Fulbright professor of American literature, University of Helsinki (1955-56); wrote several books, including American fiction in Finland (with Tauno F. Mustanoja, 1960), Down these mean streets a man must go: Raymond Chandler's knight (1963), The Negro cowboys (with Everett Jones, 1965), and The western story: fact, fiction, and myth (1975); died March 27, 1977.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of Professor Philip Durham's indexes of various pulp magazines and the beginnings of several bibliographies, all done on 4 × 6" cards. The Black mask index was completed by Professor Edward Hagemann. The collection also contains a history of Black mask and a Dashiell Hammett bibliography.

    Expanded Scope and Content

    The collection consists of some of Professor Durham's works in progress at the time of his death. It includes indexes of various pulp magazines and the beginnings of several bibliographies, all done on 4 × 6" cards. Professor Durham was a member of the English Department faculty at UCLA. The Black Mask index was completed by Professor Edward Hagemann at a later date.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. All story weekly, Argosy, Argosy-- All story weekly, Cavalier (Boxes 1-3).
    2. Poetry in Argosy (Box 4).
    3. Index of authors in various pulp magazines (Box 5).
    4. Black mask (Boxes 6-7).
    5. Index and bibliography (Box 7A).
    6. Cowboy stories (Box 8).
    7. Indexes--work in progress (Box 9).
    8. Willa Cather bibliography (Box 10).
    9. Card file notes toward works in progress (Box 11).

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    American fiction -- 20th century -- Bibliography -- Archives.
    American periodicals -- Indexes -- Archives.
    University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty -- Archives
    Hagemann, E.R. (Edward R.)
    Durham, Philip--Archives.