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Finding Aid for the Sir Hall Caine Papers, 1880-1931
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  • Administrative Information
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  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Sir Hall Caine Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1880-1931
    Collection number: 881
    Creator: Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931
    Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
    Abstract: Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931) was the author of various novels, plays, short stories, nonfiction, and two silent film screenplays. The collection consists of approximately 100 pieces of correspondence, a few manuscript pages of poetry, and ephemera.
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary 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.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Sir Hall Caine Papers (Collection 881). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 709546 

    Biography

    Thomas Henry Hall Caine was born in Runcorn, Cheshire, England on May 14, 1853; author of various novels, including Shadow of a Crime (1885), A Son of Hagar (1887), The Eternal City (1901), and The Woman of Knockaloe: a Parable (1923); also wrote plays, short stories, nonfiction, and two silent film screenplays; edited two books, Sonnets of Three Centuries and King Albert's Book: a Tribute to the Belgian King and People; worked as a leader-writer for Mercury, a Liverpool periodical; died in 1931.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of approximately 100 pieces of correspondence, a few manuscript pages of poetry, and ephemera.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931--Archives.
    Authors, English--Archival resources.