Finding Aid for the Samuel J. Sackett Papers LSC.0178

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Samuel J. Sackett papers
Creator: Sackett, Samuel J. (Samuel John)
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0178
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1954-1958
Abstract: Samuel John Sackett (1928- ) was a professor of English at Hastings College (1949-51) and Fort Hays State University (1954-1977). In 1978, he became the dean of Salt City Business College. His published works include Kansas Folklore (1961), Cowboys and the Songs They Sang (1967), and Edgar Watson Howe (1972). The collection consists of book drafts and journals containing writings by Sackett.
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General Physical Description note: 1 boxes (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Samuel J. Sackett papers (Collection Number 178). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Samuel J. Sackett, ca. 1958.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942337173606533 

Biography

Samuel John Sackett was born on January 23, 1928 in Redlands, California. After receiving his B.A. (1948) and M.A. (1949) from the University of Redlands, he pursued graduate study at Stanford University (1950) and received his Ph.D, from UCLA (1956). He served as an instructor in English and journalism at Hastings College (1949-51); and assistant professor (1954-57), associate professor (1957-65), professor (1965-77), and professor emeritus (1977) of English at Fort Hays State University. In 1978 he became dean of Salt City Business College. Throughout his career he contributed articles and poems to folklore and literary journals. His published works include Kansas Folklore (1961), Cowboys and the Songs They Sang (1967), and Edgar Watson Howe (1972).

Scope and Content

Collection consists of book drafts and journals containing writings by Sackett.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Authors, American -- Archives.
Literature teachers -- United States -- Archives.
Sackett, Samuel J. (Samuel John)

box 1, folder 1

Folklore of the Indians, undated

General Physical Description note: Typed draft, 159 pages
box 1, folder 2

Kansas Folklore, undated

General Physical Description note: Typed draft, 206 pages
box 1, folder 3

Kansas: An Autobiography, 1957

General Physical Description note: Typed draft, 139 pages
box 1, folder 4

Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy, 1954-1955

box 1, folder 4

Sackett, S. J. "The Missing Disclaimer." Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy, vol. 5, no. 11, November 1954.

box 1, folder 4

Sackett, S. J. "The Last Plunge." Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy, vol. 6, no. 1, October 1955.

box 1, folder 5

Poem in College English

box 1, folder 5

Sackett, S. J. "I Cannot Be a Shepherd." College English, vol. 19, no. 6, p. 246. March 1958.

Scope and Contents note

Annotated by the author. Poem to Edward Hooker, professor of English who died of a heart attack.