Finding Aid for the Idwal Jones Papers, 1936-1950
Processed by Yvonne Schroeder; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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Finding Aid for the Idwal Jones Papers, 1936-1950
Collection number: 694
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Yvonne Schroeder, 18 November 1960
- Encoded by:
- Alight Tsai
- Encoding supervision by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, March 2003
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Idwal Jones Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1950
Collection number: 694
Creator: Jones, Idwal, 1890-1964
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Idwal Jones (1888-1964) was a journalist, and author of short stories, articles and books. The collection consists of correspondence
and ephemera, manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, and first editions of works by Jones including
Vermilion,
Vines in the sun,
Houses unto aliens,
High bonnet,
Ark of empire,
Jake Zeitlin,
The splendid shilling, and
China boy.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Idwal Jones Papers (Collection 694). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Jones was born on December 8, 1888 in Festiniog, Wales; privately educated; prospector and rancher in California; later worked
as a journalist for the
San Francisco Examiner, living in France and Italy as a correspondent; became editorial writer and columnist for the
New York American, and a book critic for
Life magazine; contributed short stories and articles to magazines; won Commonwealth Club literary award in 1945 & 1951; published
books include
The splendid shilling (1926),
China boy and other tales (1936),
High bonnet (1945),
The Sierra (1947),
Vermilion (1947),
Vines in the sun (1949), and
Ark of empire (1951); he died in 1964.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, and first editions of works by author Idwal Jones. Includes
Vermilion,
Vines in the sun,
Houses unto aliens,
High bonnet,
Ark of empire,
Jake Zeitlin,
The splendid shilling, and
China boy. Also contains correspondence and ephemera.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
-
Vermilion (Box 1).
-
Vines in the sun,
Houses unto aliens (Box 2).
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High bonnet (Box 3).
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Ark of empire (Boxes 3-4).
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Jake Zeitlin,
The splendid shilling, and
China boy (Box 4).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Jones, Idwal, 1890-1964--Archives.
Authors, Welsh--United States--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Box 1
Vermilion. New York: Prentice-Hall, Incorporated, 1947.
Physical Description: 4 items boxed in a red cloth slip case.
Box 1
1) Typescript.
Physical Description: With holograph corrections in pencil, ink and crayon. 527 leaves.
Box 1
2) Plan of story. Title in pencil at top of first sheet; also in pencil at upper right J. Zeitlin - (Early Draft).
Physical Description: Typescript. 3 leaves. Some corrections in pencil.
Box 1
3) Galley proofs.
Physical Description: 161 sheets. Printer's notations in pencil, red ink, blue crayon.
Box 1
4) 7 preliminary pages.
Physical Description: Annotated, mostly holograph, some typescript.
Box 2
Vines in the sun. New York: William Morrow, 1949.
Physical Description: 3 items boxed in a red cloth slip case.
Box 2
1) Typescript.
Physical Description: With extensive holograph corrections in colored crayons and pencil. Includes 22 leaves page proofs and layout sketches of
title page, contents, etc. With extensive printer's corrections and notations.
Box 2
2) Page proofs.
Physical Description: 77 sheets with corrections and notations in variously colored inks and pencil.
Box 2
3) Galleys.
Physical Description: 72 sheets with copious printer's corrections and notations. Includes several inserts of layout sketches in pencil and ink.
Box 2
Houses unto aliens. Typescript with occasional corrections. n.p., January 1936. Signed in ink over date. In pencil, at right below title: First Draft/unpublished.
Physical Description: 178 leaves stapled between lavender covers.
Box 4
Ark of Empire. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1950.
Physical Description: Typescript with occasional holograph corrections. 271 leaves.
Box 3
Ark of empire.
Physical Description: Galley proof. Extensive holograph corrections. 72 sheets.
Box 3
Ark of empire.
Physical Description: Page proofs, corrected. 94 sheets.
Box 3
High bonnet. New York: Prentice-Hall, Incorporated, 1945.
Physical Description: Typescript with corrections and notations in pencil and ink. 184 leaves.
Box 3
High bonnet.
Physical Description: Galley proof. Printer's notations and corrections in pencil and red ink. 60 sheets. [The typescript and galley proof are]
boxed together in a green cloth slipcase.
Box 4
Jake Zeitlin. Pencil notation at top right: Scrap book.
Physical Description: Typescript (carbon). 3 leaves.
Box 4
Jake Zeitlin.
Physical Description: Typescript with corrections in pencil, ink and crayon. Typed note attached to first leaf. 2 leaves.
Box 4
Ephemera. Pamphlets, magazine clippings, etc. with articles and materials by Idwal Jones. 1937-1949.
Physical Description: 10 items.
Box 4
Ephemera. Newspaper clippings; reviews of books by Idwal Jones. 1936-1949.
Physical Description: 7 items.
Scope and Content Note
Also, 1 photograph of presentation of manuscript
Vermilion to UCLA Library.
Box 4
Correspondence, mainly between Lawrence Clark Powell and Idwal Jones, 1945-1950.
Physical Description: 31 pieces.
Box 4
Atherton, Gertrude, A toast to Idwal Jones. Reprinted from
My San Francisco by Gertrude Atherton, etc.
Physical Description: (3 articles and a bibliography in one brochure) 10 copies.
Box 4
The splendid shilling. First edition, inscribed to Leon Gelber, 1926. Garden City: Doubleday, 1926.
Box 4
China boy. Los Angeles: Primavera Press, 1936.
Note
First edition, inscribed to Jake `Nonpareil' Zeitlin, Hollywood, 1935.
