Guide to the Leland Frederick Cooley and Lee Morrison Cooley papers MS.R.018

Finding aid prepared by Carole McEwan, 2012; updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2021.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2021
The UCI Libraries
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University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Leland Frederick Cooley and Lee Morrison Cooley papers
Creator: Cooley, Leland Frederick
Creator: Cooley, Lee Morrison
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.018
Physical Description: 16.2 Linear Feet (33 boxes) and 3.2 unprocessed linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1939-1978
Abstract: This collection consists of papers of Leland Cooley's literary activities, including his fiction as well as his non-fiction books on retirement and land issues in Southern California. Included are manuscripts, galleys, reviews, promotional material, research files correspondence, and photographs. There are also papers from his wife Lee Morrison Cooley, consisting chiefly of black and white photographic prints and clippings documenting her career as a dancer and choreographer in theater, television, and movies.
Language of Material: English .

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Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection consists of papers of Leland Cooley's literary activities, including his fiction as well as his non-fiction books on retirement and land issues in Southern California. Included are manuscripts, galleys, reviews, promotional material, research files correspondence, and photographs. There are also papers from his wife Lee Morrison Cooley, consisting chiefly of black and white photographic prints and clippings documenting her career as a dancer and choreographer in theater, television, and movies.

box 1

The Art Colony undated

box 2

The Art Colony undated

box 3

The Art Colony undated

box 4

The Art Colony undated

box 5

God's High Table undated

box 6

God's High Table undated

box 7

The Run for Home undated

box 8

The Trouble with Heaven undated

box 9

The Trouble with Heaven undated

box 10

Condition Pink undated

box 11

Condition Pink undated

box 12

The Richest Poor Folks undated

box 13

The Richest Poor Folks undated

box 14

The Richest Poor Folks undated

box 15

California undated

box 16

California undated

box 17

California undated

box 18

California undated

box 19

California undated

box 20

California undated

box 21

California undated

box 22

California undated

box 23

The Dancer undated

box 24

The Dancer undated

box 25

The Dancer undated

box 26

The Dancer undated

box 27

The Dancer undated

box 28

The Dancer undated

box 29

The Dancer undated

box 30

The Dancer undated

box 31

The Dancer undated

box 32

God's High Table (final draft) undated

box 33

Box 33

 

Unprocessed addition 1998 Accession 1998.014 1939-1992

box accn1998.014 001

Box 1 1939-1992

Scope and Contents Note

Contains chiefly black and white photographic prints and clippings documenting the career of a dancer and choreographer, Lee Morrison Cooley, who worked in theater, television, and movies. Her life was loosely the subject of a novel, The Dancer, by her husband Leland Cooley.
 

Unprocessed addition 2000 Accession 2000.027 1954-1970

box accn2000.027 001

Box 1 1954-1970

Scope and Contents Note

Contains correspondence (1954-1969), undated photographs and biographical materials.
box accn2000.027 002

Box 2 1954-1970

Scope and Contents Note

Contains research materials, review clippings, drafts, proofs, and scattered correspondence relating to Leland Cooley's fictional works
box accn2000.027 003

Box 3 1954-1970

Scope and Contents Note

Contains extensive research files on retirement communities in Southern California for and reviews and correspondence relating to Leland and Lee Morrison Cooley's non-fiction books on retirement and land issues in California, as well as copies of 5 of Cooley's monograph. publications.