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
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The UCI Libraries
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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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Preferred Citation
Leland Frederick Cooley and Lee Morrison Cooley papers. MS-R018. Special Collections and
Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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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 8
The Trouble with Heaven
undated
box 9
The Trouble with Heaven
undated
box 12
The Richest Poor Folks
undated
box 13
The Richest Poor Folks
undated
box 14
The Richest Poor Folks
undated
box 32
God's High Table (final draft)
undated
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.