Preliminary Guide to the Noel Young / Capra Press Collection
Noel Young / Capra Press Collection, ca. 1932-1970s
Collection number: Printers Mss 46
Department of Special CollectionsDavidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- Nov. 14, 2008
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
- NY = Noel Young
- SBNP = Santa Barbara News Press
- Bason [Robert E.] / Capra Press Records, ca. 1969-2004. (Printers Mss 59).
- Young [Noel] / Capra Press Oral History, 1983. Interviews with the Santa Barbara publisher. (OH 104).
- Lilly Library, Indiana University - Capra Press Mss
Personal
Biographical
Young, Gladys Small - typescript biographical sketch, 1958
Young, Noel
Early Years - portfolio
Essays - early
World War II - photos, letter from Stanford telling him how many credits he needed to graduate
Correspondence
Richardson, Bill - to NY, 1962
Smith, Dick and Ollie - to/from Noel and Margaret Young, ca. 1945-1948
Temple, Jacques - to NY, 1962-1968
Santa Barbara
Coyote Fire, 1964 - b/w photos of planes dropping fire retardant and burnt ruins
Garden Studios - b/w photos of construction of building at 300 E. Canon Perdido, with Elliot Macy, Noel Young, and John Pitman, [ca. 1950s-1960s]
House at 1498 Tunnel Road - b/w photos of newly constructed rustic home, Oct. 1957
Mesereau, John - b/w photos, [Oct. 1957]
Richie [Bill Richardson] - b/w photo, [ca. 1950s-1960s]
Trips
1958 - Santa Barbara to San Francisco Road Trip - typescript narrative, July 13-21, 1958
1962 - Europe (incl. photographs, maps, travel brochures)
Barcelona and Valencia; Germany and Basel
La Bergerie
Denmark; Sweden, and Stavangen (Norway)
Ibiza
Montpelier and S. France, Oct. 1962
Paris
Miscellany and Unidentified - b/w photos, 1960, n.d.
Writings
Early, 1932
Essays
"Richard [Dick] A. Smith - Artist," [ca. mid-latter 1940s]
Novels / Longer Pieces
Bamboostics - typescript, along with memorabilia from time in Philippine Islands during end of WWII, ca. 1945
Highway Mosaic (Fifteen Vignettes) - incl. drawing of NY by Dick Smith, n.d.
Lonely Man, Nov. 6, 1944
Plays
Five Act Play - no title, n.d.
"The Hiding Game," n.d.
"The Medieval Alcoholic" - monologue, n.d.
"Rainbirds and Broken Wings," 1964
Poems
1945-1948
Undated
Mid/Latter 1940s - World War II - Philippines
Dated Notes / Poems / Story Ideas - some like journal/diary entries, many relating to Dick Smith, ca. 1944-1946
Experiences in WWII - autobiographical
Short Stories - some written while stationed at Hamilton Field, in Marin County, California; later ones describing the Philippines, the people and their legends, and NY's military experiences, [ca. 1944-1949]
"Awake to Sleep"
"Cactus Eater"
"Civilian Morale Builder," June 1944
"Dolora and Bonzo"
"Dream into Dream"
"English Omelet"
"Expression Is Wayside," Jan. 1946
"Fevered Spirit"
"The Five Remarkables: Philippines Legend"
"Gabby"
"The Glamorous Washout," n.d.
"I Will Be Going Away"
"In February of '45," n.d.
"Italian Prison Camp," n.d.
"The Long Moment"
"Maestro Cenon: Philippines Legend"
"Max in Dialogue"
"Necklace of Ears"
"Night Is Unprejudiced," May 1944
"Oblivion," June 28, 1945
"Open-Post Odyssey, or, Tall Glasses & Lovely Lasses," Nov. 1943
"Paco Wells"
"A Radical," n.d.
"Reminum," Sept. 28, 1947
"The Ruby Goblet," Nov. 1943
"Squadron 180," n.d.
"Subdued and Murmuring," Nov. 18, 1945
"Sunset" - earlier "Balintawak," Mar. 28, 1945
"Tones of Grug"
"Walking," Nov. 25, 1945
"The Wall"
"Wampus"
"The Wave Crashed," Jan. 1944
"With the Sierras" - earlier "On Top of the World," n.d.
Miscellany - incl. short story ideas not fleshed out
1950s-early 1960s
Short Stories - mainly typescript drafts and some related rejection letters, most apparently 1950s, though many undated
"The Angel and Vicente Rosales," n.d.
"Angelo," n.d.
"Aunt Eagle from the Ozone," 1958
"Circle of Silence," n.d.
"The Death of Uncas," n.d.
"Dillon" - includes SBNP article about Young winning award for his short story, 1954
"Dink Carter and Pain," n.d.
"Doors," n.d.
"A Doorway in the Night," n.d.
"Fable," n.d.
"The Five-Dollar Pinstripe" - includes critique by Ken Millar, 1958
"The Green Goddess," n.d.
"A Handful of Earth," n.d.
"An Hour beyond Thirteen," n.d.
"Hunter's Blood," n.d.
"Leaf in the Wind," n.d.
"Lingayen Recurs," n.d.
"A Long Day in August," 1954
"Nickles on the Street," n.d.
"The Pulse of Thirteen," n.d.
"Rafael," ca. 1954
"Ramon's Joe," n.d.
"Speaking of the Devil," 1954
Story Ideas, n.d.
"The Surviving of Sterling Wooster," 1963
"A Swim in the Ganges," ca. 1958
"Tomorrow Comes Slowly," n.d.
"Travel News" stories in SBNP, ca. 1963-1965
"Turtles Live Long," n.d.
"The Unpossessable Heart," 1955
"The Valley," 1953
"Wait Til We Meet in the Sea," n.d.
"Wilmot," n.d.
"The Years Turned to Water," n.d.
Miscellany - incl. untitled, incomplete mss
Miscellaneous Rejection Slips
Other - incl. duet
Young as Printer and Publisher / Capra Press
Barker, Eric - incl. typescript leaves of Big Sur and Other Poems, printed by NY, ca. 1955 [see also printed edition: Special Coll., Printers Z478.86 Y68 B375]
Free Beaches and Hot Tubs - b/w photographs
"The Original Santa Barbara Hot Tub" - typescript
Stationery
Young and Capra Press Logos
Young and Capra Press Photographs
Miscellany / Unidentified
Oversize
Advertising Award, framed, to Noel Young from the Advertising and Merchandising Club of Santa Barbara, signed by James N. Norris III and Mark Lansburgh, Feb. 1956
Letterpress sample: "Today, April 13, 1956, Noel & Margret Young prevailed upon Joyce & Mark Lansburgh to hitch up the girths on L's hours-old ALBION and print!"
Photograph - b/w matted, of Noel Young at his binding machine, June 1974
Scrapbook - photos developed by Noel Young, including shots of himself, friends, family, and home, 1937
Audiovisual
Audiocassette - Noel Young, interviewed by Everett Frost, for the series "A Kind of Hearth," program contains John Sanford and Henry Miller [both authors published by Capra Press], Oct. 1979
VHS Videocassette - "Hot Springs," KSCI, Channel 18, Asahi Corporation, Mar. 1992