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Finding Aid for the Richard Pryce Papers, 1888-1910
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative Information
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Richard Pryce Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1888-1910
    Collection number: 798
    Creator: Pryce, Richard, 1864-1942
    Extent: 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: Richard Pryce (1864-1942) was a novelist and dramatist. The collection consists of ten holograph manuscripts written by Pryce including Jezebel, Miss Maxwell's affections, Winifred Mount, Elementary Jane, The successor, Time and the woman, Christopher, Just impediment, Mary Redwing (The burden of a woman), and The ugly story of Miss Wetherby.
    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.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Ex-libris Michael Sadleir.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Richard Pryce Papers (Collection 798). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233626 

    Biography

    Pryce was born in 1864 in Boulogne, France; became a novelist and dramatist; published works include An evil spirit (1887), The ugly story of Miss Wetherby (1889), Jezebel (1900), Time and the woman (1913), David Penstephen (1915), The statue in the wood (1918), Romance and Jane Weston (1924), and Morgan's yard (1932); he died in 1942 in London.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of ten holograph manuscripts of English novelist Richard Pryce. Includes Jezebel, Miss Maxwell's affections, Winifred Mount, Elementary Jane, The successor, Time and the woman, Christopher, Just impediment, Mary Redwing (The burden of a woman), and The ugly story of Miss Wetherby.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. Jezebel, Miss Maxwell's affections, Winifred Mount (Box 1).
    2. Elementary Jane, The successor, Time and the woman (Box 2).
    3. Christopher, Just impediment, Mary Redwing (The burden of a woman) (Box 3).
    4. The ugly story of Miss Wetherby (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.
    Pryce, Richard, 1864-1942--Archives.
    Authors, English--Archival resources.
    Manuscripts for publication.