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Title: Jane Eklund Ball Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1949
Collection number: 698
Creator: Ball, Jane Eklund, 1921-
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Jane Eklund Ball (1921- ) was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the author of
The Only Gift (1949),
Philippa (1953),
Designs for Reading: Short Stories (1969), and
The Range of Literature: Fiction (1969). The collection consists of manuscript and typescript drafts, galley proofs, and a first edition presentation copy
of
The Only Gift, a typescript of Day Help, a short story version of
The Only Gift, and one small envelope containing five pieces of ephemera.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library 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.
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 Library Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jane Mary Eklund.
[Identification of item], Jane Eklund Ball Papers (Collection 698). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462278
Jane Eklund Ball was born Jane Mary Eklund October 4, 1921 in Los Angeles, California; BA, UCLA, 1943; MA, Stanford, 1950;
married Everett Loran Ball, 1951; in 1964, she became an English teacher, William Howard Taft High School, Woodland Hills;
writings include
The Only Gift (1949),
Philippa (1953),
Designs for Reading: Short Stories (1969), and
The Range of Literature: Fiction (1969).
Collection consists of manuscript and typescript drafts, galley proofs, and a first edition presentation copy of a book titled,
The Only Gift, published under Jane Eklund Ball's maiden name, Jane Mary Eklund. Also includes a typescript of Day Help, a short story
version of
The Only Gift, and one small envelope containing five pieces of ephemera.
Arranged in the following series:
- Day Help--the short story version of The Only Gift (Box 1).
- The Only Gift (Boxes 1-3).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ball, Jane Eklund, 1921- --Archives.
Women novelists, American 20th century--Archival resources.