Finding Aid for the Frederic Prokosch Papers LSC.0829
Finding aid prepared by Shira Peltzman, 2020.
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Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 16.
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Title: Frederic Prokosch papers
Creator:
Prokosch, Frederic
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0829
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1929-1965
Abstract: Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989) published
novels and books of poetry, including
The Asiatics (1935),
The
assassins
(1936),
The seven who fled (1937, winner of the Harper
Prize),
Chosen poems (1944),
The Missolonghi manuscript
(1968), and
Voices: a memoir (1983). The collection consists of
correspondence, manuscripts, and a bibliography of Prokosch compiled at UCLA for a course in
bibliography. Manuscripts consist of
The lonely unicorn,
Death in
autumn
(1929), and
Cupid's whirligig, and Hecate's house
(1930).
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Language of Material: English.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item], Frederic Prokosch Papers (Collection 829). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biographical / Historical
Prokosch was born on May 17, 1908 in Madison, Wisconsin; BA (1926), MA (1928), Haverford
College; MA, King's College, Cambridge University, 1930; Ph.D, Yale University, 1932; after
teaching English at Yale University, he began publishing novels and books of poetry,
including
The Asiatics (1935),
The assassins (1936),
The seven who fled (1937, winner of the Harper Prize),
The
carnival
(1938),
Chosen poems (1944),
The Missolonghi
manuscript
(1968),
America, my wilderness (1972), and
Voices: a memoir (1983); he became an expert squash player, winning the
French championship in 1939 and the Swiss championship in 1944; he died on June 2, 1989 in
Plan de Grasse, France.
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of 35 letters from Prokosch to Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 6 letters
to Ben Abramson, manuscripts, and a bibliography of Prokosch compiled at UCLA for a course
in bibliography. Manuscripts consist of a one-page typescript,
The lonely
unicorn
; a typescript collection of poems,
Death in autumn (1929);
and
Cupid's whirligig, and Hecate's house (1930), a collection of tales with
twelve illustrations hand-drawn and hand-colored by Prokosch.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Poets, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Prokosch, Frederic, 1908- . Letters to Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks.
v.p.
v.d.
Box 1
1929.
Physical Description: Holograph. 12 items.
Box 1
1930.
Physical Description: Holograph. 10 items.
Box 1
1931-1933.
Physical Description: Holograph. 6 items.
Box 1
1934-1936.
Physical Description: Holograph. 7 items.
Box 1
Prokosch, Frederic, 1908- . Letters to Ben Abramson. v.p.
1934-1938.
Physical Description: Holograph. 6 items.
Writings by Prokosch.
v.d.
Box 1
The lonely unicorn. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript with notes in
ink by Paget-Fredericks (?).
Box 1
Death in autumn. n.p.
1929.
Physical Description: 38 leaves. Typescript (carbon),
bound.
Scope and Contents
This edition of these poems was made in the Summer of 1929. It is limited to 4
copies, numbered and signed by the author, this being no.3. Frederic Prokosch.
Box 1
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Cupid's Whirligig, and Hecate's House, being a collection of tales
by...
New Haven, Connecticut.
1930.
Physical Description: 132 leaves. Typescript (carbon),
bound.
Scope and Contents
This volume was made in the Spring of 1930 at New Haven, Conn. It is printed on
Scotch linen and bound in French hand-stamped rag-paper. There are twelve
illustrations, including a frontispiece, all hand-drawn and hand-colored by the
author. This edition is limited to four copies, this being no.2. Frederic
Prokosch.
Box 1
Keltner, Jeanie.
Bibliography of Frederic Prokosch. Los
Angeles.
ca.
1965.
Physical Description: On cards in 2 manila card
files.
Scope and Contents
This was compiled at UCLA for a course in bibliography. It includes novels, separately
published poems, anthologized poems, collections of poems, translations, articles, short
stories, unpublished material and manuscripts, discussions or reviews of specific books
(listed alphabetically by author under book title), and general discussions.
