Finding Aid to the Ralph Moody Papers, circa 1949-1976
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Finding Aid to the Ralph Moody Papers, circa 1949-1976
Collection number: BANC MSS 76/182 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Processed by The Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
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1992
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
© 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Ralph Moody papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1949-1976
Collection Number: BANC MSS 76/182 c
Creator:
Moody, Ralph,
1898-1982
Extent:
Number of containers: 4 boxes, 5 cartons, 1 oversize volume
Linear feet: 8
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Correspondence with literary agents and publishers; manuscripts,
printer's copies and/or galleys of his published writings; and scrapbook of clippings
concerning his life and activities.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials,
please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited
without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ralph Moody Papers, BANC MSS 76/182 c, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog
Authors, American--20th century
Literary agents
Publishers and publishing
Manuscripts for publication
Scrapbooks
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Ralph Moody Papers were transferred from the Littleton Area Historical Museum,
Littleton, Colorado to The Bancroft Library by Mr. Moody on May 2, 1976, with additions on
October 26, 1976. Further additions were made by Mr. Moody on October 9, 1981.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection contains correspondence with literary agents, Russell & Volkening, Inc.
(Diarsuid Russell) and publishers, Houghton Mifflin Company (Sterling North, Hardwick
Moseley, Waddell F. Smith and others), Macmillan Company (Glen Dines); W.W. Norton
& Company, Inc. (George P. Brockway, Storer B. Lunt, H.P. Wilson, Eric P. Swenson,
Tran Mawicke and others), and Random House (Bennett A. Cerf); manuscripts (including Little
britches, Man of family, and The fields of home), printer's copies and/or galleys of his
published writings; and scrapbook of clippings concerning his life and activities.
Container Listing
Series 1:
Correspondence.
1949-1976
box 1, folder 1-5
Thomas Y. Crowell.
1961-1976
box 1, folder 6-7
Houghton-Mifflin Company.
1954-1963
box 1, folder 8
Houghton-Mifflin Company.
1955-1962
box 2, folder 1
MacMillan Company.
1960-1962
box 2, folder 2-3
Sterling North.
1952-1962
box 2, folder 4-8
W.W. Norton & Company.
1949-1960
box 3, folder 1-2
W.W. Norton & Company.
1961-1974
box 3, folder 5-7
Russell & Volkening, Inc.
1949-1956
box 4, folder 1-4
Russell & Volkening, Inc.
1957-1973
box 4, folder 5
Research letters re Stagecoach West.
Undated
box 4, folder 6
Letters from children.
1963-1972
Series 2:
Writings.
Undated
carton 2, folder 6
Geronimo, Wolf of the Warpath
carton 3, folder 1-6
Horse of a Different Color
carton 3, folder 7
Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier
carton 3, folder 17-20, carton 4
carton 4, folder 15-16
Riders of the Pony Express
Series 3:
Miscellaneous.
Undated
oversize-volume 1
Scrapbook of clippings, etc.
