Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Material About B. Traven,
Date (inclusive): 1925-1959
Collection number: 870
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: B. Traven (1890?-1969) was a seaman and author. His publications include
The cotton pickers (1956),
The treasure of Sierra Madre (1935), and
The white rose (1965). The collection consists of several articles by Lawrence Clark Powell about B. Traven, as well as a copy of Edward
R. Hagemann's article, A checklist of the works of B. Traven and the critical estimates and biographical essays on him; together
with a brief biography.
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.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lawrence Clark Powell and Edward R. Hagemann, 1960.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Material About B. Traven (Collection 870). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Much of the biographical information about B. Traven is conjectural; he may have been born Berick Traven Torsvan on March
5, 1890 in Chicago, Illinois; went to sea as a cabin boy around 1900 or 1912; later became a seaman; spent some time in London
and Berlin, before settling in Mexico about 1920-22; wrote in German; titles in English translation include
The death ship: the story of an American sailor (1934),
The cotton pickers (1956),
The treasure of Sierra Madre (1935),
The bridge in the jungle (1938), and
The white rose (1965); he died on March 27, 1969.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of several articles by Lawrence Clark Powell about the novelist B. Traven, as well as a copy of Edward
R. Hagemann's article, A checklist of the works of B. Traven and the critical estimates and biographical essays on him; together
with a brief biography, in the
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, first quarter, 1959.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Traven, B.
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906- .
Hagemann, E.R. (Edward R.), 1921- .
Authors--20th century--Archival resources.