Register of the John W. Hilton, HARDLY ANY FENCES typescript
Mandeville Special Collections Library 0175S
UC, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Phone: (858) 534-2533
Fax: (858) 534-5950
Email: spcoll@ucsd.edu
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© 1997
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Register of the John W. Hilton, HARDLY ANY FENCES typescript,1958-1979
MSS 0025
Mandeville Special Collections Library
GEISEL LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Contact Information:
- Mandeville Special Collections Library 0175S
- UC, San Diego
- La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
- Phone: (858) 534-2533
- Fax: (858) 534-5950
- Email: spcoll@ucsd.edu
- Repository Website: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
This file last updated: July 1997.
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title: John W. Hilton, HARDLY ANY FENCES typescript,
Date (inclusive): 1958-1979
Collection number: MSS 0025
Extent: 0.40 linear feet (1 archives box)
Repository:
Mandeville Special Collections Library, Geisel Library, UC, San Diego
Shelf Location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Preferred Citation
John W. Hilton, HARDLY ANY FENCES typescript, MSS 0025. Mandeville Special Collections
Library, UCSD.
ABSTRACT
Manuscript of John Hilton's book HARDLY ANY FENCES: BAJA CALIFORNIA IN 1933-1959 (1977),
published as volume 38 of the Baja California Travel Series. Included are edited
typescripts of individual chapters, some of which were omitted from the published
version, correspondence, examples of illustrations and miscellaneous production
materials. The collection is arranged in two series: 1) MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION
MATERIALS and 2) HARDLY ANY FENCES -TYPESCRIPTS.
BIOGRAPHY
John Hilton, desert painter and author, attended school and worked in the Los Angeles
area until the Depression when he moved to the desert a few miles south of Indio. There
he painted desert landscapes, wrote magazine articles and travelled extensively in
Sonora, Mexico. In 1950, he moved to Twentynine Palms where he continued to paint and
write, often teaching art to supplement his income.
Hilton's paintings soon gained popularity and he exhibited in the Grand Central Galleries
in New York. During the 1950s he had seven one-man exhibits and his work is included in
many public and private collections.
John Hilton lived occasionally in the fishing village of Bahia de los Angeles, Baja
California Norte, before the advent of the paved highway and wrote about its people and
the nearby places he visited. Although his stays extended over a period from 1933 to
1959, his accounts were written between 1958 and 1959.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Accession Processed in 1994
The collection contains the manuscript for John Hilton's book HARDLY ANY FENCES: BAJA
CALIFORNIA IN 1933-1959, which was published by Dawson's Bookshop as volume 38 of their
Baja California Travel Series. Included are original typescripts for individual chapters,
many of which were omitted from the published version. Also included in the collection is
correspondence regarding publication, some reproductions of Hilton's paintings used as
illustrations in the book and miscellaneous production materials.
The collection is arranged in two series: 1) MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION MATERIALS and 2)
HARDLY ANY FENCES -TYPESCRIPTS.
CONTAINER LIST
Accession Processed in 1994
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION MATERIALS
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1975 -1979
Box 1, Folder 2
Artwork illustrations,
Additional Note
Contains a set of the tipped-in illustrations used in the book and three polaroid
photographs of Hilton's original paintings.
Box 1, Folder 3
Miscellaneous production materials,
Box 1, Folder 4
Newspaper clippings and biographical materials,
HARDLY ANY FENCES - TYPESCRIPTS
Box 1, Folder 5
Painting for the Governor,
Additional Note
Typescript, also contains preliminary pages and preface, pp.1-31.
Box 1, Folder 6
Down to the bay of the angels,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 32-51.
Box 1, Folder 7
Our search for the lost mission,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 52-72.
Box 1, Folder 8
So many tried,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 73-95. This chapter was omitted from the published book.
Box 1, Folder 9
Calamity Jane sees a ghost,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 96-127.
Box 1, Folder 10
Virgin of the rock,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 113-127. Includes a revision of the first three pages of this chapter.
Box 1, Folder 11
Angel de la Guardia,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 128-148.
Box 1, Folder 12
Fabulous Mr. Diaz,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 149-164.
Box 1, Folder 13
South to El Arco,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 165-180.
Box 1, Folder 14
Of rubies and pearls,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 181-209. This chapter was omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 15
Thirsty ghosts of Llano Perdido,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 210-224.
Box 1, Folder 16
Exploring with the Carmans,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 225-238. This chapter was omitted from the final version.
Box 1, Folder 17
And so we suffered,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 239-254.
Box 1, Folder 18
Las Flores,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 255-270.
Box 1, Folder 19
Night on a shrimp boat,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 271-279. This chapter was omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 20
Sea turtle hunt,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 288-301. This chapter was omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 21
Desert shore was our supermarket,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 302-336. This chapter was omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 22
Passing parade,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 337-356. This chapter was omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 23
Sting ray and the coyote,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 357-380. This chapter was omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 24
San Luis and the enchanted island,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 381-404. This chapter was omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 25
Whispering Canyon,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 405-430.
Box 1, Folder 26
Road back,
Additional Note
Typescript, pp. 431-453. This chapter was omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 27
Hardly and fences: Baja today,
Additional Note
Typescript. Unpaginated chapter omitted from the published version.
Box 1, Folder 28
Hardly any fences: Baja today (longer version),
Additional Note
Photocopy of a typescript
