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Harvey Fergusson papers, 1906-1953.
BANC MSS P-E 221LOCAL
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Title:

Harvey Fergusson papers, 1906-1953

Creator/Contributor:

Fergusson, Harvey, 1890-1971, creator

Abstract:

Includes diaries, 1906-1945; journals, 1946-1953; notebooks; drafts of writings; letters from readers; and typescript of an autobiographical novel, 1920. Included are drafts of Grant of kingdom, People in power, The unknown hero, Footloose McGarnigal, Wolf song, The sea of grass (C. Richter), A man who liked women, and Home in the west.

Date:

1906 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-nm
Authors, American
Écrivains américains
Authors, American
New Mexico -- Fiction
Nouveau-Mexique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
New Mexico

Note:

Includes diaries, 1906-1945; journals, 1946-1953; notebooks; drafts of writings; letters from readers; and typescript of an autobiographical novel, 1920. Included are drafts of Grant of kingdom, People in power, The unknown hero, Footloose McGarnigal, Wolf song, The sea of grass (C. Richter), A man who liked women, and Home in the west.
The Bancroft Library also holds additional papers of Harvey Fergusson: BANC MSS 67/174 p; BANC MSS 72/61 p; and BANC MSS 84/158 p.
Photographs transferred to the Bancroft Pictorial Collections (BANC PIC 1955.009--PIC).
Temporary list of contents available.
Author Harvey Fergusson was born in New Mexico and settled eventually in Berkeley, Calif. Most of his fiction is set in New Mexico, including his popular trilogy of novels Blood of the conquerers (1921), Wolf song (1927), and In those days (1929). His autobiographical novel Home in the West was published in 1945.

Type:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

4 cartons, 1 box

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-E 221LOCAL

Origin:

California