Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Prokosch, Frederic
- 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).
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English. and Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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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.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by Brooke Whiting.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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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.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988