Finding Aid for the John Downing Weaver Papers LSC.1206
Finding aid prepared by Courtney Dean, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 17.
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Title: John Downing Weaver papers
Creator:
Weaver, John D. (John Downing), 1912-2002
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1206
Physical Description:
296.5 Linear Feet
(548 boxes, 1 carton, 21 oversize)
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-1933
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[Identification of item], John Downing Weaver papers (Collection 1206). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233969
Weaver was born February 4, 1912 in Washington, DC; attended Georgetown University, 1928-29; AB, College of William and Mary,
1932; AM, George Washington University, 1933; worked for various federal agencies, including the National Recovery Administration,
1933-35; was also reporter, feature writer, book reviewer, and copy editor, Kansas City star, 1935-40; contributed articles,
short stories, and book reviews to magazines; also wrote novels and non-fiction; published works include: Wind before rain
(1942), Another such victory (1948), Warren : the man, the Court, the era (1967), The Brownsville raid : the story of America's
"black Dreyfus affair" (1970), Los Angeles : the enormous village (1980).
Collection consists of professional correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, proofs, publications, clippings, and scrapbooks
of author John Downing Weaver.