Descriptive Summary
Access
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Stuart N. Lake Papers
Dates: 1854-1963
Collection Call Number: mssLake papers
Creator:
Lake, Stuart N.
Extent:
5,725 pieces in 18 boxes
Repository: The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts
Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection contains
correspondence, film and television scripts, articles, and photographs
of author and screenwriter Stuart Lake (1890-1962), best known for his writings about the American West.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with
the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Stuart N. Lake Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Carolyn Lake, September 1965.
Biographical Note
Stuart Nathaniel Lake (1890-1962), author and screenwriter, was a native of New York
and is best known for his writing about the West. He worked for the New York Herald
(1910-1912), where his acquaintance with Bat Masterson led to his interest in western
lore. After serving in World War I, Lake moved to San Diego, CA, and wrote for
magazines. The success of his book, Wyatt Earp, frontier marshal (1931) led to his
becoming a screenwriter for films such as The Westerner (1940), Wells Fargo (1937),
My darling Clementine (1946), and Winchester '73 (1950).
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence, film and television scripts, articles, and
photographs related to the writings and interests of Stuart Lake. The letters make
up the largest part of the collection (13 boxes), and correspondents include Wyatt
Earp, Josephine Earp, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Eugene Cunningham, John Philip Clum and
J. Frank Dobie. There is also a significant amount of correspondence between Lake
and the Houghton Mifflin Company. The subject matter includes western personalities,
motion pictures, and western places such as Tombstone, AZ, and Dodge City, KS. The
collection contains a large amount of source material for the film, Wells Fargo
(1937).
Arrangement
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three series: Correspondence (Boxes 1-13); Film and television
scripts, articles, and source materials (Boxes 14-17); and Photographs and ephemera (Box 18).
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Lake, Stuart
N.
Subjects
Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929
Authors,
American--Correspondence>
Crime--Southwest, New.
Criminals--Southwest, New.
Frontier and pioneer life--Southwest,
New.
Screenwriters--United
States--Correspondence
Western films
Western stories
Dodge City (Kan.)--History
Tombstone (Ariz.)--History
Genre
Letters (correspondence)--West
(U.S.)
Photographs--West (U.S.)
Screenplays--West (U.S.)
Television scripts--West
(U.S.)