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American paperback fiction collection
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Information
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Scope and Contents

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Collection of American paperback fiction
    source: Library of Congress
    source: Wreden, William P.
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0159
    Physical Description: 101.0 Linear Feet (203 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1866-1932
    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.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of the Library of Congress and William P. Wreden, 1972.

    Processing Information

    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.
    We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit feedback about how our collections are described, and how they could be described more accurately, by filling out the form located on our website: Report Potentially Offensive Description in Library Special Collections. 

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942327013606533 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Collection of American paperback fiction (Collection 159). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of 3300 items of turn of the century popular fiction, issued in series as well as some non-fiction titles and serials. The major part of the collection consists of duplicate copyright deposit copies from the Library of Congress. Series include The Magnet Detective Library, The Alliance Library, The Hawthorne Library, Cassell's Rainbow Series, Tales from Town Topics, The Young Folks' Library, The Library of Choice Fiction, Best Novels by Best Authors, and The Laurel Library.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Library of Congress
    Wreden, William P.