Bristow (Gwen) The Handsome Road Scrapbook Collection, 1938

Summary

Title:

Gwen Bristow The Handsome Road Scrapbook Collection

Dates:

1938

Creators:

Bristow, Gwen, 1903-1980

Abstract:

Gwen Bristow, an author and journalist, wrote the best-selling novel The Handsome Road, published in 1938, as the second work in her Plantation Trilogy. The collection consists of a scrapbook, primarily comprised of newspaper clippings, compiled about publication and success of the The Handsome Road.

Extent:

2.00 linear feet

Language:

English

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Background

Scope and content:

The Gwen Bristow 'The Handsome Road' Scrapbook Collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, compiled about publication and success of The Handsome Road.

Biographical / historical:

Gwen Bristow, an author and journalist, was born in South Carolina in 1903. After attending Columbia University in New York, she moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and worked for the Times-Picayune. She wrote the best-selling novel The Handsome Road, first published in 1938, as the second work in her Plantation Trilogy. The first novel in the trilogy was Deep Summer, published in 1937, and the third was This Side of Glory, published in 1940.

Acquisition information:

1980.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Scrapbooks

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-06-19 20:28:50 +0000 .

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Location of this collection:

California State University, Northridge, Special Collections

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330, US

Contact:

(818) 677-4594

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