Finding Aid for the Arthur S. Crites Papers, 1950-1952

Processed by Yvonne Schroeder; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2001
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Finding Aid for the Arthur S. Crites Papers, 1950-1952

Collection number: 689

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division



Los Angeles, CA

Contact Information

  • Manuscripts Division
  • UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
  • Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
  • Box 951575
  • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
  • Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
  • Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
  • URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
Processed by:
Yvonne Schroeder, 8 September 1960
Encoded by:
Alight Tsai
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Caroline Cubé
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Online finding aid edited by:
Josh Fiala, April 2002
© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Arthur S. Crites Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1950-1952
Collection number: 689
Creator: Crites, Arthur S., 1879-
Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

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.

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Arthur S. Crites Papers (Collection 689). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 964565 

Scope and Content

Collection consists of literary manuscripts of Arthur S. Crites' Pioneer Days in Kern County (1951) and A Hunter's Tale of the Great Outdoors (1952). Includes galley proofs, page proofs, typescripts with holograph corrections, and 62 photographs used in A Hunter's Tale of the Great Outdoors.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:
  1. Pioneer Days In Kern County (Box 1).
  2. A Hunter's Tale of the Great Outdoors (Box 2).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Crites, Arthur S., 1879- --Archives.
Authors, American--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--Kern County.

Genres and Forms of Material

Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.


 

A Hunter's Tale of the Great Outdoors

Box 2

A Hunter's Tale of the Great Outdoors.

Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections and printer's notations.

Scope and Content Note

Title page reads: Hunting and other episodes. n.p., 1950. 256 leaves. With this: 62 photographs used in the published book, separate envelope. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1952.
Box 1

A Hunter's Tale of the Great Outdoors, July 2, 1951.

Physical Description: Galley proofs (1st proof)
Physical Description: 76 sheets.
Box 2

A Hunter's Tale of the Great Outdoors, July 29, 1952.

Physical Description: Galley proofs
Physical Description: 59 sheets. Two copies.
Box 1

A Hunter's Tale of the Great Outdoors. October 24, 1952.

Physical Description: Page proofs (2nd proofs)
Physical Description: 93 sheets.
 

Pioneer Days in Kern County

Box 1

Pioneer Days in Kern County. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1951.

Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections and printer's notations. 336 leaves.
Box 1

Pioneer Days in Kern County. July 2, 1951 (1st proof).

Physical Description: Galley proofs with corrections.
Physical Description: 76 sheets.
Box 1

Pioneer Days in Kern County. October 30, 1951. (2nd proof).

Physical Description: Page proofs.
Physical Description: 125 sheets.