Payne (Owen Street) Papers, ca. 1938-1943

Summary

Title:

Owen Street Payne Papers,

Dates:

ca. 1938-1943

Creators:

Payne, Owen Street

Abstract:

Essays by Payne, primarily concerning WWII.

Extent:

.4 linear feet (1 box)

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

Owen Street Payne Papers. Bernath Mss 14. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains handwritten essays by Owen Street Payne, ca. 1938-1943, arranged chronologically and primarily concerning the rise of Nazi Germany, World War II, and related issues. Titles include "The Munich Plot," "Germany and Russia," "Tolerance and Communism," "Anti-Semitism," "Roosevelt and Relief," "The Nazi Economic Threat," and "U.S.-British Post-War Relations." Some also pertain to Argentina and other parts of Latin America, with titles such as "The American-Argentine Trade Treaty," "The Monsters of Paraguay," "Subsidized Trade with Latin America," and "The Absorption of Mexico." It is unknown whether any of these were published.

Biographical / historical:

Owen Street Payne was born in Glen Cove, New York, on June 12, 1889 and died in Santa Barbara on Sept. 7, 1967. On Sept. 18, 1917, he married Hortense O. Troy in Maryland, and during World War I was a second lieutenant in the aviation section of the signal officers reserve corps. After living in Europe and Africa, the Paynes moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he represented an eastern bank from 1930 to 1946. He then came to Santa Barbara, remaining until 1953. After ten years' residence in New York and Connecticut, he retired, and returned to Santa Barbara permanently in 1963.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Owen Street Payne's widow, 1968.

Physical location:

Del Sur

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by D. Tambo

Date Prepared:

© 2002

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 13 August 2003 .

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Owen Street Payne Papers. Bernath Mss 14. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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