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Title: Harlan Howard Thompson Papers
Date (inclusive): 1946-1982
Collection number: 1333
Creator:
Thompson, Harlan H. (Harlan Howard), 1894-1987.
Extent:
29 boxes (14.5 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes.
Abstract: Harlan Thompson was a writer of western novels for young people, sometimes published under the pseudonym, Stephen Holt; international
president of P.E.N., 1958-59; won Boys' Clubs of America gold medal for
Prairie Colt in 1948, and Commonwealth Club juvenile silver medal for
Spook,
The Mustang in 1957; other publications include
Wild Palomino (1946),
Star Roan (1952), and
Stormy (1955). Collection consists of manuscripts and books by Thompson.
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.
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.
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harlan Thompson, 1983 and 1985.
[Identification of item], Harlan Howard Thompson Papers (Collection 1333). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233869
Thompson was born on Dec. 25, 1894 in Brewster, KS; attended Univ. of Southern CA, 1917-19; became writer of western novels
for young people, sometimes published under the pseudonym, Stephen Holt; international president of P.E.N., 1958-59; won Boys'
Clubs of America gold medal for
Prairie Colt in 1948, and Commonwealth Club juvenile silver medal for
Spook,
The Mustang in 1957; other publications include
Wild Palomino (1946),
Star Roan (1952), and
Stormy (1955); he died in Oct. 1987.
Collection consists of manuscripts and books by Harlan Thompson. Manuscripts include
Outcast,
Stallion of Hawaii,
Phantom Roan,
The Ranch Beyond The Mountains,
Spook,
The Mustang, and
Whistling Stallion.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Thompson, Harlan H. (Harlan Howard), 1894-1987--Archives.
Authors, American--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Westerns.