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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Allan Vaughan Elston papers
Creator:
Elston, Allan Vaughan
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0786
Physical Description:
7.0 Linear Feet
(14 document boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1916-1961
Abstract: Allan Vaughan Elston (1887-1976) was a free-lance writer of western fiction and mystery stories. His publications include
Come Out and Fight! (1941),
Long Lope to Lander (1954) and
Saddle Up for Steamboat (1973). The collection consists of research notebooks, typescripts, novels, magazines containing short stories, and stories
clipped from magazines, all by Elston.
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: The bulk of the materials are in English. Additionally, there is a copy of
Grass and Gold and
The Sheriff of San Miguel in Dutch and a copy of
Saddle Up for Sunlight in German. There are also two volumes of
The All Story Braille Magazine.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Allan Vaughan Elston, May 1961.
[Identification of item], Allan Vaughan Elston Papers (Collection 786). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Brooke Whiting, November 1962. Reprocessed by Nami Hatfield with assistance from Kelly Besser, 2015.
Initial description in 1962 derived from in-house card file.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942329793606533
Allan Vaughan Elston was born on July 28, 1887 in Kansas City, Missouri. Elston studied engineering at the University of Missouri
where he earned a civil engineering Bachelor of Science degree in 1909. After college he worked as a transitman for railroads
in the West and Midwest, a resident engineer, a cattle rancher and a consulting engineer. He began work as a free-lance writer
of western fiction and mystery stories in 1924. He became well known for his western novels and was a member of the Western
Writers of America. Elston's publications include
Come Out and Fight! (1941),
Roundup on the Picketwire (1952),
Long Lope to Lander (1954),
Showdown (1956), and
Saddle Up for Steamboat (1973). He passed away on October 21, 1976 in Santa Ana, California.
The collection consists of research notebooks, typescripts, novels, magazines containing short stories, and stories clipped
from magazines, all by Elston.
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Research Notebooks
- Series 2: Typescripts of Novels
- Series 3: Typescripts of Short Stories
- Series 4: Publications
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts for publication
Western stories.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Elston, Allan Vaughan, 1887-1976--Archives.