Finding Aid for the Allan Vaughan Elston Papers LSC.0786
Finding aid prepared by Brooke Whiting, 1962, reprocessed by Nami Hatfield with assistance from Kelly Besser, 2015; machine-readable
finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2015.
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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.
Restrictions on Access
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Allan Vaughan Elston Papers (Collection 786). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Processed by Brooke Whiting, November 1962. Reprocessed by Nami Hatfield with assistance from Kelly Besser, 2015.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of research notebooks, typescripts, novels, magazines containing short stories, and stories clipped
from magazines, all by Elston.
Organization and Arrangement
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.
Research Notebooks
Scope and Content
This series contains research notebooks created by Allan Vaughan Elston at various county seat towns in Colorado, New Mexico,
Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and Idaho. Elston primarily copied these notes from the files of the weekly newspapers published
in these towns between 1875-1889. These notes assisted Elston with the creation of the backgrounds and to a lesser extent,
the plots of his western novels. This series also includes a cover mock-up for the novel
Forbidden Valley.
box 1, folder 1
Last Stage to Aspen research notes
box 1, folder 2
Wyoming Manhunt research notes
box 1, folder 3
Rawlins, WYO research notes
box 1, folder 4
Buffalo #1 research notes
box 1, folder 5
Buffalo #2 research notes
box 1, folder 6-7
Rio Grande Deadline research notes
box 1, folder 8-9
The Landseekers research notes
box 1, folder 10-12
The Wyoming Bubble research notes
box 1, folder 13-15
Forbidden Valley research notes
box 1, folder 16-18
Roundup on the Yellowstone research notes
box 1, folder 19
Grand Mesa research notes
box 1, folder 20
Gun Law at Laramie research notes
box 1, folder 21-23
Montana Masquerade research notes
box 1, folder 24-25
Treasure Coach from Deadwood research notes
box 1, folder 26
Sagebrush Serenade research notes
box 1, folder 27
Grass and Gold research notes
box 1, folder 28
Saddle Up for Sunlight research notes
box 1, folder 29-30
Wagon Wheel Gap research notes
box 1, folder 31
Timberland Bonanza research notes
box 1, folder 32-33
Long Lope to Lander research notes
box 1, folder 34
Forbidden Valley cover mock-up
Typescripts of Novels
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content
This series contains typescripts of novels for publishing as hardcover and paperback editions. In each case, Lippincott used
the original copy for printing purposes and then sent it to the Historical Division of the University of Wyoming Library archives.
box 2, folder 1
Last Stage to Aspen typescript
box 2, folder 2
"Railroad Yarn" continuity typescript
1936 October 31
box 2, folder 3-4
The Incredible Stokes typescript
box 3, folder 1
Rio Grande Deadline typescript
box 3, folder 2
The Wyoming Bubble typescript
box 3, folder 3
The River of No Return typescript
box 3, folder 4
Wyoming Manhunt typescript
box 3, folder 5
Long Lope to Lander typescript
box 3, folder 6
Gun Law at Laramie typescript
box 4, folder 2
Hit the Saddle typescript
box 4, folder 3
Forbidden Valley typescript
box 4, folder 4
Montana Masquerade typescript
box 4, folder 5
The Sheriff of San Miguel typescript
box 5, folder 2
Roundup on the Yellowstone typescript
box 5, folder 3
Wagon Wheel Gap typescript
box 5, folder 4
Treasure Coach from Deadwood typescript
box 5, folder 5
Timberline Bonanza typescript
box 5, folder 6
Sagebrush Serenade typescript
box 6, folder 2
Roundup on the Picketwire typescript
box 6, folder 3
Come Out and Fight! typescript
box 6, folder 4
The Face in the Fire typescript
box 6, folder 5
The Prophet of Death typescript
box 6, folder 8
Death Due North typescript
Typescripts of Short Stories
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content
This series contains short story typescripts, some of which are annotated by Elston.
Publications
Scope and Content
This series contains novels, magazines, anthologies, and clippings.
box 10-11, 14
Novels
Scope and Content
Box 10:
Gun Law at Laramie,
The Marked Men,
Long Lope to Lander,
Wyoming Manhunt,
Timberline Bonanza,
Murder by Mandate,
Come Out and Fight! book jacket,
Saddle Up for Sunlight,
Grass and Gold,
The Wyoming Bubble,
Montana Masquerade,
Last Stage to Aspen,
Sagebrush Serenade,
De Sheriff van San Miguel (
The Sheriff of San Miguel), and
Earn As You Learn Writing which includes Elston's
Candlemas.
Box 11:
Stage Road to Denver,
Deadline at Durango,
Saddle Up for Sunlight,
Grand Mesa,
The Wyoming Bubble,
Rio Grande Deadline,
Last Stage to Aspen,
Wagon Wheel Gap,
Roundup on the Picketwire,
Forbidden Valley,
Gold Brick Range,
The Sheriff of San Miguel,
Beyond the Bitterroots,
Hit the Saddle,
Wyoming Manhunt,
Montana Masquerade,
Colorado Showdown,
The Marked Men,
Showdown,
Long Lope to Lander,
Stage Road to Denver, and
Come Out and Fight!
Box 14:
Gras en Goud(
Grass and Gold) and
Verschlungene Fahrten (
Saddle Up for Sunlight).
box 12, box 13, box 14
Magazines
Physical Description: Box 13 contains magazines with spine damage that are extremely brittle.
Scope and Content
This series contains magazines which published Elston's short stories and novelettes.
Box 12: This box includes two volumes of
The All Story Braille Magazine, which published Elston's
Candlemas and
Retreat.
Box 14: This box includes one folder of clippings concerning Elston's work.
box 14
Anthologies
Scope and Content
This subseries contains anthologies signed by Elston which include his mystery short stories by the following titles:
The Mystery of Monsieur Pliny,
Drawing Room B, and
Blackmail.