Finding Aid for the Jack Clifford Smith Papers, 1965-1970
Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Jack Clifford Smith Papers, 1965-1970
Collection number: 2065
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Brooke Whiting, August 1965 and January 1977
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, March 2004
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Jack Clifford Smith Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1965-1970
Collection number: 2065
Creator:
Smith, Jack Clifford, 1916-
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Jack Clifford Smith (b.1916) was a reporter for the
LA daily news (1946-49), the
Los Angeles herald-express (1950-53), and a reporter and rewrite man for the
Los Angeles times (1953-58). He was also the author of the “Jack Smith” column beginning in 1958 for
Los Angeles times. Several collections of his columns were published including
Three coins in the birdbath (1965),
Smith on wry; or, The art of coming through (1970),
Jack Smith's LA (1980), and
How to win a pullet surprise (1982). The collection consists of a printer's copy and galley and page proofs of
Smith on wry; or, The art of coming through and the uncorrected galley proofs of
Three coins in the birdbath.
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.
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
[Identification of item], Jack Clifford Smith Papers (Collection 2065). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233793
Smith was born on August 27, 1916 in Long Beach, California; attended Bakersfield College; copy editor,
Honolulu advertiser, 1940-42; reporter for
LA daily news (1946-49) and
Los Angeles herald-express (1950-53); reporter and rewrite man (1953-58) and author of “Jack Smith” column beginning in 1958 for
Los Angeles times; published several collections of his columns, including
Three coins in the birdbath (1965),
Smith on wry; or, The art of coming through (1970),
Jack Smith's LA (1980), and
How to win a pullet surprise (1982); also wrote
Alive in La La Land (1989); he died on January 9, 1996 in Los Angeles.
Collection consists of a printer's copy and galley and page proofs of
Smith on wry; or, The art of coming through and the uncorrected galley proofs of
Three coins in the birdbath by
Los Angeles times columnist Jack Smith. Portions of each book appeared in his column.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Smith, Jack Clifford, 1916- --Archives.
Journalists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Note
Description derived from in-house card files.
Three coins in the birdbath. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. 1965.
Creator/Collector: Smith, Jack Clifford, 1916-
Physical Description: 74 sheets. Galley proofs. Uncorrected.
Scope and Content Note
Portions of this book have appeared in the author's column, “Of Smith and Men,” in the
Los Angeles Times.
Gift of John Weaver, July 1965.
Smith on wry, or The art of coming through. [Los Angeles. ca. 1970].
Creator/Collector: Smith, Jack Clifford, 1916-
Physical Description: 16 p.l., 312 leaves. Typescript with corrections.
Scope and Content Note
Printer's copy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1970.
Portions of this book in somewhat different form have appeared in the
Los Angeles Times.
With this: Galley proofs and page proofs.
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