Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert Payne Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1946-1964
Collection number: 238
Creator:
Payne, Robert, 1911-
Extent:
12 boxes (6 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (1911-1983) was a professor of English poetry and lecturer in naval architecture (1943-46), head
of the English deptartment at Alabama College, Montevallo (1949-54), war correspondent in Spain (1938), correspondent for
the
Times of London in Changsha, China (1942), the founding director of Columbia University Translation Center, and the author of books in a
variety of subjects. The collection consists of literary manuscripts by Payne, letters from Payne to Lawrence Clark Powell
and Louis Zukofsky, miscellaneous letters to Payne from various persons, ephemera, and pictures.
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.
Administrative 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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert Payne, 1950-68.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert Payne Papers (Collection 238). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Pierre Stephen Robert Payne was born on December 4, 1911 in Saltash, Cornwall, England; came to the U.S. in 1946; attended
Diocesan College, Rondebosch, South Africa (1929-30), University of Capetown (1931-32), University of Liverpool (1933-36),
University of Munich (1937), and Sorbonne, University of Paris (1938); was shipwright's apprentice, Liverpool (1932-33), shipwright
(1939-41) and armament officer (1941), Singapore Naval Base; translator, British Ministry of Information in Chungking, China
(1941-42); professor of English poetry and lecturer in naval architecture (1943-46); head of English deptartment, Alabama
College, Montevallo (1949-54); war correspondent in Spain (1938), and correspondent for the
Times of London in Changsha, China (1942); was founding director of Columbia University Translation Center; wrote more than 100 books in
a variety of subjects; publications include
Love and peace (1945),
Forever China (1945),
China awake (1947),
The rose tree (1947),
A house in Peking: a novel of 18th-century China (1956), and
Lawrence of Arabia: a triumph (1962); he died on February 18, 1983.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of literary manuscripts by Payne, letters from Payne to Lawrence Clark Powell and Louis Zukofsky, miscellaneous
letters to Payne from various persons, ephemera, and pictures. Includes manuscripts of his
Alexander the god,
The canal builders,
The fathers of the western church,
A house in Peking,
The roaring boys,
The splendor of Greece, and others.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts of Robert Payne (Boxes 1-10).
- Photographs, correspondence and ephemera (Box 11).
-
The white rajas of Sarawak,
Ancient Greece,
The barbarian (Boxes 11-12).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Payne, Robert, 1911- --Archives.
Authors--20th century--Archival resources.
Poets--20th century--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.