Descriptive Summary
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Richard Howells Watkins Collection
Dates: ca. 1895-1950s
Collection number: Mss 130
Creator:
Watkins, Richard Howells
Collection Size:
4.4 linear feet
(11 document boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence, copies of short stories, articles, and screenplays by Watkins, as well as aviation
files with photographs of WWI aces, early airplanes (Curtis, Martin, Le Perce-Packard, Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation,
and others), ca. 1910s-1920 and images apparently shot from them, including the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and other
New York views; various air fields around the country.
Physical location: Box 1 (Del Sur); Boxes 2-11 (SRLF).
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None. Majority of boxes stored off-site, please contact Special Collections to retrieve.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Richard Howells Watkins Collection. Mss 130. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Biography
Richard Howells Watkins (1895 - ?) was an author in the adventure/detective genre, a World War I veteran, an inveterate traveler,
and an auto racing, aviation, and maritime enthusiast. He was born in New York City on May 26, 1895, later residing in Riverside,
Connecticut, and finally moving to Santa Barbara in 1956.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains correspondence, copies of short stories, articles, and screenplays by Watkins, as well as aviation
files with photographs of WWI aces, early airplanes (Curtis, Martin, Le Perce-Packard, Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation,
and others), ca. 1910s-1920 and images apparently shot from them, including the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and other
New York views; various air fields around the country. Monographs by Watkins have been cataloged separately.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Watkins, Richard Howells
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations.
Airplanes, Military -- History -- 20th century.
Airplanes--History--20th century.