Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: James Fenton Wylie papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-1945, 1987
Collection number: 1842
Creator:
Wylie, James Fenton
Extent:
4 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Scrapbooks of Wylie's service in the Marine Corps during World War II, short stories and collected poetry.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elmo Patin, 1994.
Processing Note
Processed by Megan Hahn Fraser, July 2009.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James Fenton Wylie papers (Collection 1842). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
James Fenton Wylie was born February 4, 1923. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1951. From March
18, 1941 until his discharge in September 1945, he served with the U.S. Marine Corps. Wylie died September 28, 1987.
Scope and Content
The scrapbook was compiled by Wylie and contains transcripts of diary entries, letters to and from family and friends, clippings
and ephemera from his time in the Marine Corps. "Notes on an Island Invasion: Betio, Tarawa Atoll, November 21-29, 1943"
is described by the author as "a record of what an enlisted man of no importance saw in the nine days he was involved in the
Battle of Tarawa" and draws from Wylie's diary entries of November 1943. "Short Stories," "Two Children's Stories" and "Two
Fables" are works of fiction. "Amores" and "Erotikon" are collections of Latin and Greek poetry, respectively, selected by
Wylie. "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" is a transcript of a translation by Edward Fitzgerald and edited by Wylie.
Organization and Arrangement
The scrapbook is arranged chronologically as Wylie compiled it. Some letters and clippings are arranged by the date they were
read or received by him, rather than the date on the item. The short stories are arranged alphabetically by title. The collected
poetry is arranged alphabetically by title.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
James Fenton Wylie---Archives.
Marines --United States --Archival resources.
World War, 1939-1945 --Personal narratives, American.
Genres and Forms of Material
Scrapbooks.