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Title: Jerry Pournelle papers I
Date (inclusive): 1960-1982, undated
Collection Number: MS 198
Creator:
Pournelle, Jerry, 1933-2017
Extent:
5 linear feet
(12 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains manuscripts, galley proofs,writings, notes and other material regarding Jerry Pournelle, an American
Science Fiction author and journalist. Includes science fiction manuscripts with such themes as space, atlantis and more.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. Distribution
or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the
copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Jerry Pournelle papers (MS 198). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
Processed by Reajinae Jenkins, Student Processing Assistant, 2016.
Processing of the Jerry Pournelle papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside
as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded
by the UCR Library and administered by Bergis Jules, University and Political Papers Archivist, and Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts
Curator.
Jerry Pournelle is an American science fiction author who was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1933. Pournelle served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Afterwards, he studied at the University of Washington and received a BS in psychology
on June 11, 1955; an M.S. in psychology on March 21, 1958; and a PhD in political science in March 1964. Pournelle began writing
science fiction stories in the 1960's and has gone on to write many more since then.
This collection contains manuscripts, galley proofs, and other material regarding Jerry Pournelle, an American Science Fiction
author and journalist. Materials document Pournelle's career as a science fiction author from the 60's until the 80's. Other
materials such as research notes document Pournelle's methods when writing a number of his stories.
This collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1. Manuscripts, 1970-1982
- Series 2. Galley proofs, undated
- Series 3. Writings, notes, and other materials, 1969-1983
- Unprocessed addition
See also
Jerry Pournelle papers II (MS 213) ; a second, large donation from Alex Pournelle in 2021.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Science fiction
Science fiction -- Authorship
Politics and government
Galley proofs
Manuscripts