Finding Aid for the Jane Eklund Ball Papers, 1949
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Finding Aid for the Jane Eklund Ball Papers, 1949
Collection number: 698
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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- Yvonne Schroeder, 12 November 1960
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- Alight Tsai
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- Josh Fiala, February 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jane Eklund Ball Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1949
Collection number: 698
Creator: Ball, Jane Eklund, 1921-
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Jane Eklund Ball (1921- ) was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the author of
The Only Gift (1949),
Philippa (1953),
Designs for Reading: Short Stories (1969), and
The Range of Literature: Fiction (1969). The collection consists of manuscript and typescript drafts, galley proofs, and a first edition presentation copy
of
The Only Gift, a typescript of Day Help, a short story version of
The Only Gift, and one small envelope containing five pieces of ephemera.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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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.
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consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
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- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jane Mary Eklund.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jane Eklund Ball Papers (Collection 698). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462278
Biography
Jane Eklund Ball was born Jane Mary Eklund October 4, 1921 in Los Angeles, California; BA, UCLA, 1943; MA, Stanford, 1950;
married Everett Loran Ball, 1951; in 1964, she became an English teacher, William Howard Taft High School, Woodland Hills;
writings include
The Only Gift (1949),
Philippa (1953),
Designs for Reading: Short Stories (1969), and
The Range of Literature: Fiction (1969).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscript and typescript drafts, galley proofs, and a first edition presentation copy of a book titled,
The Only Gift, published under Jane Eklund Ball's maiden name, Jane Mary Eklund. Also includes a typescript of Day Help, a short story
version of
The Only Gift, and one small envelope containing five pieces of ephemera.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
-
Day Help--the short story version of
The Only Gift (Box 1).
-
The Only Gift (Boxes 1-3).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ball, Jane Eklund, 1921- --Archives.
Women novelists, American 20th century--Archival resources.
Box 1
The Only Gift.
Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) with occasional notations in pencil. 345 leaves. Boxed in green cloth slip case.
Note
Published in Boston by Hougton, Mifflin Company, 1949.
Boxes 2,3
The Only Gift.
Physical Description: Typescript and holograph with copious corrections and inserts, etc. In 4 envelopes.
Scope and Content Note
Early drafts, in mixed order.
Box 2
The Only Gift.
Physical Description: Galley proof. 61 sheets.
Box 1
The Only Gift notes.
Physical Description: Unidentified and miscellaneous pages of holograph and typescript. 100 leaves.
Scope and Content Note
With this: one small envelope containing 5 pieces of ephemera.
Box 1
“Day Help”. Short story version of
The Only Gift. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: Typescript with one leaf of holograph, and frequent corrections in ink and pencil. 44 leaves in mixed order, combining two
incomplete manuscripts.
Box 1
The Only Gift, first edition.
Scope and Content Note
Author's inscribed presentation copy.
