Chalmers (Stephen) Papers, 1915-1931

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Summary

Title:
Chalmers (Stephen) Papers,
Dates:
1915-1931
Creators:
Chalmers, Stephen, 1880-
Abstract:
Stephen Chalmers (1880-1935) was born in Scotland. He became an active member of the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Society of Saranac Lake (New York) and wrote many volumes about Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection consists primarily of letters (ca. 1915-1922)to Chalmers discussing Robert Louis Stevenson and the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Society of Saranac Lake. Includes material relating to the founding and activities of the RLS Memorial Society of Saranac Lake and the Stevenson family circle.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Chalmers (Stephen) Papers (Collection 632). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists primarily of letters (ca. 1915-1922)to Chalmers from Katharine Osbourne, Isobel Field, Lloyd Osbourne, Charles John Guthrie, and others. Most of the correspondence discusses Robert Louis Stevenson and the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Society of Saranac Lake (New York). Includes material relating to the founding and activities of the RLS Memorial Society of Saranac Lake and the Stevenson family circle. Also includes reminiscences of Stevenson by his college friend Charles John Guthrie.

Biographical / historical:

Stephen Chalmers was born in Scotland in 1880; became an active member of the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Society of Saranac Lake (New York); wrote many volumes about Robert Louis Stevenson; contributed to pulp magazines and wrote mysteries, historical novels, and poetry; also wrote science fiction stories, Star-Dust (1912) and The Frozen Beauty (1914); died in California, 1935.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Rolland Thorpe, 1955.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Letters from Isobel Field to Chalmers.
  2. Letters from Katherine Osbourne to Chalmers.
  3. Letters from Charles John Guthrie to Chalmers.
  4. Personal papers and correspondence of Stephen Chalmers

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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Chalmers (Stephen) Papers (Collection 632). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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