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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Rupert Hughes papers
Creator:
Hughes, Rupert
Identifier/Call Number: 0173
Physical Description:
31.25 Linear Feet
29 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1895-1954
Abstract: Collection consists of subject files, typescripts, correspondence, published articles and personal memorabilia of American
novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and musicologist Rupert Hughes (1872-1956).
Language of Material:
English.
Rupert Hughes was born in Lancaster, MO on January 31, 1872, and grew up in Keokuk, Iowa. He attended the Western Reserve
Academy, and received a BA from Adelbert College, Cleveland, in 1892, and an MA from Yale University in 1893. His writing
career began with a book for boys which was serialized in the highly regarded St. Nicholas magazine, and he was an assistant
editor for several magazines. He eventually wrote more than 50 books. Hughes served in the New York National Guard during
the Spanish-American War, as a captain in the Mexican border service in 1916, and in the infantry in WWI. He was active in
the formation of the California State Guard in 1940 and was commander of the Second Regiment from 1941-43. He was an influential
American writer on music and composer of piano pieces and songs. More than 50 movies were written and/or directed by Hughes
or were based upon his stories and novels. He founded and served for decades as president of the Hollywood Writers Club, and
also headed Screen Playwrights, the American Writers Association, and the Authors' League of America. He died in Los Angeles,
CA on September 9, 1956.
Collection consists of subject files, typescripts, correspondence, published articles and personal memorabilia of American
novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and musicologist Rupert Hughes (1872-1956). Materials include 897 file folders of manuscripts;
219 books by or concerning Hughes; 36 periodicals. These include subject files, typescripts, correspondence, published articles,
and personal memorabilia. Much of the material is heavily annotated or corrected, and several of the items are present in
two or three versions. Also includes four large bundles of manuscripts and typescripts produced by Rupert Hughes in the writing
of his major work "George Washington". The first three volumes were published, but the fourth remained unpublished. The first
eight chapters of this fourth volume are present in this heavily revised typescript form.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Donated by Ruby (Mrs. Felix) Hughes, Rupert Hughes' sister-in-law, in January 1983.
[Box/folder# or item name], Rupert Hughes papers, Collection no. 0173, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
American literature -- 20th century -- Archival resources
American poetry -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Memorabilia
Manuscripts
Screenwriters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Typescripts
Hughes, Rupert -- Archives