Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Issler, Anne Roller, b. 1892
- Abstract:
- This collection contains typescripts for Anne Roller Issler's work on Robert Louis Stevenson's time spent in San Francisco between December 1879 and May 1880. The work, Happier for His Presence: San Francisco and Robert Louis Stevenson, was published by Stanford University Press in 1949.
- Extent:
- 0.3 Linear feet 1 box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder# or item name], Anne Roller Issler papers, Collection no. 0068, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains a draft and final typescript of Happier for His Presence: San Francisco and Robert Louis Stevenson (Stanford University Press, 1949).
- Biographical / historical:
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Anne Roller Issler (1892-1975) was considered an expert on Robert Louis Stevenson's California period. She wrote Happier for His Presence about the five months Robert Louis Stevenson spent in San Francisco between Christmas 1879 and May 1880. She served as curator at the Cuyamaca State Park Museum, the Vallejo Home in Sonoma, the Old Courthouse in Shasta, and the Robert Louis Stevenson House in Monterey.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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The collection contains published materials; researchers are reminded of the copyright restrictions imposed by publishers on reusing their articles and parts of books. It is the responsibility of researchers to acquire permission from publishers when reusing such materials. The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder# or item name], Anne Roller Issler papers, Collection no. 0068, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Special CollectionsDoheny Memorial Library, Room 209Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-5900