Steele (Joan) Collection of Material about Mayne Reid, 1853-1882
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Joan Steele Collection of Material about Mayne Reid,
- Dates:
- 1853-1882
- Creators:
- Steele, Joan
- Abstract:
- Joan Steele wrote her dissertation on Mayne Reid for the UCLA Department of English and later published a book titled, Captain Mayne Reid (1978). Mayne Reid (1818-1883) sailed from Ireland to the U.S. in 1839 and began to publish poetry and stories after settling in Philadelphia in 1843. He also wrote dime novels for the publisher Beadle and Adams. His publications include War life (1849), The rifle rangers (1850), The scalp hunters (1851), The desert home (1852), The boy hunters (1853), The young voyageurs (1854), Lost Lenore (1864), and The headless horseman: a strange tale of Texas (1865). The collection consists of research materials used by Joan Steele while writing her dissertation on Mayne Reid.
- Extent:
- 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joan Steele Collection of Material about Mayne Reid (Collection 2064). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of research materials used by Joan Steele while writing her dissertation on Mayne Reid for the UCLA Department of English. Includes 12 of Reid's novels, positive microfilm of Reid's original letters in the New York Public Library, photocopies of 350 of Reid's letters to Charles Ollivant, photocopies of printed stories and articles by Reid from the collections of the British Library, and a photostat copy of Reid's will.
- Biographical / historical:
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Joan Steele wrote her dissertation on Mayne Reid for the UCLA Department of English and later published a book titled, Captain Mayne Reid (1978); Reid was born April 4, 1818 in Ballyroney, County Down, Northern Ireland; he sailed to the U.S. in 1839 and began to publish poetry and stories after settling in Philadelphia in 1843; joined the First New York Volunteer Regiment in 1846 and left the U.S. Army as a captain in 1848; he returned to Europe in 1849; later returned to America and wrote dime novels for the publisher Beadle and Adams; went back to England in 1870 and died in October 1883; his publications include War life (1849), The rifle rangers (1850), The scalp hunters (1851), The desert home (1852), The boy hunters (1853), The young voyageurs (1854), Lost Lenore (1864), and The headless horseman: a strange tale of Texas (1865).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Joan D. Steele, 1976.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2005
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, April 2005 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: December 1976 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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:
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[Identification of item], Joan Steele Collection of Material about Mayne Reid (Collection 2064). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988