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Tompkins (Walker A.) collection
SBHC Mss 19  
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Description
Manuscripts, monographs, serials, newspapers, clippings, black-and-white photographs and albums, black-and-white negatives, audiotapes, scrapbooks, maps, and artifacts, generated and collected in the course of research by Walker A. Tompkins, author of histories of Goleta and Santa Barbara, California.
Background
Walker A. Tompkins was born on July 10, 1909 in Prosser, Yakima County, Washington. He was the son of Charle E. and Bertha Tompkins who had moved to Washington from Missouri. Tompkins grew up on a wheat farm in Walla Walla County before moving with his family to Turlock, California in 1920. He began his writing career in Turlock, at the age of fourteen, as a reporter for the Daily Journal. At the age of 21, he sold his first western novel to Street and Smith of New York, just before beginning college at Washington State. He also attended Modesto (California) Junior College.
Extent
33 Linear Feet (11 cartons, 17 document boxes, 4 flat oversize boxes, 1 map cabinet drawer, 110 open reel audiotapes, and 7 audiocassettes)
Restrictions
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
Availability
The collection is open for research. Financial records restricted. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.