Brandon (William) Papers, 1936-1997

Summary

Title:

William Brandon Papers

Dates:

1936-1997

Creators:

Brandon, William, 1914-

Abstract:

William Edward Brandon (1914- ) was a visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts (1966-67), California State University, Los Angeles (1970-71), and California State University, Long Beach (1970-71, 1974-75). He wrote short stories, screenplays and books including The Dangerous Dead (1943), The Men and the Mountain (1955), The American Heritage Book of Indians (1961), The Magic World (1971), and The Last Americans (1971). The collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, periodicals containing material by Brandon, and ephemera.

Extent:

129 boxes (64.5 linear ft.) and 13 oversize boxes

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Brandon Papers (Collection 716). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, periodicals containing material by Brandon, and ephemera. Most of the correspondence is with or about Joseph T. Shaw.

Biographical / historical:

William Edward Brandon was born on September 21, 1914 in Kokomo, Indiana; attended public schools in Indiana and New Mexico; visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts (1966-67), California State University, Los Angeles (1970-71), and California State University, Long Beach (1970-71, 1974-75); author of The dangerous dead (1943), The men and the mountain (1955), The American Heritage book of Indians (1961), The magic world (1971), and The last Americans (1971); moved to France, translating works from French, Latin and Greek; author of two screenplays and of several hundred stories, anthologized in many collections.

Acquisition information:

Gift of William Brandon, 1983-97.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

1. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-5, 6-12, 14-21, 36-40, 44-45, 57, 61-65, 70-71, 73-75, 77, 80-82).
2. Correspondence (Boxes 22-35, 39, 45-56, 58-62, 66-67, 69, 71, 73, 75-80).
3. Ephemera (Boxes 42-44, 69, 77).
4. Photographs (Box 59).
5. Documents (Boxes 43-45, 69, 80-81).
6. Personal (Boxes 43, 70, 82).
7. Printed materials (Boxes 12-13, 41-42, 45, 58, 67-69, 72, 102-113).
8. Unlisted (Boxes 83-101).
9. Additions 1991 - Unlisted (Boxes 117-124).
10. Additions 1994 - Correspondence, Manuscripts (Boxes 125-133).

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.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Separated material:

(Street and Smith's) Cowboy Stories.vol.28, no.1; vol.28, no.4; vol.31, no.4; vol.31, no.2.July 1935, October 1935, April 1936, February 1937.

Ace-High.vol.82, no.2August 1938.

Big Book Western Magazine.vol.4, no.5June-July 1938.

Blue Book.vol.93, no.4August 1951.

Dan Dunn Detective Magazine.vol.1, no.1; vol.1, no.2September 1936, November 1936.

Detective Tales.vol.49, no.3June 1952.

Dime Detective.vol.34, no.2September 1940.

Dime Mystery.vol.28, no.1; vol.39 no,2November 1942, December 1949.

Double Detective.vol.3, no.3; vol.4, no.2; vol.4, no.3; vol.4, no.4; vol.5, no.1; vol.7, no.6February 1939, July 1939, August 1939, September 1939, December 1939, March 1943.

Mystery Adventures.vol.4, no.4; vol.5, no.2; vol.5, no.3December 1936, February 1937, March 1937.

Romantic Range.vol.15, no.2; vol.15, no.3December 1942, January 1943.

Street And Smith's Detective Story Magazine.vol.163, no.5; vol.164, no.4; vol.164, no.6; vol.165, no.2; vol.166, no.5; vol.166, no.6March 1942, August 1942, October 1942, December 1942, September 1943, October 1943.

Ten Detective Aces.vol.33, no.1July 1938.

Western Aces.vol.12, no.1October 1938.

[Flynn's] Detective Fiction Weekly.vol.118, no.3; vol.120, no.3; vol.120, no.5; vol.121, no.2; vol.122, no.3; vol.123, no.4; vol.124, no.3,March 26, 1938; June 18, 1938; July 2, 1938; July 23, 1938; September 10, 1938; October 29, 1938; December 3, 1938.

Other descriptive data:

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 709461

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Indians of North America--West (U.S.).
Authors, American--West (U.S.)--Archival resources.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala.

Date Prepared:

© 2001

Date Encoded:

Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, January 2001 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Archivists' Toolkit, Notetab Pro. Online finding aid partially edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: unknown .

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

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], William Brandon Papers (Collection 716). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

Contact:

(310) 825-4988

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