Finding Aid for the William McFee Papers, ca. 1927-1942
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Arts and Humanities--Literature--American Literature
Geographical (By Place)--United States
Finding Aid for the William McFee Papers, ca. 1927-1942
Collection number: 652
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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- Caroline Cubé
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© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: William McFee Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1927-1942
Collection number: 652
Creator:
McFee, William, 1881-
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: William McFee (1881-1961) was born at sea en route to England from India. He was an engineer before becoming a full-time writer
in 1923. He wrote novels, short stories, and essays, almost all of which concerned the sea. He also wrote reviews and columns
for the
New York Sun and
New York Times, and incidental pieces for magazines. The collection consists of holograph manuscripts of McFee's article After Seven Years
and McFee's reviews of the novels
Lives of a Bengal Lancer and
East Southeast.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
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the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William McFee Papers (Collection 652). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
McFee was born on June 15, 1881 at sea en route to England from India; attended schools in London and the East Anglian School,
Bury St. Edmunds, West Suffolk; furthered his education by evening study of technical subjects at Northampton Institute and
by reading at the British Museum; apprenticed in McMuirland's Engineering Shops, London, 1897-ca. 1900, and then worked as
a mechanical engineer; went to sea as junior engineer in 1906, and began to write while at sea, completing two books before
moving to the U.S. to write; served as an engineer in British Navy during World War I; returned to U.S. after the war, working
as an engineer at sea for the United Fruit Company; left the sea and became a full-time writer in 1923, producing novels,
short stories, and essays, almost all of which concerned the sea; became U.S. citizen in 1925; wrote reviews and columns for
the
New York Sun and
New York Times, and incidental pieces for magazines; received honorary MA from Yale University in 1936; elected to National Institute of
Arts and Letters, 1941; died on July 2, 1966 in New Milford, Connecticut.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of holograph manuscripts of McFee's article After Seven Years and McFee's reviews of the novels
Lives of a Bengal Lancer and
East Southeast. In addition there are 86 letters to Harold Kamp, to whom all the above manuscripts were presented, and a mounted clippings
file.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts.
- Letters.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
McFee, William, 1881- --Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Box 1
381
After Seven Years. (article), Signed by the author.
Physical Description: (7pp. Original autograph manuscript, in a slip-case).
Note
25
For James Bone. The Manchester Guardian. (Presentation cancelled by McFee, followed by) For Mr. Harold Kamp who may like this
souvenir of my trip to England. W.M.
Box 1
382, 382A
Book review of
East Southeast by F.V. Morley, September 3, 1929.
Physical Description: (5pp. Autograph Manuscript Signed, in a 1/4 morocco binding).
Note
To Harold Kamp with a copy of the book. W.M.
25
Box 1
383, 383A
Book review of
Lives Of A Bengal Lancer by F. Yeats-Brown.
Physical Description: (Autograph manuscript, in a half morocco case).
Scope and Content Note
A letter of McFee inserted (5pp. autograph signed).
Letters, December 7, 1927-February 13, 1942
Box 1
384
85 Letters from William McFee to Harold Kamp, from December 7, 1927-February 13, 1942.
Physical Description: (Holograph and typewritten, about 250pp. Enclosed in large quarto leather-backed dropcase).
Box 1
Miscellaneous clippings
re William McFee.
Physical Description: (In folder).