Traven (B.) Collection of Material, 1925-1959

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Title:: Collection of Material About B. Traven,
Dates:: 1925-1959
Abstract:: B. Traven (1890?-1969) was a seaman and author. His publications include The cotton pickers (1956), The treasure of Sierra Madre (1935), and The white rose (1965). The collection consists of several articles by Lawrence Clark Powell about B. Traven, as well as a copy of Edward R. Hagemann's article, A checklist of the works of B. Traven and the critical estimates and biographical essays on him; together with a brief biography.
Extent:: 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Collection of Material About B. Traven (Collection 870). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of several articles by Lawrence Clark Powell about the novelist B. Traven, as well as a copy of Edward R. Hagemann's article, A checklist of the works of B. Traven and the critical estimates and biographical essays on him; together with a brief biography, in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, first quarter, 1959.
Biographical / historical:: Much of the biographical information about B. Traven is conjectural; he may have been born Berick Traven Torsvan on March 5, 1890 in Chicago, Illinois; went to sea as a cabin boy around 1900 or 1912; later became a seaman; spent some time in London and Berlin, before settling in Mexico about 1920-22; wrote in German; titles in English translation include The death ship: the story of an American sailor (1934), The cotton pickers (1956), The treasure of Sierra Madre (1935), The bridge in the jungle (1938), and The white rose (1965); he died on March 27, 1969.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Lawrence Clark Powell and Edward R. Hagemann, 1960.
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.

Subjects:: Authors--20th century--Archival resources.
Names:: Traven, B.
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906- .
Hagemann, E.R. (Edward R.), 1921- .

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 1999
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from card-file by rekeying, May 1999 by Myra Villamor. Front matter gathered from MARC record. Encoding and Supplementary revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: 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:: [Identification of item], Collection of Material About B. Traven (Collection 870). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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