Finding Aid for the Lillian Bos Ross Papers, 1940-1945

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1998
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Finding Aid for the Lillian Bos Ross Papers, 1940-1945

Collection number: 809

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/
Processed by:
Manuscripts Division staff
Encoded by:
Caroline Cubé
Online finding aid edited by:
Josh Fiala, November 2002
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Lillian Bos Ross Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1940-1945
Collection number: 809
Creator: Ross, Lillian Bos, 1898-
Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Lillian Bos Ross (1898-1959) was a author. The collection consists of early drafts, manuscripts, work sheets, and galleys of The Stranger: a Novel of the Big Sur (1942) and Blaze Allan (1944) written by Ross.
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

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

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.

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Additional Physical Form Available

A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
  • Public Services 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

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Harry Dick Ross, 1963.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lillian Bos Ross Papers (Collection 809). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233694 

Biography

Ross was born in 1898; she wrote The Stranger: a Novel of the Big Sur (1942) and Blaze Allan (1944); she died in 1959.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of early drafts, manuscripts, work sheets, and galleys of The Stranger: a Novel of the Big Sur (1942) and Blaze Allan (1944) by Lillian Bos Ross.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ross, Lillian Bos, 1898- --Archives.
Women novelists, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.


Note

Description derived from in-house card file.
 

Lillian Bos Ross Papers. 1940-1945

 

Literary Papers. Big Sur, California. ca. 1940-1945

Physical Description: (3 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Early drafts, manuscripts, worksheets, and galleys of The Stranger, a novel of the Big Sur (New York: W. Morrow and Company, 1942); and Blaze Allan [a novel] (New York: W. Morrow and Company, 1944).