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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Raymond Chandler papers
Creator:
Chandler, Raymond
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0638
Physical Description:
6.5 linear feet
(13 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1959
Abstract: Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888-1959) published his first novel,
The Big Sleep, to great success in 1939 and began writing screenplays in 1944. The collection consists of correspondence, books, photographs,
speeches, and literary manuscripts by Raymond Chandler.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
- Gift of Raymond Chandler, 1954-1958.
- Gift of James Sandoe, 1961.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
999641803606533
[Identification of item], Raymond Chandler Papers (Collection 638). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Born Raymond Thornton Chandler in Chicago on July 23, 1888; studied at Dulwich College, London, and privately in France and
Germany; began career as contributor of verse, essays, book reviews and special articles to daily and weekly papers in London,
1909; served with Canadian Expeditionary Force and R.A.F. during World War I; afterwards, returned to U.S. to become an officer
in various independent oil corporations; began writing fiction contributions to magazines in 1933; published his first novel,
The Big Sleep, to great success in 1939, followed by
Farewell, My Lovely (1940),
The Long Good-Bye (1954) and others; began writing and mostly co-writing screenplays in 1944; his best known screenplay is
Double Indemnity, based on James Cain's novel; died in La Jolla, California, March 26, 1959.
Collection consists of correspondence, books, photographs, speeches, and literary manuscripts by Raymond Chandler. Includes
manuscripts for
The Little Sister,
The Long Good-Bye,
Playback and the Poodle Springs Story. Also includes Billy Wilder's copy of the screenplay of
Double Indemnity and various writings about and interviews with Chandler.
Arranged in the following series:
- Photographs (Box 1).
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-2).
- Writings by Chandler (Boxes 2-8,12-13).
- Screenplays by Chandler (Boxes 8-9; 13).
- Writings about Chandler (Boxes 9-12).
- Correspondence with James Sandoe (Box 1).
- Books by and about Raymond Chandler, including translations in various languages (Boxes 15-58).
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Raymond Chandler Papers (11 items).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Manuscripts for publication
Detective and mystery stories.
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archives.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959--Archives.