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Guide to the George Sumner Albee Papers, [ca. 1929-1958]
BANC MSS C-H 120
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Collection Title: George Sumner Albee Papers,
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1929-1958]
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 120
Creator:
Albee, George Sumner, 1905-1964
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes, 1 carton and 2 v.
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Mainly correspondence and manuscripts of his novels and short stories. Some royalty statements, contracts and financial papers
also included.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], George S. Albee Papers, BANC MSS C-H 120, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
George Sumner Albee was born in Wisconsin, May 12, 1905. After the death of his father, he was taken by his mother to California.
He graduated from the University of California in 1927 and then traveled in France, North Africa, China and Japan. He returned
to Los Angeles, writing for the motion picture studios and fan magazines. In the mid-thirties he moved to New York City to
concentrate on a writing career. Failing to find a publisher immediately, he worked for an advertising agency and wrote commercials
for the DuPont radio program,
Cavalcade of America. During the war, he worked for the Treasury Department, writing bond-selling speeches.
Mr. Albee has written a number of short stories, published in such magazines as
Saturday Evening Post,
McCall's,
Cosmopolitan and
Collier's. His novels include
Not In a Day (1935),
Young Robert (1937),
Girl on the Beach (1953), and
The Boys (1957). He died in Sarasota, Florida, on January 28, 1964.
Mr. Albee presented his papers to Bancroft Library in September-October 1960. Covering the period 1929 to 1958, they consist
mainly of letters written to him, carbon copies of some of his outgoing correspondence and manuscripts of short stories and
novels. Included also are some royalty statements, contracts, clippings, and miscellaneous financial Papers.