Fitzsimmons (Cortland) Papers, ca. 1935-1947

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Summary

Title:
Cortland Fitzsimmons Papers,
Dates:
ca. 1935-1947
Creators:
Fitzsimmons, Cortland, 1893-1949
Abstract:
Cortland Fitzsimmons (1893-1949) was a screenwriter and novelist. The collection consists of manuscripts by Fitzsimmons including Another day, The Battle of Britain, Death rings the bell, Sow the wind, Strange harbors, To victory, and With him who sings.
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Cortland Fitzsimmons Papers (Collection 167). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of manuscripts by author Cortland Fitzsimmons. Includes Another day, The Battle of Britain, Chins up, Death rings the bell, The snow-covered caravan, Sow the wind, Strange harbors, Tied for murder, To victory, and With him who sings.

Biographical / historical:

Fitzsimmons was born on June 19, 1893 in Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York; attended Miner's Business Academy, Brooklyn (1912-13), New York University (1916-17), and the College of the City of New York (1923-24); was clerk, and later export manager for McKesson & Robbins, New York City (1916-18); owned a book shop (1918-19), became a salesman for publishers Baker & Taylor (1920-24) and for American News Company (1924-29); sales manager for Viking Press (1929-34); after 1934, worked as screenwriter and novelist; published works include Better bridge (1928), The Bainbridge murder (1932), 70,000 witnesses (1931), The girl in the cage (1939), One man's poison (1940), The evil men do (1941), and Tied for murder (1943); he died on July 25, 1949.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Muriel Fitzsimmons.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Collection is organized in alphabetical order by title of manuscript.

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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Text rekeyed and OCR'd by Caroline Cubé from in-house card file, January 2003 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

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], Cortland Fitzsimmons Papers (Collection 167). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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