Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- William H. Hutchinson Papers,
- Dates:
- 1951-1990
- Creators:
- Hutchinson, W. H. (William Henry), 1910-1990
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William H. Hutchinson Papers, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, background materials, notes and drafts for books on California history, vitae and career related materials at CSU, Chico and aboard ship, reprints of articles and short stories, books, photographs, periodicals, royalty statements, copyright clearances, speeches, microfilm copy of manuscript for California book, membership lists and various announcement and correspondence for "The Family," a San Francisco-based club, research material for various books and articles, radio and TV scripts.
- Biographical / historical:
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William Henry ("Old Hutch") Hutchinson was born on August 13, 1911, in Denver, Colorado. He attended school in Oxford, Mississippi; Newark, New Jersey; Denver and Redondo Beach. He earned his master's degree from Chico State College in 1961.
He worked at various times as a horse wrangler, a cowboy, a boiler fireman, and a mucker in mines. During the Depression, Hutchinson worked as Chief Purser on passenger vessels.
During World War II he served as lieutenant commander in the U.S. Maritime Service where he saw duty in the South Pacific, North Atlantic, and Mediterranean.
After the war, Hutchinson moved to Butte County, where he became a freelance writer. He has sold more than 150 fact and fiction articles to a variety of popular magazines. He also wrote, narrated, and produced several historical pageants of California and had his own weekly radio and television programs. "Hutch" was the author of 15 books, one of which, Oil, Land and Politics: The California Career of Thomas R. Bard,was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He also worked as a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and frequently contributed to the Chico Enterprise-Record and taught at California State University at Chico until his retirement in 1978. He died of a heart attack in Chico on March 11, 1990.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William H. Hutchinson Papers, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176