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Title: Wesley S. Griswold Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1955-1990
Collection number: 799
Creator:
Griswold, Wesley S., 1909-
Extent: 14 boxes (7 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Wesley Southmayd Griswold (1909- ) was a feature writer and editor for the
Hartford Courant (1930-41), a publicist for the Travelers Insurance Company (1941-42), a copy editor for the
The New Yorker (1946-51)) and a copy editor (1945-46) and West Coast editor (beginning in 1951) for the
Popular Science Monthly. The collection consists of manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, research notes, correspondence, photocopies, printed
articles, microfilm, and photographs Griswold's book,
A Work of Giants, a history of the American transcontinental railroad, and for a history of Panama railroads.
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.
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.
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 Wesley S. Griswold, 1962-90.
[Identification of item], Wesley S. Griswold Papers (Collection 799). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1470678
Wesley Southmayd Griswold was born November 3, 1909 in Middletown, Connecticut; BA, University of North Carolina, 1929; feature
writer and editor,
Hartford Courant, 1930-41; publicist, Travelers Insurance Company, 1941-42; copy editor,
The New Yorker, 1946-51; copy editor (1945-46) and West Coast editor (beginning in 1951),
Popular Science Monthly; his book, A
Work of Giants (1962), is a history of the American transcontinental railroad.
Collection consists of manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, research notes, correspondence, photocopies, printed articles,
microfilm, and photographs for Wesley S. Griswold's book,
A Work of Giants (1962) and for a history of Panama railroads. Also includes scrapbooks containing articles by Griswold, reviews of
A Work of Giants, and miscellaneous manuscripts, publications, and research materials.
Arranged in the following series:
- A Work of Giants (Boxes 1-4,11).
- The Day the Dam Burst (Box 4).
- Research materials for a history of Panama railroads (Boxes 5-8).
- Scrapbooks containing articles by Griswold (Boxes 9-10).
- Manuscripts, misc. publications, and research material (Boxes 11-14).
- Map folder (Box 15).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Griswold, Wesley S., 1909- --Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Railroads--Research--United States.
Railroads--Research--Panama.
Griswold, Wesley S., 1909- --
Work of Giants.