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Title: Conference Press Records,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1946
Collection number: 1379
Creator: Conference Press
Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The Conference Press was spontaneously formed in the 1930s when three UCLA students visited William Saroyan at a Hollywood
film studio. In 1936, the Press published Saroyan's
Three Times Three, a collection of short stories. One of the stories, The Man With His Heart in the Highlands, went on to become a successful
Broadway play. The collection consists of the typescript, proofcopy and copy of
Three Times Three, correspondence, publicity and reviews, photographs and miscellaneous clippings.
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: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
[Identification of item], Conference Press Records (Collection 1379). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964507
The Conference Press was spontaneously formed in the 1930s when three UCLA students visited Saroyan at a Hollywood film studio;
all three were on the editorial staff of the
Daily Bruin newspaper: Hal Levy (publisher of
Westwood Scene), Gil Harrison (former editor), and Bill Okie (student of Max Reinhardt); in 1936 the Press published William Saroyan's
Three Times Three, a collection of short stories, each with a preface by the author; one of the stories, The Man With His Heart in the Highlands,
went on to become a successful Broadway play.
Collection consists of the typescript, proofcopy and copy in uncut sheets of Three times three; correspondence of the Press
relating to distribution, copyright, and publicity; dated and undated correspondence to and from Saroyan; publicity and reviews
of
Three Times Three; and photographs and miscellaneous clippings. Also includes some business materials, a card index for Friends of the Conference
Press, and correspondence related to Gertrude Stein's
What Are Masterpieces? published by the Press.
Arranged in the following series:
- William Saroyan's Three Times Three (Box 1).
- Office records (Box 2).
- Gertrude Stein's What Are Masterpieces? (Box 2).
- Original cover design of Three Times Three (Box 3, oversize).
- Card index for Friends of the Conference Press (Box 2).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Saroyan, William, 1908- .
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
Conference Press--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century.
Publishers and publishing--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Online resources.
Saroyan, William, 1908- --
Three Times Three.