Finding Aid for the Conference Press Records, 1936-1946
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Conference Press Records, 1936-1946
Collection number: 1379
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts 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
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, June 1989
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, June 2002
© 2000 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
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.
Restrictions on Access
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.
Preferred Citation
[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
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964507
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Organization and Arrangement
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).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Saroyan, William, 1908- .
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
Conference Press--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century.
Publishers and publishing--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts for publication.
Online resources.
Saroyan, William, 1908- --
Three Times Three.
Saroyan, William.
Three Times Three
1936
Box 1, Folder 1
Saroyan, William - letters from, December 12, 1936.
Box 1, Folder 2
Saroyan, William - letters from, March 9, 1937.
Box 1, Folder 3
Saroyan, William - letters from, August 23, 1937.
Box 1, Folder 4
Saroyan, William - letters from, August 23, 1937.
Box 1, Folder 5
Saroyan, William - letters from, September 13, 1937.
Box 1, Folder 6
Saroyan, William - letters from, August 29, 1938.
Box 1, Folder 7
Saroyan, William - letters from, October 10, 1938.
Box 1, Folder 8
Saroyan, William - letters from, November 20, 1938.
Box 1, Folders 9-13
Saroyan, William - letters from, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 14
Relating to Certificate of fictitious name.
Box 1, Folder 34
Invoices and correspondence with booksellers, etc. A - B, 1936-1940.
Box 1, Folder 35
Invoices and correspondence with booksellers, etc. C - L, 1936-1939.
Box 1, Folder 36
Invoices and correspondence with booksellers, etc. M - R, 1936-1940.
Box 1, Folder 37
Invoices and correspondence with booksellers, etc. S - Z, 1936-1938.
Box 1, Folder 16
Three Times Three. Subway circus etcetera, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 17
Three Times Three. Introduction, November 1936.
Box 1, Folder 18
Three Times Three. Subway circus etcetera. Preface, November 17, 1936.
Box 1, Folder 19
Three Times Three. Introductory notes to selections, n.d.
Box 1, Folders 20-21
Three Times Three, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
My grandmother (an excerpt from the chapter "The Living and the Dead" from the book
Three Times Three), by William Saroyan
Box 1, Folder 22
Three Times Three. Introductory note to The question, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 23
Three Times Three(?). Untitled notes with headings: Barrelhouse, Baby, Beggars. n.d.
Box 1, Folder 24
Three Times Three(?). Untitled notes, n.d.
Post-Publication Material
Box 1, Folder 29
Laughlin, James - letters from, February 17, 1937.
Box 1, Folder 30
Laughlin, James - letters from, April 16, 1937.
Box 1, Folder 33
List of those sent review copies.
Box 2, Folder 1
Letter to: Rush Hughes, NBC, December 8, 1937.
Box 2, Folder 2
Draft letter(?) to: Dear Mr. Nesbitt,
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 5
Articles announcing the book, about the Conference Press, etc. and clippings.
Box 2, Folder 6
Reviews. Clippings, January-December 1936.
Box 2, Folder 7
Reviews. Clippings, January 1937.
Box 2, Folder 8
Reviews. Clippings, February 1937.
Box 2, Folder 10
Playbills of Saroyan's plays, etc.
Box 1, Folder 15
Letters to U.S. Copyright office, with printed forms.
Box 1, Folder 25
Three Times Three.
Physical Description: Page proofs.
Box 1, Folder 26
Three Times Three. [Introductory notes]
Physical Description: Galley proofs.
Box 1, Folder 27
Three Times Three.
Physical Description: [uncut and unbound leaves]
Box 1, Folder 28
Design for stamping cloth binding, design for title on title page.
Box 3
Design for stamping cloth binding.
Box 2, Folder 11
Letterhead samples, business cards.
Stein, Gertrude.
What Are Masterpieces?1940
Post-Publication Material
Box 2, Folder 15
Porter, Bern - letters from, 1940.
Box 2, Folder 16
Laughlin, James - letters from, 1940-1941.
Box 2, Folder 17
Rahv, Philip - letters from, 1945-1946.
Box 2, Folder 18
Saroyan, William - letter from, November 19, 1940.
Box 2, Folder 12
Laughlin, James - letters from, 1937.
Box 2, Folder 13
Laughlin, James - letters from, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 14
Cerf, Bennett - letter from, July 25, 1940.
