William A. Brandon was an alumni of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
From the description of William A. Brandon photograph collection, 1927-1937. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 319859986
William Edward Brandon was born on Sept. 21, 1914 in Kokomo, IN; attended public schools in IN and NM; visiting professor at the Univ. of Massachusetts (1966-67), California State University, Los Angeles (1970-71), and California State University, Long Beach (1970-71, 1974-75); author of The dangerous dead (1943), The men and the mountain (1955), The American Heritage book of Indians (1961), The magic world (1971), and The last Americans (1971); moved to France, translating works from French, Latin and Greek; author of two screenplays and of several hundred stories, anthologized in many collections.
From the description of Papers, 1936-1997. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39034801
Brandon is an author and historian of the American Indian and the American West.
From the description of Poems, 1978? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598172
From the guide to the William Brandon poems, 1978, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
Biography
William Edward Brandon was born on September 21, 1914 in Kokomo, Indiana; attended public schools in Indiana and New Mexico; visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts (1966-67), California State University, Los Angeles (1970-71), and California State University, Long Beach (1970-71, 1974-75); author of The dangerous dead (1943), The men and the mountain (1955), The American Heritage book of Indians (1961), The magic world (1971), and The last Americans (1971); moved to France, translating works from French, Latin and Greek; author of two screenplays and of several hundred stories, anthologized in many collections.
From the guide to the William Brandon Papers, 1936-1997, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
