Frederick D. Glidden papers 1933-1976

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Frederick D. Glidden papers 1933-1976

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Frederick D. Glidden was one of America's foremost western authors. Under the pen name Luke Short he published several novels, novelettes and articles. He also wrote a number of screenplays and teleplays. This collection documents his writing career and publishing record through manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, magazines, tearsheets and personal documents.

18.5 linear feet, 33 containers

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6364258

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Glidden, Frederick Dilley

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Frederick Dilley Glidden was born in Kewanee, Illinois in 1908. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he began his early career as a general reporter for a series of Midwest daily newspapers. Not lasting long at any of the papers, the Depression found him trapping for furs in Canada. He married Florence Elder in 1934 and, during the next few years had three children. Glidden's writing career began in earnest when he started submitting western stories to pulp magazine...

Short, Luke, 1908-1975

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Frederick Dilley Glidden was born in Kewanee, Illinois in 1908. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he began his career as a reporter for a series of midwest daily newspapers. During the Depression, he trapped for furs in Canada. He married Florence Elder in 1934 and fathered three children during the next few years. Glidden's writing career began in earnest when he started submitting western stories to pulp magazines while living in Santa Fe. Once he took on an agent, Marguerite Harper, h...

Harper, Marguerite

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