Jack Olsen papers 1950-1968

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Jack Olsen papers 1950-1968

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17792

Jack Olsen was an American author and journalist who wrote thirty-one books and is said to have set the standard for the crime writing genre. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, manuscript drafts and notes, source materials, reviews, and audiotapes from the early 1950s through the 1960s. The monograph series contains manuscript drafts and completed manuscripts for three of Jack Olsen's books: , , and . It also includes materials related to , a humorous book about his childhood that he published under the pseudonym Jonathan Rhoades, and works related to two unpublished novels. Most of the articles were written while Olsen was a staff member of . Black is Best The Climb Up to Hell I'll Take Baseball Over the Fence Is Out Sports Illustrated

15.75 linear feet, 43 containers

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Ali, Muhammed, 1942-

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Olsen, Jack

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Internationally known journalist Jack Olsen was born in Indianapolis in 1925. His journalistic career began when he was hired as a reporter for the San Diego Journal. Jack Olsen made the switch from newpaper to magazine journalism in 1956. He was a correspondent at Time Magazine and senior editor at Sports Illustrated. His work has been published in Vanity Fair, People, Paris Match, Readers Digest, Playboy, Life, Fortune, the New York Times Book Review and others. His magazine journalism appears...