Sheldon R. Jaffery Collection 1947-1989

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Sheldon R. Jaffery Collection 1947-1989

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Sheldon R. Jaffery was a practicing attorney in Cleveland, Ohio with a personal interest in science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction, and pulp magazines. The centers on the manuscripts of the books Jaffery published throughout the 1980s which deal with these genres. The material dates from to 1989, with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1980s. Jaffery's interests specifically lie in the Arkham House book series, the DAW book series, and pulp magazine fiction. These topics are the focus of his manuscripts and research materials, which make up the core of the collection. Also housed in the Browne Popular Culture Library are a substantial number of specialist catalogs accrued by Jaffery as a collector/dealer in rare science fiction and fantasy books and posters.The initial collection was acquired by the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University, in December, 1987, and a second shipment was received in January, 1990. The collection was organized and arranged at the Browne Popular Culture Library by Dana Sergent, who also prepared the biographical sketch and box/folder inventory. Jaffery Collection 1947

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Bowling Green State University - Browne Popular Culture Library

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Jaffery, Sheldon

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Attorney from Cleveland, Ohio, with an interest in science fiction, fantasy, horror literature, and pulp fiction. From the description of Papers, 1947-1989. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 29659171 ...

Sheldon R. Jaffery

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Sheldon Ronald Jaffery was born April 22, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended UCLA and obtained a B.A. in English from Ohio State University in 1957. He received a B.S. in Education at Kent State University in 1959 and then taught English, speech, and journalism at Cardinal High School in Middlefield, Ohio for two years. He conducted postgraduate research at UCLA in 1960 and received a J.D. from Western Reserve University Law School in Cleveland, Ohio in 1964. Jaffery practiced law in Cleveland...