Frank Waters Correspondence and Contracts 1935-1983 1961-1980

Waters, Frank, 1902-1995

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Frank Waters, writer and editor, was born July 25, 1902, at the foot of Pike's Peak, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His father, who was part Cherokee died when Frank was 12 years old. It was his father who initially sparked Frank's interest in Indian culture. Waters attended Colorado College (Colorado Springs) from 1922-25 as an engineering student. He dropped out after his third year to take a job as a laborer in the Salt Creek, Wyoming oil fields. He later worked as an engineer for the Souther...

Daves, Joan

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Swallow Press

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The Swallow Press, begun in the early 1940s in Denver by Alan Swallow, was a significant force in the world of small press publishing. By issuing the works of authors such as Frank Waters, Janet Lewis, J.V. Cunningham, and Anais Nin, Swallow built a one-person operation that became known for publishing material that was often ignored or rejected by larger publishing houses, but had literary merit. Following Swallow's death in 1966, the firm ws bought by four business partners and the operation w...