William W. Johnson collection on B. Traven 1946-1987, undated 1966-1985

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William W. Johnson collection on B. Traven 1946-1987, undated 1966-1985

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The William W. Johnson collection on B. Traven contains publications, correspondence, and other material related to Johnson's research on the author B. Traven, which spanned more than forty years. This collection includes various articles on B. Traven, newspapers from Chiapas, Mexico covering the three-day homage to B. Traven, and Johnson's B. Traven related research notes. Also includes correspondence with Rosa Elena Lujan (B. Traven's wife), Lawrence Hill (B. Traven's United States publisher), and Paul Kohner (B. Traven's agent) as well as a rare certified copy of Traven Torsvan Croves' will dated March 4, 1969 (in English).

1.5 linear feet; (3 document boxes)

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Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6656394

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Johnson, William Weber, 1909-1992

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William Weber Johnson (b. 1909) worked as a newspaper reporter with papers in Illinois and Detroit before becoming a war correspondent for "Time" magazine in London. He eventually became the head of Time-Life bureaus in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Dallas, Boston, and Los Angeles. Johnson became a professor of Journalism at UCLA in 1961 and headed the department from 1966-1971. He also wrote several non-fiction books including "Kelly Blue" in 1960 and "Heroic Mexico" in 1968. From the ...

Traven, Bruno

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Bruno Traven (d. 1969) a mysterious author, perhaps American, perhaps German, born in 1882 or 1890, lived in Mexico for much of his writing life. He signed his name Hal Croves in the letters in this collection. From the guide to the Papers by or about B. Traven, 1950-1977., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Lujan, Rosa Elena.

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