Otis Ferguson papers, 1931-1986

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Otis Ferguson papers, 1931-1986

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6c6038f7

Collection consists of scrapbooks, letters and ephemera related to the career of film critic Otis Ferguson.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6657897

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Ferguson, Otis, 1907-1943

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Otis Ferguson was born in Worcester, MA, Aug. 14, 1907; joined the Navy at the age of 17 and served four years; he graduated from Clark Univ. (1933), where he was senior class poet and editor of the yearbook; Ferguson was hired at The New Republic where he eventually became an asst. editor; he reviewed books, films, and sometimes theater (1933-1941); in 1936 he started writing about music, particularly big swing bands and loaned his title to Dorothy Bakers novel, Young man with a horn; he was se...

Chamberlain, Dorothy

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