Papers of Stuart N. Lake, 1854-1963.

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Papers of Stuart N. Lake, 1854-1963.

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The collection contains correspondence, film and television scripts, articles, and photographs related to the writings and interests of Stuart Lake. The letters make up the largest part of the collection (13 boxes), and correspondents include Wyatt Earp, Josephine Earp, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Eugene Cunningham, John Philip Clum and J. Frank Dobie. There is also a significant amount of correspondence between Lake and the Houghton Mifflin Company. The subject matter includes western personalities, motion pictures, and western places such as Tombstone, AZ, and Dodge City, KS. The collection contains a large amount of source material for the film, Wells Fargo (1937).

5,725 pieces.18 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Lake, Stuart N

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Stuart Nathaniel Lake (1890-1962), author and screenwriter, was a native of New York and is best known for his writing about the West. He worked for the New York herald (1910-12), where his acquaintance with Bat Masterson led to his interest in western lore. After serving in World War I, Lake moved to San Diego, CA, and wrote for magazines. The success of his book, Wyatt Earp, frontier marshal (1931) led to his becoming a screenwriter for films such as The westerner (1940), Wells Fargo (1937), M...

Cunningham, Eugene, 1896-1957

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Eugene Lafayette Cunningham, author of Western fiction and other works, grew up in Texas, served in the Navy during both World Wars, and began writing in 1915. He was a correspondent for various newspapers and magazines and made a trip on horseback over Central America. After 1932 he wrote mainly Southwestern history and fiction, such as Triggernometry, Riders of the night, etc. From the description of Papers of Eugene Cunningham, 1915-1958. (Huntington Library, Art Collections &...

Clum, John P., 1851-1932

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John P. Clum was an Indian agent at the San Carlos Indian Reservation in southeast Arizona from 1874 to 1877. He later served as founder and editor of the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper, postmaster, and mayor of Tombstone, Arizona, as well as postal inspector and lecturer in Alaska. His son, Woodworth Clum, was an editor of the Washington Star newspaper, and the author of a book about his father entitled Apache Agent . From the guide to the John P. Clum papers, 1860-1970 (bulk, 1874-193...

Rhodes, Eugene Manlove, 1869-1934

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Eugene Mangrove Rhodes was a writer of the old west. He was nationally known for his poetry, novels and, stories. Eleven of his books appeared serially in The Saturday Evening Post . He lived and wrote in Otero county, New Mexico. From the guide to the Eugene Manlove Rhodes Papers, 1930-1938, (Museum of New Mexico. Fray Angélico Chávez History Library.) Eugene Manlove Rhodes was a writer of the old west. He was nationally know for his poetry, novels, and stories. Eleven of h...

Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house of Boston, Mass., From the description of Houghton Mifflin Company records, 1832-1944. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612205133 Houghton Mifflin Company, publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts, traces its roots back to the firm of Ticknor and Fields, the premier "literary" publishing house in the United States during the middle years of the nineteenth century; and to the Riverside Press, Henry Oscar Houghton's printi...

Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929

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Lawman, U.S. marshal, and gunfighter of the American West; b. in Monmouth, Ill.; after serving as a peace officer in Kansas, was involved in the controversial gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz., in 1881; b. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp. From the description of Wyatt Earp collection, 1839-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954219 ...

Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

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J. Frank Dobie was a noted Texas author and English professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was also editor of the Texas Folklore Society's publications during the 1930's and 1940's. From the description of Letter : to W.A. Philpott, 1938 April 12. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22699684 Historian, author, folklorist. Born in 1888 on a ranch in Live Oak County, Texas, Dobie was awarded his B.A. by Southwestern University (1910), M.A. by Co...

Earp, Josephine Sarah Marcus

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Josephine Sarah Marcus was born about 1861 in Brooklyn and moved with her family to San Francisco in the 1860s. She left home in 1879 to join Pauline Markham's H.M.S. Pinafore troupe which brought her to Tombstone. She became Wyatt Earp's third wife, and lived with him until his death in 1929. Josephine died in 1944. From the description of Josephine Earp papers, 1925-1936. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 37850006 ...