Papers by or about B. Traven, 1950-1977.

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Papers by or about B. Traven, 1950-1977.

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The bulk of the collection is correspondence of Sanora Babb Howe, an author, editor at the California Quarterly, and friend of Traven. The letters concern the rights to a Traven story adapted for radio and television by Ted Allan, a playwright who worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Traven would not negotiate directly with Allan or the CBC. Also contains manuscripts by Traven with annotations by Howe and others, of his Indian mass industry and The uninvited guest.

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Houghton Library

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Houghton Library

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Allan, Ted

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Howe, Sanora Babb.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was formed on 2 November 1936 consisting of two radio networks: Trans-Canada (English) and the French network. In 1952 two television stations began broadcasting in Toronto and Montreal. From the description of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation collection. 1929-[195-]. (McMaster University). WorldCat record id: 181806794 ...

Traven, B.

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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 description of Papers by or about B. Traven, 1950-1977. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122520925 B. Traven (1890-1969) wrote novels, short stories, and screenplays under several pseudonyms including Hal Croves. He is best known for Treasure of the ...