Collection of material about Mayne Reid, 1853-1882.

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Collection of material about Mayne Reid, 1853-1882.

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Collection consists of research materials used by Joan Steele while writing her dissertation on Mayne Reid for the UCLA Dept. of English. Includes 12 of Reid's novels, positive microfilm of Reid's original letters in the New York Public Library, photocopies of 350 of Reid's letters to Charles Ollivant, photocopies of printed stories and articles by Reid from the collections of the British Library, and a photostat copy of Reid's will.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409060

University of California, Los Angeles

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Steele, Joan

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Joan Steele wrote her dissertation on Mayne Reid for the UCLA Dept. of English and later published a book titled, Captain Mayne Reid (1978); Reid was born Apr. 4, 1818 in Ballyroney, County Down, Northern Ireland; he sailed to the US in 1839 and began to publish poetry and stories after settling in Philadelphia in 1843; joined the First NY Volunteer Regiment in 1846 and left the US Army as a captain in 1848; he returned to Europe in 1849; later returned to America and wrote dime novels for the p...

Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to P.T. Barnum, [18]74 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616626 Anglo-Irish novelist. From the description of Letters : to W[illiam] Bliss, 1873 Oct. 8 and 1875 Mar. 20. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122481683 From the description of To the United States : autograph manuscript signed of a corrected d...