Records, 1936-1946.

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Records, 1936-1946.

Collection consists of the typescript, proofcopy and copy in uncut sheets of Three times three; correspondence of the Press relating to distribution, copyright, and publicity; dated and undated correspondence to and from Saroyan; publicity and reviews of Three times three; and photographs and miscellaneous clippings. Also includes some business materials, a card index for Friends of the Conference Press, and correspondence related to Gertrude Stein's What are masterpieces? published by the Press.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)1 oversize box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409293

University of California, Los Angeles

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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946

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Gertrude Stein (b. February 3, 1874, Allegheny, PA-d. July 27, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. She moved to Paris and acquired a love for modern painting. Stein began building a personal collection of major artists, many of whom became her friends and formed the core of her regular salons. In 1907, as Stein was struggling to establish herself as a writer, she met Alice Babette Toklas, a fellow American who had come to P...

Conference Press.

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The Conference Press was spontaneously formed in the 1930s when three UCLA students visited Saroyan at a Hollywood film studio; all three were on the editorial staff of the Daily Bruin newspaper: Hal Levy (publisher of Westwood Scene), Gil Harrison (former editor), and Bill Okie (student of Max Reinhardt); in 1936 the Press published William Saroyan's Three times three, a collection of short stories, each with a preface by the author; one of the stores, The man with his heart in the Highlands, w...

Saroyan, William, 1908-1981

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Frances Ring was Editor at WESTWAYS in Los Angeles. From the description of Letters (and manuscripts and photos) to Frances Ring, 1970-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863419 Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the description of Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938. (Unknown). Wor...