Papers, 1949-1952.

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Papers, 1949-1952.

Collection consists of literary manuscripts of H.L. Davis' books, Beulah land and Winds of morning. Includes typescripts, galley proofs, page proofs, and a holograph manuscript. Also includes five photographs of Davis and members of the UCLA Library staff commemorating the presentation of the manuscripts, and a newspaper clipping about the occasion.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409749

University of California, Los Angeles

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Davis, H. L. (Harold Lenoir), 1896-1960

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Davis was born on Oct. 18, 1894 in Rone's Mill, near Roseburg, OR; graduated from high school in The Dalles in 1912, then worked as a deputy county assessor and as a member of a survey crew, but still had insufficient funds to enroll at Stanford Univ.; drafted into the army in 1918, where he served as a clerk; wrote poetry published in Chicago's Poetry magazine in 1919; worked at various jobs while writing poetry in the 1920s; in 1927 wrote a pamphlet, Status rerum, with James Stevens, attacking...