Carl V. Corley Papers, 1930s-1990s.

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Carl V. Corley Papers, 1930s-1990s.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39100506

Collection includes scrapbooks; artwork, manuscripts and typescripts of Corley's published and unpublished works; and books and issues of magazines in which his work appears. Also included is correspondence with publishers. The scrapbooks include photographs, drawings, and notes relating to Corley's service in the Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II. They also hold research and preliminary studies for several books and comic strips, and document Corley's work for the Mississippi and Louisiana Departments of Highways. One scrapbook contains Corley's personal photographs of friends and lovers from high school to the present. Also included in the collection are maps and posters relating to Mississippi and Louisiana history and geography created by Corley.

650 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7411098

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Corley, Carl, 1921-

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Author and illustrator of a variety of materials such as gay "pulp fiction," comic books, physique art, science fiction, and Louisiana history (especially on cajun folkways), and also books on religious themes. From the description of Carl V. Corley Papers, 1930s-1990s. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39100506 ...

United States. Marine Corps

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