Papers, 1915-1960.

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Papers, 1915-1960.

Collection consists of manuscripts, books, stories clipped from magazines, scrapbooks, letters, drawings, maps, pamphlets, notebooks, and other ephemera of author Harold Lamb. Manuscripts include Alexander of Macedon : journey to world's end, Suleiman the magnificent, New found world, and Theodora and the emperor. Includes reviews of his published books, original art work of stories by Lamb, foreign language editions of his books, a group of maps and engravings and 21 original leaves of oriental manuscripts.

28 boxes (14 linear ft.)2 oversize boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417672

University of California, Los Angeles

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Lamb, Harold, 1892-1962

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Harold Albert Lamb was born on Sept. 1, 1892 in Alpine, NJ; BA, Columbia Univ., 1916; worked as a make-up man for a motor trade weekly and as a financial writer for the New York times; after serving in World War I, he became a writer of historical articles and stories, and contributed to National Geographic and the San Francisco chronicle; traveled widely, writing adventure books for both adults and children, including: Marching sands (1920), Genghis Khan, the emperor of all men (1927), Alexande...