Jack Schaefer Papers, 1920-1968.

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Jack Schaefer Papers, 1920-1968.

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This collection consists of correspondence between author Jack Schaefer and librarian Arthur DeVolder at Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico regarding research materials used as background information for Schaefer's western stories and other writings. The majority of these letters concern background research regarding writer Mary Hunter Austin. However, in other letters, Schaefer requests information and articles regarding icons of pioneer life in the West such as Montague Stevens, Adolph Bandelier, Thomas James Smith of Abilene, and John Chisum for his book, Heroes without glory: some goodmen of the Old West. He also requests information on Snowshoe Thompson, Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy, and western ranchmen, in general, as well as the cattle trade of the West. Among his requests are the early stories of Wilbur Daniel Steele and information regarding horses in America (the latter was likely used for his book The Great Endurance Horse Race). His requests for medieval bestiaries alludes to his later work An American bestiary. Other letters are more specific, with regard to Schaefer's novels. In one letter, he reports on the status of his book Monte Walsh, then in its third printing. In another, he reminisces about Shane, first published in short story form in Argosy magazine, with Schaefer's last name misspelled. In yet another, he laments having called off a movie deal for Monte Walsh due to the screenplay's changes in the protagonist. Jack Schaefer was known for his "impeccable research." Indeed, this collection sheds light on what Schaefer was interested in while he was writing as well as some of the background sources he used for his publications.

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