Edwin Booth papers, 1946-1981.

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Edwin Booth papers, 1946-1981.

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Collection consists of correspondence which relates specifically to Booth's work as a writer, including letters to and from western writers Bill Cox, Noel Loomis, Merle Costiner, and Thomas Thompson. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. The collection also includes 56 novel-length manuscripts, most with first, second, and final drafts; 121 short story-length manuscripts, most with early and final drafts; some unidentified manuscript fragments; and one folder of reference material. These materials are arranged alphabetically by title.

31 linear ft. (60 containers)

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University of Oregon Libraries

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Costiner, Merle

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Booth, Edwina, 1904-1991

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Edwin Booth, who also wrote under the names Don Blunt and Jack Hazard, was born in 1906 in Beatrice, Nebraska. He attended public schools in Nebraska and Iowa before moving to Colorado, where he studied civil engineering at Colorado College. Booth was employed in a variety of jobs and later started his own accounting firm, which supported him until he became established as an author of westerns and mystery stories. In the 1960s Booth was an officer in Western Writers of America, an organization ...

Loomis, Noel M., 1905-1969

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Noel Loomis (1905-1969) was born in Wakita, Oklahoma and educated at the University of Oklahoma. Beginning in 1929 he became a free-lance writer of adventure and western fiction novels and scripts. He wrote for the popular western TV series', Bonanza and Have Gun Will Travel . He taught writing at San Diego State College and was a writing consultant in San Diego city schools. He married Dorothy Loomis who was also a writer. From the guide to the Noel Loomis papers, 1929-1969, (Specia...

Thompson, Thomas, 1913-1993

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Thompson, an author of western fiction, has written over 250 short stories and 12 novels, including "Brand of a Man" (1957) and "Outlaw Valley" (1987). He also worked as editor for the Amarillo, Texas "Globe-Times" during the early 1960s. From the description of Papers, 1952-1989. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 34269615 Thomas Thompson was a writer of western stories, novels and teleplays, first for pulp magazines and later for televis...

Cox, William R. (William Robert), 1901-1988

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William Robert Cox was born in 1901 in Peapack, New Jersey. His career began with feature writing for Sunday call, a Newark newspaper. Cox's first fiction story was published in 1934 in American boy. He went on to write stories for detective, western, and sport pulp magazines such as Argosy, Detective tales, Dime western, and others. In the 1940s Cox began writing television plays and screenplays. He has written over 100 television scripts for shows such as G.E. Theater, Bonanza, Outer Limits, a...