Papers, 1970-1980.

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Papers, 1970-1980.

The William Robert Cox papers contain manuscripts for pulp western and sports novels and stories, like "Cemetery Jones," "The Dude Goes West," and "Rookie on the Court." Some business correspondence and notes are also included.

2 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

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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...