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Finding Aid for the Philip Durham Index and Bibliography Collection, 1960-1977
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Title: Philip Durham Index and Bibliography Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1977
Collection number: 1220
Creator:
Durham, Philip
Extent: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Philip Durham (1912-1977) was a professor in the English department at UCLA (1953-77), and a Fulbright professor of American
literature (1955-56). The collection consists of Professor Philip Durham's indexes of various pulp magazines and the beginnings
of several bibliographies, a history of
Black mask and a Dashiell Hammett bibliography.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Portions of this collection are restricted from copying. Consult container listing for additional information.
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
[Identification of item], Philip Durham Index and Bibliography Collection (Collection 1220). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Durham was born February 7, 1912 in Portland, Oregon; BS, Linfield College, 1935; MA, Claremont Graduate School, 1946; Ph.D,
Northwestern University, 1949; faculty member, Elmhurst College, 1949-51; instructor (1953-55), assistant professor (1955-61),
associate professor (1961-66), professor (1966-76), and professor emeritus (1976-77), UCLA Department of English; Fulbright
professor of American literature, University of Helsinki (1955-56); wrote several books, including
American fiction in Finland (with Tauno F. Mustanoja, 1960),
Down these mean streets a man must go: Raymond Chandler's knight (1963),
The Negro cowboys (with Everett Jones, 1965), and
The western story: fact, fiction, and myth (1975); died March 27, 1977.
Collection consists of Professor Philip Durham's indexes of various pulp magazines and the beginnings of several bibliographies,
all done on 4 × 6” cards. The
Black mask index was completed by Professor Edward Hagemann. The collection also contains a history of
Black mask and a Dashiell Hammett bibliography.
The collection consists of some of Professor Durham's works in progress at the time of his death. It includes indexes of various
pulp magazines and the beginnings of several bibliographies, all done on 4 × 6” cards. Professor Durham was a member of the
English Department faculty at UCLA. The
Black Mask index was completed by Professor Edward Hagemann at a later date.
Arranged in the following series:
- All story weekly, Argosy, Argosy-- All story weekly, Cavalier (Boxes 1-3).
- Poetry in Argosy (Box 4).
- Index of authors in various pulp magazines (Box 5).
- Black mask (Boxes 6-7).
- Index and bibliography (Box 7A).
- Cowboy stories (Box 8).
- Indexes--work in progress (Box 9).
- Willa Cather bibliography (Box 10).
- Card file notes toward works in progress (Box 11).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Durham, Philip--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Black mask.
American periodicals--Indexes--Archival resources.
American fiction--20th century--Bibliography--Archival resources.
Hagemann, E.R. (Edward R.), 1921- .