Wallace Earle Stegner miscellaneous papers, 1914-1950

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes, photographs, and copies of newspaper articles and trial transcripts, relating to the murder trial of labor organizer Joe Hill in 1914-1915. Used as research material for the historical novel by W. E. Stegner, The Preacher and the Slave (1950)
Extent:
1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Wallace Earle Stegner miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, notes, photographs, and copies of newspaper articles and trial transcripts, relating to the murder trial of labor organizer Joe Hill in 1914-1915. Used as research material for the historical novel by W. E. Stegner, The Preacher and the Slave (1950)

Biographical / historical:

American novelist.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1952.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Wallace Earle Stegner miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563