Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- James Payn Papers,
- Dates:
- 1868
- Creators:
- Payn, James, 1830-1898
- Abstract:
- James Payn (1830-1898) was a English author and magazine editor. The collection consists of original holograph manuscripts of Payn's novels Blondel parva, Carlyon's years, and Bentinck's Tudor.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], James Payn Papers (Collection 1475). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of original holograph manuscripts of Payn's novels Blondel parva, Carlyon's years (lacking chapters 15-20), and Bentinck's Tudor (labelled “One of the family”).
- Biographical / historical:
-
Payn was born on February 28, 1830 in Cheltenham, Glos, England; attended Eton, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and Trinity College, Cambridge (1849-54); wrote novels, including Lost Sir Massingberd (1864), A perfect treasure (1869), and By proxy (1878); became editor of Cornhill magazine (1883-1896); he died on March 25, 1898 in London.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 1970.
- 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.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house card file, November 2003 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: unknown .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], James Payn Papers (Collection 1475). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988