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Guide to the William W.Johnson collection on B. Traven
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

    • Descriptive Summary

    Title: William W. Johnson collection on B. Traven next hit
    Date (inclusive): 1946-1987, undated
    Date (bulk): 1966-1985
    Collection Number: 244
    Creator: Johnson, William Weber, 1909-1992
    Extent: 1.5 linear feet (3 document boxes)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The William W. Johnson collection on previous hit B. Traven next hit contains publications, correspondence, and other material related to Johnson's research on the author previous hit B. Traven next hit , which spanned more than forty years. This collection includes various articles on previous hit B. Traven next hit , newspapers from Chiapas, Mexico covering the three-day homage to B. previous hit Traven, and Johnson's B next hit . previous hit Traven related research notes. Also includes correspondence with Rosa Elena Lujan ( B next hit . previous hit Traven's wife), Lawrence Hill ( B next hit . Traven's United States publisher), and Paul Kohner ( previous hit B. Traven's next hit agent) as well as a rare certified copy of Traven Torsvan Croves' will dated March 4, 1969 (in English).
    Languages: The collection is in English, German, and Spanish.

    Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item]. William W. Johnson collection on previous hit B. Traven next hit , Collection 244. University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    The William W. Johnson collection on previous hit B. Traven next hit was acquired in 1986.

    Processing History

    Processed by Heidi Hutchinson, 2011.

    Biography

    William Weber Johnson (1909-1992) was a journalist, a professor of journalism at UCLA, and an author of countless articles and a dozen books, the best known of which is Heroic Mexico: the narrative history of a twentieth century revolution (New York: Doubleday, 1968). He served with Time, Inc. from 1941-61 as a writer (New York), war correspondent (European Theater and WWII) and chief of various domestic and foreign bureaus (Mexico and Central America, Argentina and South America, Dallas, Boston and Beverly Hills). Johnson's interest in previous hit B. Traven next hit began while Johnson was Time, Inc. bureau chief in Mexico City and continued well after Traven's death. Johnson was personally acquainted with the elderly Hal Croves (as Traven was calling himself in Mexico City) and his wife Rosa Elena Lujan. Johnson had many conversations and a lengthy cordial correspondence with Rosa Elena Lujan, and at one time intended to write the definitive previous hit B. Traven next hit biography. This was never fully realized, but his thirty years of collected research and correspondence on previous hit B. Traven next hit came to the University of California, Riverside in 1986.
    previous hit B. Traven next hit was the pseudonym for an internationally famous writer who guarded his identity with jealousy and determination throughout his life, creating one of the greatest literary puzzles of the 20th century. Other names he went by in his lifetime are Traven Torsvan, Hal Croves, and Ret Marut. His twelve novels, the best known of which are The Death Ship and the Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and many short stories have been translated into numerous languages. Films have been made of his the Treasure of the Sierra Madre, White Rose, Macario, The Death Ship, and Rebellion of the Hanged. He died in March 1969 in Mexico City, Mexico.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The William W. Johnson collection on previous hit B. Traven next hit contains publications, correspondence, and other material related to Johnson's research on the author previous hit B. Traven next hit , which spanned more than forty years. This collection includes various articles on previous hit B. Traven next hit , newspapers from Chiapas, Mexico covering the three-day homage to B. previous hit Traven, and Johnson's B next hit . previous hit Traven related research notes. Also includes correspondence with Rosa Elena Lujan ( B next hit . previous hit Traven's wife), Lawrence Hill ( B next hit . Traven's United States publisher), and Paul Kohner ( previous hit B. Traven's next hit agent) as well as a rare certified copy of Traven Torsvan Croves' will dated March 4, 1969 (in English).

    Collection Arrangement

    This collection is arranged into three series. The contents of each series are arranged sequentially according to box and folder number. The series arrangement of this collection is as follows:
    • Series 1. Publications, 1948-1987, undated.
    • Series 2. Correspondence, 1946-1986.
    • Series 3. Research material, 1966-1986, undated.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Johnson, William Weber, 1909-1992.
    Lujan, Rosa Elena.
    previous hit Traven, B next hit .

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Clippings (information artifacts).
    Correspondence.
    Manuscripts.
    Notes.

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