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Title: Gordan Ray Young Papers
Date (inclusive): 1925-1945
Collection number: 2063
Creator: Young, Gordon Ray, 1886-1948
Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Gordon Ray Young (1886-1948) was a journalist in Chicago and San Francisco, the literary editor of the
Los Angeles times, and author of over forty novels, including the Red Clark adventure books. The collection consists of manuscripts, periodicals,
three newsclippings, and six issues of
Adventure magazine from 1926 featuring Young's serial, “Treasure”, later published as a book.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Gordon Ray Young (1886-1948) in Ray County, Missouri; educated in Colorado; came to Los Angeles in 1913 after stints in journalism
and writing in Chicago and San Francisco; worked as literary editor of the
Los Angeles times before leaving to write full time; published over forty novels, including the Red Clark adventure books; individual titles
include
Savages (1921),
Wild blood (1922),
Hurricane Williams (1923),
Days of '49 (1925),
The Devil's passport (1933),
Red Clark of the Arrowhead (1935),
Huroc the avenger (1937), and
Quarter horse (1947).
Collection consists of manuscripts, periodicals, and three newsclippings of
Los Angeles times literary editor and novelist Gordon Ray Young. Includes typescripts with holograph corrections of
Siebert of the island,
Gregory Pymson,
Mr. Beamish, and
Quarter horse. Also includes six issues of
Adventure magazine from 1926 featuring Young's serial, “Treasure”, later published as a book.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Young, Gordon Ray, 1886-1948--Archives.
Journalists--United States.
Novelists, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.