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Title: Frank Riley Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1957-1994
Collection number: 566
Creator: Riley, Frank, 1927-
Extent: 15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
13 oversize boxes
Abstract: Frank Riley (1915-1996) was an author, and the travel editor for the
Los Angeles times and the
Los Angeles times magazine (1971-1988). His travel writings also appeared in other newspapers such as the
Denver post,
San Francisco examiner and
Chicago tribune. Riley also wrote screenplays, novels and short stories. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks of his travel
columns and photo albums of various trips and cruises. There are copies of his books, a scrapbook regarding his work in advertising
and a few scripts.
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.
Frank Riley was born Frank Wilbert Ryhlick on June 8, 1915 in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in Wausau, Wisconsin and attended
college in Ripon, Wisconsin. He worked as a reporter for the
New York Daily News. His first publication was
Dixie demagogues (New York: Vanguard Press [c1939]), co-authored with Allan Michie. During World War II, he served in the Merchant Marine.
With Mark Clifton, and using the pen name Frank Riley, he wrote
The Forever machine, which won the 1955 Hugo Award. This was later published as
They'd rather be right (New York: Gnome Press, 1957). Riley also worked in advertising and continued to write occasional screenplays, novels and
short stories. He concentrated on travel writing for a good part of his life and was the travel editor for the
Los Angeles times and the
Los Angeles times magazine (1971-1988). His travel writings also appeared in other newspapers such as the
Denver post,
San Francisco examiner and
Chicago tribune. He published several travel books, including
Travel adventures in California (1976),
De Anzas trail today (1976) and
Olympic adventures in California (1983). He also published
Death row chaplain (1962) written with Byron Eschelman,
The Kocska formula (1971) and
Jesus II (1972). He died in Manhattan Beach, California on April 24, 1996.
The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks of his travel columns and photo albums of various trips and cruises. There
are copies of his books, a scrapbook regarding his work in advertising and a few scripts.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Riley, Frank, 1927- --Archives.
Authors, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.