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Title: Philip Durham Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1956-1970
Collection number: 824
Creator: Durham, Philip
Extent: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Philip Durham (1912-1977) was a professor of American literature at UCLA (1953-1976), Fulbright professor of American literature
at the University of Helsinki(1955-56) and the author of several books. The collection consists of manuscripts, proof sheets,
correspondence, books (many edited or with a forward by Durham), magazine articles, and research materials.
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.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Philip Durham, 1960-1966.
[Identification of item], Philip Durham Papers (Collection 824). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Durham was born February 7, 1912 in Portland, Oregon; BS, Linfield College, 1935; MA, Claremont Graduate School, 1946; Ph.D,
Northwestern University, 1949; member of faculty, Elmhurst College, 1949-51; instructor (1953-55), assistant professor (1955-61),
associate professor (1961-66), professor (1966-76), and professor emeritus (1976-77), UCLA; Department of English; Fulbright
professor of American literature, University of Helsinki, 1955-56; author of several books, including:
American Fiction in Finland (with Tauno F. Mustanoja, 1960),
Down these Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler's Knight (1963),
The Negro Cowboys (with Everett Jones, 1965), and
The Western Story: Fact, Fiction, and Myth (1975); died March 27, 1977.
Collection consists of manuscripts and proof sheets for Philip Durham's
The Negro Cowboys, and
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go. Manuscripts also include
American Fiction in Finland, The lost cowboy (an article), and
The Adventures of the Negro Cowboys. The collection also contains correspondence, books (many edited or with a forward by Durham), magazine articles, and research
materials.
Arranged in the following series:
- American Fiction in Finland (Boxes 1,15).
- Down these Mean Streets a Man Must Go : Raymond Chandler's Knight (Boxes 1,2,4).
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-3,5,7,10).
- Adventures of the Negro Cowboys (Box 4).
- The Negro Cowboys (Boxes 5-6,8-12).
- Killer in the Rain; Deadwood Dick on Deck (Box 7).
- Ex libris Philip Durham (Boxes 13-15).
- Topical office files (Boxes 15-16).
- Research material and card index on western life (Box 17).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Durham, Philip--Archives.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Authors, American 20th century--Archival resources.
African American cowboys--Research.
Manuscripts for publication.