Norman Douglas papers, 1879-1952

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Summary

Creators:
Douglas, Norman
Abstract:
George Norman Douglas (1868-1952) was a British author, scientist, diplomat, and editor. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, corrected proofs, and notebooks related to Douglas' early scientific interests and literary career.
Extent:
8.5 Linear Feet (17 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Norman Douglas Papers (Collection 111). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, corrected proofs, and notebooks related to Douglas' early scientific interests and literary career. The bulk of the papers cover his literary career, and correspondents include: Martha Gordon Croutch, Richard Curle, Robin Douglas, Leon Gelber, Frank Harris, William Henry Hudson, Edward Hutton, Frieda Lawrence, Walter Lowenfels, Giuseppe Oriolo, Grant Richards, Martin Secker, Montague Sumners, Reginald Turner, and others. Material related to Douglas's scientific interests (1879-1905) includes correspondence with Georg Albert Boulenger, Albert Girtanner, James Edmund Harting, Franz von Leydig, Hugh Alexander MacPherson, and Margherita Traube-Mengarini.

Biographical / historical:

George Norman Douglas was born December 8, 1868 in Falkenhorst, Thuringen, Austria; recognized as British author, scientist, diplomat, and editor; began writing career composing zoological texts while in foreign service; published first work of fiction, Unprofessional tales (1901), under pseudonym Normyx; contributor and assistant editor, English review; best known as novelist and travel writer; greatest American success was with novel, South wind (1917); other novels and publications include Siren land (1911), Old Calabria (1928), Looking back (1933), Late harvest (1946); died on the island of Capri, 1952.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Leon Gelber, 1948. Robin Douglas, purchase, 1953 and 1955. Gift of Robin Douglas, 1954-56. Ben Abramson, purchase, 1955. Bertram Rota, purchase, 1958. Beauchamp Bookshop, purchase, 1963. Doris Harris, purchase, 1969 and 1985.
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Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, February 1962.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-5).
  2. Manuscripts, notebooks, proofs, clippings, photographs, typescripts, and ephemera (Boxes 6-8, 17).
  3. Limited editions of some of Douglas's works (Box 9).
  4. Books from Douglas' library (Boxes 10-17).

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.

Copyright of unpublished letters by Norman Douglas is owned by the author's estate and represented by the Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London, SW10 9SB.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Norman Douglas Papers (Collection 111). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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