Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Henry Herbert Knibbs Papers ,
- Dates:
- 1874-1945
- Creators:
- Knibbs, Henry Herbert, 1874-1945.
- Extent:
- 4 linear ft.
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] Henry Herbert Knibbs Papers , M0188, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Corresponence, documents, photographs and sketches, newspaper clippings, tearsheets, and Knibbs' death mask. The areas covered include works by Henry Knibbs, including novels, short stories and poetry; biographical data on Knibbs; and works by other authors.
- Biographical / historical:
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Writer of "western fiction." Born in Canada in 1874 and emigrated to California in 1910. Knibbs' novels are set in the West and in revolutionary Mexico. Died in 1945.
- Custodial history:
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Gift of Keith Lummis, 1969.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 May 6. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] Henry Herbert Knibbs Papers , M0188, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022