Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Corle, Edwin, 1906-1956
- Abstract:
- Edwin Corle (1906-1956) was born in Wildwood, New Jersey. He wrote several books and contributed articles and stories to the Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, New Yorker, Scribner's, and others. The collection consists primarily of manuscripts and typescripts for several of Corle's books as well as first editions, photographs and captions for some of the books.
- Extent:
- 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists primarily of manuscripts and typescripts for several of Corle's books, including John Studebaker, Mojave, Three Ways to Mecca, Listen Bright Angel, The Royal Highway, Billy the Kid, People on the Earth, and In Winter Light. Also includes first editions and photographs and captions for some of the books. Some correspondence, including materials from Lawrence Clark Powell, is also in the collection.
- Biographical / historical:
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Corle was born in Wildwood, New Jersey, on May 7, 1906; AB, University of California at Berkeley, 1928; graduate student at Yale, 1928-30; married Jean Armstrong, 1944; wrote several books, including Mojave: a Book of Stories (1934), Fig Tree John (1935), People on the Earth (1937), Listen, Bright Angel (1946), Three Ways to Mecca (1947), John Studebaker, an American Dream (1948), The Royal Highway (1949), In Winter Light (1949), The Gila, River of the Southwest (1951), and Billy the Kid (1953); contributed articles and stories to the Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, New Yorker, Scribner's, and others; died, June 11, 1956.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Edwin Corle, 1950,1954.
- 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.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988