Cornel Adam Lengyel Papers, 1950-1960

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Summary

Creators:
Lengyel, Cornel Adam
Abstract:
Cornel Adam Lengyel (1915- ) was a poet, historian, playright and translator. The collection consists of literary manuscripts of plays, poems, fiction, and history.
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of literary manuscripts of California writer Cornel Adam Lengyel. Includes plays, poems, fiction, and history. A 1961 Record, Selected Poems by Cornel Lengyel, is stored in Collection 249, box 10.

Biographical / historical:

Lengyel was born on January 1, 1915 in Fairfield, Connecticut; was editor, Federal Writers' Project, 1936-37; music critic for Coast (San Francisco), 1938-41; censor, Office of Censorship, San Francisco, 1942; shipwright and personnel interviewer, Kaiser Shipyards, Richmond, California, 1943-44; manager, Forty-Niner Theatre, Georgetown, California, 1946-49; editor, W.H. Freeman Company, 1952-54; founder and executive editor of Dragon's Tooth Press in 1970; visiting professor and lecturer, Sacramento State College, 1962-63; has been poet, historian, playright and translator; books include: First Poems (1940), The Atom Clock (1951), Four Days in July: the Story Behind the Declaration of Independence (1958), and I, Benedict Arnold (1960).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Cornel Adam Lengyel, 1960-61.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Cosmopolis (Box 1).
  2. Four days in July (Boxes 1,3).
  3. S.O.S. from Easter Island (Boxes 1-2).
  4. The Atom Clock (play), The Lookout Letter and Other Poems, First Songs and Sonnets (Box 3).
  5. I, Benedict Arnold: the Anatomy of Treason (Boxes 2,4).

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.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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