Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lamb, Harold, 1892-1962
- Abstract:
- Harold Albert Lamb (1892-1962) wrote historical articles and stories for magazines, and adventure books. The collection consists of manuscripts, books, stories clipped from magazines, scrapbooks, letters, drawings, maps, pamphlets, notebooks, and other ephemera.
- Extent:
- 28 boxes (14 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of manuscripts, books, stories clipped from magazines, scrapbooks, letters, drawings, maps, pamphlets, notebooks, and other ephemera of author Harold Lamb. Manuscripts include Alexander of Macedon: Journey to World's End, Suleiman the Magnificent, New Found World, and Theodora and the Emperor. Includes reviews of his published books, original art work of stories by Lamb, foreign language editions of his books, a group of maps and engravings and 21 original leaves of oriental manuscripts.
Portions of this collection are in Spanish and Italian.
- Biographical / historical:
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Harold Albert Lamb was born on September 1, 1892 in Alpine, New Jersey; BA, Columbia University, 1916; worked as a make-up man for a motor trade weekly and as a financial writer for the New York Times; after serving in World War I, he became a writer of historical articles and stories, and contributed to National Geographic and the San Francisco Chronicle; traveled widely, writing adventure books for both adults and children, including: Marching Sands (1920), Genghis Khan, the Emperor of All Men (1927), Alexander of Macedon: the Journey to World's End (1946), Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the East (1951), and Hannibal: One Man Against Rome (1958); Lamb died on April 9, 1962.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Harold Lamb, 1951-57. Gift of Mrs. Harold Lamb, 1965.
- 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