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Roach & Co.--pirates : and other stories
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The Last Pirate and other works
Manuscripts
There are two drafts of "The Last Pirate," both with the author's autograph corrections. "The Last Pirate" details the life of Jean Lafitte, a French pirate and privateer in the early 19th century. He was known as the "Pirate of the Gulf," and according to Sayler, he was the last recognized leader of organized sea thievery in the western world. The earlier draft of "The Last Pirate" is 234 pages and the later draft is184 pages (HM 80002 A-B). "In Pirate Land," Sayler describes his visit to the Barataria Bay, Louisiana, in May 1899, which was also the location of Jean Lafitte's base of operation. These manuscripts also contain Sayler's autograph corrections. There is also another set of manuscripts, "The Pirate Land of Louisiana" and 28 photographs that accompanies "In Pirate Land" (HM 80003 A-C). The final work by Sayler in this group of manuscripts is "A Legend of the Cheniere," which describes the life of Louis Royas, a Filipino, thought to be a Spaniard, and his daughter Ina, in early Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. These manuscripts also contain the author's autograph corrections, and is profoundly unsorted (HM 80004). "The Last Pirate" and other works by Sayler appear to be unpublished.
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Albert E. Roach and Unidentified Others Prepare a Meal
Manuscripts
The Albert R. Hibbs Papers, 1884-2009 (80 boxes) document the personal life and career of Hibbs as a manager and scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the relationships between JPL, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the development of the solar system exploration programs. Hibbs' consulting work for television and radio programs, Biosphere 2, and Morgantown Area Rapid Transit System (MARTS) are also documented. Although the collection arrived at The Huntington in disarray, original order of the materials was maintained when possible and the arrangement reflects Hibbs' general organization by correspondent, subject, or format of materials. The collection is divided into ten series: Audio Visual Materials, Consulting Files, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Notebooks, Personal Files, Photographs and Negatives, Presentations and Speeches, Publications and Writings, Teaching Files, and Oversize. The bulk of collection materials date from 1931 to 1999 and consists of audio and video tapes, clippings, correspondence, memoranda, notes, photographs, publications, speeches, and writings. As the collection is arranged by both subject and format of the materials, researchers should be aware that materials are often dispersed through the series. For example, materials related to specific subjects are frequently represented in the JPL and Notebooks Series; similarly, Hibbs' friendship and collaboration with Roy L. Walford is documented in the Correspondence and Aging Research and Writings subseries of the Personal Series, in the Space Bioshpheres Ventures subseries of the Consulting series, as well as in the Audio Visual Materials Series. Correspondence is also dispersed throughout the series.
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