Manuscripts

Felix Riesenberg papers

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Description: The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including drafts, typescripts, and galley proofs) related to books written by Felix Riesenberg, Jr., and two books by his father, Felix Riesenberg. There is also some correspondence of and biographical notes on Felix Riesenberg, Jr. Secondary source material in the collection relates to California and Spanish galleons
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1939-1960.
Call number: mssRiesenberg papers
Creator: Riesenberg, Felix (1879-1939)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Felix Riesenberg, October 19, 1966.

Felix : the twisted tale of the world's most famous cat

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"Handsomely illustrated with over 150 photos and with full-color inserts, Felix is a stylish account of the intrigue behind the creation and marketing of the most popular, well-executed, and lucrative cartoon of the silent era. Based on a combination of "Sammy Johnsin" (a Sambo caricature) and Charlie Chaplin, Felix the Cat was the first cartoon character to exhibit an individual "personality" in moving pictures, preceding Mickey Mouse by a decade. From 1919 to 1933 Felix was internationally celebrated, as popular as Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Felix's producer, Pat Sullivan, a journeyman artist, chronic alcoholic, and convicted rapist, claimed credit for creating and developing Felix. But, as John Canemaker discovered, in truth it was Otto Messmer, Sullivan's brilliant, self-effacing production manager, who conceived, animated, and directed the more than two hundred Felix films during the period of his greatest popularity. And by focusing on Messmer's amazing achievement, Canemaker illuminates the entire world of film animation in the years before Walt Disney."--Publisher description.

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Charles Nordhoff Papers

Manuscripts

Professional and personal papers of writer Charles Nordhoff (1887-1947). The material consists of typescripts of Nordhoff's works, correspondence to and from Charles Nordhoff to his co-author James Hall, to various publishers, and letters to and from a variety of friends and relations, including former Secretary of the Interior Gifford Pinchot, Adlai Stevenson, A.P. Watt, Ellery Sedgwick, and others. The collection includes typescripts of Nordhoff's works, extensive family and writing-related correspondence, numerous photographs, and copies of magazines, journals, and comic books in which articles or works by Nordhoff were published. There are approximately one dozen items in French, primarily incoming correspondence.

mssNordhoff

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Linn family papers (No. 39)

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, documents, manuscripts, maps, clippings and photographs related to California history, especially that of the San Bernardino County region. There are also materials related to Mormon pioneers in the San Bernardino Valley and education in the Philippine Islands. Most of the items in the collection are secondary source materials gathered by the Beatties in the course of their research on California history.

mssBeattie papers

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Philippine Normal School papers

Manuscripts

mssBeattie papers

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2. PERSONAL PAPERS

Rare Books

Collections of personal papers given to the Francis Bacon Library by the owners or their heirs. In most cases, they were part of a larger gift that included rare books. Much of the material concerns Bacon and the Shakespeare authorship question. The papers include auditapes, ephemera, publication plates, photographs, drafts and galley proofs, correspondence, research notes and clippings.

602120

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Linn family, land papers (No. 28)

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