Fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC527
Abstract Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909-1971) was a Western author, editor of the Alfred Doten diaries, lecturer at the University of Nevada, Reno, and writer-in-residence at the University of Nevada, Reno, 1962-1971. The collection includes notes for class and public lectures; manuscripts of, and notes about Clark's term papers, short stories, articles, and novels, both published and unpublished; scrapbooks containing material related to published works, such as dust jackets, letters received,...
Dates: 1905-1997; Majority of material found within 1927-1971
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Walter Van Tilburg Clark Papers

Virginia Coffman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-23
Abstract

Virginia Coffman (1914-2005) was an American novelist best known for her Gothic novels. The collection consists primarily of materials related to Coffman's career as a popular novelist, including manuscript drafts, notes, proposals, and newspaper clippings, as well as articles, screenplay ideas, and correspondence relating to her film and screenwriter career. A small amount of personal and family material is also included.

Dates: 1907-1989; Majority of material found within 1959-1974
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Virginia Coffman Papers

James F. Downs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 99-38
Abstract Included are resumes for James F. Downs and his company, International Bridge, Inc.; obituaries; letters by Downs written in India while on a research expedition to Tibet; unpublished articles and books on anthropological topics, Japanese-U.S. relations, and horses in Japan; articles by Downs' former professor, Dr. Warren L. D'Azevedo; and U.S. Navy training manuals, mostly historic in nature (1859-1999). Downs taught anthropology at the graduate and undergraduate level at a number of major...
Dates: 1859-1999; Majority of material found within 1951-1999
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / James F. Downs Papers

Clel Georgetta Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 99-42
Abstract Clel Evan Georgetta (1901-1979) was White Pine County's Assemblyman for two terms and a member of the Nevada Republican State Central Committee (1935-1942). He was instrumental in passing the six-week divorce residency requirement and authored laws on range and water rights. The collection includes typescripts of Georgetta's fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, both published and unpublished, much of it based on Nevada themes, characters, and locales; personal diaries letters to daughter...
Dates: 1916-1979
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Clel Georgetta Papers

Myrick Land Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-21
Abstract

Myrick Land (1922-1998) was a journalism professor, freelance writer and author who served on the University of Nevada, Reno journalism faculty from 1976-1979 and 1982-1993. Collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, notes, and material related to Land's career as a journalism professor and writer.

Dates: 1959-1999
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Myrick Land Papers

Robert Laxalt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 85-09
Abstract

Manuscripts, reviews, correspondence, printed material, personal and family papers of Nevada author Robert Laxalt between 1936-1996;1950-1985.

Dates: 1936-1996; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1985
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Robert Laxalt Papers

William T. and Ann H. Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 95-92
Abstract Husband and wife William Taussig Scott (1916-1999) and Ann Herbert Scott (1929-2018) lived in Reno, Nevada, between 1961-1995. William taught physics and philosophy of science at the University of Nevada, Reno, from 1961-1981 and conducted research in cloud physics at the Desert Research Institute from 1965-1975. Ann was an author of children's books and a book on the U.S. Census. The collection consists of the personal papers and professional records of Ann and William Scott and their...
Dates: 1833-1994
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / William T. and Ann H. Scott Papers

The thirteenth vibration

 Collection
Identifier: 87-17
Abstract

Manuscript novel set around 1900 in Paris, about an American physician at the Pasteur Institute. Created by Agnes Rouget de Lisle.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / The thirteenth vibration

Richard Guy Walton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-10
Abstract

Richard Guy Walton (1914-2005) was an American artist and author who lived and worked for most of his life in northern Nevada. The collection contains unpublished manuscripts written by Walton from the 1960s-1980s.

Dates: 1963-1999
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Richard Guy Walton Papers