Lin (Lynn) J. Searles (1914-1972) was a professional magician/proprietor of magic shops and writer of Western stories and television series’. The collection consists of his correspondence, manuscripts, tear sheets, and financial documents.
Coll 075
The collection contains four original hand-written manuscripts by western author Zane Grey. It also contains three published stories. The stories in the collection are particular to the Rogue River in Oregon.
Call number: Ax 462
Ray Palmer Tracy (1886-1966) was an author of western stories and novels. The collection includes manuscripts and biographical material.
Call number: Ax 566
Ray Hogan (1908- ) is an author specializing in western fiction. The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts for many of Hogan’s novels and stories.
Call number: Ax 838
Louis Preston Trimble (1917-) is a writer of western and mystery fiction. The collection consists of manuscripts, professional correspondence, contracts and accounting files, and correspondence with the Western Writers of America.
Call number: Ax 251
Llewellyn (Lew) P. Holmes (1895-1988) was a pulp and western writer who wrote under his own name and the pseudonyms Matt Stuart, Dave Hardin and Perry Westwood. The collection contains correspondence, published works, page proofs, and books.
Call number: Ax 552
Gunsmoke, an television Western drama series, ran on the CBS television network. The collection includes final drafts of scripts and other documents relating to episode production from 1966-1969.
Call number: Ax 617
William Everett Cook was a writer of western and adventure novels and stories. Collection consists of correspondence (273 letters), manuscripts for his novels, short stories, and one novella, and an extensive collection of western pulp fiction containing short stories by Cook.
Call number: Ax 332
Hal Evarts, Jr. was a writer of Western and mystery fiction. The collection comprises personal and professional correspondence, literary manuscripts, personal journals, and printed materials of author Hal George Evarts, Jr. The manuscripts are of Evarts’ novels and short stories in the western and detective/mystery styles.
Call number: Ax 823
Robert Ormond Case lived from 1895 to 1964, residing in Oregon most of his life. He was educated at the University of Oregon and went on to become a popular author of books and stories in the western genre, as well as a prominent resident of Portland. This collection contains several examples of his writing, in both published and manuscript forms. It also includes a large quantity of personal and private correspondence and documents.
Call number: Ax 467
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