Ramon F. Adams papers, 1941-1969

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Ramon F. Adams papers, 1941-1969

AZ 310


Collection Summary

Creator: Adams, Ramon F. (Ramon Frederick), 1889-1976
Collection Name:Ramon F. Adams papers,
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1969
Physical Description:1.7 linear feet
Abstract:This collection includes correspondence and manuscripts chiefly concerning Western history and literature; it includes letters from friends, authors, editors, and publishers. Also included are original typescripts with holograph corrections of revised editions of his works Western Words: A Dictionary of the American West, 1968, and Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, 1969, both published by University of Oklahoma Press.
Collection Name:AZ 310
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/

Biographical Note

Ramon F. Adams was a Western writer and bibliographer.


Scope and Content Note

This collection includes correspondence and manuscripts chiefly concerning Western history and literature; it includes letters from friends, authors, editors, and publishers. Also included are original typescripts with holograph corrections of revised editions of his works Western Words: A Dictionary of the American West, 1968, and Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, 1969, both published by University of Oklahoma Press.


Organization

This collection is organized into two series:

Restrictions

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


Access Terms

Subject(s)
Americanisms -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries
Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Language -- Dictionaries
Criminology -- West (U.S.) -- Bibliography
English language -- Dialects -- West (U.S.) -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Outlaws -- Bibliography
Popular culture -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries

Genre Form(s)
Correspondence
Manuscripts


Administrative Information

Credit Line

Ramon F. Adams papers(AZ 310). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.


Container List

Series I: Correspondence, 1946-1969
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11-2 Correspondence: Miscellaneous. , 1947-1969
13 Correspondence: Robert McCubbin. , 1964-1969
14 Correspondence: Gary Leland Roberts. , 1962-1968
15 Correspondence: Texas Institute of Letters. , 1964-1969
16 Correspondence: University of Oklahoma Press. , 1964-1969
17 Correspondence: Westerners Groups. , 1946, 1960-1969
18 Correspondence: William Wittliff (Encino Press). , 1966-1968
19 Correspondence: Manfred Wolfenstine. , 1965-1968
110 Correspondence: Carl W. Breihan. , 1954-1969
110 Correspondence: Angus Cameron (Alfred Knopf). , 1966-1967
110 Correspondence: Paul W. Galleher (Arthur H. Clark Co.). , 1964-1967
110 Correspondence: Paul Arthur Lundgren. , 1966-1968
110 Correspondence: Joseph G. Rosa. , 1964-1969
Series II: Manuscripts, 1941-1969
Western Words: A Dictionary of the American West, 1941-1968
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111 Western Words: Correspondence. , 1941-1962
112-13 Western Words: Revised edition, typescript, p. 1-199. , 1968
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21-7 Western Words: Revised edition, typescript, p. 200-918. , 1968
Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, 1969
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31-5 Six-Guns and Saddle Leather: Revised edition, typescript, preliminary material and p. 1-824. , 1969
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41-6 Six-Guns and Saddle Leather: Revised edition, typescript, p. 825-1529, index p. 1-220. , 1969