Contains letters from customers and colleagues, writers, and
artists; major correspondents are J. Frank Dobie, Helen S. Giffen, Carl
Hertzog, Lawrence Clark Powell, Ralph W. Yarborough, and David Magee. Also
present is material by and about Reynolds, Dobie, Hertzog, Powell, Yarborough,
and Magee; as well as about Ross Santee.
Collection Number:
MS 147
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
Jack E. Reynolds was a bookseller, specializing in Western Americana;
his store was located in Van Nuys, California.
Scope and Content Note
Contains letters from customers and colleagues, writers, and artists;
major correspondents are J. Frank Dobie, Helen S. Giffen, Carl Hertzog,
Lawrence Clark Powell, Ralph W. Yarborough, and David Magee. Also present is
material by and about Reynolds, Dobie, Hertzog, Powell, Yarborough, and Magee;
as well as about Ross Santee. An original Santee watercolor is included in his
file. Proof copies are present of Magee's book
Infinite Riches, and Powell's book
A Southwestern Century, published by
Reynolds in 1958. With the Powell materials are two engraving plates used for
its cover illustration, by Tom Lea. The special "occasional" catalogs produced
by Reynolds include original essays by select authors, and are accompanied by
letters commenting on the issues. Photographs depict the first and second
bookstores, Reynolds, Powell, Dobie, and Santee.
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.
Catalog #56, on Custer, with introduction by James
Hutchins.
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Catalog #58, on Charles P. Everitt, with introduction by
J. Frank Dobie, and manuscript partly in Dobie's hand.
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4
Catalog #61, on Eugene Manlove Rhodes, with essays by W.
H. Hutchinson and W. C. Tuttle.
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5
Catalog #66, on Ross Santee, with essays by Carl Dentzel,
J. Frank Dobie, J. C. Dykes, W. H. Hutchinson and Jonreed Lauritzen;
correspondence with Ross Santee.
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Catalog #80, on Robert G. Cowan, with Cowan introduction.
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7
Catalog #81, on Pete Martinez, with original etching and
photos.
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8
Catalog #84, on Dorothy Stauffer Hay, with manuscripts of
introductions, photographs, and prints of Hay's work.
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9
Catalog #90, on The West, with manuscript of introductory
essay by Ralph Yarborough, and correspondence.
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10
Catalog #99, on J. Frank Dobie, with letters from Bertha
Dobie.
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11
Catalog #129, on Will Rogers. Includes letters from Will
Rogers, Jr.
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12
Catalog #140, on American Indians. Correspondence with
David H. Miller.
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Catalog #141, on Ward Ritchie and Southern California
Printers.
