Publications: All of Halliburton's books were published by Bobbs-Merrill of Indianapolis: The Royal Road to Romance (1925), The Glorious Adventure (1927), New Worlds to Conquer (1929), The Flying Carpet (1932), Seven League Boots (1935), A Book of Marvels (1937), Second Book of Marvels (1938), Richard Halliburton: His Story of His Life's Adventures (1940).

Papers of Halliburton are a gift of Wesley Halliburton. Collection of letters and telegrams from Halliburton to his editor is a gift of Thomas Orchard. Photographs are a gift of William C. Wilson. Misc. manuscripts, documents, correspondence are a gift of the First National Bank of Memphis. 3 Letters from Halliburton to P.L. Williams were purchased in 2005. An inscribed copy of The Royal Road to Romance was a gift of Patricia A. Oakes in 2017.

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Finding aid updated and all photographic materials rehoused by Kelly Bolding in 2016, with assistance from Fiona Bell '18.

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People

• Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915

Organization

• France. Armée de terre. Légion étrangère

Subject

• Adventure and adventurers -- 20th century
• Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century
• Fathers and sons -- United States -- 20th century
• Prisoners' writings, French -- French Guiana -- Devil's Island -- 20th century
• Schools, Russian -- Photographs
• Seri Indians -- Photographs
• Students -- Soviet Union -- Photographs
• Travelers -- Maps
• Voyages and travels -- 20th century
• Voyages around the world -- 20th century

Place

• Angkor (city) -- Photographs.
• Athens (Greece) -- Photographs.
• Athos (Greece) -- Photographs.
• Baalbek (Lebanon) -- Photographs.
• Bagdad (Iraq) -- Photographs.
• Bali (Indonesia) -- Photographs.
• Borneo (Malaya) -- Photographs.
• Boulder Dam (Colo.) -- Photographs.
• Corfu Island (Greece) -- photographs
• Dardanelles -- Photographs.
• Devil's Island (French Guiana) -- Photographs.
• Egypt -- Photographs.
• Ethiopia -- Photographs.
• Fort Jefferson (Fla.) -- Photographs.
• Gibraltor -- Photographs.
• Greece -- photographs
• Iguazu Falls (Brazil) -- Photographs.
• Iran -- Photographs.
• Istanbul (Turkey) -- Photographs.
• Ithakē (Greece) -- Photographs.
• Java (Indonesia) -- Photographs.
• Jerusalem (Israel) -- Photographs.
• Kasmir (India) -- Photographs.
• Ladakh (India) -- Photographs.
• Leh (India) -- Photographs.
• Macchu Picchu (Peru) -- Photographs.
• Manila (Philippines) -- Photographs.
• Morocco -- Photographs.
• Moscow (R.S.F.S.R.) -- Photographs.
• Olympus, Mount (Greece) -- Photographs.
• Petra (Jordan) -- Photographs.
• Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Photographs.
• San Salvador -- Photographs.
• Taj Mahal (Agra, India) -- Photographs.
• Taorima (Sicily) -- Photographs.
• Tempe (Greece) -- Photographs.
• Thailand -- Photographs.
• Tiberias Lake (Israel) -- Photographs.
• Timbuctoo (Mali) -- Photographs.
• Vladivostok (Russia) -- Photographs.

Occupation

• Travelers, American -- 20th century.

Publisher

Manuscripts Division

Finding Aid Date

2002

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Copyright and literary rights for materials created by Richard Halliburton in this collection are held by the Trustees of Princeton University. When copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers will not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with non-commercial use of materials from Firestone Library. The 78 letters and 5 telegrams by Halliburton to Lawrance Chambers, his editor at Bobbs-Merrill, require permission from Louis de Rochemont if they are to be used for movie or TV productions. Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, any copyright vested in the donor has passed to The Trustees of Princeton University and researchers do not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with use of donor-created materials within the collection. For materials in the collection not created by the donor, or where the material is not an original, the copyright is likely not held by the University. In these instances, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have a question about who owns the copyright for an item, you may request clarification by contacting us through the Ask Us! form.