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S. S. Van Dine Scrapbooks
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Educated in California and at Harvard, Willard Huntington Wright became editor of The Smart Set (1913-1914). After suffering a serious illness in 1925, he turned to writing detective novels under the pseudonym of "S. S. Van Dine". The principal character in this popular series is the master sleuth Philo Vance.
This collection consists of scrapbooks reflecting the professional and private life of Van Dine, including articles by and about him (1926-1930), reviews of his books, motion pictures, and radio plays, his literary and art criticism, and miscellaneous and general notes (1926-1937). There are scrapbooks of material about his marriage (1931), dogs and kennels (1930-1934), and death (1939), as well as scrapbooks of articles from the Los Angeles Times book page (1908-1913) and the San Francisco Bulletin (1919) in which he used his real name, Willard Huntington Wright.
Arranged in two parts:
Additions are a gift of Helen Worden Cranmer.
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This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
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Collection is open for research use.
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