Creator:
Roscoe, Theodore.
Inclusive Dates:
1871- 1992
Abstract:
Papers of the American author of adventure and mystery stories and U.S. Navy historian (1906-1992). Collection includes correspondence, writings, and memorabilia. Correspondence (1926-1992) with editors, publishers, colleagues, fans, and the U.S. Department of the Navy. Writings -- fiction, non-fiction, notebooks, reviews, and scripts -- contains manuscript drafts, manuscripts, and published material, including examples of adventure and mystery stories written for pulp magazines and material relating to the history of the U.S. Navy. Memorabilia comprises financial material, printed material, and scrapbooks. Printed material consists of books owned by Roscoe, clippings about Roscoe or those which contained story ideas, publicity, and reviews. Many of the scrapbooks pertain to his writings on naval history.
Type of Material:
Book reviews.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Galley proofs.
Histories.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Scripts (documents)
Subject:
Authors.
Historians.
Historians
Military history
Popular culture
Literature -- American Fiction
Adventure and adventurers in literature.
Adventure stories, American -- 20th century.
American fiction -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- 20th century.
Fiction -- Male authors -- United States -- 20th century.
Historians -- United States -- 20th century.
Naval history -- United States.
Naval history, Modern -- United States -- 20th century.
Popular literature -- United States.
War and literature -- United States -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- American.