Willis E. McNelly Science Fiction collection: Robert Moore Williams
Scope and Contents
Contains working papers, rough drafts, typescripts, and books for 27 novels, tear pages for 27 short stories, and manuscripts for 11 unpublished works as well as correspondence and notebooks.
Dates
- 1940 - 1992
Creator
- Williams, Robert Moore, 1917 - 1977 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Robert Moore Williams (June 19, 1907 – May 12, 1977) was an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Pseudonyms included John S Browning, H. H. Harmon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis (a house name). He was born in Farmington, Missouri. He graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1931. His first published story was "Zero as a Limit", which appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1937, under the pseudonym of "Robert Moore". He was a prolific author throughout his career, his last novel appearing in 1972. His "Jongor" series was originally published in Fantastic Adventures in the 1940s and 1950s, and appeared in book form in 1970. By the 1960s he had published over 150 stories.
Extent
12 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Aisle 9A, Shelf 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Patrons of the Library, 1969.
Creator
- Williams, Robert Moore, 1917 - 1977 (Person)
- Title
- Willis E. McNelly Science Fiction collection: Robert Moore Williams
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- pmp
- Date
- 2022-08-29
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository
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