Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Lancaster, Bruce, 1896-1963.
Title:	Bruce Lancaster Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1931-1964
Quantity:	9.0 linear ft.
Abstract:	Papers of the American author, novelist. Lancaster wrote historical novels. Collection includes book manuscripts, research notes, articles, speeches; a small amount of correspondence; and a photograph.
Language:	English; one book in French, one in Danish
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Bruce Lancaster was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on August 22, 1896. He served in the U.S. Army along the Mexican border in 1916 and later in France. After the war he returned to school and received a B.A. from Harvard in 1918. He worked in administration and sales for nine years, after which he served in the U.S. Foreign Service as Vice-Consul to Kobe, Japan (1928-1932). Following his return to the United States he became assistant secretary to the board of governors of the Society of New York Hospitals, and began to write the novels which would make him famous. Most of his works are historical novels, including Guns of Burgoyne, Trumpet to Arms, and Blind Journey. He has also written historical non-fiction, such as From Lexington to Liberty (1955).

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Bruce Lancaster Papers are divided into five series. Correspondence (1931, 1952, 1960) consists of a very small amount of incoming correspondence and correspondence of others. Subject files (undated) comprises research material, notes, and a galley proof. Manuscripts (1939-1958) contains manuscript versions of articles, books, speeches, and a paper. Published material (1939-1964) consists of an article and several books. Scrapbooks consist of two volumes containing clippings, reviews, and other material relating to Lancaster's books.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Boxes 1-9 appear to be unprocessed and remain in the order originally received. Boxes 10-18 have been processed and material is in alphabetical order by type. When published books were removed for separate cataloging, boxes 14 through 17 were combined into a single box labelled "Box 14-17."

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

A number of published books by Lancaster were removed from the collection for separate cataloging. Please refer to Libraries Search and search for "Lancaster, Bruce" as author to located these items.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Subjects

Genres and Forms

Occupations

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Bruce Lancaster Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Lancaster, 1965-67.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: -
Date: Dec 1966
Revision history: 8 Jun 2007 - converted to EAD (MRC); 11 Jun 2007 - inventory for boxes 1-9 added

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Inventory

	Correspondence
Box 2		Miscellaneous
Box 4		Miscellaneous
Box 10		Incoming: A, D, T
Box 10		Correspondence of others

	Subject files
Box 3		Clippings
Box 10		Galley proof of book Ticonderoga
Box 10		Japan
Box 10		Notes
		Research material
Box 10			Revolutionary War
Box 10			1838-1842
Box 10			Civil War
Box 10			Blind Journey (2 folders)
Box 11			Bright to the Wanderer
Box 11			Fort Ticonderoga
Box 11			Phantom Fortress

	Manuscripts
		Books
			Big Knives
Box 6				Galleys, dust jacket
Box 2				Typescript
Box 18				Typescript
Box 11			Blind Journey (2 folders)
			Bride of a Thousand Cedars
Box 3				Holograph manuscript
Box 11, 12				Typescript (2 folders)
Box 5			Bright to the Wanderer - typescript with corrections
Box 1			For Us the Living - typescript
Box 4			From Lexington to Liberty - galleys
Box 12			Letter Book of Christian Febinger 1779-1780
Box 12			Letter Book 1780-1782 (2 folders)
Box 12			Letter Book and Orderly Book 1777-1786
Box 7			Night March - typescript
Box 12			Orderly Book 1778
Box 12			Orderly Book 1781-1782
Box 9			Phantom Fortress - typescript with corrections
Box 4			Trumpet to Arms - galleys
Box 8			Venture in the East - typescript with corrections
		Papers
Box 13			"General John Glover"
		Speeches
Box 13			Complete
Box 13			Incomplete
Box 13			Fragments

	Published material
		Articles by
Box 4			"Writing a Lincoln Novel," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, vol. 2 no. 8 Dec 1943
Box 13			Miscellaneous
		Books
			When published books were removed for separate cataloging, boxes 14 through 17 were combined into a single box labelled "Box 14-17."
Box 14-17			The Blind Journey - extra copy, hardcover and paperback
Box 14-17			Hojt Spil (Danish, No Bugles Tonight)
Box 4			L'Insigne Scarlate (French, The Scarlet Patch)
Box 1			Phantom Fortress
Box 1			Trumpet to Arms

	Scrapbooks
Box 18		Wide Sleeve and Bride of 1000 Cedars
Volume 1		Guns of Burgoyne

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