Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 22 Mar 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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Creator: | Price, Willard, 1887-1983. |
Title: | Willard Price Papers |
Dates: | before 1976 |
Quantity: | 2 linear ft. |
Abstract: | Autographed books, some manuscripts and correspondence of the Canadian-born American natural historian and author of children's fiction. |
Language: | English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish |
Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Willard Price (1887-1983) was a Canadian-born American natural historian and author of children's fiction.
The Willard Price Papers consist primarily of autographed copies of Price's books in a wide range of languages, along with a small amount of manuscripts and correspondence.
The collection has received minimal processing.
Access Restrictions:
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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.
Persons
Price, Willard, 1887-1983.
Subjects
Children's literature.
Exotic animals.
Travel writing.
Travelers' writings.
Places
Africa -- Description and travel.
Amazon River -- Description and travel.
England -- Description and travel.
Japan -- Description and travel.
Genres and Forms
Books.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Occupations
Authors.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Willard Price Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Willard Price.
Published material
Correspondence
Published material | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Adventures in Paradise - English, Danish | ||||||||||
Box 2 | African Adventure - English | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Amazing Amazon - English, Spanish, German, French | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Amazing Mississippi - English | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Amazon Adventure - English | ||||||||||
Box 1 | America's Paradise Lost - English | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Barbarian - English | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Cannibal Adventure | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Children of the Rising Sun - Japanese | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Diving Adventure - book and manuscript | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Elephant adventure - English | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Foreign titles, miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Gorilla Adventure | ||||||||||
Box 1 | I Cannot Rest from Travel - English, German, Norwegian | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Incredible Africa - English, Dutch | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Japan Rides the Tiger - English | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Japanese Miracle and Peril - book and manuscript | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Journey by Junk - English, Norwegian | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Lion Adventure - book and manuscript | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Odd Way Round the World - book and manuscript | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Riptide in the South Seas - English | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Rivers I Have Known - English | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Roaming Britain - English | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Roving South - English, Norwegian | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Safari Adventure - English | ||||||||||
Box 2 | South Sea Adventure - English | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Underwater Adventure - English | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Volcano Adventure - English | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Where Are You Going, Japan? - English |
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Miscellaneous |