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Collection number: 947 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Contact Information Manuscripts Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library 51575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Janet Madden, March 1967 Encoded by: Alight Tsai Encoding supervision by: Caroline Cubé Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by: Apex Data Services Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, March 2002 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Cliff Farrell Papers, Date (inclusive): 1923-1966 Collection number: 947 Creator: Farrell, Cliff Extent: 23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.) Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Cliff Farrell (1899-1977) was the telegraph editor, night news editor, and sports news editor for the Los Angeles Examiner (1925-56). He also wrote many western novels, more than 600 short stories and novellas for fiction magazines. The collection consists of thirteen manuscripts of western novels and over 400 western fiction magazine articles containing Farrell's short stories. Also includes about 40 paperback books, including both first editions and foreign editions. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. 947 2
Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Additional Physical Form Available A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact: Public Services Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library 51575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Cliff Farrell, 1967. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Cliff Farrell Papers (Collection 947). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1218060 Biography Farrell was born November 20, 1899 in Zanesville, Ohio; telegraph editor, night news editor, and sports news editor, Los Angeles Examiner (1925-56); wrote many western novels, including West With the Missouri (1955), Fort Deception (1960), Death Trap on the Platte (1968), and The Devil's Playground (1976); wrote more than 600 short stories and novellas for fiction magazines; died in 1977. Scope and Content Collection consists of thirteen manuscripts of western novels and over 400 western fiction magazine articles containing Farrell's short stories. Also includes about 40 paperback books, including both first editions and foreign editions. Collection also contains a file of Frontier Times, 1937-54. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-4). 2. Paperbacks (Box 4). 3. Magazines containing Farrell's stories (Boxes 5-19,23). 4. Frontier Times (Boxes 20-23). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Farrell, Cliff--Archives. Frontier Times. Authors, American--West (U.S.)--Archival resources. Western stories. Manuscripts for publication. Box 1 Farrell, Cliff. Bucko. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1965. Physical Description: 231 leaves. Typescript. Box 1 --- Comanch'. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1966. Physical Description: 219 leaves. Typescript. 947 3
Box 1 --- Cross-fire. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1965. Physical Description: 237 leaves. Typescript. Box 1 --- Fort Deception. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1960. Physical Description: 226 leaves. Typescript. Box 2 --- The Lean Rider. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1960. Physical Description: 246 leaves. Typescript. Box 2 --- Return of the long riders. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1964. Physical Description: 221 leaves. Typescript. Box 2 --- Ride the Wild Country. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1963. Physical Description: 236 leaves. Typescript. Box 2 --- Ride the Wild Trail. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1959. Physical Description: 228 leaves. Typescript. Box 3 --- Santa Fe Wagon Boss. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1958. Physical Description: 234 leaves. Typescript. Box 3 --- Trail of the Tattered Star. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1961. Physical Description: 224 leaves. Typescript. Box 3 --- The Walking Hills. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1962. Physical Description: 222 leaves. Typescript. Box 3 --- Cross-Fire. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1965. Physical Description: 160 leaves. Page proofs and galleys. Box 4 Paperbacks--American and foreign editions, reprints of the hardback books in the collection. Physical Description: 20 items. Box 4 Farrell, Cliff. Comanch'. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1966. Physical Description: 145 leaves. Page proofs and galleys. Ace-High Magazine Mileaway's Mistake. May 1931. Six Good Horses. August 1. Mirror of Death. August 15. Man of the Desert. November 1932. Spring Beef. January 1933. Vanishing Brand. February. Silver Bullets. March. Wagon Train of the Damned. September 1936. The Buckskin Renegade. October. Boothill outcast. August. Man Brands don't blot. January 1937. King of the Buckskin Outposts. February. Saddlemate of the Dead. March. The Gringo Hell Let Loose. April. Wagonwheel Exile. June. Gunbrother of the Doomed. October. Desert Graves for Warrior Saints. January 1938. 947 4
No Law North of Dodge. March. The Gringo from Hell's Home Ranch. April. The Turkey Track Goes Outlaw. May. Trigger Boss of the Stampede Trail. July. Once an Owlhooter. August. Wet Cattle Coming North. September. The Nester God Forgot. December. Move on, Nester.. January 1939. Stone Walls for Rebel Cowman. March. Blood Pays for Texas Beef. April. The Nester in Hell's Backyard. May. One-Man Wild Bunch. July. Fugitive Vigilante. August. Gun Boss of the Jailbreak Brand. October. Rebel Rancher of Last Chance Range. November. Air Trails The Flying Midget. June 1929. Air Speed Preferred. November. Argosy Thread of Life. June 1933. The Right to Live. July. Discipline. December. Mule's Luck. January 1934. Artic Cargo. February. Big Gus. August. Return of the Long Riders (condensed version). December 1963. Cross-fire (condensed version). April 1965. Big Book Western Owlhoot Lawman. April-May 1936. Outcast of Starvation Trek. July 1947. Big Muddy Gunbuster. November. Complete Stories The Great Name of McNish. March 1, 1934. Dime Sports Borrowed Time. January 1936. Cowboy Stories Good Shooting. May 1926. Skip's Winning Way. October. Bull Loses on Points. January 1927. Who Laughs Last. February. Any Clothes Today. December. Thunder's Lightning. July 1928. Rusty's Ruse. August. Three Thousand for One Stampede. May 1931. Men of the Trail. December. Bullets Blaze the Trail. January 1932. Dime Western Magazines Trail Drivers Divvy. February 1933. Man Trap. November. Death at the Ford. February 1934. Blizzard Bluff. June. Killers back to back. September. Bullet Verdict. October. The Last Cowman. May 1935. Chains for a Cowman. June. Cowman Renegade. July 1. 947 5
Long Odds for a Texas. July 15. Hostage of Death. August. Renegade Sheriff. September 1. Sons of Feud. September 15. Fighting Men Die Hard. October. Lawless Brotherhood. November. Lawmen Against the Law. February 1936. Death Desert Gambler. March. Hell for a Cowman. April. Lost Legion Riders. May. Last of the Canyon Raiders. June. Men of the Red Frontier. July. Satan Sends a Gunman. August. Blood Money Orphan. October. Gunslick--By Demand. November. Border Jumpers Battle Call. December. They Called Him a Renegade. January 1937. One Against the Vigilantes. February. A Marshal Returns--to Die. March. Satan Sides a Sodbuster. April. Gun Gospel of the Damned. May. Last of the Mojave Raiders. June. Death Waits in Santa Fe. July. Brand Him Killer. September. A Klansman Brings His Own War. October. A Doctor Rides the Dark Trails. November. Sudden Graves for Slow Draw Feudists. December. Bullet Harvest for Sodbusters. March 1938. The Man Who Damned His Town. May. When Trigger Kings Meet. July. Dead Men Drive the Phantom Herd. August. Gun King Without an Empire. September. A Drifter Rides the Gunsmoke Watch. October. Guns Out, Red River Ahead. December. The Graveyard Trail Drive. February 1939. When Neighbors Hunt a Cowman. March. When the Big Die Hit the Badlands. April. Gun Help for a Brimstone Preacher. May. Gamblers Blizzard Roundup. June. Gun Fodder for Starvation Camp. July. Devil Dan Tollivar. August. The Homesteader of Hell's Acres. September. Bullet Heir to Lost Ranch. November. Wild Feudists of Hat Peak Range. December. The Long Red Miles to DodgeJanuary 1940. Last Stand of the V Cross. February. Murder Builds a Boom Camp. June. The Last Wagon Out of Hell. September. Blood Buccaneers of the Brasada. December. A New Hand for Man-Break Ranch. April 1941. Red Trail to Hell's Outpost. May. Blood on the Beaverpaw. October. Brand Buccaneers of the Brasada. November. Gunsmoke on the Big MuddyFebruary 1943. On the Road to Jacktown. October. Boss of the Buckskin Empire. January 1944. That Damned Yankee Trail Boss. February. 947 6
Bullets Buy the Grubstake Herd. June. Beyond the Scalp Frontier. May. First Furs to St. Louis. July. Brand Him Outcast. December. Battleaxe Bargin. April 1947. Pioneer Western Westward to Blood and Glory. August 1937. Signal Fires Light The Wagon Trails. September. Note (also--two-man Caravan, published under name of Winslow Smith) Ranch Romances Whispering Ranch. June 1934. The Man from Abilene. February. Rangeland Love Stories Queen of the Gold Camps. August 1936. Love's Gunsmoke Deadline. October. Desert of Broken Hearts. November. Sagebrush Sweetheart. December. Tomboy Trail Queen. February 1937. Coquette of the Caravans. March. Substitute Bridegroom. April. Queen of Mystery Ranch. May. Rangeland Romances Girl in the Saddle. June 1935. Honkatonk Girl. July. Champion of Hunted Men. August. Queen of the Medicine Show. September. Her Outlaw Heritage. October. Love Rides the Dark Trails. December. Vengeance Bride. January 1936. Heiress to Gun Glory. February. Two Against the Wilderness. March. His Hated Sweetheart. May. Sierra Gun Girl. June. Champion of Lost Men. July. Town Tamer's Girl. June 1937. Feudist's Courtship. July. Cupid Rides to Lost Love Valley. October. Sweetheart of Stormy Range. April 1938. But Cupid Rode Faster. May. Saddlemate Sweethearts of Tragedy Ranch. June. A Girl, a Moon and a Nester. August. Love, Honor and Be Brave. July. Lovers' Moon Over the Dark Trail. November. Outlaw Love's the Sweetest. February 1939. Cinderella Earns Her Spurs. April. Wild Little Feudist. April 1940. The Saturday Evening Post Fiddle-Footed. March 1, 1941. Frost on the Orange Blossoms. March 18, 1944. Desperate Journey. March 10, 1945. Scoop Boat. August 18. Thorns for Johnny Spring. September 15. Long Gone from Kentucky. November 30, 1946. The Woman Who Cracked the Whip. July 29, 1950. He Knew All About Women. June 7, 1952. 947 7
The Lady Was a Dude. October 22, 1955. California Passage (book-length in 8 installments). June 29, 1957. July 6. July 13. July 20. July 27. August 3. August 10. August 17. Cruel Decision. April 5, 1958. Rigged Race. January 16, 1960. Collier's Rawhide River (book-length condensed in 3 installments). January 7, 1955. January 21. February 4. Sport Story Magazine Box 12 Speed Taboo. July 22, 1924. Box 12 Losers is Losers. September 8. Box 12 With Reverse English. September 22. Box 12 Jimmy Dance's Sacrifice. December 22. Box 12 All in the Number. April 8, 1925. Box 12 The Five-Wheeler. April 22. Box 12 Shorty's Chance. June 8. Box 12 To the Brave. July 8. Box 12 Jimmy the Wire-Puller. August 8. Box 12 A Second or Two. September 8. Box 12 A Matter of Strength. September 22. Box 12 A Fair Exchange. January 8, 1926. Box 12 A Lesson in Terror. February 8. Box 12 A Little Help from Nature. April 22. Box 12 The Frame-Up. May 8. Box 12 Don't Be Careful. June 8. Box 12 The Voice of Speed. June 22. Box 12 Green Paint. July 8. Box 12 A Change of Attire. September 8. Box 12 Don't Kid the Cop. November 8. Box 12 Galloping Gibbs. November 22. Box 12 Motor and the Man. February 8, 1927. Box 12 The Gap in the Wall. May 22. Box 12 The Handicap Classic. October 8. Box 12 All Four Wheels. December 8. Fast Riding. January 8, 1928. The Tough Guy. January 22. High Speed. April 8. Use no Brakes. May 22. Rough Water. July 8. Fast Color. August 8. Over the Boards. September 22. Bareheaded Speed. October 8. Gifts of Speed. December 8. Smoke of Death Twice Around the Clock. February 8. Flaming Comet. May 22. Dry and Fast. July 22. Yankee Nerve. September 8. Speed Lessons. November 22. With the Best. May 1930. 947 8
High Speed Curve Ahead. July. Open Throttles. August. Wide Open. September. Rough Speed. October. Gilhooley. November. Hot Tires. December. One Lap to Go. June 25, 1931. Half a Chance. September 25. Hero Stuff. July 25, 1932. Motor Shy. September 10. Doubling in Speed. August 10, 1933. Burning Rubber. June 10, 1934. Star Weekly The Walking Hills (condensed version of book-length). September 5, 1962. Pink Garter for Prudence. March 7, 1964. Bucko (condensed version of book-length). September 5. Star Western Magazine Hot Lead Medicine. February 1934. Bullet Kin. June. Death on the Pecos. July. Gurman's Hunting Ground. August. Blood for a Brother. February 1935. Gun Brotherhood. March. Trained for Vengeance. April. Brothers in Death. July. Gunmaster's Pupil. December. Gunmen Fresh from Hell. May 1936. When Doomed Men Ride. July. Riders of Gunsmoke Empire. September. Guns for a Neighbor. January 1937. Breed of the Storm Frontier. February. The Vigilantes Ride Again. May. Empty Saddles for the Ghost Gun-Legion. November. A Gun Angel Rides to Purgatory. January 1938. Renegade Wagon Scout. February. Fugitive Guns Guard Bountyville. March. Black Saint of the Wild Frontier. September. Rein in, Hell Ahead. November. Night Call for a Gun Medico. January 1939. Black Cowman of Blizzard Range. February. Wild Raiders of Death's Jornada. March. No Killers Wanted. June. Runaway Cowman. August. Death's Bullet Messenger Crosses the Rio. October. Leader for the Broken Saddle Legion. January 1940. Deputy for the Damned. March. When Hell on Wheels Went Mad. September. From Railhead to Ruin. October. Stolen Guns Heading South. November. The Last Outpost This Side of Hell. December. Guardian of the Graveyard Gold Strike. March 1941. That Gringo Buckskin Devil. April. The Blacksheep Prodigal Wears a Badge. May. Red Scarlet Rides the Graveyard Trick. July. Hell's Lost Legion Rides to War. August. The Devil Sends His Plowman. September. Trail Drive of the Damned. December. 947 9
War Cry of Death's Legionnaires. January 1942. Wagonwheels Rolling to Hell. February 1944. Blindman's Gun Bluff. March. Gray Wool and Cowman's Blood. June. Gunmaster of Robbers' Roost. July. Roll Her Through to Fort Bridger. October. Guns and Gold for General Houston. October 1946. Ten Story Western Magazine Gunmen-Not for Hire. January 1936. The Dead Ride Hard. February. The Wild Bunch Traitor. March. Range of Unmarked Graves. April. Buckskin Outcast. June. Feudists, Keep Out. September. Wild Brothers of the Brasada. February 1937. War at End of Steel. November. Shoestring Cattle King. December. The Barb Wire Rebel. January 1938. Satan Decoys a Herd. April. Cowmen, Back to Back. June. A Badman Needs No Badge. July. A Sodbuster Comes Back from Hell. March 1939. Cowmen's Lives for Sale. May. Outcast of the Brimstone Border. August. Across the Devil's Deadline. October. Gunguard for Mutiny Caravan. October. Death Waits at Skeleton Bar. November. Too Onery to Kill. December. Sold to a Sex-Gun Satan. April 1941. Missouri River Death Packet. August. Box 17 Texas Cowboy--Snow Range Greenhorn. September. Box 17 Gray Walls and Gun Ghosts. October. Box 17 West-to Freedom. November 1942. Box 17 Renegade of the Circus Trail. September 1944. Box 17 Hell Wouldn't Have Him. July. Box 17 Gun Gospel for the Doomes. January 1945. Thrilling Ranch Stories Box 17 Outlawed Guns. December 1934. Box 17 Guns of Romance. February 1935. Top Notch Box 17 Gold Abroad the Skookum. August 15, 1932. Box 17 Crimson Night. November 1934. Box 17 Fists Ain't Everything. August 1935. West Box 17 Winter Feed. May 1928. Box 17 Bullets of Fate. October. Box 17 Once a Killer. March 1929. Box 17 Wreckers' Roundup. June 1931. Box 17 The Trouble Dodger. July 8. Box 17 Cold Deck. July 22, 1931. Box 17 High Explosive. December. Box 17 In the Middle. March 1932. Western Rangers Box 17 Ghost Herd. March 1932. Western Story Magazine Box 17 Satan Drives the Deadwood Stage. April 1939. Box 17 Ticket to Boothill. April 15. 947 10
Box 17 The Day the Outlaws Came. July 1940. Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Box 17 Gunsmoke River. June 1931. Box 17 End of the Rope. September. Box 17 Black Powder. November 1932. Box 17 Skull Lake's Revenge. November 1933. Wild West Weekly Box 18 Dangerous Boots. January 12, 1929. Box 18 Gun Slinging on Tabletop. November 16. Box 18 War on the Tonto. January 4, 1930. Box 18 Longhorns from the Brazos. August 8, 1931. Box 18 Crossed Bullets. October 24. Box 18 Riders of the Pecos Trail. November 21. Box 18 Rustlers on the Hoof. July 1932. Box 18 Old Typhoon. August 6. Box 18 Bullets on the Platte. September 17. Box 18 Smokin' up on Flyin'. October 8. Box 18 Lonehanded Law. October 15. Box 18 Tinhorns on White River. November 12. Box 18 Bullet Brains. December 17. Box 18 Twin Tefft's Twin. December 31. Box 18 Bullet Music. January 28, 1933. Box 18 Six Guns and Warpaint. March 11. Box 18 Fifty Head o'beef Critters. March 18. Box 18 Longhorns fer Muddy Fork. April 8. Box 18 Better than Bullets. May 13. Box 18 Showdown on Red Wolf Ridge. May 20. Box 18 Bullets Win a Horse. June 10. Box 18 Cross-Fire. June 24. Box 18 Dry Gulchin' on Lightnin'. July 15. Box 18 Shootout at Lost Trail Gap. July 22. Box 18 Outlaws of the Ledge Trail. July 29. Box 19 The One Shot Chance. September 2. Box 19 Fighting Bullwhacker. October 7. Box 19 Trouble at Hurricane. October 14. Box 19 Broncs and Bullets. October 28. Box 19 Hidden Killers. November 25. Box 19 Trigger Trap. January 13, 1934. Box 19 The Wreckin' of Cannonball Birch. March 31. Box 19 Fightin' Man's Return. April 28. Box 19 Brand Blotters on Anchor 10. May 12. Box 19 Gold from Toluca. June 2. Box 19 The Jaguar's Last Raid. July 7. Box 19 Gun Scrappin' for Mavarick Creek. August 18. Box 19 Loco Weed on the D Dot. September 15. Box 19 Brother of Bad Men. October 20. Box 19 Gun Talk. November 24. Box 19 Shootout at Pagosa. December 8. Box 19 Black Riders of Mirage Mesa. February 16, 1935. Box 19 Chain Lightnin' from Texas. March 2. Box 19 Jimmy Quick's Unlucky Day. March 16. Box 19 Cache of Death. April 6. Box 19 Killer's Trap. April 27. Box 19 Showdown With Blackjack Breen. May 25. Box 19 Jimmy Quick Horns in. June 8. Box 19 The Law Trails Jimmy Quick. July 13. Box 19 Killers in Shadow Basin. August 17. 947 11
Box 20 Frontier Times Box 20 1937-May 1940. Physical Description: 35 items. Box 21 Frontier Times Box 21 June 1940-1943. Physical Description: 44 items. Frontier Times Box 22 1944-1949. Physical Description: 55 items. Box 23 Frontier Times Box 23 1950-September 1952. Box 23 1953-1954. Physical Description: 41 items. Note Seventeen hardback books are also included in the collection and have been catalogued in the rare book catalogue in the Department of Special Collections. Box 23 Top Western Stories. c. 1964 Cliff Farrell, Gun Fight. Physical Description: pp.43-51. Paperbacks: Box 23 Rawhide River. New York: Popular Library, c. 1954, 1955. Physical Description: 192pp. 947 12