Zane Grey Inc. correspondence with Harper and Row Publishers, Inc. and Walter J. Black, Inc., 1940-1953, 1962-1983

Collection — Carton: 17, Folder: 6-7

Identifier: MSS 8710

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Contains Zane Grey and Zane Grey Inc. business records and personal materials. Included are photographs and letters documenting Zane Grey's fishing travels to New Zealand, Oregon, Tahiti, Australia, and many more places. There are also checks, bank statements, letters, and manuscripts relating to Zane Grey's work as an author. Zane Grey's personal life with his family is documented through letters and journal entries. Zane Grey Inc. business records includes bank statements, checks, letters, and contracts. Dated circa 1853-2005, bulk circa 1894-2005.

Dates

Creation: 1940-1953
Creation: 1962-1983

Creator

Zane Grey, Inc. (creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Administrative History

From the Collection:

Zane Grey, Inc. (1932- ) is a private corporation that owns the copyright and distribution rights for works produced by Zane Grey.

Zane Grey, Inc. was formed in 1932 in Los Angeles, California. It was formed with the purpose of handling bonds, securities, indebtedness, and other transactions associated with Zane Grey. It acted as Zane Grey's agent and was the means by which his business was managed so as to separate the formal aspects of his work from his personal life.

The original directors of the corporation were Zane Grey, Lina Elise Grey, Romer Grey, Kenneth W. Robertson, and Edwin G. Bowen.

Extent

From the Collection: 96 cartons (96 linear ft.)

From the Collection: 3 oversize boxes (4.98 linear ft.)

From the Collection: 1 folder (0.05 linear ft.) : Digital scans of negatives on disks

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Word document with a folder level inventory of the entire collection as well as an inventory of the original order and locations of the documents in the entire collection that is available in the case file.