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Noel Sainsbury collection, 1928-1945, Date acquired: 10/15/2017

 

Summary

Creator:
Sainsbury, Noel (1884-1955)
Extent:
0.63 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Noel Sainsbury Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is comprised of manuscripts, personal letters and dust jackets related to Sainsbury's literary works. Included are typed manuscripts of early book drafts. Also included are correspondence and personal letters between Noel and family, business associates, and fans with a personal scrapbook of newspaper clippings that mention Noel. Also included are dust jackets for Sainsbury's published works.

Biographical / historical:

Noel Everingham Sainsbury, Jr. was born in New York City on June 11, 1884. He received formal education in both Switzerland and the United States, finishing college in 1905. Sainsbury worked as an engineer before joining the US Navy and serving in World War 1. During the war he flew missions as one of the first generations of US combat pilots. Sainsbury took his experience with flight and used his technical knowledge as the basis for several children's book series based on flying and adventure, including the Bill Bolton, Dorothy Dixon, and Billy Smith flying adventure series. Sainsbury also is known for the Sorak jungle series and the Champion Sport stories series. Noel Sainsbury spent the last years of his life in Florida where he died in 1955.

Erisman, Fred. Boys' Books, Boys' Dreams, and the Mystique of Flight. Fort Worth, Texas: TCU Press, 2006. p. 187.

Acquisition information:
Purchase
Processing information:

Processed

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Noel Sainsbury Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA