The Ned Guymon Collection of Mystery and Detective Fiction
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: COL-017
Content Description
Collection consists of approximately 13,500 items, mostly books in first editions but also magazines, ephemera, newspapers, manuscripts and typescripts of published works, galley proofs, film scripts, photographs, one original painting by Sidney Paget, and Ned Guymon's Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Materials range from 1611-1999, and include pre-20th century true crime accounts, Gothic fiction, penny dreadfuls, supernatural novels, mystery and detective novels, thrillers, science fiction.
Dates
- Creation: 17th to 20th century
Full Extent
1,545 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Most books are in excellent condition, and most 20th century works have original book jackets.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository