Margaret Hawtof Kay collection on Stanley G. Weinbaum
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection contains published and unpublished manuscripts, stories, and other materials written by Stanley G. Weinbaum. The manuscripts include science fiction stories, poems, prose, and criticisms. Included in these manuscripts are first drafts and rough outlines of his unpublished stories that may have been written under his penname of Marge Stanley. These manuscripts contain numerous sonnets, short and longform poetry, as well as short stories with editors notes and commentary.
The biographies and interviews that are included in the collection are primarily done through Weinbaum’s agents —particularly Lurton Blassingame— publishers and his wife Margaret Hawtof Kay. Several later articles about Weinbaum, including several by Eric Leif Davin, are also included within the collection.
Also included in the collection is correspondence compiled by Weinbaum's widow Margaret Hawtof Kay from the late 1990s and early 2000s regarding the disposition of Weinbaum's estate and the management of his literary works.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-2003, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920-1922
Creator
- Hawtof Kay, Margaret (Person)
Languages
The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical Note
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum was a science fiction writer who lived from 1902 to 1935. Prior to the initial acceptance of his science fiction stories, Weinbaum wrote numerous manuscripts for the freelance romantic and mystery market under the pseudonym Marge Stanley, the majority of which went unsold. In 1934, in what is now regarded as the "Golden Age of Science Fiction", Weinbaum released the first of his "Planetary Series", A Martian Odyssey. It was the first published science fiction story of the author and the first alien story to probe the alternative psyche of beings from extra-terrestrial bodies and explore the eco-systems of other planets all from a non-earth based view. It was also the first of the author’s stories to appear during his short two year period of publishing before he died prematurely of cancer in 1935.
Margaret Hawtof Kay was married to Stanley Weinbaum in 1926, and passed away in 1996.
Extent
0.83 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains manuscripts, published and unpublished works, poetry, and short stories written by the science fiction author Stanley G. Weinbaum before his death in 1935. Also included in the collection is correspondence compiled by Weinbaum's widow Margaret Hawtof Kay from the late 1990s and early 2000s regarding the disposition of Weinbaum's estate and the management of his literary works.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1. Manuscripts and other material, 1920-1922, undated
- Series 2. Publications, 1921-2002, undated
- Series 3. Correspondence, 1962-2003
Acquisition Information
Gifts of Mark J. Polland, 2014, 2023.
Separated Materials Note
Separated books, multiple copies of published novels, can be found in the general UC Riverside library catalog.
Processing History
Processed by Aleia McDaniel, Student Processing Assistant, 2016.
Processing of the Margaret Hawtof Kay collection of Stanley G. Weinbaum materials was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Bergis Jules, University and Political Papers Archivist, and Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator.
Source
- Title
- Margaret Hawtof Kay collection on Stanley G. Weinbaum
- Status
- Processed
- Author
- Finding aid originally prepared in 2016 by Aleia McDaniel, Student Processing Assistant. Updates made by SCUA staff in 2023.
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside 92517-5900 USA
specialcollections@ucr.edu