Jerry Pournelle papers I
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection contains manuscripts, galley proofs, and other material regarding Jerry Pournelle, an American Science Fiction author and journalist. Materials document Pournelle's career as a science fiction author from the 60's until the 80's. Other materials such as research notes document Pournelle's methods when writing a number of his stories.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1982, undated
Creator
- Pournelle, Jerry, 1933-2017 (Person)
Languages
The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. 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
Jerry Pournelle is an American science fiction author who was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1933. Pournelle served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Afterwards, he studied at the University of Washington and received a BS in psychology on June 11, 1955; an M.S. in psychology on March 21, 1958; and a PhD in political science in March 1964. Pournelle began writing science fiction stories in the 1960's and has gone on to write many more since then.
Extent
5 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains manuscripts, galley proofs,writings, notes and other material regarding Jerry Pournelle, an American Science Fiction author and journalist. Includes science fiction manuscripts with such themes as space, atlantis and more.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1. Manuscripts, 1970-1982
- Series 2. Galley proofs, undated
- Series 3. Writings, notes, and other materials, 1969-1983
- Unprocessed addition
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
Processed by Reajinae Jenkins, Student Processing Assistant, 2016.
Processing of the Jerry Pournelle papers 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.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Jerry Pournelle papers I
- Status
- Collection Level
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Reajinae Jenkins, Student Processing Assistant.
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Revision Statements
- 27 July 2022: Addition was donated by Alex Pournelle (son of Jerry) in May 2021. Rehousing took place March-July 2022. Added series for unprocessed addition with a basic description of the contents and a later decision was to make the second donation its own collection..
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside 92517-5900 USA
specialcollections@ucr.edu