Elston Melton papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 967
Overview
Elston Joseph "E.J." Melton was a journalist and author, as well as former president of the Missouri Press Association, Missouri Writers' Guild, Central Missouri Press Association, and Missouri State Board of Education. This collection consists of several drafts of his book "Quick Darkness," as well as numerous photos of and relating to steamboats.
Dates
- Creation: 1911 - 1981
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (2 boxes + 1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS 967
Physical Location
RH MS E177
Physical Location
RH MS-P 967
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Michael Owen Hall and John Michael Hall, 1986
Processing Information
Previously shelved at: RH MS 454
- Title
- Guide to the Elston J. Melton Collection
- Subtitle
- Elston Melton papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by aw, 2007; revised by, cl 2010; Finding aid encoded by aw, 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1979522201
- Preferred citation
-
Elston J. Melton Collection , Kansas Collection, RH MS 967, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository