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Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Titel
Francis Towner Laney Collection
Datum(s)
- 1943-1952 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
2 folders
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Francis Towner Laney was a noted fan and fanzine publisher in Los Angeles in the mid-20th century. His best-known fanzine was The Acolyte, which ran from 1942-1946. Other fanzines of his included Fan-Dango (1943-1947), Wild Hair, and Shangri L'Affaires. Laney was active in the Fantasy Amateur Press Association, the Order of Dagon (which he co-founded), and the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society.
In 1948 he produced his memoir of fannish life, Ah! Sweet Idiocy!.
Laney was posthumously nominated in 1996 for the 1945 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo Award.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
This collection contains various materials from noted fan and fanzine publisher Francis Towner Laney (1914-1958). Materials include a number of letters between Laney and fellow fanzine publisher A. Langley Searles, as well as an unbound copy of Laney's 1948 Ah! Sweet Idiocy!: The Fan Memoirs of Francis T. Laney.
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Conditions of access and use elements
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Physical access
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Languages of the material
- Engels
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Toegangen
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Directe bron van verwerving
Aanvullingen
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Notes element
Algemene aantekening
Collection in box with multiple collections, Folder 10-11.
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Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Fans (Persons) (Onderwerp)