Zone d'identification
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Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Collection
Titre
Payne Harrison Collection
Date(s)
Importance matérielle
10 boxes
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Payne Harrison, Jr., is a writer of several noted technothrillers. He was born in 1949, the son of Payne Harrison, Sr., who graduated from Texas A&M in 1924 at the age of 19 and as the youngest graduate in the history of the university. Harrison, Jr. attended Texas A&M from 1967-1971, during which time he served as a member of the Corps of Cadets. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism and subsequently served for two years in the U.S. Army as a public relations officer.
After completing his Army service, Harrison returned to A&M, where he obtained a master's degree in political science. He also earned an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University, and worked as a reporter and a financial consultant before beginning his literary career.
Harrison's first technothriller was Storming Intrepid, released in 1989. The book tells the story of a attempt by Soviet agents to hijack the (fictional) American space shuttle _Intrepid._A sequel, Thunder of Erebus, set in Antarctica, followed in 1991. Harrison wrote two additional novels, Black Cipher(1994) and Forbidden Summit(1997), before taking a hiatus from writing. He returned to the technothriller genre in 2010 with Eurostorm.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The Payne Harrison Collection consists primarily of manuscripts, notes, and related material for Harrison's novels and other written works (including an unproduced screenplay, Arrow Storm). There is also a considerably large subject file consisting of news articles, government documents, and other materials that Harrison used in research for his works.
Also in the collection are a number of photographs and slides depicting trips Harrison made (to England and to Japan, among other places), as well as various aircraft and other military subjects. (Some photographs are held in the Subject File.)
Mode de classement
Arranged by series: Manuscripts, Correspondence, Subject File, Additional Materials, Photographs, Publications.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Accès physique
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Gift.
Accroissements
Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
Descriptions associées
Élément de notes
Notes spécialisées
- Information en traitement: Newspaper clippings in the Subject File have been photocopied, and the originals have been tossed.
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Zone du contrôle de la description
Règles ou conventions
Sources utilisées
Note de l'archiviste
Finding Aid Authors: Jeremy Brett.