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James Sandoe Papers, 1964-1974

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sandoe, James, 1912-1980
Title
James Sandoe Papers
Dates
1964-1974 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.25 Linear feet of shelf space, (1 Box)
Collection Number
Cage 378 (collection)
Summary
This collection consists of correspondence and other materials related to James Sandoe's work as editor on an anthology of Dorothy L. Sayers stories, Lord Peter (1972), featuring her character Lord Peter Wimsey.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

James Sayre Sandoe was born September 13, 1912 in Alameda, California and died May 29, 1980 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sandoe received his education at Stanford, Colombia and the University of California at Berkeley. Sandoe married Julia Anne Caldwell in 1938 and the two had four children together. James later married Mary Ann Brown in 1966.

He was a noted mystery story critic for the New York Herald Tribune. From 1936 until his retirement in 1975, he was Purchasing Librarian and later a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Sandoe was very interested in literature, as he was a mystery novel critic who edited short stories and was honored with the Edgar Allen Poe award from the Mystery Writers of America for his excellence in critical commentary.

(From the James Sandoe Papers, 1934-1970 (COU:1412), University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections Repository.)

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Content Description

This collection consists of correspondence (principally with Harper and Row), manuscript drafts and other materials related to James Sandoe's work compiling, editing and writing the introduction for an anthology of stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter (1972), featuring her character Lord Peter Wimsey. Included in the collection are two Penguin edition volumes of Sayers' stories, Lord Peter Views the Body and Hangman's Holiday.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1964-1974.

Series 2: Manuscript drafts and book reviews, 1964-1974.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

James Sandoe Papers, 1964-1974 (Cage 378)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series

Acquisition Information

Washington State University Libraries purchased this collection in 1978.

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms

  • Publishers and publishing

Personal Names

  • Sandoe, James, 1912-1980 -- Archives
  • Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957 -- Lord Peter
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