ORU_Ax404.xml Guide to the Jay Kalez Papers 1926-1937 Kalez (Jay) Papers Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2013
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Jay Kalez papers Margulies, Leo, 1900-1975 Kalez, Jay J., 1895-1982 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Ax 404 2 linear feet 2 containers 1926-1937 1 record storage box and 1 manuscript box. Jay Kalez was an author of mystery, detective, and adventure stories. The collection contains short story and article manuscripts, publisher and agent correspondence, and Army Corps of Engineer press releases. English . 1 2

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 Kalez, Jay J., 1895-1982 Margulies, Leo, 1900-1975--Correspondence United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Literary agents--United States--Correspondence Authors and publishers--Correspondence Publishers and publishing--United States--Correspondence Authors, American--Washington (State) Adventure stories, American--Authorship Pulp literature, American--Authorship Detective and mystery stories, American--Authorship Western stories--Authorship Authors, American--20th century Arts and Humanities Correspondence Mystery fiction Western stories Press releases Manuscripts for publication Short stories

Jay Kalez attended the University of Washington. He became an author of mystery, detective, and adventure stories.

Jay Kalez was a freelance writer in Spokane. He wrote stories about World War II based on his experiences in the U.S. Navy, and later expanded his topics to include stories about crime, athletics, air combat, and cowboys. These pulp magazine stories led to more factual essays about the West that were published in western magazines.

To earn a living, however, Kalez held several different jobs, including that of a personnel officer for the Spokane office of the Works Progress Administration, administrative officer for the Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho office of the Office of Price Administration, and for the Liaison Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

[Source: Edward W. Nolan and the Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives]

The collection contains short story and article manuscripts, publisher and agent correspondence, and Army Corps of Engineer press releases.

There are sixty-three manuscripts of short stories and articles

Correspondence is organized by name or title of company.

Correspondents include:

Agents: Leo Margulies and Doone Martinsen.

Editors and publishers: Adventure, Cosmopolitan (Rex Lardner), Dell Publishing Co. (Eugene A. Clandy, C. W. Mowre), Fawcett Publications (Roscoe Fawcett, Douglas Lurton, John J. Green, Jack Smalley), Fiction House, Inc. (John F. Byrne), Magazine Publishers, Inc. (Harold Hersey), Frank A. Munsey Co. (Art Bittner, Don Moore), Standard Magazines, Inc. (Leo Margulies), Street and Smith Publications (Lon Murray, John L. Nanovic), True Detective (John Suttleworth).

The Army Corps of Engineer press releases are from 1954-1964.

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