This collection of Zane Grey material contains correspondence,
photographs, books, and a diary.
Collection Number
NAU.MS.230
Language
English.
Repository
Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department
Northern Arizona University
Cline Library
P.O. Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523 5551
Fax: 928 523 3770
Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu
Biographical Note
Zane Grey was born Pearl Gray on January 31, 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio to Lewis and
Josephine Gray. Later in life, he dropped his first name and changed his surname to Grey.
From 1888 to 1892, he acquired an informal knowledge of dentistry, learned from his father.
He played baseball and was offered a baseball scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania.
He graduated from this university in 1896 and established a dental practice in New York
City.
In 1990 he met his future wife, Lina (Dolly) Roth and in 1902 published his first article
in "Recreation", which was closely followed by his first book "Betty Zane". He married Lina
and traveled west for his first time with C.J. (Buffalo) Jones. He spent many years on road
on local personalities and landscapes.
He suffered his first stroke in 1937 while fishing on the North Umpqua River, Oregon. In
1939 he died of a heart attack at his home in Altadena, California.
Scope and Content Note
This collection of Zane Grey material contains correspondence, photographs, books, and a
diary.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or
she is an owner of copyright.
This series consists of personal letters arranged chronologically. Both incoming and
outgoing these cards and letters reveal Grey's early career as a writer, his struggle
with depression, his devotion to his wife, and love of nature and traveling.
Box
1.10
Una Roth to Dr. P.Z. Grey, 4-22-1901.
Box
1.11
Pearl to Miss Lina E. Roth, 12-23-1902.
Box
1.12
Zane to Mrs. Zane Grey, 5-1-1902.
Box
1.13
Doc to Dolly, 12-13-1911.
Box
1.14
Zane to Dolly, 12-17-1913.
Box
1.15
Loren Grey to Zane, 2-15-1916.
Box
1.16
Zane to Fatty, 8-1918.
Box
1.17
Romer to Zane, 4-8-1919.
Box
1.18
Jack to Dolly, 4-4-1920.
Box
1.19
Zane to Ulyses, 10-5-1920.
Box
1.20
Stansdield to Zane Grey, 6-14-1923.
Box
1.21
Loren to Zane, 6-21-1923.
Box
1.22
Dolly to Zane, 7-9-1923.
Box
1.23
Betty to Mother, 2-28-1929.
Box
1.24
Betty to Mother, 11-21-1929.
Box
1.25
Zane to Dolly, 8-2-1935.
Box
1.26
Peters American Delicacy Co. to Zane Grey, 1-7-1936.
Thirty-three page diary kept by Zane Grey during a hunting trip to northern Arizona
and the Navajo Indian Reservation. Grey visits several locales, including Flagstaff,
Lees Ferry, Willow Springs, Fredonia, and Cameron. The huting party and their dogs
tracked down several lions and one bear during the expedition. He mentions weather and
camping conditions, as well as details of the hunt. The diary contains drawings done
by a Navajo (p. 12-13) and a list of Navajo words with English translations (p.
32-33).
