Zane Grey, [creation date].

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Zane Grey, [creation date].

NAU.MS.230


Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Grey, Zane, 1872-1939
Collection Name	Zane Grey Collection,
Inclusive Dates:	1901-1937.
Physical Description	1 linear foot (3 boxes)
Abstract	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.

Organization

Organized in 5 series.

Correspondence: Undated
Correspondence: 1901-1937
Photographs
Books: 1876-1920
Diary: 1908

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

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Administrative Information

Credit Line

Zane Grey, MS.230, Northern Arizona University. Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Container List


Correspondence, Undated.
	This series contains undated correspondence.

Box
1.1		[There is no folder 1]
Box
1.2		Zane to Dolly, Undated.
Box
1.3		Dolly to Zane, Undated.
Box
1.4		Daddy to Deserta, Undated.
Box
1.5		Zane to Deserta, Undated.
Box
1.6		Loren to Dad, Undated.
Box
1.7		Daddy to ?, Undated.
Box
1.8		Zane to Zolly, Undated.
Box
1.9		Zane to Dearest, Undated.


Correspondence: 1901-1937, 1901-1937.
	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.
Box
1.27		Davidson to Zane Grey, 3-2-1936.
Box
1.28		wonders to Zane Grey, 9-3-1936.
Box
1.29		Zane to Dolly, 6-2-1937.
Box
1.30		Zane to Dolly, 6-4-1937.
Box
1.31		Dolly to Zane, 6-6-1937.


Photographs, Undated.
	This series contains photographs.

Box
1.32		Loren Grey, Undated.
Box
1.33		Boy and Horse, Loren?, Undated.
Box
		[Title], Undated.


Books, Undated.
	This series contains books.

Box
1.34		Sweetness and Light, by Matthew Arnold; Inscribed “To Doc best wishes from Elma, January 31, 1920”, 1-31-1920.
Box
1.35		”Recessional and Departmental Ditties”, by Rudyard Kipling, Undated.
Box
2		Grey family Bible, inscribed by Grey’s father L.M. Grey, dated April 11, 1876., Undated.


Zane Grey Diary, April-May 1908.
Box
3	Zane Grey Diary, April-May 1908.
		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).