urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00345 Claude Houghton Oldfield: A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Finding aid created by Hope Donovan Rider Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 2004 Finding aid encoded by Hope Donovan Rider, January 2007 Finding aid written in English. The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Houghton, Claude, 1889- Claude Houghton Oldfield Papers 1922-1960 8 boxes, 1 galley file (3.36 linear feet) This collection is an addition to the Claude Houghton Oldfield Papers previously received at the Ransom Center. It contains typescripts for many of his novels, as well as two plays and several film novelizations. Also included are tear sheets of short stories and articles. English. None Index Terms People Rasdall, Ernest. Document Types Galley proofs. Tear sheets. Typescripts. Scope and Contents

This collection is an addition to the Claude Houghton Oldfield Papers previously received at the Ransom Center. It contains typescripts for many of his novels, as well as two plays and several film novelizations. Also included are tear sheets of short stories and articles that he wrote for various publications, primarily The Aryan Path and The Aquarian Paths. All of these works were written under the pseudonym Claude Houghton. Among the personal papers, there is one folder of correspondence written to Ernest Rasdall, including a signed photo of Houghton and a typewritten autobiographical sketch.

 Acquisition:

Purchase, 2004 (Reg. no. 15296)

 Access:

Open for research

 Processed by:

Isabel Morales and Hope Donovan Rider, 2004

 Claude Houghton Oldfield Papers--Folder List Series I. Works and Career-Related Material All Change, Humanity! (novel, 1942) 1 1-3 Parts I-III, typescripts 1 4 The Big Trail (film novelization, 1931), typescript 1 5 Captain of the Guard (film novelization, 1930), typescript Chaos Is Come Again (novel, 1932) 1 6 Typescript 2 1-2 Typescripts, cont'd 2 3 Printer's copy 2 4 Galley proofs 3 1 Christina (novel, 1936), typescript Crisis (novel, 1929) 3 2-4 Printer's proofs and galleys 3 5 English and provincial reviews A Hair Divides (novel, 1930) 3 6 Typescript 4 1 Typescript, cont'd 4 2 English reviews I Am Jonathan Scrivener (novel, 1930) 4 3-4 Typescripts 4 5 Press cuttings 4 6 In the House of the High Priest (play, 1923), typescript Judas (play, 1922) 4 7 Typescript 5 1 Typescript, bound 5 2-4 The Kingdoms of the Spirit (non-fiction, 1924), typescripts The Last Command (film novelization, 1928) 5 5 Typescript * Galley (*removed to galley files) Neighbours (novel, 1926) 5 6 Typescript 6 1 Typescript, cont'd 6 2 Printer's proof 6 3 American reviews 6 4 Reviews 6 5 The Passing of the Third Floor Back (novel, 1949), typescript 6 6 The Riddle of Helena (novel, 1927), typescript 7 1 The Sins of the Fathers (film novelization, 1930), typescript 7 2 Six Lives and a Book (novel, 1943), typescript Strangers (novel, 1938) 7 3-4 Typescript 8 1 Typescript, cont'd This Was Ivor Trent (novel, 1935) 8 2 Part I, typescript 8 3 Part II, typescript Shorter works and career-related material 8 4 Articles 8 5 Articles about Claude Houghton 8 6 Book reviews 8 7 Correspondence to Ernest Rasdall, 1951-1960 8 8 Fragments of personal papers and typescripts 8 9 Short stories tear sheets