Scans of original REH manuscripts?

[garbanzo]

I seem to remember stumbling upon a website a few years ago that had scans of original REH manuscripts for download.

Does anyone know what site that might have been? I can't seem to find it anymore.

[deepermagic]

I recall reading somewhere that the library in Cross Plains had some copies of his manuscripts for sale. I don't know if you have to obtain them in person though.

[linefacedscrivener]

Jun 16, 2020 8:55:23 GMT -5 garbanzo said:

I seem to remember stumbling upon a website a few years ago that had scans of original REH manuscripts for download.

Does anyone know what site that might have been? I can't seem to find it anymore.

Here is the link to the Cross Plains Library website that lists all of the manuscripts they have available and their cost:

www.crossplainslibrary.com/robert-e-howard/robert-e-howard

The Harry Ransom Center on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, has many more manuscripts in the Glenn Lord Collection. I believe they will send copies to you, but it is pretty much cost prohibitive. It is better to make a trip there in person (which could also be cost prohibitive). Anyway, here is a link to that collection as well:

norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01287

[garbanzo]

Thanks for the links. I remember seeing digital copies before, but maybe I'm imagining things.

[Von K]

REH Foundation Secretary and Treasurer Paul Herman undertook the herculean task of scanning the original typescripts before they were sent to the HRC:

The Glenn Lord Typescript Collection

Glenn Lord was the long time agent for the heirs to the REH rights, from the 1960s into the late 1990s. He was also unquestionably the greatest and most persistent and tenacious researcher of REH ever. Among his efforts was the acquisition of the bulk of the typescripts (i.e., the original typed pages) of REH. By the time of his passing in 2011, Glenn had amassed around 20K pages of original REH typescript. Pursuant to his wishes, these were donated to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. But before they arrived at HRC, Paul Herman, a board member of the Foundation and long-time friend of Glenn, was allowed to create scans of all the pages. Challengingly, due to flooding that occurred in Houston in years past, a few thousand pages of typescript had become jumbled, and had to be identified and re-sorted. This identification and indexing work also fell to Paul, and after many hours of work spread over the course of years, virtually all the typescript pages have been identified and indexed. For researchers looking to find out about any original REH work, including early drafts, etc., the Foundation can provide information.

rehfoundation.org/projects/

[Von K]

Jun 16, 2020 12:45:39 GMT -5 deepermagic said:

I recall reading somewhere that the library in Cross Plains had some copies of his manuscripts for sale. I don't know if you have to obtain them in person though.

You are indeed correct deepermagic. Here's the link and list of available manuscript copies:

www.crossplainslibrary.com/robert-e-howard/robert-e-howard

And some additional details from a tweet by Fredrik Malmberg: