Whisler, Ernest Jackson (1870-1958). Collection, 1901-1967, n.d.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains literary material of Ernest Jackson Whisler, a turn-of-the-century writer of plays and folk stories under the name of Jack Whisler. His career appears to span the first half of the 20th century. Born in Rochester, Pennsylvania in the 1870s, Whisler's family later settled in Tucson, Arizona because of his parent's health. Whisler died in 1958 of a heart attack in his home in Burlingame, California.
Also included in the collection are ads and flyers, plays, folk stories and news-clippings.
Lois Whisler of Tucson, Arizona, with the aid of Paul Nolan, donated this collection.
Dates
- 1901-1967, n.d.
Creator
Extent
0.416667 Linear Feet (5 inches of materials contained in 1 box)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Ernest Jackson Whisler Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 11/05/2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu