Wade Hall 20th Century Pulp Fiction Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1323

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Wade Hall 20th Century Pulp Fiction Collection was selected by Auburn University with a goal of gathering a broad representation of the art of pulp fiction covers as well as the authors who published in the medium. The collection encompasses publications from the mid-to-late 20th Century.

The collection consists of 1584 books published between 1905 and 2001.

Dates

Publication: 1905 - 2001

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Wade Henry Hall (1934-2015) was a college professor, author, scholar, collector, and philanthropist, best known in Alabama for his 1999 book Conecuh People: Words of Life from the Alabama Black Belt, and for his donations of books, folk art, quilts, sheet music, postcards, and other items to cultural institutions in the Alabama.

Hall was a native of Bullock County, Alabama, where he attended the Inverness Consolidated School. He graduated from Troy State Teachers College at age 19. He taught school in Opp and was then drafted into the U.S. Army and stationed in Germany. Following his discharge, Hall earned a masters from the University of Alabama and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He taught at the University of Florida, Kentucky Southern College, and Bellarmine University. He retired from teaching in 1999.

During his career, Hall wrote, edited, and compiled some 30 books about Kentucky, Alabama, and the South.

Extent

23 Cubic Feet (23 RC Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

There is no organization to this collection.

Physical Location

Located in the SPEC collection.

Existence and Location of Copies

The covers of select paperbacks have been digitized, and are viewable online in the Auburn University Digital Library: https://content.lib.auburn.edu/digital/collection/paperbacks/search/order/title/ad/asc

Processing Information

This collection was treated as an archival collection due to constraints on cataloging resources. Portions of the collection were cataloged, and are available in Special Collections: https://catalog.lib.auburn.edu/vufind/Search/Results?lookfor=%22Wade+Hall+20th+Century+Paperback+Collection.%22

Listing by Britt Henry and Brucie Porter 2019-2021. Finding aid updated by Elizabeth Bates, July 2022.