Browne Popular Culture Library

Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction 

John Henry Reese is an author of the western genre. The literary manuscript for Singalee forms the core of this collection. He writes both under his own name and the pseudonym, John Jo Carpenter.

In 1969, John Henry Reese transferred the Singalee manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University. The collection is open for research, but the photocopying of manuscripts must comply with applicable copyright laws. This register was compiled by Nancy White Lee, Library Associate II, in May 1986, and updated in August 2009 by Patricia Falk.

Biographical Sketch 

John Henry Reese was born in Sweetwater, Nebraska. He was educated in Kansas and Nebraska. Reese now lives in Santa Maria, California.

Reese has worked for the United States Department of Internal Revenue and also as a reporter for the Los Angeles Examiner in Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the Western Writers of America and was awarded the Silver Spur Award for best western novel, 1977, for Halter-Broke.

Scope and Content 

The John Reese Collection houses the literary manuscript for his book Singalee. Included are related materials such as foundry proofs and final galley sheets.

Researchers interested in the western genre will find this collection of research value.

Series Description 

Literary Productions

Series

Manuscripts, Literary

1969

This series includes printer's manuscript, foundry proof sheets, and final galley sheets.

Inventory 

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