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J. Lloyd Eaton was born in Berkeley, CA in 1902.
He attended UC Berkeley, then UC Medical School, taking his MD degree
in 1928. His specialty was diseases of the lung. Eaton practiced medicine
in the Bay Area until his retirement in 1960. During his life he was an
avid book collector, and one of the pioneering SF fans in Northern California.
Eaton was personally acquainted with such writers as Anthony Boucher, Ray
Bradbury and Robert A. Heinlein. He edited the fanzine Rhodomagnetic Digest.
During his many years of collecting and fan activity,
Eaton acquired an astonishing collection of SF, fantasy and Gothic or
"horror" materials, some 8,000 books, many with original dustjackets.
A number of his books were dedicated to him personally by their authors.
Eaton kept an extensive card file, in which he made critical comments,
and personally evaluated the books in his collection. This file is in the
archives of the Eaton Collection today.
The Eaton Collection was acquired by UC Riverside
in 1969. It was housed in the Special Collections Department of the UCR
Library. Dr. George Slusser was appointed as the first Curator of the
Eaton Collection in 1980. Under his guidance, the Eaton Collection has
grown from its original 7,500 volumes to the 100,000 plus volumes of today's
collection.
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