Carey S. Bliss Papers: Finding Aid mssBlissc
Kelly Kress
The Huntington Library
August 2023
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Carey S. Bliss papers
Identifier/Call Number: mssBlissc
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1905-1990
Abstract: Correspondence, drafts, and research materials related to Carey S. Bliss's Autos Across America: A Bibliography of Transcontinental
Automobile Travel, 1903-1940.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Carey S. Bliss papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anthony Bliss, November 2001
Carey S. Bliss was born in 1914, the son of Leslie Bliss, head librarian of the Huntington Library from 1926-1958. Carey Bliss
earned a degree from Pomona College in 1936 and began working as an assistant curator at The Huntington in 1937, serving as
Curator of Rare Books until his retirement in 1982. He was an expert on the history of printing and had an interest in camellia
cultivation. Carey Bliss was a longstanding member of the Rounce and Coffin Club, and served as the librarian for the Zamorano
Club.
Materials related to the research and writing of Carey S. Bliss's Autos Across America: A Bibliography of Transcontinental
Automobile Travel, 1903-1940. Includes manuscript and typescript drafts, copies of the first (1972) and second (1982) editions,
and correspondence with other scholars and writers. Research materials include magazines, scholarly articles, advertisements,
and other ephemera related to automobile travel in the United States.
Processed at the time of accessioning by Kelly Kress in August 2023.
Arranged by type of material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Automobile travel -- United States
United States -- Description and travel
Bibliographies
Correspondence
Drafts (documents)
Bliss, Carey S.
Box 1
Autos Across America - drafts and correspondence 1950s-1980s
Box 2
Autos Across America - research materials 1905-1990