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Carpenter (Edwin H.) collection on Lawrence Clark Powell
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Edwin H. Carpenter collection on Lawrence Clark Powell
Creator:
Carpenter, Edwin H.
source:
Dawson's Book Shop
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0374
Physical Description:
1.0 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1934-1974
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dawson's Book Shop, 1996.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942304533606533
[Identification of item], Collection Title (Collection Number). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Carpenter was born on August 21, 1915 in Burlington, Iowa; attended Los Angeles Junior College, 1932-34; AB in English and
history, MA (1939) and Ph. D (1949) in history, UCLA; MSLS, University of Southern California, 1950; page, Los Angeles public
library, 1935-36; attendant in rare book reading room, Huntington Library, 1946-47; university archivist, UCLA Library, 1950;
publications secretary, Huntington Library, 1950-53; bibliographical editor, New York Public Library, 1953-57; indexer, California
Historical Society, 1957-60; bibliographer (1960-73) and in 1973, lecturer, Huntington Library; publications include Printers
and publishers in Southern California, 1850-1876 (1964) and Early cemeteries of the city of Los Angeles (1973).
Collection consists of correspondence and clippings of Edwin H. Carpenter relating to Lawrence Clark Powell.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dawson's Book Shop