Guide to the A.L. (Leon) Dennison maritime collection Wyles Mss 189

Finding aid prepared by Edward C. Fields, 2014.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2014 April 30


Title: A. L. (Leon) Dennison maritime collection
Identifier/Call Number: Wyles Mss 189
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 9 linear feet (3 document boxes, 6 oversize boxes, and 1 roll storage box)
Creator: A. L. (Leon) Dennison
Source: Union Iron Works. San Francisco, California
Date (inclusive): 1878-1905
Abstract: Diaries, account books, photos, documents, correspondence, engineering blueprints and architectural drawing templates (among other items) relating to the career of A.L. (Leon) Dennison.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], A.L. (Leon) Dennison maritime collection, Wyles Mss 189. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Library purchase, 2014.

Scope and Content

Diaries, account books, photos, documents, correspondence, engineering blueprints and architectural drawing templates (among other items) relating to the career of A.L. (Leon) Dennison in the U. S. Navy and with Union Iron Works in San Francisco working as a maritime engineer.
A detailed description of contents and extracts from diaries the has been provided by vendor and has been retained in collection file.

Separated Material

"Catalogo del Union Iron Works Seccion II" has been separated and added to Lawrence B. Romaine Trade Catalog Collection (Mss 107).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architectural drawings (visual works)
Account books
Diaries
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Iron-works -- California -- San Francisco
Photographs
Iron and steel workers -- California -- San Francisco
Shipyards -- California -- San Francisco
Shipbuilding -- California -- San Francisco
A. L. (Leon) Dennison
Union Iron Works. San Francisco, California

box 1

Journals

box 2-3

Photographs and correspondence

oversize 4

Drafting items and stencils

oversize 5-9

Blueprints and diagrams

box 10

Stencils, oversize