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Title: Lady Agnes Anne Adams Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1954
Collection number: 1361
Creator:
Adams, Lady (Agnes Anne), 1869-1942
Extent: 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Lady Adams (1869-1942) was born Agnes Anne Cook in Scotland. She wrote popular articles for newspapers and magazines. The
collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to Lady Adams's life and writings.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Maven Thorpe, 1979.
[Identification of item], Lady Agnes Anne Adams Papers (Collection 1361). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462140
Lady Adams was born Agnes Anne Cook in Scotland in 1869; married John Adams in Glasgow, 1893; his academic career took him
to the University of London, University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA and also on travels to New Zealand, Australia,
and South Africa; Lady Adams wrote popular articles for newspapers and magazines; widowed, 1934; died in Los Angeles, 1942;
posthumous selection and bibliography of writings published as
Tea-Time (1942).
Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to the life and writings of Lady Adams.
Includes material concerning her friend, Maven Thorpe.
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts (Boxes 1-2).
- Notes, fragments, clippings, speeches, photographs, ephemera (Box 3).
- Correspondence (Box 4).
- Posters and watercolor of New Zealand (Box 5).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Adams, Lady (Agnes Anne), 1869-1942--Archives.
Thorpe, Maven.
Women journalists--Archival resources.