Finding Aid for the Ralph Lee Garnier Papers LSC.0986

Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Division staff, 1989; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Ralph Lee Garnier papers
Creator: Garnier, Ralph Lee
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0986
Physical Description: 1 unknown (1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1960
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ralph Lee Garnier papers (Collection 986). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ralph Garnier, 1966.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942330623606533  

Scope and Content

Collection contains plates for engravings, testimonials, two engravings on silk, correspondence, manuscripts, and related printed material concerning Ralph Garnier's career as a printer and engraver in Los Angeles. Includes his manuscript and typescript notes on the early history of printing and lithography in Los Angeles.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Printing plates.
Lithographers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Printers -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Engravings.
Garnier, Ralph Lee--Archives.

 

Correspondence

box 1, folder 2

Letter re Signal Corps commission.

box 1, folder 7

Business correspondence.

box 1, folder 10

Correspondence, ca. 1950-1962.

 

Ephemera

box 1, folder 3

Menu/program from banquet in honor of W.J. Brandenburg.

 

Journals

box 1, folder 5

Photoengraving journals and ephemera.

Scope and Contents note

Some contain articles by Ralph Lee Garnier.
box 1, folder 6

The Land of Sunshine, ed. by Charles Lummis, October 1901.

 

Obituaries

box 1, folder 4

The Photoengravers Bulletin, Ralph Lee Garnier in memoriam 295-296. November 1967.

 

Photographs

box 1, folder 1

Photograph of Ralph Lee Garnier.

 

Professional notes

box 1, folder 8

Photoengraving chemical formulas.

 

Realia

box 1, folder 11

Pictures printed on satin.

box 1, folder 12

Memberships, certificates of appreciation, etc.

box 1, folder 13

Copper printing block, photoengraved with flowers and logo stamp.

box 2, folder 1

Copper photengraved printing block.

box 2, folder 2

Plaque from Ralph Lee Garnier testimonial dinner.

box 2, folder 3

Life membership plaque, American photoengravers association.

 

Research Material

box 1, folder 9

Photoengraving--patents, articles, notes.