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Finding Aid for the John B. Nomland Correspondence, 1960-1988
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Title: John B. Nomland Correspondence,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1988
Collection number: 1549
Creator:
Nomland, John B.
Extent:
26 boxes (13 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: John B. Nomland (1923- ) served as architecture-fine arts librarian at University of Southern California, 1952-54, was a librarian
and associate professor at Los Angeles City College in 1954 and became a bookseller. The collection consists of correspondence
files related to Nomland's book business, including his dealings with little presses.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of 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, Department of 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.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of John Nomland, 1987.
[Identification of item], John B. Nomland Correspondence (Collection 1549). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233503
Nomland was born on October 28, 1923 in Pasadena, California; attended Pasadena Junior College, Whittier College, and University
of Southern California, where he received his MLIS in 1952; AB, MA, Ph.D in Latin American Literature, 1944-50, UCLA; served
as architecture-fine arts librarian at University of Southern California, 1952-54; became librarian and associate professor
at Los Angeles City College in 1954, serving as president of the academic senate of the college, 1965-66; became a bookseller;
wrote
Teatro Mexicano Contemporáneo: 1900-1950 (1967).
Collection consists of correspondence files related to Nomland's book business, including his dealings with little presses.
Correspondents include George Allen & Unwin, American Philosophic Society, Ashland Poetry Press, Black Sparrow Press, Book
Club of California, Brookings Institute, Chatto & Windus, City Lights Books, Dawson's Bookshop, Farm Workers Press, Feminist
Press, Gay Book News, Grolier Club, Harvard University Press, Hispanic Society of America, Island Press, Little, Brown & Company,
and Monthly Review Press.
Portions of this collection are in Spanish.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Nomland, John B.--Archives.
College librarians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Booksellers and bookselling--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.