Ford Ashman Carpenter Collection
Russell Michalak
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
800 North Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu
URL: https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Ford Ashman Carpenter Collection
Dates: 1888-1944
Collection number: H.Mss.0605
Creator:
Carpenter, Ford A. (Ford Ashman), 1868-1947
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 half-size document box)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont
Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
Abstract: The collection
includes Carpenter's publications on weather and air travel, with emphasis on the climate in
California.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the
collection: English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to
Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ford Ashman Carpenter Collection (H.Mss.0605). Special
Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont,
California.
Accruals
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
Processing Information
Arranged and processed by Special Collections staff.
Biography / Administrative History
Dr. Ford Ashman Carpenter was manager of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Department
of Meteorology and Aeronautics for 22 years. A scientist and aviation pioneer, for many
years Dr. Carpenter was in charge of the U.S. Weather Bureau in Los Angeles and served as
meteorological adviser to several large airlines and steamship companies, realty
developments, and the Hollywood Bowl. He advised the Congressional Naval Affairs Committee
in 1930; was a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological
Society of London, the Royal Geographical Society, and the American Seismological Society;
served as president of the Southern California Academy of Sciences from 1929 to 1931; held
membership in the Federation of Aeronautic International, the Eighth International
Geographic Congress at Washington, D.C. in 1904, the Royal Geographic Society of London,
and of the San Diego Society of Natural History; and lectured at many colleges during
career. Dr. Carpenter died on November 10, 1947 at the age of 79.
Source: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/33559
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection includes Carpenter's publications on weather and air travel, with emphasis
on the climate in California. Includes pamphlets, reprints, clippings and mimeographed
copies of articles from various publications. Practical Applications of Weather Science
includes materials collected, bound, and titled by Carpenter.
Related Materials
Other materials by Ford A. Carpenter can be found in the online catalog of The Claremont
Colleges Library (https://library.claremont.edu/), by searching for "Carpenter, Ford A." in
the author field.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library’s online public access catalog.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Aeronautics
California, Southern
Carpenter, Ford A. (Ford Ashman), 1868-1947
Climatology
Western Americana, 1850-1999
Genre and Form of Materials
Articles
Brochures
Pamphlets
Publications
Box 1, Folder 1
Practical Applications of Weather Science
1888-1925
Box 1, Folder 2
"The Land of the Beckoning Climate"
1928-1944
Box 1, Folder 3
Publications on Aeronautics
1925-1930
Box 1, Folder 4
Publications on Climatology
1929-1936
Box 1, Folder 5
Publications on Earthquakes
1933
