Series 1.
Correspondence, Invoices and Gift Books
1903-1946
Physical Description: 6.46 linear feet (15.5 boxes)
Scope and Content
This series includes correspondence, book buying invoices and materials related to gift book recipients and printing, dating
from approximately 1903-1946. The majority of correspondence is addressed to WAC Jr. and is related to book buying and collecting,
or to gift and Christmas books. Some correspondence to and from other members of the Clark Library staff is also included
here in addition to some business correspondence related to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Most materials described here are
business-like in tone and subject matter; very little purely personal correspondence exists in the Clark Library's collections.
Arrangement
Arranged in 4 subseries: Subseries 1. Correspondence; Subseries 2. Invoices; Subseries 3. Gift Book Materials; Subseries 4.
Christmas Cards.
Subseries 1.
Correspondence
1903-1936
Physical Description:
2.09 Linear feet
(5 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence to and from William Andrews Clark, Jr. and his library staff (primarily Robert E. Cowan and Cora E.
Sanders) to booksellers, book collectors, musical colleagues and other friends and acquaintances, 1903-1946. Some correspondence
between WAC Jr., Caroline Estes Smith and George Leslie Smith regarding the Los Angeles Philharmonic is also included. The
vast majority of correspondence is business-related in nature and does not touch on personal topics. Also enumerated here
is a small amount of correspondence to and from other Clarks (particularly William Andrews Clark, Sr. and Alice McManus Clark).
Arrangement
Materials are arranged and described in alphabetical order by writer.
Box 5, Folder 8
Birrell & Garnett, Ltd. (Graham Pollard)
Box 5, Folder 11
Browning Society of Los Angeles
Box 5, Folder 12
Bullen, Henry Lewis (of the Typographic Library and Museum)
1929-1933
Box 5, Folder 15
California State Library
1928
Box 5, Folder 20
Clark, Alice G. McManus
Note
Letters written to WAC Jr's second wife, Alice McManus Clark. Many of these letters concern charitable work.
Box 9, Folder 21
Clark, Charles Walker to WAC Jr. and Robert Cowan
1920, 1931
Box 9, Folder 22
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Robert Cowan
1928-1932
Note
Includes letter from WAC Jr to Cowan dated 1931, with an enclosed 1879 Inman Line passenger list showing his parents as transatlantic
passengers (MS.1931.001).
Box 9, Folder 24
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Sam T. Clover
1923
Note
Gift of Doris Harris, 1977 (MS.1977.015).
Box 5, Folder 21
Clark, William Andrews, Sr. to WAC, Jr.
1920
Box 5, Folder 22
Clark, William Andrews, Sr. to Charles Kessler
1920
Box 22, Folder 5
Clark, William Andrews, Sr. to F.E. Murray, Prescott, Arizona (photocopy of letter and envelope; location of original unknown)
April 8, 1888
Box 5, Folder 27
Cowan, Robert E.
Note
Letters to and from Robert Cowan, WAC Jr's bibliographer until 1933. Cowan's resignation letter is included here.
Box 5, Folder 45
Cowan, Robert E. to Phil Townsend Hanna
29 December 1930
Note
Gift of Kenneth Karmiole, 2012 (MS.2012.015)
Box 5, Folder 35
Douglas, Lord Alfred Bruce (from WAC Jr.)
Box 5, Folder 36
Dressler, Marie
1918, 1933
Box 5, Folder 40
First Edition Club (A.J.A. Symonds)
Box 6, Folder 11
Howell, John (John Howell Books)
Box 6, Folder 27
Los Angeles Philharmonic Board of Directors (from WAC Jr)
1925
Box 6, Folder 28
Los Angeles Philharmonic Staff
1932
Box 9, Folder 25
Mackay, John W. to WAC, Sr.
ca, 1895
Note
Purchase, 2001 (MS.2001.018).
Box 6, Folder 31
MacKenzie-Brown, Booksellers
Box 6, Folder 32
Martini, Joseph (bookseller)
Box 7, Folder 6
Millard, Christopher (aka Stuart Mason)
Box 7, Folder 7
Millard, George and Alice
1918-1934
Box 7, Folder 10
Morgan-Bruce Book Co. (Theatre Book Store)
Box 7, Folder 13
Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
1916
Note
Written to Alice McManus Clark. Gift of Cora E. Sanders, March 1949 (MS.1949.002)
Box 7, Folder 15-20
Nash, John Henry
1920-1934
Box 8, Folder 5
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
19224
Box 8, Folder 6
Post, Harrison (from WAC Jr)
Box 9, Folder 26
Post, Harrison, correspondence with L.C. Powell and Clark Library staff
1946
Note
Correspondence regarding the return of some of Post's items still in the Library & residence in 1946.
Box 8, Folder 17
Rothwell, Walter, Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Godowsky, Frieda Godowsky
Box 8, Folder 20
Sanders, Cora Edgerton (from WAC Jr)
1926-1934
Box 8, Folder 22
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine
1923-1930
Box 8, Folder 25-27
Smith, Caroline Estes (from WAC Jr)
1923-1934
Box 8, Folder 28
Smith, Caroline Estes (from others)
Box 8, Folder 29
Smith, George Leslie (from WAC Jr and others)
Box 8, Folder 30
Special Libraries Association of Southern California
1927
Box 9, Folder 28
Troubetzkoy, Paul and Amelie
Box MS Box 24, Folder 4
Van Nosdall, George A.
1930
Note
Letters regarding Thomas J. Wise and Byron's "Euthanasia."
Box MS Box No. 24, Folder 34-35
Wise, Thomas J.
Note
Letters to WAC, Jr., Cora Sanders and Adelyn Sutphen Stumph concerning various forgeries and other bibliographic topics.
Subseries 2.
Invoices
1911-1934
Physical Description:
1.67 Linear feet
(4 boxes)
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises invoices for books and other collection materials purchased by William Andrews Clark, Jr. and his
library staff. Some invoices are accompanied by correspondence.
Arrangement
Arranged in alphabetical order by bookseller.
Subseries 3.
Gift Book Materials
1921-1936
Physical Description: 2.09 linear feet(5 boxes)
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains correspondence and other documents related to William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s privately printed library
catalogs and Christmas gift books. Clark published a Christmas book nearly every year as well as publishing many volumes worth
of library catalogs.
Arrangement
Arranged into 2 subgroups: Subgroup 1. Gift Book Correspondence; and Subgroup 2. Gift Book Production.
Gift Book Correspondence Subgroup 1.
1922-1936
Physical Description:
1.67 Linear feet
(4 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence related to William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s library catalogs and annual Christmas gift books. Nearly all
items here are thank you notes written by friends and colleagues, thanking WAC, Jr. for including them on the book distribution
list. There are also more formal acknowledgements of these gifts from libraries and institutions.
Arrangement
Organized in alphabetical order by correspondent.
Box 24
"Joy" (last name unknown)
Box 24
Behymer, Lynden Ellsworth
Box 24
Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice)
Box 24
Bixby, William K. (William Keeney)
Box 24
Cambridge University Library
Box 24
Clark, Charles W. (Charles Walker)
Box 24
Columbia University Library
Box 24
Dartmouth College Library
Box 24
Dobie, Armistead M. (Armistead Mason)
Box 24
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, Inc.
Box 25
First Edition Club (London, England)
Box 25
Granniss, Ruth S. (Ruth Shepard)
Box 25
Griffith, Reginald Harvey
Box 25
Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel)
Box 25
Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest)
Box 25
Hill, Walter M. (Walter Martin)
Box 25
Huntington, Henry Edwards
Box 25
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Box 25
John Carter Brown Library
Box 25
Keats-Shelley Memorial Association
Box 25
Kessler, Charles N. (Charles Nickolas)
Box 25
Key, Pierre V. R. (Pierre Van Rensselaer)
Box 25
Lambeth, W. A. (William Alexander)
Box 25
Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Box 25
Lilienthal, Theodore M. (Theodore Max)
Box 25
Los Angeles Public Library
Box 25
Loyola University of Los Angeles
Box 25
Lyman, George D. (George Dunlap)
Box 26
Magdalen College (University of Oxford)
Box 26
Mitchell, Josephine E. Walker
Box 26
Moerenhout, Florence Cooke
Box 26
New York Academy of Medicine
Box 26
Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard)
Box 26
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
Box 26
Princeton University. Library
Box 26
Ratchford, Fannie Elizabeth
Box 26
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf)
Box 26
Rosenbach, Philip H. (Philip Hyman)
Box 27
Schad, Robert O. (Robert Oliver)
Box 27
Shepherd, Rezin Davis (aka R.D. MacLean)
Box 27
Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert)
Box 27
Typographic Library and Museum
Box 27
University of California, Berkeley. Library
Box 27
University of California, Los Angeles. Library
Box 27
University of San Francisco (Saint Ignatius College)
Box 27
University of Southern California
Box 27
University of Virginia. Library
Box 27
White, Charles L. (Charles Lafayette)
Box 27
Williams College. Library
Box 27
Williamson, George Charles
Box 27
French letters to "Cher Bienfaiteur," written after WAC Jr's death
1935-1936
Gift Book Production Subgroup 2.
1921-1933
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 box)
Scope and Contents
Contains materials related to the preparation and printing of William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s annual Christmas books. This items
include correspondence with printers and experts on the texts in question as well as drafts of Clark's own essays and introductions
to the books.
Arrangement
Organized by gift book title.
Box 34, Folder 3
Legal correspondence
1921-1922
Box 34, Folder 4
Rosenbach correspondence
1921
Box 34, Folder 5
WAC Jr's holograph introduction (partial)
Note
Gift of Adelyn Sutphen Godwin, 1952 (MS.1952.008).
Box 34, Folder 6
WAC Jr's holograph introduction
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, October 1947 (MS.1947.001).
Box 34, Folder 7
Correspondence with clergy
1931-1933
Box 34, Folder 9
"Bibliography and books consulted"
Box 34, Folder 10
Bibliography, correspondence and WAC Jr's typescript introduction
Box 34, Folder 11
Correspondence with
A.S.W. Rosenbach and
Leonard Whibley
1933
Subseries 4.
Christmas Cards
1923-1933
Physical Description:
0.63 Linear feet
(1.5 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Contains Christmas cards sent by William Andrews Clark, Jr. to friends and colleagues. There are many duplicates of each card
in these files. Some thank-you notes and acknowledgements of the cards are also included here.
Arrangement
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 33
illustrated by Franz Geritz
1923
Box 33
illustrated by William Wilke (message in French)
1930
Box 33
illustrated by Grace Marion Brown (message in English)
1930
Box 33
poem and illustration by Leon-Adolphe Willette
1931
Box 34, Folder 1, Box 33
illustration by Grace Marion Brown
1933
Box 39
Christmas card, illustrated by Grace Marion Brown, originally sent to Miss Sydney Sanner
1933
Box 27
Thank-yous for 1929 Christmas card
1929-1930
Series 2.
People Files
1878-1983, undated
Scope and Contents
This series consists of photographs, ephemera, secondary source materials and other items related to William Andrews Clark,
Jr., his family and his colleagues. Most material here is connected to WAC Jr., but there are also substantial materials related
to members of the Clark Library staff and to William Andrews Clark, Sr. The majority of items in this series are photographs,
but there is also a great deal of secondary reference material (most of this is related to WAC Sr. and Allyn Cox).
Arrangement
Materials arranged into 4 subseries: Subseries 1. William Andrews Clark, Jr.; Subseries 2. William Andrews Clark, Sr.; Subseries
3. Other Clark Family Members; Subseries 4. Colleagues and Associates.
Subseries 1.
William Andrews Clark, Jr.
ca. 1878-1981
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs, honorary degrees and certificates, ephemera, and other miscellaneous materials related to William Andrews
Clark, Jr.
Arrangement
Organized into 3 subgroups: Subgroup 1. Photographs; Subgroup 2. Awards and Certificates; Subgroup 3. Other Materials.
Subgroup 1.
Photographs
ca. 1878-1934
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs of William Andrews Clark, Jr. from approximately 1878 to 1934. Some images are formal studio portraits,
while others are casual snapshots. Many casual photographs contain unidentified individuals.
Box 10, Folder 11
Unidentified toddler, possibly WAC Jr.
ca 1877
Box 11, Folder 1
WAC Jr as a child
ca 1882
Box 11, Folder 8
Photograph of the University of Virginia graduates in law, including WAC Jr
1899
Box 12, Folder 20
Portrait of WAC Sr., WAC Jr. and WAC III
1903
Note
Caption on verso: Three generations of millionaires, WA Clark I II III.
Box 12, Folder 6
Alice Clark, Cora Sanders and WAC Jr in Ireland
1913
Box 12, Folder 11
WAC Jr., portraits by Edward Weston
1919-1921
Note
Contains 3 photographs (one of them is a ca. 1980 copy). One photograph is signed by Weston and inscribed to Robert E. Cowan
by WAC Jr. (the inscription is dated 10/19/1919).
Box 12, Folder 14
WAC Jr. with Robert Cowan, Edwin Clark and others in Montana
ca 1919
Box 12, Folder 9
WAC Jr., portraits by Murillo Studio
1925-1926
Note
Includes 7 photographs. 4 are inscribed by WAC Jr. to others: George Leslie Smith (12/27/1926), Merle Armitage (12/27/1926;
gift of Merle Armitage), Robert Cowan (11/18/1925), and Robert Farquhar (1925).
Box 12, Folder 18
Montana snapshots, including WAC Jr., George Pale and others
ca 1928
Box 12, Folder 10
WAC Jr., portraits by Murillo Studio
ca. 1932
Box 12, Folder 17
WAC Jr., snapshots in academic cap and gown in the library's outdoor reading room
Box 12, Folder 16
Photographs of Henrique Medina portrait of WAC Jr.
Box 12, Folder 15
WAC Jr. and Harrison Post, snapshots in Europe (possibly Mont St. Michel)
Note
Includes negatives and the original envelope in which the undeveloped film was deposited at a Paris Kodak studio.
Box 12, Folder 13
WAC Jr. and Will Garroway, photograph by Watts
Note
Gift of Alpha O. Sigfrid, 1953 (MS.1953.006).
Box 12, Folder 12
Photograph of Paul Troubetzkoy statue of WAC Jr.
Subgroup 2.
Awards and Certificates
1912-1932
Scope and Contents
Consists of certificates, awards, honorary degrees and club memberships dating 1912-1932.
Box 22, Folder 20
Nelson's L-L Encyclopedia certificate of membership (no. 14139) issued to WAC Jr.
March 12, 1912
Box 17, Folder 8
"Diploma of Award" to WAC Jr. from the California Liberty Fair
1918
Box 34, Folder 17
Book Club of California lifetime membership certificate
1920
Box 39
Specimen leaf from a book of hours, given to WAC Jr. by the Book Club of California, with accompanying letter from Book Club
of California
Box 22, Folder 22
Receipt, initiation fee for the Uplifters Club, for WAC Jr and Harrison Post
1925
Box 34, Folder 12-13
Mills College honorary doctorate: certificate, correspondence, programs and other materials
1925
Box 20, Folder 9
University of San Francisco, honorary degree for WAC Jr.
1930
Box 28
Printed scroll, souvenir (?) of the unveiling of the Beethoven Statue in Pershing Square, printed by
Chester Troan
October 14, 1932
Subgroup 3.
Other Materials
1916-1981
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous other documents related to WAC Jr., including estate documents, scrapbooks, research queries and other
items.
Box 22, Folder 21
Program for
The Merchant of Venice, performed as a benefit for the Fatherless Children of France "in the gardens of Mr. William A. Clark, Jr."
June 20, 1919
Box 23, Folder 8
Letter from Paul Newell to William Conway, regarding WAC Jr
Box 23, Folder 9
WAC Jr. last will and testament
December 1933
Box 32
WAC Jr's scrapbook of clippings and other materials related to books, collectors and libraries; with tabbed alphabetical index
on initial pages
1916-1934
Note
Additional material not pasted in the scrapbook in folder at bottom of box.
Box 34, Folder 15
WAC Jr stationary with personalized watermark
Box 34, Folder 18
Correspondence re: WAC Jr and George Pale between Bill Conway, John Bidwell and William Walker
1981
Box 36
Collection of nine copper plates used for calling and other cards for WAC Jr and WAC III, by Brock & Company, Los Angeles
1924-1931
Note
Gift of Brock & Company, 1956 (MS.1956.006).
Box 39
Paste-up for announcement of Book Club of California exhibit of books from the collections of WAC Jr.,
Charles W. Clark and
Charles Templeton Crocker, San Francisco (by
John Henry Nash)
ca 1922
Subseries 2.
William Andrews Clark, Sr.
1879-1986
Scope and Contents
Photographs, speeches, and other documents related to William Andrews Clark, Sr. and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Much of
the material in this subseries is either gathered from a secondary source or is a photocopy of original material held elsewhere.
Arrangement
Organized into 4 subgroups: Subgroup 1. Photographs and Portraits; Subgroup 2. Corcoran Gallery of Art; Subgroup 3. Speeches
and Other Materials; Subgroup 4. Secondary Source Materials.
Subgroup 1.
Photographs and Portraits
1903-1930
Scope and Contents
Photographs and other images of WAC Sr., dating from approximately 1903 to 1930.
Box 12, Folder 20
Portrait of WAC Sr., WAC Jr. and WAC III
1903
Note
Caption on verso: Three generations of millionaires, WA Clark I II III.
Box 10, Folder 21
WAC Sr in front of log cabin in Deer Lodge, Montana
ca 1910-1920
Box 12, Folder 2
WAC Sr. with Andree and Huguette Clark at Columbia Gardens, Butte, Montana
ca 1916
Note
Gift of D. Roscoe Nickerson, Butte, June 1969 (MS.1969.002).
Box 11, Folder 6
Photograph of plaque from rotunda of Montana State Capitol in Helena
Note
Gift of Professor Norman Thrower, February 1973 (MS.1973.003).
Box 17, Folder 5
Etching of WAC Sr. by William H. Wilke, printed by John Henry Nash and inscribed by both to WAC Jr.
1930
Box 22, Folder 10
Photograph of Henrique Medina portrait of WAC Sr., photograph by C. Owen Smithers, Butte, Montana
1932
Note
Gift of the Masonic Temple, Butte, courtesy of J.R. Thomas, February 1951 (MS.1951.025).
Subgroup 2.
Corcoran Gallery of Art
1882-1930
Scope and Contents
Material related to the donation of WAC Sr's art collection to the Corcoran Gallery of Art after his death in 1925. The Clark
Library also holds multiple printed catalogs of the Corcoran Gallery collection items that originated in Clark's collection;
please search the UCLA Online Library catalog to find these catalogs.
Box 22, Folder 17
S.G.W. Benjamin, "The Corcoran Gallery of Art," from an unknown periodical
ca. 1882?
Note
Gift of Donna Adams, 1986 (MS.1986.006).
Box 22, Folder 16
Correspondence between WAC Jr and C. Powell Minnigerode from the Corcoran Gallery Archives (photocopies)
1926-1930
Box 22, Folder 18-19
Press and magazine clippings relative to the bequest of the late William A. Clark (scrapbook), Corcoran Gallery of Art (photocopies),
with inventory of Corcoran Archives holdings related to WAC Sr.
Subgroup 3.
Speeches and Other Materials
1879-1925
Scope and Contents
Contains estate documents, transcripts of speeches and other materials connected to WAC Sr.
Box 23, Folder 10
WAC Sr. last will and testament
May 1922
Box 17, Folder 11
"Dedicated to William Andrews Clark and the Amalgamated" broadside
Box 22, Folder 4
City of Helena "bill" with engraved portrait of WAC Sr. on verso
Note
In imitation of currency, this bill reads "The City of Helena pays in friendship and good will her debt of gratitude to her
friends." An engraved portrait of Marcus Daly is on the recto; a poem about Helena and an engraved portrait of WAC Sr. are
on the verso.
Box 22, Folder 3
Menu and program, Third Annual Banquet of the Butte Newswriters' Association, commemorating the Golden Anniversary of the
Arrrival in Montana of Senator W.A. Clark
November 1913
Box 22, Folder 2
Menu, Banquet given by the
Butte Chamber of Commerce to Hon. Wm. A. Clark
1913
Box 22, Folder 1
Typescripts of speeches by and biographies of WAC Sr. transcribed by Donna Adams
1981
Note
Gift of Donna Adams, 1981 (MS.1981.002).
Box 9, Folder 22
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Robert Cowan, with 1879 Inman Line passenger list showing his parents on a transatlantic crossing
1879, 1931
Note
Accession MS.1931.001.
Box 43
Album of newspaper clippings and letters on the death of William Andrews Clark, Sr.
1925
Note
Delicate physical condition.
Subgroup 4.
Secondary Source Materials
1951-1986
Scope and Contents
Consists of reference materials and articles written about WAC Sr. and his business concerns.
Box 22, Folder 6
Letter from F.H. Bradford to H. Richard Archer, Clark Library, regarding WAC Sr's possible ownership of a Fageol custom-built
automobile, including 2 photographs of a Fageol chassis
1951
Box 22, Folder 7
Brochure for tours of the Copper King Mansion, Butte, Montana
Box 22, Folder 15
Rita Reif, "Pottery inspired by the Renaissance," The New York Times
April 20, 1986
Box 22, Folder 9
Michael P. Malone, "Midas of the West: the incredible career of William Andrews Clark," in
Montana: the magazine of Western history, v. 33 no. 4 (Autumn 1983): p. 2-17.
1983
Note
Folder contains the entire Autumn 1983 issue.
Box 22, Folder 11
Paul Newell, "The senator and the train,"
Air California Magazine, v.10 no. 1
May 1977
Note
Folder contains entire May 1977 issue.
Box 22, Folder 12
Harry Squires, "Helen Wiser Stewart, Nevada Pioneer,"
The West: true stories of the Old West, v. 11 no. 2
July 1969
Note
Folder contains entire July 1969 issue.
Box 23, Folder 7
James W. Hulse, "W.A. Clark and the Las Vegas Connection: The 'Midas of the West' and the Development of Southern Nevada,"
Montana: the magazine of Western history, vol. 37 no. 1
Winter 1987
Box 22, Folder 14
Herbert V. Young, "'Valley of Kings' mined, cultivated for centuries," Jerome Supplement,
The Verde Independent
Spring 1958
Box 22, Folder 13
Patricia Paylore, "Viva Clarkdale!" from the
Journal of Arizona History (offprint)
1980
Note
Gift of Lawrence Clark Powell, ca. 1980 (MS.1980.006).
Subseries 3.
Other Clark Family Members
1882-1955
Scope and Contents
Photographs and materials related to other members of the Clark family. Most of the material consists of photographs of William
Andrews Clark III and Alice McManus Clark, but there are also items related to WAC Jr.'s siblings, his first wife Mabel Foster
Clark and his grandmother, Mary Andrews Clark.
Subgroup 1.
William Andrews Clark, III (1903-1932)
1903-1931
Biographical Note
WAC Jr.'s son WAC III ("Tertius") was a mining engineer and a technology enthusiast, interested in both still and moving photography
as well as airplanes. He was killed in a plane crash in 1932.
Box 12, Folder 20
Portrait of WAC Sr., WAC Jr. and WAC III
1903
Note
Caption on verso: Three generations of millionaires, WA Clark I II III.
Box 10, Folder 7
WAC III, portrait by Pirie MacDonald
ca 1915
Box 12, Folder 19
WAC III, portrait
ca. 1910
Box 36
Collection of nine copper plates used for calling and other cards for WAC Jr and WAC III, by Brock & Company, Los Angeles
1924-1931
Note
Gift of Brock & Company, 1956 (MS.1956.006).
Subgroup 2.
Alice McManus Clark (1883-1916)
ca. 1907-1916
Biographical Note
WAC Jr.'s second wife, Alice McManus Clark, was born in Virginia City, Nevada and raised in Reno. Her health may have precipated
their move to Los Angeles in the early 1910s. She died in Los Angeles in 1917.
Box 12, Folder 3
Alice Clark, formal portrait
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, 1947 (MS.1947.001).
Box 12, Folder 4
Alice Clark in riding clothes, with dog
Box 12, Folder 5
Photographs of Paul Troubetzkoy statue of Alice Clark
Box 12, Folder 6
Alice Clark, Cora Sanders and WAC Jr in Ireland
1913
Box 12, Folder 45
Alice Clark, formal portrait by Arnold Genthe
Note
Gift of Noelle Brown, July 2011 (MS.2011.009).
Subgroup 3.
Other Family Members
1882-1955
Box 11, Folder 2
Mary Joaquina Clark (1870-1939), formal photograph
ca. 1882
Box 12, Folder 7
Mabel Foster Clark (1880-1903), formal photograph by Histed
1903
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, 1947 (MS.1947.001).
Box 12, Folder 8
Mary Andrews Clark (1814-1904), photograph
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, 1947 (MS.1947.001).
Box 23, Folder 2
Andree Clark (1902-1919), newspaper clipping of a painted portrait
Note
Gift of Miriam Garland McCurdy, date unknown (MS.2011.006).
Box 23, Folder 2
Huguette Clark (1906-2011), newspaper clipping of a painted portrait
Note
Gift of Miriam Garland McCurdy, date unknown (MS.2011.006).
Box 12, Folder 2
WAC Sr. with Andree and Huguette Clark at Columbia Gardens, Butte, Montana
ca 1916
Box 11, Folder 7
Portrait photograph of unidenfied toddler
Box 23, Folder 4
Obituary for Miriam Evans Clark (Mrs. J. Ross Clark),
Los Angeles Times
January 15, 1955
Subseries 4.
Colleagues and Associates
1880-1983
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs and other materials related to William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s colleagues and friends, including Clark Library
staff members, musicians, booksellers and other public figures. In particular, this subseries contains significant original
materials related to Cora Sanders as well as print materials about artist Allyn Cox. A number of signed photographs of musicians
and literary figures also make up a substantial portion of this subseries.
Subgroup 1.
Cora Edgerton Sanders (1872-1964)
1880-1947
Scope and Contents
Photographs and other material related to Cora Edgerton Sanders. Miss Sanders began working for the Clarks around 1901, as
a companion and assistant to Mabel Foster Clark, and continued working in the same capacity for Alice McManus Clark in 1907.
After 1917, she became more involved in WAC, Jr.'s growing library and she worked as Curator of the Clark Library until her
1943 retirement.
Related Archival Materials
Box Montana Mss. 1, Folder 2
Photograph of Cora Sanders and her brother Charles Sanders with the rest of the students of the Helena Graded High School
ca. 1885
Box Post-1934 Clarkive 342
Montana Scrapbook
ca. 1880-1910
Box 12, Folder 6
Photographs of Alice Clark, Cora Sanders and WAC Jr in Ireland
1913
Box Post-1934 Clarkive 342
Library of Congress Subject Subdivisions
1924
Box 10, Folder 9
Photograph of Cora Sanders with Fritz Leiber, inscribed by Leiber to Sanders
ca. 1940
Box 12, Folder 26
Photograph of Lawrence Clark Powell, Cora Sanders and Robert Farquhar
ca 1940s
Box 23, Folder 25
Cora Sanders bibliographic commonplace book
Box Clarkive Post-1934 339
Blank book bound as a binding exercise
Box Clarkive Post-1934 339
Looseleaf notebook of historical/bibliographic information
Box Clarkive Post-1934 341
Listing of Booksellers' Catalogs
Box 23, Folder 24
Cora Sanders clipping/biographical file
Subgroup 2.
Robert Ernest Cowan (1862-1942)
1919-1928
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs and clippings related to Robert E. Cowan, who served as WAC Jr.'s bibliographer from 1919-1933.
Box 12, Folder 14
Photograph of WAC Jr. with Robert Cowan, Edwin Clark and others in Montana
ca. 1919
Box 12, Folder 21
Multiple photographs of Robert Cowan
1922-1928
Box 12, Folder 22
Photograph of Robert Cowan, Marie Cowan and Caroline Estes Smith at the Clark Library, with Snooks the dog
August 1919
Box 23, Folder 23
Robert Cowan clipping/biographical file
Subgroup 3.
Harrison Post (ca. 1896-1946)
1920-1949
Scope and Contents
Photographs of and related to Harrison Post, a close associate (and probable romantic partner) of WAC, Jr.'s. Post also worked
at the Clark Library as a junior bibliographer, helping to compile and write several of the library's printed catalogs.
Box 11, Folder 5
Harrison Post, portrait inscribed to Robert Cowan
1920
Box 12, Folder 15
WAC Jr. and Harrison Post, snapshots in Europe (possibly Mont St. Michel)
Note
Includes negatives and the original envelope in which the undeveloped film was deposited at a Paris Kodak studio.
Box 12, Folder 43
Photograph and accompanying letter about Harrison Post's 1929 Rolls Royce
Subgroup 4.
George John Pale (1916-1973)
1934
Scope and Contents
A book report written by George J. Pale, the son of WAC Jr.'s long-time housekeeper. Before his death in 1934, Clark was finalizing
his legal adoption of Pale.
Box 23, Folder 5
Book report on Hervey Allen's
Anthony Adverse by George Pale
1934
Subgroup 5.
Caroline Estes Smith and George Leslie Smith
1919
Scope and Contents
Photograph of Caroline and George Smith, the managers of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Clark hired Caroline Estes Smith in
the early days of the Philharmonic, after having employed her as a stenographer.
Box 12, Folder 22
Robert Cowan, Marie Cowan and Caroline Estes Smith at the Clark Library, with Snooks the dog
August 1919
Subgroup 6.
Allyn Cox (1896-1982)
1920-1983
Scope and Contents
Clippings and other materials related to Allyn Cox, the arist who was commissioned to paint the murals on the main floor of
the Clark Library when it was built. The son of prominent American painter Kenyon Cox, Clark commissioned Allyn to paint murals
in Clark Hall at the University of Virginia.
Box 19, Folder 1
Clipping from unknown source, showing Cox's murals in the home of "Mrs. Goodrum"
ca. 1920-1950
Box 19, Folder 2
Ernest Peixotto, "Recent American work in mural painting," Architecture (v. 56, no. 2) August 1927, p. 61-68.
August 1927
Box 19, Folder 3
Quentin Reger, "The perfect Dryden collection: fine unknown library hidden in city," S.C. Daily Troy
January 17, 1933
Box 19, Folder 4
Untitled clipping from After Hours
ca. 1951
Box 19, Folder 5
"The Capitol muralist," The New Yorker, p. 21
March 7, 1953
Box 19, Folder 6
"Allyn Cox" from Current Biography: Who's news and why, p. 215-217
1954
Box 19, Folder 7
"Democratic wall decor abandoned," The Los Angeles Times
May 30, 1972
Box 19, Folder 8
Photograph of Allyn Cox at work
1973
Box 19, Folder 9
J.W. Nelson, "Allyn Cox: a new mural for the Capitol," American Artist
December 1974
Box 19, Folder 10
Jane Winebrenner, "Behind the scenes: a Michelangelo at work in the Capitol," 50 Plus, p. 88-89
March 1980
Box 19, Folder 11
Elizabeth Mehren, "The Capitol undertaking of a master muralist: artist's work makes history come alive on walls, ceilings,"
The Los Angeles Times
June 11, 1981
Box 19, Folder 12
Walter H. Waggoner, "Allyn Cox, 86, painter of murals for US Capitol," The New York Times Biographical Service
September 1982
Box 19, Folder 13
"Allyn Cox" obituary from unknown source
September 28, 1982
Box 19, Folder 14
J.Y. Smith, "Allyn Cox dies; work include Capitol murals," Washington Post
1982
Box 19, Folder 15
"Allyn Cox," New York Times obituary from Current Biography 1983
1983
Box 19, Folder 16
Allyn Cox entry from Who was who in American art, p. 1835
1983
Box 19, Folder 17
"Clark Hall muralist dies," University of Virginia Alumni News, p. 23
January/February 1983
Box 19, Folder 18
United States Capitol Historical Society. We, the People: the story of the United States Capitol.
1985
Box 19, Folder 19
Suzanne Tatian, "The library murals: Allyn Cox's first major commission," The Clark Newsletter, no. 8
Spring 1990
Box 19, Folder 20
Allyn Cox entry from the Dictionary of National Biography, v. IV, p. 478-479
Subgroup 7.
Henrique Medina (1901-1988)
1932-1943
Scope and Contents
Original artwork and photographs of artwork by Portugese painter Henrique Medina. Medina executed several portraits of WAC
Jr., the library staff and the Clark family.
Box 12, Folder 24
Henrique Medina-related photographs and images
1932-1933
Box 29
Eleven sketches by Henrique Medina
1933
Box 20, Folder 1
Henrique Medina, nude study (reproduction)
1943
Box 20, Folder 12
Henrique Medina, Drawing of a female nude (pencil)
1944
Note
Gift of Henrique Medina, February 1972 (MS.1972.004).
Subgroup 8.
Mowitza Lodge Guests
1915-1932
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of guests and the guestbook for WAC Jr.'s summer home on Salmon Lake in Montana, Mowitza Lodge. Many
of the individuals in these photographs are unidentified.
Box 12, Folder 18
Montana snapshots, including WAC Jr., George Pale and others
ca. 1928
Box 40
"One Summer, Mowitza" album
1916
Box 21
Mowitza Lodge Guest Book
1915-1932
Subgroup 9.
Music, Literary and Art Associates
1904-1932
Scope and Contents
Photographs, drawings and other materials related to WAC, Jr.'s acquaintances and friends in the music, literary and art worlds.
There are also some materials here related to Montana personalities.
Photographs of musicians inscribed to WAC Jr.
1916-1932
Note
Gift of George Pale, 1965 (MS.1965.004).
Box 10, Folder 10
Flonzaley Quartet
May 1920
Box 10, Folder 18
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, by Lou Goodale Bigelow
September 1922
Other Music-related Associates
1919-1925
Box 17, Folder 10
Photographs of Joseph Tonello
Note
Gift of Helen Porter, 1996 (MS.1996.003).
Box 20, Folder 2
Caricature of a group of classical composers (reproduction), in a portfolio stamped with WAC Jr's name
Box 20, Folder 3
Joseph Tonello, "The Destiny of a Soul," dedicated to Alice Clark; 1 copy inscribed by Joseph Tonello to Helen Livingston
1919
Note
Gift of Helen Livingston Porter 1996 (MS.1996.003).
Box 20, Folder 6
Joseph Tonello, "The Destiny of a Soul," dedicated to Alice Clark; 2 copies inscribed by Joseph Tonello, one of them to WAC
Jr.
1919
Box 20, Folder 8
Claire-Liesel Rothwell, "A Christmas Carol"
December 1925
Note
Two manuscript versions, one of them inscribed "To Dear Daddy Clark, With much love, Claire Liesel, Xmas, 1925."
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, March 1949 (MS.1949.002)
Walter Henry Rothwell (see Los Angeles Philharmonic materials, Series 5)
Booksellers & Literary Connections
1929, undated
Box 10, Folder 19
A.S.W. Rosenbach
January 24, 1929
Box 12, Folder 28
Count Ilya Tolstoy
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, 1952 (MS.1952.007).
Box 12, Folder 31
John Henry Nash's Library, San Francisco, by Louis A. Lauck Co.
ca. 1920s
Box 10, Folder 8
Staff of the Anaconda Standard Newspaper
November 9, 1913
Caption
Printed on recto: Butte Newswriters Third Annual Banquet, Sunday, Nov. 9, 1913; Compliments of the Anaconda Standard, A.E.
Dunn, Staff Photographer.
Box 17, Folder 9
Caricature of "Fat Jack" by Homer Davenport
1904
Series 3.
Clark Library Building and Grounds
1920-2011
Scope and Contents
This series contains material related to the physical building and grounds that comprise the Clark Library. Items include
photographs of the Clark library and grounds from around 1924 until 1996. It also includes materials related to the construction
of the library building, the gift of the Library to UCLA, items related to the observatory which once stood on the grounds
and other assorted artifacts. The finding aid to the Post-1934 records of the Clark Library describes additional relevant
information and photographs that date from 1934 to the present.
Arrangement
Arranged into 5 subseries: Subseries I. Photographs of Library Building and Grounds; Subseries 2. Library Construction and
Contractor Correspondence; Subseries 3. Gift of the library to UCLA; Subseries 4. Observatory; and Subseries 5. Artifacts,
Art and Miscellany.
Subseries 1.
Photographs of Library Building and Grounds
1924-1996
Scope and Contents
Photographs, slides and other images of the Clark Library and grounds. The majority of photographs are interior and exterior
shots of the Library, but images of the teahouse, observatory and Clark residence are also included here.
Arrangement
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 13, Folder 36
Library exterior, contruction of east front by Bradley and Company (marble)
ca. 1925
Box 13, Folder 1
Library interior, photographs by M.L. Bailey
1925
Note
4 b/w negatives in Box 15/Folder 2.
Box 17, Folder 7
Library interior, photographs by M.L. Bailey (larger prints)
1925
Box 13, Folder 2
View of teahouse (print from glass plate negative)
pre-1924
Note
Original glass plate negative and color negative made from glass plate in Box 15/Folder 1.
Box 13, Folder 3
Library exterior, photograph by Murillo Studio
ca. 1926
Box 13, Folder 4
Library interior, print by B.B. Nichols
ca. 1926
Box 13, Folder 5
Library exterior with original front doors, reproduction from the cover of
Saturday Night, (November 1930)
pre-1927
Box 13, Folder 6
Clark Library interior photographs from the Estelle Doheny Collection
ca. 1920s
Note
Gift of Lucille V. Miller, 1958 (MS.1958.003). Also contains one interior photograph of the Pierpont Morgan Library.
Negatives in Box 15/Folder 3.
Box 15, Folder 4
Drawing room murals by Allyn Cox (negatives made from John Henry Nash 1929 edition of
All for Love)
1929
Box 12, Folder 17
Outdoor reading room (including photographs of WAC Jr. in the outdoor reading room)
ca. 1930
Box 13, Folder 7
Outdoor reading room, early beginnings
pre-1930
Box 13, Folder 9
Library exterior
ca. 1937
Box 13, Folder 8
Library interiors
ca. 1930
Box 42, Folder 4
Library interior, South bookroom case with Dryden collections (negative)
Box 14, Folder 6
Observatory, interior and exterior
pre-1934
Box 13, Folder 10
Ralph Cornell design of library grounds
ca. 1940
Box 13, Folder 11
Library exterior, photographs by H.G. Maas
1940
Box 13, Folder 12
Library interior (including drawing room, book room and reading room with people)
1945
Note
Negative of drawing room with people in 42/9.
Box 15
Library exterior (slides)
1945
Box 17, Folder 6
Library interior
ca. 1945
Box 13, Folder 13
Residence exterior
ca. 1950
Box 14, Folder 7
Observatory, demolition
1951
Box 13, Folder 14
Library exterior
ca. 1951
Box 13, Folder 15\
Library exterior
pre-1952
Box 13, Folder 16
Library exterior, cutting down the pine tree
ca. 1952
Note
Negatives in Box 15/Folder 5.
Box 13, Folder 16
Book room display cases (from the
Report of the Second Decade)
ca. 1952
Box 13, Folder 17
Library exterior
1953
Note
Negative in Box 15/Folder 6.
Box 15, Folder 7
Bookcase display of Eric Gill's work, including books, sculpture and woodblocks (b&w negatives)
Box 13, Folder 18
Library interior, photographs by Edward R. Petko
1956, 1966
Note
Gift of Edward Repan Petko, 1956 (MS.1956.005).
Box 13, Folder 21
Library exterior with people (Les Koepplin, Mary Kerbret, Pat McCloskey), photographs by Tom F. Walters
1968
Box 13, Folder 22
Library interior with people (incl. Virginia Wong, Frank Zimmermann, Pat McCloskey), photographs by Tom F. Walters
1968
Note
Negatives in Box 15/Folder 8.
Box 13, Folder 23
Residence exterior (porte-cochere)
1969
Box 42, Folder 8
8 negatives of Library and residence exterior
Box 15
Library exterior (slides)
1973
Box 13, Folder 26
Library exterior, photographs by Rick Lenz
1975
Box 13, Folder 27
Library exterior
February 1979
Box 13, Folder 28
Library interior
February 1979
Box 13, Folder 29
Library interior and exterior, photographs by Joseph H. Heller
1981
Note
Negatives in Box 15/Folder 9 and slides in back of Box 15.
Box 13, Folder 30
Library interior, photographs by G.A. John Rogers
1981
Box 13, Folder 31
Library exterior and interior
post-1981
Box 13, Folder 32
Library interior and exterior
December 1981
Note
Negatives in Box 15/Folder 10.
Box 13, Folder 34
Library interior during film shoots for "The Devlin Connection" and "The Thorn Birds," photographs by Jerry Kurtz
1983
Box 13, Folder 35
Library exterior (damaged perimeter wall)
ca. 1984
Note
Negatives in Box 15/Folder 11.
Box 14, Folder 2
North range buildings
1990
Note
Negatives in Box 15/Folder 12
Box 42, Folder 6
Gate exterior, Historic-Cultural Monument plaque (polaroid)
Box 15, Folder 13
LIbrary interior, south bookroom bookcases, photographs by Duff Tatian (used in Fall 1992 Newsletter) (4 b&w negatives)
July 1992
Box 14, Folder 3
Library exterior, basement exit rails
July 1995
Subseries 2.
Library Construction and Contractor Correspondence
1920-1934
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises correspondence and other materials related to the construction and design of the Clark Library. Correspondents
include architect Robert D. Farquhar, muralist Allyn Cox, contractors, suppliers, and furniture makers.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent.
Box 18, Folder 1
A (American Institute of Architects, Art Metal Construction Company)
1925-1926
Box 18, Folder 2
Baumgarten and Company (woodwork)
1925-1926
Box 18, Folder 3
Bradley and Son (marble)
1924-1926
Box 18, Folder 4
Burglary Protection Company
1924-1927
Box 18, Folder 5
C (Cornelius W. Comegys, H.S. Crocker)
1924-1928
Box 18, Folder 6
W.A. Clark Sr. estate sale
1926
Box 18, Folder 7
Ralph Cornell: "A garden in a gem of beautiful landscaping," California Graphic, May 3, 1924 (photocopy)
1924
Box 18, Folder 8
Allyn Cox (muralist) correspondence
1924-1926
Box 18, Folder 9
Allyn Cox (muralist): news clippings
Box 18, Folder 10
D (W.G. Duff, John Donnelly)
1925-1929
Box 18, Folder 11
A.F. Edwards (marble)
1924
Box 18, Folder 12
Robert D. Farquhar, Clark file (incoming letters from Farquhar, carbons of letters to Farquhar)
1924-1926
Box 18, Folder 13-18
Robert D. Farquhar, Farquhar files (incoming letters from Clark, carbons of letters to Clark)
1920-1927
Box 18, Folder 19
Robert D. Farquhar (correspondence from Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and Whitney Warren
1920, 1930
Box 18, Folder 20
G (General Bronze Corp., Gladding Mc Bean, Gardner-Payne)
1926-1928
Box 18, Folder 21
H (George Hunt, Henry A. Hege, C.P. Helpman)
1924-1929
Box 18, Folder 22
Llewellyn Iron Works
1924
Box 18, Folder 23
M (O.B. McClintock Company, John V. McGinnis, W.D. Mangam, Thomas E. Marlowe, Leon Mazy, W.E. Mitchell)
1924-1930
Box 18, Folder 24
P (John Polachek Bronze and Iron, Paoli Construction, Pedgrift Brothers)
1925-1934
Box 18, Folder 25
William G. Reid (hardwood floors)
1925-1926
Box 18, Folder 26
Southern California Hardwood
1925
Box 18, Folder 27
T (S. Tomasello, Ed. Trinkkeller, S. Wyman Tyler)
1924-1926
Box 18, Folder 28
U-Z (Unit System Heating, Victor Granite, Weaver Roof, Wilson and Bell)
1924-1934
Box 34, Folder 19
Postcard of Chateau de Chantilly library, inspiration for the Clark book rooms
ca 1920
Subseries 3.
Gift of the Library to UCLA
1926-1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal documents, newspaper clippings and other documents connected to William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s gift of
the Clark Library to UCLA in 1926. Material related to the Deeds of Gift of 1926 and 1929 are included, as is material related
to Clark's estate from after his 1934 death.
Arrangement
Materials arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 23, Folder 13
Newspaper clippings related to the gift of the library to UCLA
1926-1934
Box 23, Folder 12
Excerpt from deed of gift
June 4, 1926
Box 23, Folder 11
Regents of the University of California, minutes mentioning WAC Jr's offer of the Clark Library gift and a letter from Robert
Sproul to Ernest Dickson discussing the same
June 1926
Box 23, Folder 14
Deed of Gift (original and copies)
June 4, 1926
Box 23, Folder 17
Letter from Sydney Sanner (executor of Clark estate) to Edward Dickson regarding interpretation and compliance with the will
of WAC Jr.
May 6, 1937
Box 23, Folder 19
Correspondence regarding will of WAC Jr. (photocopies)
1934-1937
Box 23, Folder 18
Paragraph 25 of WAC Jr's will and related correspondence between Edward Dickson and legal counsel
1934-1935
Box 23, Folder 20
Affadavit of George John Pale with supporting letters and photographs
1934-1936
Box 20, Folder 11
University of California Regents, proclamation accepting the gift of the Clark Library
May 1935
Subseries 4.
Observatory
1923-1924, undated
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes WAC, Jr.'s astronomy notebook as well as ephemera and publications connected to his observatory and
its astronomer, Mars F. Baumgardt. Additional material, including photographs of the observatory's 1951 demolition, are described
in the finding aid to the Post-1934 Institutional Archive.
Arrangement
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 14, Folder 8
WAC Jr's astronomy notebook
pre-1934
Box 14, Folder 9
Observatory "admission tickets"
pre 1934
Note
Gift of Peggy Christian, December 1972 (MS.1972.003).
Box 42, Folder 1
"The Clark Observatory," Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Vol. XVIII, Part 2 (July 1919): 46-53.
Note
Printed from Google Books.
Box 14, Folder 11
"The Coming Total Eclipse of the Sun," by Mars F. Baumgardt
September 10, 1923
Box 42, Folder 2
"Mars: Our Interesting Celestial Neighbor," by Mars Baumgardt. Published by the Clark Observatory
ca. 1924
Note
Gift of Barbara Rootenberg, June 1998 (MS.1998.005).
Box 14, Folder 10
"The Planet Mars" by Dr. Mars F. Baumgardt, in
The Ouzel
September 1924
Note
Gift of Peggy Christian, December 1972 (MS.1972.003).
Subseries 5.
Artifacts, Art and Miscellany
1926, 2011
Scope and Contents
Contains items documenting the Clark Library's furnishings.
Arrangement
Items described in roughly chronological order.
Box 30
Venetian drapery cords, from original draperies in the library drawing room
ca. 1926?
Box 41
Fabric from drawing room chairs reupholstered in 2011 (includes original fabric and swatch of new fabric)
ca. 1926?, 2011
Series 4.
Other Clark-related Buildings, Properties and Organizations
1889-1967, undated
Scope and Contents
This series collects documents and other items related to other endeavors of William Andrews Clark, Jr. (besides the Clark
Library) and members of the Clark family. This includes other organizations such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic that were
founded by Clark Jr., buildings such as Clark Hall and the Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home, that were funded and built by
the Clarks and business interests such as mines. The items collected here are a mix of pre-1934 items and modern documentation
of extant buildings and organizations.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into 8 subseries: Subseries 1. Los Angeles Philharmonic; Subseries 2. Alice McManus Clark Memorial
Auditorium, University of Nevada, Reno; Subseries 3. Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home, Los Angeles; Subseries 4. WAC Jr. Mausoleum,
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles; Subseries 5. Clarkdale and Jerome, Arizona; Subseries 6. Clark Hall, University of
Virginia; Series 7. Mining clai
Subseries 1.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
1919-1967
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks, photographs, ephemera, news articles and other items related to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which was founded
by William Andrews Clark, Jr. in 1919. Correspondence between Clark and managers Caroline Estes Smith and George Leslie Smith
is described in the correspondence series of this finding aid.
Arrangement
Materials arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 31
Album containing LA Philharmonic programs from the first season, as well as photographs of the full orchestra and Walter Henry
Rothwell; Cover embossed with WAC Jr's name
1919-1920
Box 12, Folder 44
Photograph of plaster cast of W.H. Rothwell statuette by Paul Troubetzkoy
ca 1920
Note
Gift of Claire Colfax, 1976 (MS.1976.026).
Box 35
"Philharmonic Notes," scrapbook kept by WAC Jr. of the Philharmonic's 1921 spring tour (incl. photographs, clippings and programs)
1921
Box 34, Folder 14
Program, Wagner Concert by the Albert Hall Orchestra, from the LA Phil office library
January 7, 1923
Box 42, Folder 3
Culture and the Community: Los Angeles County, pulished by the Civic Bureau of Music and Art of Los Angeles
ca 1927?
Box 23, Folder 21
Souvenir program, "W.A. Clark, Jr. Testimonial Concert"
April 21, 1928
Box 34, Folder 16
Jose Rodriguez interview with Caroline E. Smith
1932
Box 39
Photocopies of papers from the Walter Henry Rothwell archive, in the possession of the Rothwell family
Box 23, Folder 22
Elizabeth Gunn, "The Goose that Sang: Memoirs of violinist Fred Kuphal," in Montana: the magazine of Western history, vol.
57 no. 1
January 1967
Subseries 2.
Alice McManus Clark Memorial Auditorium, University of Nevada, Reno
1923-1974
Scope and Contents
Minutes, correspondence, ephemera and reference material connected to Alice McManus Clark Memorial Auditorium, which was donated
to the University of Nevada, Reno by WAC Jr. in 1928.
Arrangement
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 34, Folder 21
Building Committee of the Alice McManus Clark Memorial Auditorium, minutes
1923
Box 12, Folder 32
Clark Library, University of Nevada
1928
Box 22, Folder 23
Program for Senior Week, University of Nevada Class of 1928, dedicated to WAC Jr.
1928
Box 23, Folder 6
James W. Hulse,
The University of Nevada: A centennial history (photocopy)
1974
Subseries 3.
Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home, Los Angeles
1913-1963, undated
Scope and Contents
Ephemeral material related to the Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home, which was built by William Andrews Clark, Sr. in 1913.
Arrangement
Described here in roughly chronological order.
Box 22, Folder 24
Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home dedication service program
1913
Note
Printed by Fred Lang; additional copies of this piece of ephemera are located in the Fred S. Lang Collection, Press coll.
Archives Lang.
Box 22, Folder 25
Invitation, 50th anniversary of the Mary Andrews Clark Residence
1963
Box 23, Folder 1
Postcards and brochures for the Mary Andrews Clark Residence
Subseries 4.
WAC Jr. Mausoleum, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles
1923-1930
Scope and Contents
Photographs and other items related to the Clark Mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which was designed and built by
Robert D. Farquhar, in 1923.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Box 17, Folder 12
Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, certificate of honor to WAC Jr. for the Hollywood Forever
mausoleum
1923
Box 17, Folder 4
Hollywood Forever Mausoleum, photograph by Frederick W. Kuphal, Jr. (?)
ca. 1930
Box 17, Folder 3
Hollywood Forever mausoleum, exterior
ca. 1930?
Box 17, Folder 1-2
Interior and exterior photographs of WAC Jr's mausoleum, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, photographs by Fred R. Dapprich
ca. 1930
Subseries 5.
Clarkdale and Jerome, Arizona
1925, 1984
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs and secondary source material about the Clark family's mining interests and other connections in Jerome
and Clarkdale, Arizona.
Arrangement
Items arranged in chronological order.
Box 16
Clark Memorial Club, Clarkdale, Arizona photograph album, with W.A. Clark, Jr. printed on cover
ca. 1925
Box 22, Folder 8
Articles and other information on Jerome, Arizona
1984
Note
Gift of Nathaniel Grossman, February 1984 (MS.1984.005).
Subseries 6.
Clark Hall, University of Virginia
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains modern photographs of the interior of Clark Hall at the University of Virginia, with interior murals by Allyn Cox.
Box 12, Folder 33
Clark Hall, University of Virginia (photographs of Allyn Cox murals)
Subseries 7.
Mining claims, properties and Montana-related images
1889-1923, undated
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs and photograph albums related to the Clark family's mining and other interests in Montana.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Box 10, Folder 4
Photograph of Copper smelter, Butte, Montana (from the John Clifford Cowles collection)
ca. 1889
General note
Captions on verso of photograph: "Copper smelter, Butte, Montana" and "From John Clifford Cowles Collection" in hand of Mary
L. Bennett. See the John Clifford Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004) for more information.
Box 10, Folder 5
Photograph of Unknown smelter?
ca. 1890
Note
No caption or title on image. Unclear if this image originated with the John Clifford Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004).
Box 10, Folder 6
Photograph of Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Montana
18--?
Note
Title taken from caption written in pencil on verso of photograph. Unclear if this image originated with the John Clifford
Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004).
Box 11, Folder 3
Photograph of Deer Lodge, Montana
ca 1880s
Note
Unclear if this originated in the John Clifford Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004).
Box 11, Folder 4
Photograph of Phillipsburg, Montana
ca. 1880s
Note
Unclear if this originated in the John Clifford Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004).
Box 10, Folder 1
Photograph of Sunset Peak, Shoshone County, Idaho
August 1915
Note
inscribed "Compliments of A.H. Ruedy, M.D." Ruedy was a doctor in Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon, who (with his
brother) took over the Sunset Peak Mining Company in 1920.
Box 10, Folder 2
Photograph of Senator W.A. Clark's Mine, Sunset, Shoshone County, Idaho
1915
Note
inscribed "Compliments of A.H. Ruedy, M.D." Ruedy was a doctor in Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon, who (with his
brother) took over the Sunset Peak Mining Company in 1920.
Box 10, Folder 3
Photograph of Montana Hotel Fire, by Aveldson Photo
February 28, 1915
Books Mont. Coll. R828t
Timber Butte Milling Co. photograph album by W.N. Rossberg
1913-1914
Note
Gift of Mrs. W.N. Rossberg, 1953 (MS.1953.008).
Box 37-38
Albums of mine and mill photographs (incl. Timber Butte and Elm Orlu mines)
1914-1923
Note
These albums seem similar -- indeed, nearly the same in format -- as the Timber Butte Milling Company album above, compiled
by W.N. Rossberg. In the absence of any acquisition information, it is unclear if these albums are also the work of Rossberg,
but it seems safe to say that is a possibility.
Box 12, Folder 29
Photographs of Montana landscapes and buildings
ca. 1920-1930
Box 12, Folder 1
Photograph of Clark cabin in Deer Lodge, Montana (birthplace of WAC Jr.)
Note
Caption on verso from donor, Fred W. Kuphal (musician and librarian of the LA Philharmonic, 1919-1961): The birthplace of
William A. Clark Jr in Deer Lodge, Montana, about 1880?
Subseries 8.
Other Clark Buildings and "Things"
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains images of other miscellaneous places and items related to the Clark family.
Box 12, Folder 34
"W.A. Clark, Jr. Cup," photographed by Moody
Box 12, Folder 30
WAC Sr's home in New York, photograph of a woodblock print by "Miller"
Series 5.
News and Media Clippings
1913-1960
Scope and Contents
This series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about or related to William Andrews Clark, Jr. and the William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Box 20, Folder 4
Pacific Coast Musician, vol. 2, no. 3 (March 1913); feature about WAC Jr. and the Saint Saens Quintet on p. 28
March 1913
Box 39
Monatshefte fur bucherfreunde undgraphiksammer, with article on WAC Jr. and his library
1925
Box 39
Newspaper clipping: "Mr. Clark's gift"
June 12, 1926
Note
Gift of Glen Dawson, 1958 (MS.1958.004).
Box 39
Newspaper clipping: "Clark's tribute to Poe,"
Evening Express
ca. 1920s
Box 39
Newspaper clippings about gift of Clark Library to UCLA
1926-1934
Box 20, Folder 10
Los Angeles Saturday Night, vol. 11 no. 7 (November 1930), featuring an article on the Clark Library
November 1930
Box 34, Folder 22
Photograph of Beethoven statue in Pershing Square with short caption,
California Arts and Architecture
1932
Box 39
The Southern Alumnus (UCLA publication)
September 1934
Box 39
Newspaper clippings about WAC Jr's death, funeral and estate
ca. 1934
Box 39
Newspaper clippings about WAC Jr's death, funeral and estate
ca. 1934
Note
Gift of Robert G. Cowan, date unknown (MS.2011.007).
Box 39
Newspaper clippings: "50 years ago today" synopses about WAC Sr and WAC Jr
1960
Box 34, Folder 20
Newspaper clippings about WAC Jr and the library
Box 34, Folder 25
Misc. newspaper clippings
Series 6.
Miscellany
1926-1984, undated
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous material and items related to William Andrews Clark, Jr. or the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Box 20, Folder 7
Silhouette of man in late-18th century dress
Box 34, Folder 23
Description of the Book of Mormon collection
1927
Box 36
Case containing two medals
Box 39
Circular for
The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography, with pencil note by WAC Jr.
Box 39
The Lost Whistlers : Fourteen Paintings, Pastels & Drawings by George S. Hellman, with inscription to WAC Jr. from Hellman
ca 1926
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