Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Biobooks Records
Date (inclusive): 1934-1979
Collection number: 1301
Creator:
Biobooks.
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
2 oversize folders.
Abstract: Collection includes archives of Biobooks, Oakland, California, including correspondence files, ca. 1942-1953, ephemera, U.S.
Geological Survey maps of California, print blocks used for publications by Biobooks, as well as the Grabhorn Press, book
dealers' catalogs, book covers, unbound texts of books, dummy books, and a manuscript by Helen Giffen,
Casas and courtyards.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joseph Sullivan, 1982-1989.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Biobooks Records (Collection 1301). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of Biobooks (Oakland, CA), including bookdealers' catalogs, reports, invoices, manuscripts,
printed material, drawings, photographs, business files, correspondence, US Geological Survey maps of CA, and print blocks
used for publications by Biobooks, as well as the Grabhorn Press. Includes a manuscript by Helen Giffen,
Casas & courtyards : historic adobe houses of California (1955).
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Bookdealers' catalogs (boxes 1-4)
- Manuscripts (boxes 5-6)
- Printed material (boxes 5-11, 20-27)
- Drawings and photographs (box 11)
- Print blocks (boxes 11, 14-19)
- Business files, including correspondence (boxes 12-13).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Biobooks--Archives.
Publishers and publishing--California--Oakland--Archival resources.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Giffen, Helen S. Helen Smith), 1893- --Casas & courtyards.