Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Items Removed from Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Matt Weinstock Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1947-1968
Collection number: 700
Creator:
Weinstock, Matt, 1903-
Extent: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Matt Weinstock (1903-1970) joined the
Los Angeles Daily News as a sports reporter (1924), became managing editor of the
News (1934), and became an editorial columnist three years later. He subsequently wrote for the
Los Angeles Mirror and
Los Angeles Times. Weinstock also wrote two books as well as short stories and magazine articles. The collection consists of Weinstock's newspaper
columns, correspondence, royalty statements, a scrapbook, memorabilia, and drafts of his books.
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.
Administrative Information
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.
Restrictions on Access
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 Hilda Weinstock, 1972.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Matt Weinstock Papers (Collection 700). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Weinstock was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 12, 1903; moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1911; attended
UCLA, 1920-23, and served as sports editor of the
Daily Grizzly; joined
Los Angeles Daily News as a sports reporter in 1924; became managing editor of the News in 1934, and became an editorial columnist three years later;
subsequently wrote for the
Los Angeles Mirror and
Los Angeles Times; wrote two books,
My L.A. (1947) and
Muscatel at Noon (1951), as well as short stories and magazine articles; died in Los Angeles on January 8, 1970.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Weinstock's newspaper columns, correspondence, royalty statements, a scrapbook, memorabilia, and drafts
of his books,
My L.A. and
Muscatel at Noon.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
-
My L.A. typescript and illustrated galley proofs (Boxes 1-2).
- Typescript and galley proofs of Muscatel at noon, correspondence, ephemera (Boxes 2-3).
- Columns and articles (Boxes 4,6-16).
- Scrapbook, clippings, and memorabilia (Boxes 5,17).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Weinstock, Matt, 1903- --Archives.
Journalists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Authors, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Items Removed from Collection
- 6 photos of American Indians by T.A. Morris, ca. 1906.
- 1 photo of Lillian Russell.
- 2 photos of Victoria County, Texas, ca. 1910.
Note
Removed from papers to Picture Collection (Collection 99). Available at Department of Special Collections, University Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.