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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: J. Duncan Gleason papers
Creator:
Gleason, J. Duncan (Joe Duncan)
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0761
Physical Description:
1.0 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1840-1959
Abstract: J. Duncan Gleason (1881-1959) was born in Los Angeles. He worked as an illustrator for the Union Engraving Company and later
for New York magazines, including
Ladies' Home Journal. He also painted impressionist style landscapes and worked as a studio artist for Warner Brothers and MGM. He became interested
in yachting, and was active in the U.S. Power Association; wrote
Islands of California (1950) and
Islands and Ports of California(1958). The collection consists of scrapbooks including photographs and studies of his work, three guest books, original manuscripts
of two proposed books, two additional scrapbooks on the conservative art fight and about 50 letters of his ancestors, dating
from the 1840s.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9914705833606533
[Identification of item], J. Duncan Gleason papers (Collection 761). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Gleason was born in 1881 and brought up in Los Angeles; in 1894 he began working at the Union Engraving Company as an illustrator;
attended art schools in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and the Art Students League in New York from 1903-04 and spring
1906; illustrator, 1903-14 for New York magazines, including
Ladies' Home Journal; returned to Los Angeles after outbreak of World War I, and painted impressionist style landscapes; married Dorothy Ferguson
and moved back to New York to do magazine illustrations; about 1924 moved to San Pedro, California; in 1932 moved to Los Feliz
Hills near Hollywood, and from 1938-44 worked as a studio artist for Warner Brothers and MGM; became interested in yachting,
and was active in the U.S. Power Association; wrote
Islands of California (1950) and
Islands and Ports of California(1958); he died in 1959.
Collection consists of scrapbooks related to artist Joe Duncan Gleason's career, including photographs and studies of his
work. Contains three guest books and original manuscripts of two proposed books, two additional scrapbooks on the conservative
art fight and about 50 letters of his ancestors, dating from the 1840s. Also includes a run of
Range Light (September 1959-May 1964), a publication of the Los Angeles Power Squadron.
Arranged in the following series:
- Scrapbooks, photographs, guest books, manuscripts, and correspondence of ancestors (Box 1).
- Range Light (Box 2).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Artists -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Gleason, J. Duncan (Joe Duncan), 1881-1959--Archives.