Kuhner (David) Papers on Tom Mix Bookplate, 1979-1980 and undated

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Summary

Title:
David Kuhner Papers on Tom Mix Bookplate
Dates:
1979-1980 and undated
Creators:
Kuhner, David
Abstract:
This collection includes printed matter, correspondence, and photographs collected by David Kuhner and used for research on his article about a Tom Mix bookplate.
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet (1 slim document box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], David Kuhner Papers on Tom Mix Bookplate (H.Mss.0467). Special Collections and Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of text, correspondence, and photographs produced and acquired by David Kuhner, Librarian at Norman F. Sprague Memorial Library, during the course of his research for an article on a bookplate of cowboy and motion picture star Tom Mix that appears in a copy of C. Alma Baker, ed., 94 gift battleplanes which fought in the great war, August 4th, 1914 to November 11th, 1918, presented to His Majesty's imperial government… (London, 1921). The book, which was inscribed to Major Tom Mix by the editor, is now in the James Carruthers Memorial Collection of the Institute of Aviation History, Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library, Aviation Folio UG635.G7 B2. The article was published in The Branding Iron (the publication of the Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners), No. 136 (September 1979).

The papers include printed matter, correspondence, and photographs. The printed matter consists of four copies of issue 136 of The Branding Iron, as well as a typescript of the article and research photocopies, with one exception of the front matter of Baker's book. The correspondence primarily concerns various photographs of Tom Mix, only one of which was included in the published article. Most of the photographs were obtained from the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin.

Biographical / historical:

David Kuhner received a BS from Ohio State University, an MEd from the University of Miami, and an MLS from the University of California at Berkeley. He was serving as Head of Readers' Services and Reference at the Jackson Library of Business, at Stanford University, when in 1967 he became Chief Science Librarian at the John Crear Library, in Chicago. In 1970, he was appointed Assistant Librarian for Science at Honnold Library, and in 1972 became first Librarian at the Norman F. Sprague Memorial Library. He retired in 1985.

Kuhner was particularly interested in the history of science. His principal published work on the subject was a collaboration with Tania Rizzo, The Herbert Clark Hoover Collection of Mining & Metallurgy - Bibliotheca de re metallica (Claremont, Calif.: Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, 1980).

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 2002.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Michael P. Palmer, June 2004; revised by Michael P. Palmer, May 2010.

Accruals:

No additions to the collection are anticipated.

Physical location:
Please consult repository.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Michael P. Palmer
Date Prepared:
© 2024
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-06-17 10:17:53 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], David Kuhner Papers on Tom Mix Bookplate (H.Mss.0467). Special Collections and Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977
specialcollections@claremont.edu
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