Finding Aid for the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Institutional Archive
1934-2010
Clarkive Post-1934
Finding aid prepared by Processed by Rebecca Fenning.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2520 Cimarron Street
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Title: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Institutional Archive,
Identifier/Call Number: Clarkive Post-1934
Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Physical Description:
160.0 Linear feet
368 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1934-2010
Abstract: Records of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and the Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies from 1934 to the present.
Subjects treated by these materials include library acquisitions, academic events, fellowships, Clark buildings and grounds,
publicity and press clippings, and library reference and circulation records.
Physical location: Clark Library
Creator:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Clark Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Institutional Archive, Clarkive Post-1934, William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processing History
Processed by Rebecca Fenning, November 2010-February 2011.
Historical Note
The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is one of UCLA's major libraries for rare books and manuscripts, with particular
strengths in English literature and history (1641-1800), Oscar Wilde, and fine printing. It is located thirteen miles east
of campus (about a half-hour drive), in the West Adams District of Los Angeles north of USC. It is administered by UCLA's
Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies.
The library and its collections were founded by William Andrews Clark, Jr., and named after his father, who had built a mining
fortune in Montana. The son, a prominent Los Angeles book collector and philanthropist, had a house at the corner of Adams
Blvd. and Cimarron Street, and from 1924 to 1926 he constructed the present library on the same lot. Shortly afterwards he
announced his intention to donate the collection, the buildings, and the property to UCLA. When he died in 1934 the deed passed
to the University.
The Center, a member of the UCLA Humanities Consortium, provides a forum for the discussion of central issues in the field
of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies. It organizes academic programs, bringing together scholars from the area,
the nation, and the world, with the goal of encouraging research in the period from 1600 to 1800. It seeks to enlarge the
Clark Library's holdings in this period in order to enhance research opportunities. The Center's publications program is dedicated
to making the results of its conferences known to the larger scholarly public. It provides resident fellowships and scholarships
to support research in early modern studies and other areas central to the Clark's collections. In addition it offers a variety
of public programs, including chamber music concerts.
Chronology
| 1934 |
Death of William Andrews Clark, Jr. The library becomes part of UCLA. |
| 1934-1943 |
Cora Sanders, Librarian/Curator of Collections |
| 1944-1966 |
Lawrence Clark Powell, Director of Library |
| 1966-1978 |
William E. Conway, Head Librarian |
| 1966-1981 |
Robert G. Vosper, Director of Library |
| 1978?-1993 |
Thomas Wright, Head Librarian |
| 1981-1985 |
Norman Thrower, Director of Library |
| 1985 |
Formation of the Center for 17th- and 18th-century Studies |
| 1985-1987 |
Norman Thrower, Director of the Center and Clark |
| 1987-1991 |
John Brewer, Director of the Center and Clark |
| 1991-2011 |
Peter Reill, Director of the Center and Clark |
| 1993-1995 |
John Bidwell, Head Librarian |
| 1996-2010 |
Bruce Whiteman, Head Librarian |
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the institutional records of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and Center for 17th- and
18th-Century Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, 1934-present. Items include materials related to library
acquisitions and purchases, reference queries, fellowships, academic events and faculty, financial and administrative records,
annual reports, clippings and publicity materials, building and grounds documentation, visitor records and publications. These
records document the history of the Clark Library and Center as operating units at UCLA, and their roles in supporting scholarship
and research both at the University and beyond.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Correspondence and Collection Management, 1934-present
- Series 2. Fellowships, Programs and Publications, 1945-present
- Series 3. Administrative Records, 1934-2009
- Series 4. Clark/Center Personnel, 1880-2010
- Series 5. Publicity and Clippings, 1947-present
- Series 6. Building and Grounds, 1945-1997
- Series 7. Miscellany, 1960-2010
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Accession records--United States--20th century
Acquisitions (Libraries)--United States--20th century
Administrative records--United States--20th century
Collection development (Libraries)--United States--20th century
Congresses and conventions--United States--20th century
Correspondence--United States--20th century
Invoices--United States--20th century
Library administration--United States--20th century
Library employees--United States--20th century
Library publications--United States--20th century
Library records--United States--20th century
Correspondence and Collection Management Series 1.
1934-present
Scope and Contents note
Contains acquisition-related correspondence and invoices, reference correspondence, accession records, materials related to
cataloging and collection development, conservation records, reader registration and circulation records.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 5 subseries: 1, Invoices and Correspondence, 1934-present; 2. Accession and Acquisition Records, 1935-1994; 3.
Reference and Bibliographic Queries, 1947-2005; 4. Collection Management, 1937-2000; 5. Circulation and Reader Records, 1941-present.
Correspondence and Invoices Subseries 1.
1934-present
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
This subseries consists largely of acquisition invoices and related correspondence between booksellers and Clark librarians
from 1934 to the present. Also included are records and correspondence from foreign book buying trips by Clark librarians.
At some times in the past, acquisition invoices and correspondence were kept together in the same physical files, while in
more recent decades, these files have been kept almost completely separate.
Box 1-11
Correspondence,
1944-1958
Box 20-33
Correspondence and Invoices,
1959-1969
Box 34
Lawrence Clark Powell's 1963 European Buying Trip,
1963 March-June
Box 368
Book Fair Purchases,
1967
Box 64
Clark Buying Trips,
1968-1980
Box 35-46
Correspondence and Invoices,
1970-1979
Box 48-51
Correspondence,
1980-1989
Box 316
Misc. Invoices,
1982-2008
Box 78
Invoices,
1998-2005
Scope and Contents note
Some files contain invoices dating back to 1983.
Box 288
Miscellaneous correspondence,
2000-2005
Box 321
Invoices & correspondence,
2002-2005
Scope and Contents note
Head Librarian Bruce Whiteman's files.
Box 367
Book invoices (Center copies),
2005-2007
Accession and Acquisition Records Subseries 2.
1935-1994
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Consists of accession and acquisition records for items in the Clark Library collections. These records have been kept in
a number of different formats over time.
Box 339
Exercise book with list of gifts to the library,
1935-1936
Scope and Contents note
From Cora Sanders' files.
Box 340
Record of Books,
1936-1944
Scope and Contents note
From Cora Sanders' files.
Box 73-75
Accession books,
1936-1950
Box 75
Accession ledgers and records,
1936-1952
Box 76
Accession reports,
1938-1944
Box 76
Accession ledger,
1941-1945
Box 340
Ledger: Visitors and Readers, Invoices, Accounts,
1941-1945
Scope and Contents note
From Cora Sanders' files.
Box 71
Acquisitions: Reports, Collections, Statistics,
1950-1970
Box 72
Acquisitions: Statistics, Policies, Committee
1958-1975
Box 77
Acquisition Lists,
1985-1994
Reference & Bibliographic Queries, Subseries 3.
1947-2005
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Contains general reference queries and correspondence as well as bibliographic correspondence from 1947 to 2005. Queries and
correspondence are from both individual researchers and from other institutions.
Box 65-67, 69-70
Bibliographic correspondence,
1947-1979
Box 68
Bibliography & Bibliographic correspondence,
1968-1979
Box 279
Staff/Reader Correspondence,
1980s-1990s
Box 337
Misc. Bibliographic Inquiries,
1976-1990
Box 285-286
Reference Correspondence,
1997-2002
Scope and Contents note
Reference librarian Jennifer Schaffner's files.
Box 288
Miscellaneous correspondence,
2000-2005
Box 321
Invoices and correspondence,
2002-2005
Scope and Contents note
Head librarian Bruce Whiteman's files.
Collection Development and Management Subseries 4.
1937-2000
Arrangement note
Arranged in 3 topical subgroups: Collection Management, Cataloging and Conservation.
Scope and Contents note
Consists of files related to the development, maintenance, cataloging and conservation of Clark Library collections. Items
include inventories, reports, statistics, bibliographic information, grant materials, bookplates, conservation lists, and
correspondence. The Clark's participation in collaborative bibliographic projects such as the English Short Title Catalogue
(ESTC) and Wing, as well as its work on National Endowment for the Humanities and Delmas Foundation grants is also documented
here.
Box 353, Box 368
Clark/UCLA Manuscript Cataloging Manuals,
1938-2001
Box 353
Old Clarkive Finding Aids,
ca. 1980-1995
Box 109-110
Library Collection Files,
1940s-1960s
Scope and Contents note
Files kept by H. Richard Archer, Edna Davis and other Clark librarians on Library collections.
Box 279
Collections Management and Collection Files,
ca. 1940-1950
Box 368
Reader usage of books and reader guidelines,
1968
Box 321
Collection Development Committee,
1995-1996
Box 88
Bookplates: General, Collection, Gift
Box 316
USC Vault Inventory,
2000
Box 368
Blank archival labels,
1990s
Box 282
Cataloging Reports & Correspondence,
1937-1970
Box 368
Stats on English printed books and survey of shelving for proposed annex,
1948
Box 368
Cataloging of Music Collection report by R. Englebarts,
1950
Box 368
NUCMC manual and Clark manuscript cataloging conventions,
ca 1970s?
Box 356
Old Eric Gill Catalog Cards
ca. 1950s
Box 360-361
Old Eric Gill Catalog Records
1980-1995?
Box 322-323
Eric Gill Collection: Archive project,
1990-1998
Box 368
NEH Grant Proposal for UCLA Manuscripts Collections,
1998
Box 290
Manuscript Records for NEH Recon Project,
1998-1999
Box 268
Clark Library Wing holdings,
28 September 1983
Box 368
Microfilm orders for Restoration drama titles,
Box 321
Missing manuscript items and incorrectly cataloged cards,
ca. 2000
Box 354
Archival inventories and finding aids compiled by Lori Chin
1995-1997
Box 355
EAD Conversion Project, including emails and manuals
1997-1998
Box 363-364
UMI Microfilming Project
1993-2001
Box 368
Eric Gill grant proposal to Getty Foundation,
2001
Box 111
Bindery lists,
1947-1980
Scope and Contents note
Lists of books sent for rebinding and preservation work.
Box 112-113
Boards from Rebound Books
Box 367
Preservation & Conservation files from Carol Sommer's office,
1992-2011
Box 368
Wilde preservation microfilming project files & Performing Arts in Los Angeles (preparation for NEH grant proposal),
1992
Circulation and Reader Records Subseries 5.
1941-present
Arrangement note
Organized into 3 subgroups: Call Slips, Reader Records, Reprographic Orders.
Scope and Contents note
Consists of circulation records for items in the Clark's collections as well as reader logs and sign-in sheets, which chart
the visitors to the library. Records related to reprographic orders are also included here. Records (particularly reader sign-in
sheets) have been lost for some periods of time, resulting in gaps in the listings below.
Box 359
Call Slips,
March 2005, May 2005, July 2005, Sept-Oct 2005
Box 346-348
Call Slips,
January 2008-March 2010
Box 185-190
Exhibition/Class Call Slips
Box 357-358
Call Slips,
March 2010-June 2011
Box 252-258, 351
Readers' Logs and Sign-In Sheets,
1941-1987, 1990-Mar 2001, May 2003-Jan 2004, Mar-Sep 2004, Nov 2004
Box 316
Keys and Cubicles,
2001-2005
Box 235-237
Photographic orders,
ca. 1970-1990
Box 316
Photographic Orders & Reference Correspondence,
1988-1992
Fellowships, Programs and Publications Series 2.
1945-present
Scope and Contents note
This series comprises materials related to the academic and cultural programs supported by the Clark and Center, including
fellowships, conferences, and publications. Materials include fliers for events, program files, conference proceedings and
related correspondence, records related to Clark professors and fellows, Clark/Center publications, exhibition files and photographs
of staff, scholars and events.
Arrangement note
Organized into 6 subseries: 1. Academic Programs and Seminars, 1950-1999; 2. Conference and Event Publicity, 1945-2008; 3.
Clark Professors and Fellows, 1945-2005; 4. General Event Files, 1945-2004; 5. Exhibitions, 1975-present; 6. Clark Publications,
1952-present.
Academic Programs and Seminars Subseries 1.
1950-1999
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Contains materials related to academic conferences and seminars held at the Clark Library and organized by the Clark and the
Center. Documents include correspondence between staff, speakers and conference organizers, seminar papers, related publications
and planning materials.
Box 295
Seminar & Class Visit Files,
1950-1970
Box 231-232
Seminar Correspondence and publications,
1953-1965, 1971-1976
Box 233-234
Bill Conway's Seminar Files,
1965-1970
Scope and Contents note
Also contains some of Lawrence Clark Powell's files.
Box 238
Seminar Mailing Lists and Correspondence,
1974-1981
Box 302
Seminars & Library Events,
1975-1979
Box 139
"The Stage and the page," organized by George Winchester Stone, Jr.,
1976-1977
Box 264
Summer Program Papers,
1977-1989
Box 161
Invitational Seminars,
1980-1988
Box 213
Newton Conference Proceedings,
undated
Box 266
Slides and Audiotapes from David Zeidberg, on the Clark and on California fine printing,
undated
Box 139
Nicholas Barker seminar,
1987-1990
Box 296
Fine Printing: The Los Angeles Tradition,
1987
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, proofs, dummy, etc.
Box 262-263
Workshop Papers,
1988-1990
Box 272
Early Modern Conceptions of Property,
1989-1994
Box 308
Potentially related Clark/Center courses,
ca. 1993
Box 323
Center Program Files,
1994-1995
Box 326-327, 350
Center Program and Fellowship Files,
1996-1997
Box 307, 311-312
Center Program Files: Seminar Correspondence & Papers,
1997-1998
Box 319-320
Fellowships, Proposals, Grants, Rejected Programs,
1997-1999
Box 303-307, 325
Center Program Files,
1998-1999
Box 265
Sound recordings from "Oscar Wilde and the Culture of the Fin de Siecle" seminars,
1999
Box 343-344
Miscellaneous Microfilm & Audio Recordings
Conference and Event Publicity Subseries 2.
1945-2008
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Contains event invitations and fliers from 1945-2008.
Box 100-102
Edwin Carpenter's event files,
1945-1973
Box 158-159
Event Invitations,
1963-1985
Box 96-99
Event invitations and fliers,
1968-2005
Box 275-276
Ephemeral Printing (including event material),
1970-1997
Box 301, 313
Event Fliers,
1999-2000, 2005-2008
Box 366
Kanter Lecture Student Poster Contest,
2008
Note
Contains student submissions and other materials related to the poster contest.
Clark Professors and Fellows Subseries 3.
1945-2005
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Consists of files related to or created by Clark professors and fellows. Materials include correspondence, grant proposals,
seminar and event proposals, lists and general administrative files. Since the 1940s, the Clark (in concert with other organizations
and granting agencies, as well as independently) has invited and funded fellowships at the library to qualified scholars.
The Clark and Center also support the work of professors from UCLA and other academic institutions, who have convened seminars
and brought in fellows for themed programs over the course of the academic year.
Box 147-148
UC Dryden Project,
1950s-1976
Box 368
UC Dryden Project proposal,
1939
Box 140-141
Clark Professors,
1968-1989
Box 300
Clark Professors and events,
1982-1985
Box 160
Fellowship Lists,
1945-1980
Box 214
Hugh Gilchrist Dick Papers,
1940s-1960s
Scope and Contents note
(1909-1971), professor of English at UCLA, member of the Clark Library Committee and director of the Friends of the Library.
Box 167-169
Summer Fellowships,
1965-1977
Box 141
Senior Research Fellows,
1968-1989
Box 326-327
Center Program and Fellowship Files,
1996-1997
Box 319-320
Fellowships, Proposals, Grants, Rejected Programs,
1997-1999
Box 288
Center/Clark Fellowship Awards,
2004-2005
Box 368
Getty Multicultural Interns and other Getty Grants
General Event Files Subseries 4.
1945-2004
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Contains files related to non-academic Clark and Center events, such as fundraisers and Founder's Day, which celebrated William
Andrews Clark, Jr.'s donation of the library to UCLA and took place from 1945-1955. Materials include invitations, photographs,
administrative records, calendars, scripts from theatrical presentations, and other miscellaneous items.
Box 162-163
Founder's Day Files,
1945-1955
Box 274
Founders' Day Invitations,
1940s-1950s
Box 300
Founders' Day Materials,
1948-1955
Box 344
Founders' Day Audio Recordings,
1950s
Box 251
Clark Scrapbooks,
ca. 1945-1960
Box 239, 248-249
Clark Event/Personnel Photographs,
1946-2003
Box 179
Clark Event Photographic Negatives,
1965-1995
Box 270-271
Event guest books,
1953-1993
Box 149
Events and Seminars,
1952-1980
Box 164-165
Bill Conway's Event Files,
1961-1986
Box 302
Seminars & Library Events,
1975-1979
Box 160
Program and Event Calendars,
1979-1986
Box 150-157
Library Event Files,
1981-2003
Box 166
Norman Thrower's Event and General Files,
1984-1988
Box 307
Center Program & Event Files,
1997-1998, 1998-1999
Box 288
Scripts from the Clark's production of Lady Windermere's Fan,
October 2001
Box 288
Scripts and other material from An Afternoon of Acquisitions,
May 2004
Exhibitions Subseries 5.
1975-present
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Consists of labels, didactics and other display materials from exhibitions mounted at the Clark Library, 1975 to the present.
Box 180-184, 277
Exhibition Labels,
1975-2004, undated
Box 284
Exhibition Labels,
1995-2001
Box 314-315
Exhibition Labels,
2003-present
Box 367
Exhibit at the Grunwald Center, featuring fin-de-siecle material from the Clark,
1998-1999
Clark Publications Subseries 6.
1952-present
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
This subseries consists primarily of newsletters produced by the Clark and the Center, 1952 to the present. Documents and
files related to the Augustan Reprint Society (ARS) are also included here, as are correspondence and materials related to
Clark newsletters and printed conference proceedings.
Box 280
UC Press correspondence and miscellaneous material,
1980-1990
Box 209
Mercurius Redivivus, Nos. 1-3,
1952-1958
Box 212
Mercurius Redivivus related correspondence,
1952-1958
Box 210
Clark/Center Newsletters,
1981-1999
Box 345
Clark/Center Newsletter,
2000-present
Box 211
Extra Clark/Center Newsletters,
1981-2000
Box 310
Seminar Papers: Inventory, Fiscal Reports, Correspondence,
1974-1994
Box 349
David Rodes Augustan Reprint Society Files,
1970-1990
Box 365
Clark history brochure research files compiled by Kim Anderson,
2008
Note
Files kept by researcher Kim Anderson during her compiling of the Clark history brochure during summer 2008. Contains photocopies
of research material from the Clarkive and from UCLA Special Collections as well as lists of resources consulted.
Administrative Records Series 3.
1934-2009
Scope and Contents note
This series contains administrative files and records from the Clark and Center, dating 1934 to 2009. These records include
annual reports, advisory committee materials, financial and accounting records and various other items.
Arrangement note
Organized into 3 subseries: 1. Annual and Other Reports, 1934-2009; 2. Clark and Center Advisory Committees, 1935-2001; Financial
and Accounting Records, 1941-1998.
Annual and Other Reports Subseries 1.
1934-2009
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
These records comprise annual and other incremental reports produced by the library and the Center for various oversight and
constituent groups, including the UCLA University Library, advisory committees and the wider public.
Box 282
Cataloging Reports & Correspondence,
1937-1970
Box 92
Clark Reports to UCLA Library Director,
1939-1971
Box 94
Clark Decade Reports: Correspondence,
1944-1966
Box 87
H. Richard Archer's Monthly Reports,
1944-1959
Box 89
Clark Annual Reports,
1945-1970
Box 261
Printing Blocks from the Report on the 2nd Decade,
ca. 1955
Box 90-91
Clark & Clark/Center Annual Reports,
1970-1980, 1985, 1991-1995
Box 208
Monthly Statistical Reports,
1976-1981
Box 288
1979/1980 Annual Report,
1979-1980
Box 367
Proposal to establish a center for 17th- and 18th-century studies,
1983
Box 95
Center ORU Continuance Report,
1999
Box 288
2001/2002 Annual Report,
2001-2002
Clark and Center Advisory Committees, Subseries 2.
1935-2001
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Contains reports, minutes, agendas and other material related to or generated by the Clark and Center Advisory Committees,
dating 1935 to 2001.
Box 104-105
Clark Library Committee,
1935-1981
Box 107
Clark Library Committee Agendas and Minutes,
1935-1979
Box 106
Clark Library Committee Members: Biographical Files
Box 273
Security, Grounds, Collections & Committee Miscellany,
1945-1966
Box 214
Hugh Gilchrist Dick Papers,
1940s-1960s
Scope and Contents note
(1909-1971), professor of English at UCLA, member of the Clark Library Committee and director of the Friends of the Library.
Box 108
Clark Library Committee/Center Advisory Committee,
1981-2001
Box 308
Clark/Center Advisory Council,
1987-1994
Box 309
Clark Faculty Advisory Committee,
1987-1994
Financial and Accounting Records, Subseries 3.
1941-1998
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains financial ledgers and other accounting records for the period 1941-1998.
Box 340
Ledger: Visitors and Readers, Invoices, Accounts,
1941-1945
Scope and Contents note
From Cora Sanders' files.
Box 193
Clark and Augustan Reprint Society Ledgers,
1945-1953
Box 200
Personnel Ledger,
ca. 1958-1965
Box 317-318
Fiscal Closing,
1997-1998
Clark/Center Personnel Series 4.
1880-2010
Scope and Contents note
Contains the files of Clark librarians and Center directors, as well as administrative files about Clark and Center staff.
Though some material here is best classified as personal business records and correspondence, some material listed could also
be described in one of the other topical series in this finding aid. An attempt has been made to cross-reference these files
arranged by creator with the other topical series arranged by subject matter, but this cross-referencing is not exhaustive.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 6 subseries: 1. Clark Personnel, 1934-1990; 2. Cora Sanders, 1880-1945; 3. Lawrence Clark Powell, 1934-1970; 4.
William Conway and Robert Vosper, 1950-1986; 5. Norman Thrower, Lori Stein and John Bidwell 1978-1994; 6. Bruce Whiteman,
1996-2010.
Clark Personnel, Subseries 1.
1934-1990
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Records comprise general files related to or created by Clark personnel, including clippings, administrative files, and biographical
information.
Box 79
Clark and UCLA correspondence: Archer, Godwin, Horn, Powell and Sproul,
1934-1955
Box 82
General Personnel Files,
1940-1984
Box 299
H. Richard Archer's Files,
1941-1953
Box 337
Staff Contact Lists,
1979-1993
Cora Sanders, Subseries 2.
1880-1945
Scope and Contents note
Contains records kept by Cora Sanders (1872-1964), the Clark's curator and librarian from the 1910s to 1943, including ledgers,
acquisition records and bibliographic records, as well as some personal materials. Sanders was originally employed as secretary
to Mr Clark's two wives and then as his secretary and assistant, after their respective deaths. Though not formally trained
as a librarian or bibliographer, Sanders learned the necessary skills through her exposure to the collections, and after Mr
Clark's death in 1934, worked for UCLA as Curator of collections until 1943.
Box 339
Blank book bound as a binding exercise by Cora Sanders
Box 339
Exercise book with list of gifts to the library,
1935-1936
Box 339
Looseleaf notebook of historical/bibliographic information
Box 340
Ledger: Visitors and Readers, Invoices, Accounts,
1941-1945
Box 340
Library of Congress Subject Subdivisions,
1924
Box 340
Record of Books,
1936-1944
Box 341
Listing of Booksellers' Catalogs
Box 341
Memoranda Book,
1936-1940
Box 341
Notebook from Jake Zeitlin containing typed book descriptions
Box 342
Montana Scrapbook,
1880s-1910s
Lawrence Clark Powell, Subseries 3.
1934-1970
Scope and Contents note
Consists almost entirely of clippings of Lawrence Clark Powell's writings in various print media, as well as some administrative
files and articles about him. Powell (1906-2001) was UCLA University Librarian from 1944 to 1961 and Clark director from 1944
to 1966.
Box 216
LCP Clippings File: Booklets, keepsakes, ephemera
Box 362, Box 217-220
LCP Clippings File: Magazine Articles
Box 221-223
LCP Westways Clippings,
1934-1955
Box 224
LCP Newspaper Clipping Correspondence
Box 228-230
Administrative Files,
1930s-1960
Scope and Contents note
Possibly Lawrence Clark Powell's files.
Box 34
Lawrence Clark Powell's 1963 European Buying Trip,
1963 March-June
William Conway and Robert Vosper, Subseries 4.
1950-1986
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
William E. Conway served as Clark Librarian from 1966-1978 and Robert G, Vosper served as Director of the Library from 1966-1981.
This subseries consists of their files about the Clark, and includes event and seminar records, as well as clippings and biographical
information. William Conway (1918-1992) began working at the Clark in 1939 as a cataloger, and after his 1978 retirement,
worked at the library as a volunteer on special bibliographic projects, including reporting to the English Short Title Catalog
(ESTC). Robert Vosper (1913-1994) served as UCLA Librarian from 1961-1973, Director of the Clark from 1961-1981, and UCLA
professor of library science (later emeritus) from 1973-1983.
Box 164-165
Bill Conway's Event Files,
1961-1986
Box 233-234
Bill Conway's Seminar Files,
1965-1970
Scope and Contents note
Some also LCP files.
Box 80
Vosper Clippings and Biographical Files,
1950-1973
Box 81
Bill Conway's Files,
1962-1980
Norman Thrower, Lori Stein and John Bidwell, Subseries 5.
1978-1994
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Files created by Center Director Norman Thrower, Assistant Director Lori Stein and Head Librarian John Bidwell. Items include
administrative records, statistics, clippings and correspondence. UCLA Professor of Geography Norman Thrower served as Center
Director from 1981-1987 and Lori Stein served as assistant director from 1989-2000, before becoming Assistant Dean of Humanities
at UCLA. John Bidwell served as the Clark's Reference and Acquisition Librarian from 1979-1993 and Head Librarian from 1993-1995.
Box 127, 227
Norman Thrower Administrative Files: Correspondence with Franklin Murphy
Box 283
Norman Thrower Files,
ca. 1983-1988
Box 292-293
John Bidwell Files,
1990-1993
Box 297-298
Lori Stein's files,
1988-1993
Box 83-85
John Bidwell Files,
1978-1994
Bruce Whiteman, Subseries 6.
1996-2010
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
Files created by or maintained by Bruce Whiteman, the Clark's Head Librarian from 1996-2010. Records include correspondence,
invoices, acquisition information, program files, and administrative materials. Also included are records, drafts and other
material related to his co-editing and co-curating of the exhibition (UCLA Hammer Museum, 2001-2002) and book The World From
Here: Treasures of the Great Libraries of Los Angeles (Getty Publications, 2002).
Box 259-260, 328
The World From Here files
Box 316
Correspondence regarding collection items, etc.,
1993-2004
Scope and Contents note
LCP, Isaac Fuller portrait, Richard Hoffman, Eric Gill.
Box 329-330
Bruce Whiteman Files,
1997-2004
Box 331-335
Bruce Whiteman Files,
2002-2010
Publicity and Clippings Series 5.
1947-present
Scope and Contents note
Contains clippings from various print sources about the Clark and/or Center, or related to the library's collections. This
series also contains offprints and videotapes.
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 146
Clippings from UCLA publications
Box 240
Clark Related Publications,
1947-1960
Box 240-242
Publicity/Clippings,
ca. 1980-1990
Box 250
Clippings/Publicity,
1949-1952
Box 281
Clippings and offprints,
1954-1984
Building and Grounds Series 6.
1945-1997
Scope and Contents note
This series contains files and records related to the upkeep and maintenance of the Clark Library buildings and grounds. Materials
concerning the demolition, renovation and construction of structures on the property are also included.
Arrangement note
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 178
Buildings & Maintenance,
1950-1987
Box 273
Security, Grounds, Collections & Committee Miscellany,
1945-1966
Box 174
Construction of the Underground Annexes, Photographs & Negatives,
1951, 1963
Box 176
Clark Residence Demolition,
1970-1971
Box 175
Gatehouse Remodeling Project,
1986-1990
Box 321
Air Conditioning,
1992-1997
Box 177
Buildings & Grounds: Clippings File
Box 368
HVAC Project contacts,
2002
Miscellany Series 7.
1960-2010
Box 201-207
Monthly Calendars,
1973-2000
Box 275-276
Ephemeral Printing,
1970-1997
Scope and Contents note
Includes stationary, call slips, event publicity, etc.
Box 278, 287
Desk Calendars,
1965-1998, 2000-2002
Box 279
UCLA Library policies & publications
Box 289
Ephemeral Printing blocks
Box 294
UCLA Library Publications,
1947-1970
Box 295
Library Brochures/Ephemera,
1960-1980
Box 301
Clark Library T-shirt,
ca. 1990s
Box 308
Center Affiliated Organizations,
1991-1994
Box 316
Clarkdale, Arizona tourist information,
ca. 2008
Box 316
Holiday cards received,
2010
Box 316
Sanford Dorbin report on Staff Services at the Clark,
1965
Box 336
Oversize Event Posters, Images and Dedications
Box 93
Correspondence & Directives from UCLA Administration,
1960-1970
