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Title: Robert Campbell papers,
Date (inclusive): 1912-1989
Collection number: 389
Creator: Campbell, Robert, 1898-1985
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
4 oversize boxes
Abstract: Robert B. Campbell (1898-1985) married Blanche Gramlich (1923) and moved to Los Angeles. They opened a bookstore across the
street from the Southern Branch of the University of California. When UCLA moved to Westwood, the Campbells moved their store
to Le Conte Avenue and built up the trade book section. Robert became the first bookseller on the West Coast to serve as president
of the American Booksellers Association. The collection consists of personal and UCLA-related memorabilia and materials related
to the career of bookstore owners Robert and Blanche Gramlich Campbell and Campbell's Book Store.
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.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections 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.
- Gift of Clarice Alcott, 1990-1991.
- Gift of Mrs. Robert Tolstad, 1990.
[Identification of item], Robert Campbell Papers (Collection 389). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709569
Robert B. Campbell was born on February 5, 1898 in Osceola, Nebraska; attended University of Nebraska; worked at Long's College
Book Store in Lincoln; married Blanche Gramlich on June 20, 1923; they moved to Los Angeles in 1924 and opened a bookstore
on Vermont Avenue, across the street from the Southern Branch of the University of California; when UCLA moved to Westwood,
the Campbells moved their store to Le Conte Avenue and built up the trade book section; Blanche Campbell began and built up
the children's book section; Robert Campbell joined the Rotary Club in 1932, writing its weekly newsletter,
The Windmill; he served as president of the Westwood Chamber of Commerce in 1933 and 1944; served on board of directors, University Religious
Conference; became first bookseller on the West Coast to serve as president of the American Booksellers Association; the Campbells
supported UCLA in various ways, including establishing the Campbell Book Collection Awards at UCLA in 1948; Campbell's Book
Store was sold to the Brentano chain in 1968; retired in 1974; he died in 1985, and Blanche died in 1989.
Collection consists of personal and UCLA-related memorabilia and materials related to the career of bookstore owners Robert
and Blanche Gramlich Campbell and Campbell's Book Store. Includes photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, speeches, caricature
drawings, and realia. Photographs feature pictures of their Los Angeles bookstores on Vermont Avenue and Le Conte Avenue,
as well as Hedda Hopper, Rudy Vallee, Bennett Cerf, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Haile Selassie, Prince Philip, Mayor Tom
Bradley, UCLA Chancellor Charles Young, Meredith Willson, and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Reagan.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Campbell, Robert, 1898-1985--Archives.
Campbell, Blanche, 1902-1989--Archives.
Campbell's Book Store (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Archives.
Booksellers and bookselling--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
The following materials related to Robert B. Campbell are available in the UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library:
- Author: University of California, Los Angeles.
Library.
The Robert B. Campbell Student Book Collection Competitions.
Identifier/Call Number: Call number: Z 733 C15C12ro.
- Author: Campbell, Robert, 1898-1985, interviewee.
Town and Gown Booksellers oral history transcript / Robert and Blanche Campbell ; interviewed by John B. Jackson and Joel Gardner, [1974 and 1975].
Identifier/Call Number: Call number: 300/139.