Finding Aid for the Viola Lockhart Warren Papers, 1908-1968
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Genie Guerard
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2000
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Viola Lockhart Warren Papers, 1908-1968
Collection number: 1322
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts 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
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, February 1989
- Encoded by:
- Genie Guerard
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2003
© 2000 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Viola Lockhart Warren Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1968
Collection number: 1322
Creator:
Warren, Viola Lockhart, 1896-1968
Extent: 36 boxes (18 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Viola Lockhart Warren (1896- ) was a lecturer on medical history in the UCLA Department of History (1953-58) and wrote about
early California for children and early California medical men. She was also the assistant editor for the
Journal of electricity (1918-20), did book reviews for
Democrat and
Chronicle in Rochester, New York (1938-43), and was a columnist on women's affairs for the
Oak Ridge journal in Tennessee (1944-46). The collection consists of Warren's correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, some photographs, and
ephemera.
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
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Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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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
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Viola Lockhart Warren Papers (Collection 1322). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Warren was born in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, September 6, 1896; married Stafford Warren, 1920; BA, University of California,
Berkeley (1918); graduate work in English at Radcliff (1922-23); assistant editor,
Journal of electricity (1918-20); did book reviews for
Democrat and
Chronicle, Rochester, New York (1938-43); columnist on women's affairs,
Oak Ridge journal, Tennessee (1944-46); lecturer in medical history, University of California, Los Angeles Department of History (1953-58);
wrote about early California for children and early California medical men; gave numerous public speeches on children's and
women's welfare, the women in the Oak Ridge War period, and the impact of the new University of California, Los Angeles Medical
School (1947-62).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, some photographs, and ephemera related to the life of Viola
Lockhart Warren. Includes correspondence with members of the Warren family including Stafford Warren, materials related to
the Los Angeles College Clinical Association (ca. 1909-51), miscellaneous manuscripts of Warrens, and a photo album containing
mostly unidentified snapshots.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Warren, Viola Lockhart, 1896-1968--Archives.
Women authors--Archival resources.
College teachers' spouses--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Box 1
Correspondence, memorabilia, and ephemera, 1908-1940s.
Box 2
Letters to Viola Warren, 1913-1945.
Box 3
Correspondence, members of the Warren family, 1920s-1960s.
Scope and Content Note
Includes some to Stafford Warren.
Box 4
Letters to Viola Warren, 1926-1941.
Box 5
Correspondence, 1935-1936, 1946.
Box 6
Personal documents, including ration books, n.d.
Box 7
Letters and memorabilia, 1947-1953.
Box 8
Letters to Viola Warren, 1950-1968.
Box 9
Correspondence and papers, 1950s-1960s.
Scope and Content Note
re local organisations and the UCLA campus.
Box 11
Correspondence, 1954-1955.
Note
[Contains] contents of a box file marked Memos, 1955.
Box 12
Ephemera, and letters to Viola Warren, 1954.
Box 13
Correspondence, 1956-1957.
Box 14
Letters from Jane (Warren Larson) up to 1968.
Box 15
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1921-1968.
Scope and Content Note
Also address book.
Box 16
Speeches, correspondence and writings, ca. 1926-1941.
Box 17
Speeches, correspondence and writings, ca. 1946-1967.
Box 18
Speeches and correspondence, ca. 1948-1968.
Scope and Content Note
re Viola Warren's research.
Box 19
Washington, 1963-1965.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings and ephemera related to the period of Stafford Warren's work as Special Assistant
to the President.
Box 20
VLW's reprints up to 1967. Lockhart biography, ca. 1959-1962.
Scope and Content Note
Materials relating to medical history. Miscellaneous correspondence of Dr. and Mrs. Stafford Warren.
Boxes 21-22
VLW's reprints up to 1967. Lockhart biography, 1967.
Scope and Content Note
Includes microfilm, slides, clippings and other printed materials.
Box 23
Materials, ca. 1909-1951.
Scope and Content Note
re the Los Angeles College Clinical Association and Viola Warren's research into it, including correspondence and minutes.
Boxes 24-26
Miscellaneous manuscripts of VLW's, 1960-1968.
Scope and Content Note
Includes typed manuscript with corrections of Muskets and Medicine in Early California, with related correspondence and research
materials. Also, papers relating to Muskets and Medicine ... and other writings.
Box 27
Correspondence and research materials, v.d.
Scope and Content Note
re Muskets and Medicine . . ., with first draft of the manuscript.
Box 28
Second draft of manuscript Muskets and Medicine . . ., and copy for typist, 1846-1853.
Scope and Content Note
Materials relating to Dr. John S. Griffin's mail, transcribed by Viola Warren.
Box 29
First copy of manuscript Muskets and Medicine . . ., and another copy, v.d.
Box 30
Research notes on California history, and typed manuscript with holograph corrections, of Dragons on trial: Los Angeles, 1847,
1965. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs and framed citation.
Box 31
Bank statements and other personal accounting records, v.d.
Box 32
Calling cards, visitors' book, 1963 March.
Box 33
Issues of various newspapers, 1926-ca. 1945.
Scope and Content Note
Recording various events, e.g. bombing of Pearl Harbor, the end of World War II.
Boxes 34-35
Pamphlets, ephemera and miscellaneous printed materials, v.d.
Scope and Content Note
Including odd issues of journals and publications relating to the University of California.
Box 36
Ephemera, v.d.
Scope and Content Note
Odd issues of journals.
Box 37
Odd issues of magazines, v.d.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs (scenery).
Box 37
Photograph album containing mainly unidentified snapshots, ephemera items, v.d.
Box 38
Odd issues of magazines and newspapers, v.d.
