Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Related Material
Descriptive Summary
Title: Arnold B. Larson Collection About the Los Angeles Press Club,
Date (inclusive): 1929-1933
Collection number: 914
Creator:
Larson, Arnold B. (Arnold Byron), 1901-
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Arnold Byron (Wolf) Larson (1901- ) worked for many newspapers and news services in the Midwest and California as a reporter,
editor and columnist. He later went into private practice as a publicist for various organizations and agencies, including
the U.S. Forest Service, for which he initiated a nationwide advertizing program that led to the creation of Smokey the Bear.
The collection consists of minutes of the board of governors meetings of the Los Angeles Press Club, three reports, 20 photographs
and memorabilia.
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
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
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
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Arnold B. Larson, 1965.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arnold B. Larson Collection About the Los Angeles Press Club (Collection 914). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Arnold Byron (Wolf) Larson was born on January 10, 1901 in Omaha, Nebraska; attended Northeastern University (1920), Southwestern
Law School (1927-28), and California State University, Sacramento (1957-58); reporter and sports editor,
Cheyenne Tribune (1920), reporter and columnist,
Caspar Tribune (1923-25), reporter,
Los Angeles Record (1925-26), Los Angeles city news service (1929),
Los Angeles Evening Herald (1926-29),
Chicago Herald and
Chicago Examiner (1929-30, and the Chicago bureau of United Press (1930-31); went into private practice as publicist for various organizations
and agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, for which he initiated a nationwide advertizing program which led to the
creation of Smokey the Bear; charter board member of the Los Angeles Press Club, 1929.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of minutes of the board of governors meetings of the Los Angeles Press Club, three reports, 20 photographs,
and memorabilia.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Larson, Arnold B. (Arnold Byron), 1901- Archives.
Los Angeles Press Club.
Journalists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Related Material
Newspaper Reporting in the Twenties [oral history transcript] / Arnold B. Larson, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1970. Available at Department
of Special Collections, UCLA.