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Finding Aid for the Holmes Book Company (Los Angeles) Records, 1913-1951
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  • Administrative Information
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  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Holmes Book Company (Los Angeles) Records,
    Date (inclusive): 1913-1951
    Collection number: 214
    Creator: Holmes Book Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    Extent: 146 boxes (73 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of 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, 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 Harry Dale, 1951.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Holmes Book Company (Los Angeles) Records (Collection 214). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1720490 

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of the archives of the Holmes Book Company store on West 6th Street in Los Angeles (the company had another store, in Oakland, California). Includes accounts receivable, paid bills, orders, publishers' correspondence, receipts, and cancelled checks.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Holmes Book Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Archives.
    Booksellers and bookselling--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
    Online resources.