Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Baldwin, Clifford Park
- Abstract:
- This collection contains manuscripts by Clifford Park Baldwin, correspondence, hand-drawn maps, notes and photographs from 1934 to 1939.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (4 folders)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Clifford Park Baldwin Collection, 1934-1939, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.781; [folder number] [folder title] [date].
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains manuscripts by Clifford Park Baldwin, correspondence, hand-drawn maps, notes and photographs from 1934 to 1939. Includes three typescripts by Baldwin: "Caves and Petroglyphs of California," Saline Valley," and "Cave at Garbanza." The latter includes a newspaper clipping and a map.
- Biographical / historical:
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Clifford Park Baldwin (1889-1961) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Feb. 14, 1889. Baldwin moved to southern California in 1911 and had homes in Montrose and Carlsbad. He studied painting locally with Jean Mannheim, Paul Lauritz, and George Demont Otis. While on the staff of the Southwest Museum from 1933-41, he illustrated the books Gypsum Cave and Navajo Weaving.
Baldwin died in Oceanside, California on July 3, 1961.
- Acquisition information:
- Donations from Clifford Park Baldwin, 1934 September - 1939 September 6; and Frank Parcher, 1952 September.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 6, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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Clifford Park Baldwin Collection, 1934-1939, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.781; [folder number] [folder title] [date].
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448