Biobooks Records, 1934-1979

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Summary

Creators:
Biobooks.
Abstract:
Collection includes archives of Biobooks, Oakland, California, including correspondence files, ca. 1942-1953, ephemera, U.S. Geological Survey maps of California, print blocks used for publications by Biobooks, as well as the Grabhorn Press, book dealers' catalogs, book covers, unbound texts of books, dummy books, and a manuscript by Helen Giffen, Casas and courtyards.
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.) 2 oversize folders.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of the records of Biobooks (Oakland, CA), including bookdealers' catalogs, reports, invoices, manuscripts, printed material, drawings, photographs, business files, correspondence, US Geological Survey maps of CA, and print blocks used for publications by Biobooks, as well as the Grabhorn Press. Includes a manuscript by Helen Giffen, Casas & courtyards : historic adobe houses of California (1955).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Joseph Sullivan, 1982-1989.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Bookdealers' catalogs (boxes 1-4)
  2. Manuscripts (boxes 5-6)
  3. Printed material (boxes 5-11, 20-27)
  4. Drawings and photographs (box 11)
  5. Print blocks (boxes 11, 14-19)
  6. Business files, including correspondence (boxes 12-13).

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.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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