Collection consists of correspondence and clippings of Edwin H. Carpenter relating to Lawrence Clark Powell.

Carpenter was born on August 21, 1915 in Burlington, Iowa; attended Los Angeles Junior College, 1932-34; AB in English and history, MA (1939) and Ph. D (1949) in history, UCLA; MSLS, University of Southern California, 1950; page, Los Angeles public library, 1935-36; attendant in rare book reading room, Huntington Library, 1946-47; university archivist, UCLA Library, 1950; publications secretary, Huntington Library, 1950-53; bibliographical editor, New York Public Library, 1953-57; indexer, California Historical Society, 1957-60; bibliographer (1960-73) and in 1973, lecturer, Huntington Library; publications include Printers and publishers in Southern California, 1850-1876 (1964) and Early cemeteries of the city of Los Angeles (1973).

1.0 linear feet (2 boxes)

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