Finding Aid for the Edwin H. Carpenter Collection on Lawrence Clark Powell LSC.0374

Finding aid prepared by Jasmine Larkin, 2020.
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Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 23.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Edwin H. Carpenter collection on Lawrence Clark Powell
Creator: Carpenter, Edwin H.
source: Dawson's Book Shop
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0374
Physical Description: 1.0 linear feet (2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1934-1974
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dawson's Book Shop, 1996.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942304533606533 

Preferred Citation

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Biographical History

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).

Scope and Contents

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

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dawson's Book Shop