Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Leon Spiro papers
- Dates:
- circa 1932-1971
- Creators:
- Spiro, Leon
- Extent:
- 36 Linear Feet (72 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are primarily in English, some materials in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Leon Spiro Papers (Collection 1657). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of drafts and typescripts of essays and poems of Spiro and other contemporary writers, as well as translations, published works and reprints, periodicals, newspapers, correspondence, posters, and broadsheets. There are some materials in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
- Biographical / historical:
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Leon Spiro was born on December 5, 1912; became a poet, contributing to over 600 periodicals with translations in nine languages; became Director of Star West Publications; he is the author of Cobwebs from California (1973), Sea Webs from California (1976), and Passport (1978).
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
- 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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-01-05 11:54:37 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Portions of collection unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Leon Spiro Papers (Collection 1657). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988