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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Leon Spiro papers
Creator:
Spiro, Leon
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1657
Physical Description:
36 Linear Feet
(72 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1932-1971
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 primarily in English,
some materials in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Portions of collection unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections reference
(spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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.
[Identification of item], Leon Spiro Papers (Collection 1657). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and
resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level
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more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to
national and local standards and best practices.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233813
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).
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.