Pomona College Scrapbook and Photograph Album Collection, 1897-1986

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Summary

Title:
Pomona College Scrapbook and Photograph Album Collection
Dates:
1897-1986
Abstract:
The collection includes scrapbooks belonging to Pomona College students and alumni, as well as those for which the creator and/or origin is unknown. The scrapbooks and photo albums contain clippings, photographs, programs, invitations, illustrations, correspondence, and ephemera related to Pomona College people and events from 1887 to 1986.
Extent:
37 Linear Feet (30 flat storage boxes, 1 hinged storage box)
Language:
Languages represented in collection: English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pomona College Scrapbook and Photo Album Collection (PC-0002). Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Pomona College Scrapbook and Photograph Album Collection is an artificial collection of scrapbooks and albums belonging to Pomona College students and alumni, as well as those for which the creator and/or origin is unknown. Spanning from 1897 to 1986, the scrapbooks and photo albums were created contain clippings, photographs, programs, invitations, illustrations, correspondence, and ephemera related to Pomona College people and events as well as off campus activities in Claremont and the southern California area. In some cases, people and places in the photographs are unidentified. Also included are "Class Year" scrapbooks, which were created by an elected class historian and document four years of activities and events at the College. The collection is current and is still accruing materials. New materials will be added as acquired.

Acquisition information:
Items acquired through various donations and transfers.
Processing information:

Arranged and processed by Jamie Weber in 2011.

Accruals:

Additions to the collection are anticipated and this finding aid will be updated periodically. Please visit our ArchivesSpace page for a more frequently updated container list: https://claremont.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/9/resources/1114

Physical location:
Please consult repository.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Jamie K. Weber and Sean Stanley
Date Prepared:
© 2021
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-01-24 14:20:08 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to the Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pomona College Scrapbook and Photo Album Collection (PC-0002). Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.

Location of this collection:
333 N. College Way
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 621-8138
archives@pomona.edu
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