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Pomona College Scrapbook and Photograph Album Collection
PC.0002
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Title: Pomona College Scrapbook and Photograph Album Collection
Dates: 1897-1986
Collection number: PC.0002
Extent:
37 Linear Feet
(30 flat storage boxes, 1 hinged storage box)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont
Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
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.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Languages represented in
collection: English.
Administrative Information
Collection open for research.
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to
the Archives.
[Identification of item], Pomona College Scrapbook and Photo Album Collection (PC-0002).
Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont,
California.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Items acquired through various donations and transfers.
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
Arranged and processed by Jamie Weber in 2011.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library’s online public access catalog.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Alumni and alumnae
Class reunions
College buildings
College students
Photography
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Collectibles
Photograph albums
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Souvenirs (Keepsakes)