Finding Aid for the Shohig (Sherry) Terzian Papers Biomed.0492

Finding aid prepared by Shira Peltzman, 2020.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Shohig (Sherry) Terzian papers
Source: University of California, Los Angeles. Brain Research Institute
Source: Terzian , Shohig (Sherry)
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0492
Physical Description: .1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1948-1983
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.

Conditions Governing Access

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Shohig (Sherry) Terzian Papers (Collection 492). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred by UCLA Brain Research Institute, 2012.

Custodial History

Gift of Shohig (Sherry) Terzian to the UCLA Brain Research Institute's Neuroscience History Archives, 1996; transferred by UCLA Brain Research Institute to UCLA Library Special Collections, 2012.

Processing Information

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 8248593 

Biographical / Historical

Sherry Terzian (1915-2002), as "Shohig Terzian", compiled a bibliography of the writings of George Santayana in 1940, not present in this collection. As "Sherry Taylor", she was librarian for the Prudential Insurance Company of America; letters and memos from 1948-1958 document consultations about staff libraries, deaccessioning or "weeding" holdings of libraries, and participation in the Special Libraries Association. In 1959, Sherry Terzian became Medical Librarian at the Professional Staff Library of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute in Los Angeles.

Scope and Contents

Documemts related to the career of Shohig (Sherry) Terzian, including letters and memos from 1948-1958 that document consultations about staff libraries, deaccessioning or "weeding" holdings of libraries, and participation in the Special Libraries Association.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

University of California, Los Angeles. Brain Research Institute
Terzian , Shohig (Sherry)