Walter Otto Schneider papers, 1895-1962
Finding aid prepared by Lindsay Chaney, 2015; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
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Finding aid last updated 23 June 2016.
Title: Walter Otto Schneider papers
Collection number: 157
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 linear ft.
(8 document boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1895-1962
Abstract: Walter Otto Schneider served as comptroller of the Los Angeles Country Club from 1915, the year he came to the US from Germany,
until his death in 1962. This collection consists of files of receipts and correspondence with bookdealers, as well as other
correspondence, receipts from record stores and art galleries, notebooks, lists of books and recordings, newspapers, clippings,
articles and reprints, photographs, negatives, and memorabilia.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary 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
[Identification of item], Walter Otto Schneider Papers (Collection 157). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
Processing Information
Biography/History
Schneider served as comptroller of the Los Angeles Country Club from 1915, the year he came to the US from Germany, until
his death in 1962.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of files of receipts and correspondence with bookdealers, as well as other correspondence, receipts
from record stores and art galleries, notebooks, lists of books and recordings, newspapers, clippings, articles and reprints,
photographs, negatives, and memorabilia.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Schneider, Walter Otto--Archives.
Los Angeles Country Club--Officials and employees--Archival resources.
Book collectors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
receipts.
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence and Receipts.
1950s.
Box 2, Folder 1
Receipts: Bekins Van and Storage Company.
1950s.
Box 2, Folder 2
Receipts: B. H. Blackwell, Ltd.
1960s.
Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence: von der Gabelentz.
1960s.
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence: von der Gabelentz.
1950s.
Box 2, Folder 6
Correspondence: von der Gabelentz.
1930-1950.
Box 2, Folder 7
Invoices: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell.
1950s.
Box 2, Folder 9
Correspondence: Frans Masereel.
1957.
Box 2, Folder 10
Invoices: Pinkus and Co., Zurich.
1961-1962.
Box 2, Folder 11
Correspondence: The Readers' Subscription, Inc..
1950s.
Box 2, Folder 12
Invoices: Gerd Rosen.
1950s.
Box 2, Folder 13
Receipts: Mary S. Rosenberg.
1948-1956.
Box 2, Folder 14
Correspondence: Walter O. Schneider.
1915-1962.
Box 2, Folder 15
Correspondence: William H. Schab.
1940s-1950s.
Box 2, Folder 16
Receipts: Scribner Book Store.
1948-1956.
Box 2, Folder 17
Correspondence: Pierre Vorms.
1956-1961.
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence: G. F. Sims.
1954-1956.
Box 3, Folder 2
Correspondence.
1947-1956.
Box 3, Folder 3
Invoices: Stechert-Hafner, Inc..
1950s.
Box 3, Folder 5
Correspondence: Dr. E. Tuchmann.
1931-1932.
Box 3, Folder 6
Correspondence: Dr. E. Tuchmann.
1933-1934.
Box 3, Folder 7
Correspondence: Dr. E. Tuchmann.
1935.
Box 3, Folder 8
Correspondence: Dr. E. Tuchmann.
1936.
Box 3, Folder 9
Correspondence: Dr. E. Tuchmann.
1937-1938.
Box 3, Folder 10
Correspondence: Dr. E. Tuchmann.
1939-1955.
Box 3, Folder 11
Framed newspaper comics.
1915-1932.
Box 4, Folder 1
Invoices: Alden Galleries.
1938-1942.
Box 4, Folder 2
Invoices: Arthur M. Adler.
1946-1956.
Box 4, Folder 3
Invoices: Hampshire Book Shop.
1951-1953.
Box 4, Folder 4
Correspondence: Elkin Mathews, Ltd..
1948-1956.
Box 4, Folder 5
Correspondence.
1949-1950.
Box 4, Folder 6
Correspondence: Gutekunst and Klipstein.
1938-1956.
Box 4, Folder 7
Invoices: Walter Goldberg.
1951-1955.
Box 4, Folder 8
Invoices: Gustav Fock.
1920s.
Box 4, Folder 11
Correspondence.
1950-1955.
Box 4, Folder 12
Invoices: Maximillian-Gesellschaft.
1946-1955.
Box 4, Folder 13
Correspondence: Minox.
1950s.
Box 4, Folder 14
Correspondence.
1946-1951.
Box 4, Folder 15
Correspondence: Librairie Janicot.
1950s.
Box 4, Folder 16
Los Angeles Country Club.
1948-1949.
Box 4, Folder 17
Correspondence.
1948-1950.
Box 4, Folder 18
Invoices: Penguin Books, Inc..
1956.
Box 4, Folder 20
Correspondence: New York Public Library.
1949-1954.
Box 6, Folder 1
Invoices: B. H. Blackwell, Ltd..
1930s-1950s.
Box 6, Folder 2
Invoices: Brentano's Book Stores, N.Y..
1935-1955.
Box 6, Folder 4
Invoices: Martin Breslauer.
1940s-1950s.
Box 6, Folder 5
Invoices: John and Edward Bumpus, Ltd..
1940s-1950s.
Box 6, Folder 6
Financial papers.
1940s-1950s.
Box 6, Folder 7
Correspondence: Chiswick Book Shop.
1948-1953.
Box 6, Folder 8
Invoices: Craddock and Barnard.
1940s-1950s.
Box 6, Folder 10
Invoices: Philip C. Duschnes.
1950s.
Box 6, Folder 11
Invoices: E. Weyhe.
1933-1955.
Box 6, Folder 13
Invoices: Wittenborn and Company.
1950s.
Box 6, Folder 14
Invoices: Joseph Baer and Co..
1931-1932.
Box 6, Folder 15
Correspondence: Edwin Baer.
1938-1940.
Box 6, Folder 16
Correspondence and invoices.
1920-1950.
Box 6, Folder 17
Invoices: L'Art Ancien, S.A..
1950s.
Box 5
Books of invoices.
1930s-1950s.
Box 5
Minox Processing Laboratories.
1957-1961.
Box 7, Folder 1
Inventory books.
undated.
Box 7, Folder 2
Catalogs (French).
1930-1940.
Box 7, Folder 3
Newspapers (French).
1917-1918.