Finding Aid for the Objects collection LSC.0150
Finding aid prepared by Doug Johnson, 2022
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2023 January 3
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Objects collection
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0150
Physical Description:
30 Linear Feet
(30 boxes, 3 cartons, 2 long cartons, 3 long boxes, 6 flat boxes, 2 oversize flat boxes, 4 shoe boxes, 1 map folder,1 unboxed
tea set)
Date (inclusive): circa 850-1996
Abstract: The Objects collection contains a variety of things from a variety of sources. Although there is no unifying principle, a
great number of the objects relate to printmaking and book arts.
Physical Location: Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access
special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English, Arabic, Hungarian, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Polish, and German.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Objects collection (LSC.0150). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in this collection are acquired by gift, transfer, and/or purchases from various sources. Source information, type
and date of acquisition are recorded with their associated materials in the finding aid.
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Scope and Contents
The Objects collection contains a variety of things from a variety of sources. Although there is no unifying principle, a
great number of the objects relate to printmaking and book arts. These include movable type from 14th-century Korea, Braille
printing plates, and some six dozen printing blocks, mostly wooden. There are also a large number of toys, dolls, and figurines,
including more than fifty different Pinocchios. There are also several examples of cinematic and proto-cinematic apparatus,
such as peep shows, praxinoscope images, and a projector bulb. Additionally, the collection contains a plethora of other items,
including money from across the globe, miniature books, holiday greeting cards, weapons, and Swiss Christmas cookies.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Prints--Technique
Pinocchio (Fictitious character).
Printed ephemera.
Greeting cards
Toys
Animation (Cinematography)--Instruments
Cinematography--Equipment and supplies
Box 1
Money
1820-1962
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Jerome Nathan, Harry L. Colestock, Mrs. Jim Tully, Charlie Aarons, Hudson's Bay Company archives, E. Kann.
Scope and Contents
Coins and paper currency from Europe, Asia [including Japan-occupied Philippines and Indonesia], Central America, and North
America [including Confederate States of America].
Box 2
Bear stamping letters for embroidery
undated
Physical Description: Cylindrical container with iron-on transfers of the letter "F."
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lee Perkal, 1985.
Box 2
Ceramic tile by Eleanor Greeves
1976
Scope and Contents
"William Caxton set up his Press at Westminster - XII 1476 : anniversary 1976."
Box 2
Chinese woodblock
circa 1825
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles K. Adams.
Box 2
Copper engraving block
1935
Box 2
Papyrus fragment with Arabic writing
circa 850
Box 2
Thomas Bewick woodblocks [four]
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, 1953.
Box 3
Bronze bust of Thomas Starr King
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ernest C. Moore.
Box 5
Emile Brugire autograph
1897 January 15
Scope and Contents
Framed papyrus from an Egyptian tomb signed by the man who opened the tomb.
Box 5
Jumping Jack
circa 1820
Physical Description: Painted wooden doll with movable parts made by the inhabitants of Oberammergau.
Box 5
Picture strips
circa 1870s
Scope and Contents
Five picture strips for zoetropes and praxinoscopes.
Box 5
Scroll with 268 Near Eastern flags painted on it
circa 1865
Language of Material: Arabic.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Byron McCandless.
Box 6
Anthony and Baker woodblock
circa 1855
Scope and Contents
Engraving from Charles Nahl's "Mr. Gringo's Experience as a Ranchero No. 2."
Box 6
Les Freres Pauqet woodblock
undated
Scope and Contents
Engraving of a miner with a pick over his shoulder.
Box 6
Grandville woodblock
circa 1840
Scope and Contents
Engraving from
Fables de La Fontaine, "The Eagle, the Sow, and the Cat."
Box 6
John Adams framed autograph
1823 January 6
Box 6
Korean movable type
14th century
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William B. Pettus.
Scope and Contents
Three characters, two cut in wood, one cast in bronze.
Box 6
Le Papillon Magique
circa 1840
Physical Description: An electro-magnetic fortune-telling game.
Language of Material: French.
Box 9
Pinocchio dolls
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with the Pinocchio collection of books, November 1961.
Scope and Contents
Four wooden dolls, one broken.
Box 10
Pinocchio dolls, pipes, and fairies
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with the Pinocchio collection of books, November 1961.
Scope and Contents
Sixteen items.
Box 11
Pinocchio dolls
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with the Pinocchio collection of books, November 1961.
Scope and Contents
More than twelve pieces.
Box 12
Pinocchio dolls and bookstore display materials
1931 and undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with the Pinocchio collection of books, November 1961.
Scope and Contents
Seven pieces.
Box 13
Lithography stone sampler
circa 1925
Physical Description: Lithography stone with letters not reversed depicting letterheads in different fonts for a variety of banks and other businesses
in the western United States.
Box 14
Pinocchio dolls
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with the Pinocchio collection of books, November 1961.
Scope and Contents
Fifteen pieces.
Box 15
George Cruikshank woodblocks
circa 1856
Scope and Contents
Four blocks illustrating
Lady Arabella, or the Adventures of a Doll by Julia Pardoe.
Box 15
Peep show
1720
Physical Description: "Augsburg."
Box 15
Peep show
18th century
Physical Description: "Underground Stables of Knights of Malta."
Box 16
Bomb fragments
1940-1944
Scope and Contents
Pieces of iron from German bombs dropped on London during World War II. "Ex-libris: Charles Boyer."
Box 16
George Cruikshank woodblock
circa 1823
Scope and Contents
Illustration for "The Elves and the Shoemaker" from
Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Box 16
Liberian inaugural souvenir
1951 January 7
Physical Description: Folding wood and paper fan bearing the images of President and Mrs. William V. S. Tubman and Vice-President and Mrs. William
R. Tolbert.
Box 16
Stereo Vision Systems 3-D glasses
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lilace Hatayama, 1979.
Box 16
Thomas Bewick woodblocks
circa 1806
Scope and Contents
Six woodblocks illustrating
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.
Box 16
Tirggel
1963
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Emil Sandmeier, January 1964.
Scope and Contents
Two Swiss Christmas cookies.
Box 17
Desk blotter book
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Franklin D. Murphy, 1980.
Scope and Contents
Includes "A Note on the Binding of this Volume" by Cyril Davenport, explaining that the cover of an issue of
The Anglo-Saxon Review, from which the blotter was apparently made, is a facsimile of a binding made for King James I around 1604.
Box 17
McLoughlin Bros. woodblocks
circa 1885
Scope and Contents
Title illustration for "Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog."
Box 17
Miniature books
1969-1983
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Patricia Obliansky, 1982 and J. Murphy, 1985.
Scope and Contents
Includes:
America's Painter: Norman Rockwell by Francis J. Weber;
Aranyke utcal szep napok by Krudy Gyula [in Hungarian];
Aucasin es Nicolete [in Hungarian];
The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe [in Hungarian];
The Gospel According to St. John;
Jardin Umbrio by Ramon del Valle-Inclan [in Spanish];
Julian Baltazar Machlewski [in Polish];
Langenscheidt's Lilliput Dictionary: English-Portuguese;
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann [in Hungarian]; selected pages from the New Testament;
Tucsokzene, vols. 1 and 2 by Szabo Lorinc [in Hungarian].
Box 17
The Plays of William Shakespeare
1838
Scope and Contents
An eight-volume set of Shakespeare's plays in a 5"x6"x2.5" wooden box.
Box 17
Scrimshaw
undated
Physical Description: Whale's tooth engraved with figures of two children.
Box 17
Torah Neviim U-ketuvim
circa 1930
Scope and Contents
Miniature Torah in a hinged brass case with a built-in magnifying glass [in Hebrew]. The card catalog suggests this may have
been created by Menachem M. Shalin.
Box 17
Watercolor paint set
circa 1845
Scope and Contents
W.J. Reeves, Woodyer and Reeves set with brushes, paints, and dishes in a mahogany box.
Box 18
Gustave Dore woodblocks
1872
Scope and Contents
Six engraved woodblocks illustrating
London: A Pilgrimage by Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. (The card catalog says there should be seven blocks.)
Box 19
Mallette Dean woodblocks
1961
Scope and Contents
Nine blocks illustrating
Ah Sin by Mark Twain and Bret Harte.
Box 23
Pollock's Toy Theatre
circa 1940
Box 24
Ruth St. Denis parody scroll
undated
Scope and Contents
"Grande Melange Featuring Denis's's Fawns in Classic and Interpretive Dance."
Box 24
Toy chest of drawers
undated
Biographical / Historical
"Probably late 18th-century French" per card catalog.
Box 25
Ceramic Beatrix Potter figure
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased, 1971.
General
According to card catalog, there are supposed to be two figures, but as of 2022-10-10, only one is present.
Box 25
Mexican ceramic figure
undated
Box 26
Ravca dolls
undated
Scope and Contents
Three cloth dolls by Bernard Ravca. "Ex Libris Charles Boyer."
Box 27
Album of booksellers' and bookbinders' labels
1809-1969
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Wilbur J. Smith, 1982.
Scope and Contents
Also includes
Book Club of California Quarterly Newsletter, Spring 1978.
Box 27
Ashtray
undated
Physical Description: Enameled glass with stereotypical Black figures and the caption "Peas and Rice - Bahamas."
Box 27
Brownie Snap Shots photo album
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joan Perkal, 1979.
Box 27
Engraving on plaster
undated
Scope and Contents
"Our Centennial Memorial Hall - President Grant Declaring the Exhibition Open."
Box 27
Fantasy Showcase Tarot compiled and edited by Bruce Pelz
1980
Box 27
Framed silhouette of David Samwell
circa 1785
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of David Magee, 1963.
Box 27
Frans Masereel woodblock
undated
Physical Description: Bookplate for Walter Otto Schneider.
Box 27
Railroad spike
undated
Physical Description: Iron spike from the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joe Solomon, August 1973.
Box 27
Randolph Caldecott woodblock
circa 1878
Physical Description: Illustration for
The Diverting History of John Gilpin by William Cowper.
Box 27
Reynolds Stone book stamp
undated
Scope and Contents
For the Michael Sadleir collection.
Box 27
Robert Frost medallion by Francis M. Segwick and Ramon Gordils
1964
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of G. William Gahagan, President of the Friends of Robert Frost, 1974.
Box 28
Bookmarks
1862-1970s
Scope and Contents
A large number of silk, cloth, and paper bookmarks, mostly by Thomas Stevens. Designs include: the wedding of Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark; Shakespeare's tercentenary; the St.Louis World's Fair; King George V and
Queen Mary.
Box 28
Darkroom lantern
circa 1860
Box 28
Cine Kodak Model B motion picture camera
circa 1925
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. J. McMahan, 1975.
Box 28
The Gertrude Stein
1976
Physical Description: Fitz and Floyd ceramic mug in the shape of Gertrude Stein's head with a small Alice B. Toklas perched on the handle.
Box 29
Tripod
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Ralph D. Cornell
Box 32
Palmer Cox brownie mug
circa 1900
Box 32
Hyakunin Isshu Karuta
undated
Scope and Contents
Japanese One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each card game [incomplete].
Box 32
John C. Fremont campaign ribbons
1856
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of John D. Weaver, 1981.
Scope and Contents
Three silk ribbons reading "Fremont and Dayton - Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Press, Fremont."
Box 32
Victorian penholders
undated
Scope and Contents
Four penholders: 1 quill, 2 ivory, 1 mother of pearl.
Box 32
General Electric Mazda projection bulb
undated
Physical Description: 2500 watt bulb containing tungsten cleaning granules designed to scour the inside of the bulb.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Twentieth Century-Fox.
Box 33
Brownie stamps and coloring outfit no. 1401
circa 1896
Scope and Contents
Stamp pad set with twelve stamps, ink, and crayons. Brownies include Black and Chinese stereotypes. Also includes a letter
written by a boy in South Dakota decorated with brownie stamps, albeit ones different from those in the set.
Box 33
James Cook pendant
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of James V. Mink, 1980.
Box 33
Thomas Bewick woodblocks
undated
Scope and Contents
Five engraving blocks: Spotted Deer; The Wolf; Huntsman and Hounds; Netting on the Tyne; River Scene.
Box 33
Canvas book sack
undated
Physical Description: Printed on sack: Sutro Library - Brook's Wharf - 48 Upper Thames Street.
Box 33
Wax seals
1866-1873
Scope and Contents
Album of sealing wax impressions labeled with Germanic names. Also includes sketches, apparently by F. Stallknecht.
Box 34
Dia de los Muertos candlestick
undated
Box 34
Ceramic tile
undated
Physical Description: Tile depicts a street vendor with the caption "Cries of London - Hot Spice Gingerbread, Smoking Hot!"
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of James V. Mink, 1980.
Box 34
Miniature ceramic bread oven
undated
Physical Description: "Crucita Taos" inscribed on bottom.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Shigeru Fugita, 1984.
Box 34
China plate
undated
Physical Description: Charles Dickens themed plate designed by Hablot Knight Browne: "Mr. Pickwick addresses the Club."
Box 34
Zanshin isho shin mihon
undated
Physical Description: Fan-shaped book of "newly designed new samples" of paper by the artist Shunkyo. The types of paper represented were used for
endpapers in bookbinding and for paper screens.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Brooke Whiting, August 1973.
Box 35
Booksellers' and bookbinder' stamps
circa 1900-1985
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Louis Epstein, 1985.
Scope and Contents
Two albums containing about 1000 stamps.
Box 35
3-D Easter card
circa 1900
Physical Description: A rooster drawing a lilac wagon, captioned "A Happy Eastertide be yours." Some parts may be missing.
Box 35
Christmas Village 3-D Advent calendar by Tasha Tudor
1984
Box 36
Woodblocks
undated
Scope and Contents
Twenty-five woodblocks for book illustrations.
Box 37
Metal engraving blocks
undated
Box 38
Edward Gorey mug
undated
Physical Description: Design shows patrons at the opera.
Box 38
Fonthill Abbey china plate
undated
Physical Description: The plate was apparently broken and glued back together.
Box 38
Wingfield Castle china plate
undated
Box 39
British canvas mailbag
1978
Box 40
Book slipcase boxes
1934 April
Biographical / Historical
Two boxes made by John E. Goodwin, the first UCLA Librarian.
Box 41
Greeting cards and Valentines
circa 1850-1988
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Victoria Steele, Joan Perkal, Brooke Whiting, and John V. Richardson.
Scope and Contents
Approximately 72 cards, mostly from the Victorian Era.
Box 42, Folders 1-2
Holiday cards
1884-1897 and circa 1950s
Scope and Contents
About 39 Easter, Christmas, New Year's, and birthday cards.
Box 42, Folder 3
Paper dolls
circa 1894
Immediate Source of Acquisition
"Provenance: Julia Cooley Altrocchi."
Box 42, Folder 4
Sealing wafers
undated
Scope and Contents
Two small paper boxes containing adhesives for letters.
Box 42, Folder 5
Engraved writing paper
1829-1841
Scope and Contents
29 pieces illustrated with scenes of England and Scotland.
Box 42, Folder 6
Engraved paper box
1860
Physical Description: 2"x1"x0.5" box illustrated with the Crystal Palace in London.
Box 42, Folder 7
Dresden souvenir
undated
Physical Description: A square paper box (2"x2") containing a circular box resembling a medallion of King Johann of Saxony containing several images
of Dresden.
Box 42, Folder 8
Parade ribbon
1906 May 22
Physical Description: Silk ribbon from La Fiesta de las Flores, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peggy Christian, 1986.
Box 42, Folder 9
Hans Christian Andersen paper dolls.
undated
Scope and Contents
About 20 pieces reproducing designs by Andersen.
Box 42
Easter greeting cards
1906-1914
Scope and Contents
Thirty-nine cards.
Box 42
Pinback button
1915
Physical Description: The button reads "Los Angeles 1915" on the front and "339 Wilcox Building Los Angeles" on the back, and an orange sphere dangles
from the button.
Box 42
Ribbon celebrating the visit of Celal Bayar, president of Turkey
1954 February
Box 42
Sendak in Asia
1996
Physical Description: A small clock in a parawood case with two illustrations from
Where the Wild Things Are.
Box 42
Silk watch backs [two]
undated
General
Two pieces. Though the original description calls these watch "backs," calling them "faces" makes more sense and seems more
plausible, but I'm no watchmaker.
Box 43
Empty photograph albums [five]
undated
Scope and Contents
Most of the albums seem to have contained 19th-century theatrical performers, whose names are still inscribed on the pages.
Box 44
Empty photograph albums [nine]
undated
Scope and Contents
Most of the albums seem to have contained 19th-century theatrical performers, whose names are still inscribed on the pages.
Box 45
Empty photograph albums [six]
undated
Scope and Contents
Most of the albums seem to have contained 19th-century theatrical performers, whose names are still inscribed on the pages.
Box 46
Los Angeles Aqueduct souvenir pennant
1913-11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Roy Perrle, grandson of Josephine Cole, who initially carried the pennant, 1960-04-13.
Box 47
San Buenaventura Mission altar cloth
undated
Physical Description: Framed fragment of what is supposedly the first altar cloth of the San Buenaventura Mission, found on a trash pile by Miss
Mineta Arnaz.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. W. H. Francis.
Box 48
Die-cut cardboard toys
circa 1960
Box 48
Paper doll dresses and accessories
circa 1894
Scope and Contents
Most are promotions for Dr. Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart, Indiana.
Box 49
KTLA mug
1994
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift from Gayle Anderson to James Davis, who presumably gave it to UCLA.
Box 50
Braille printing plates [four]
undated
Box 50
Panorama of the River Thames in 1845
1845 January 11
Physical Description: A rolled, cloth-backed 98"x15.5" engraving, given with the
Illustrated London News.
Box 51
The Comical Hotch-Potch, or the Alphabet Turn'd Posture Master
1990
Physical Description: An embroidered towel reproducing an 1872 poster by Carrington Bowles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joan Perkal.
Box 52
Doulton and Company porcelain figurines
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Franklin D. Murphy.
Scope and Contents
11 figurines of Charles Dickens characters. 2 toby jugs of Winston Churchill and Sairey Gamp.
Box 53
Statue for Peter Ueberroth
1984 April 28
Scope and Contents
"For enhancing the image of San Jose State University throughout the world - S.J.S.U. Alumni Association."
Box 55
Los Angeles Olympics M&M's jars [two]
1984
Box 56
Slate plaque
undated
Physical Description: Large (19" wide) oval stone inscribed "Cueillez dés aujourd'huy les roses de la vie," from the poem by Pierre de Ronsard.
Sword supposedly belonging to Lord Byron
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Margaret Gage, October 1960.
Winchester rifle
circa 1873
Custodial History
Owned by Cave Johnson Couts.
Box 57
Clifton's Cafeteria souvenir plate
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Daniel Luckenbill.
Silver tea service
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elizabeth Helm Rosecrans (originally part of the William S. Rosecrans papers)
Scope and Contents
17-piece sterling silver set with velvet wrappings.
