Processing History
Acquisition
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Dudley Gordon Collection
Creator:
Campbell, Elizabeth Warder Crozer
Creator:
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Creator:
Dudley, Gordon
Identifier/Call Number: MS.1231
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(3 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1906-1985
Abstract: Dudley Gordon was president of the Charles F. Lummis Memorial Association and many of his publications were written about
Lummis and the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. This collection contains published articles and manuscripts written
by Dudley Gordon during the mid-late 20th Century. This collection also includes pamphlets, ephemera, newspaper clippings,
and correspondence related to Charles Fletcher Lummis, the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles history, and the arts.
Language of Material:
English
.
Processing History
Inventory created by Library staff. Finding aid completed by Anna Liza Posas, 2013. Final processing of collection and publication
of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Acquisition
Collection assembled from library acquisitions, 1928-1978. Articles and correspondence by Gordon, donated by Mr. Dudley Gordon
and Mrs. Lorraine Gordon, 1978 March 7.
Biographical Note
Dudley Gordon taught at Los Angeles City College from 1930 to 1963. He was president of the Charles F. Lummis Memorial Association.
Many of his publications were written about Lummis, Lummis' home (El Alisal), and the Southwest Museum of the American Indian.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains published articles and manuscripts written by Dudley Gordon during the mid-late 20th Century. This
collection also includes pamphlets, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and correspondence related to Charles Fletcher Lummis,
Southwest Museum, Los Angeles history, and the arts.
Conditions Governing Access
Preferred Citation
Dudley Gordon Collection, 1906-1985, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.1231.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Pamphlets
California, Southern -- History
Poetry
National Motorist (magazine)
Westways (magazine)
Indians of North America -- California
El Alisal (Lummis Home, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History
Gordon, Jean Sparrow
Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Smolka, Marilyn R.
Gillis, J. L.
Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sandburg, Carl
Dentzel, Carl S.