Finding Aid to the Dudley Gordon Collection MS.1231
Anna Liza Posas
Library and Archives at the Autry
2013
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
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.
item 1
Notes from Gordon to Carl Dentzel
1967 June 27
item 2
The
Lummis Centennial typed manuscript
circa 1985
Physical Description: 2 pages
item 3
"Charles Lummis and Colonel Harrison Gray Otis," excerpt from
A Crusader in Corduroy
circa 1972
item 4
"California's First Half-Century of Statehood 1850-1900" article
1971
Scope and contents
Article published by the Historical Society of Southern California in the
Southern California Quarterly, volume 53, number 2, 1971 June.
item 5
"El Alisal: the Lummis Home, its History and Architecture"
circa 1964
item 6
"Sandburg at City College" article
1969
item 7
Biographic notes about Dudley Gordon
item 8-10
Newspaper clippings about Gordon
1961-1964
item 11
"Connibalee," poem by Charles F. Lummis
undated
Scope and contents
This is a typed transcription of the poem. The poem was created by Lummis in Isleta, New Mexico, 1889. The date the typed
copy was created is unknown. The copy also has the address of Cultural Assets Press at the bottom of the page.
item 12
Jenn Sparrow Gordon obituary
1978 January 19
Scope and contents
Wife of Dudley Gordon, obituary printed in the
Los Angeles Times.
item 13
"Rules for Streamline Chess"
1938
item 14
"An American Indian's Tribute to a White Man" article reprint, published in the Westerners San Diego Corral in the
Wrangler, volume 1.
1968
item 15
Book Review by Gordon published in
Southern California Quarterly
circa 1976
Physical Description: 3 pages
item 16
Harvard University Gazette issue, volume 1, number 18
1906 June 29
item 17
"An Example of Indian Oratory" article reprint from
The Masterkey, volume 39, number 4
1965 October - December
item 18
"Groundbreaking for Southwest Museum" article from
The Los Angeles Examiner
1912 November 17
item 19
Heritage Square benefit poster
circa 1972
item 20
"In the Lions Den" article by Charles F. Lummis
1912 November
Scope and contents
Article clipping from the
West Coast Magazine, volume 13, number 2, 1912 November.
item 21
"Charles F. Lummis: Pioneer American Folklorist" article reprint from
Western Folklore journal, volume 28, number 3
1969 July
item 22
Maryvale children, image clipping from newspaper
undated
item 23
Southern California Local History Council Meeting announcement for November 1971
circa 1971
item 24
Cast list from an unknown play
undated
item 25
"Charles F. Lummis and the Land of Sunshine" by Lawrence Clark Powell, article reprint from
Westways magazine
1970 January
item 26
Maynard Dixon exhibit announcement
circa 1978
Scope and contents
Exhibit held at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley, 1978 March 31-June 15.
item 27
Letter from J.L. Gillis to Charles F. Lummis with handwritten note by Gordon, photocopy
undated
item 28
Image clipping of Ruth Whitney installing an exhibit at the Southwest Museum
early 20th Century
item 29
Southwest Museum invitation to an evening with Dr. Arthur Miller
circa 1978
item 30
"El Alisal" by Elizabeth Campbell, article clipping from
National Motorist
1970
item 31
"Life Goes to a McGuffey Picnic," article clipping from
Life Magazine
1942 July 20
item 32
"Arroyo Seco," article clipping from
Sunset Magazine
1977 January
item 33
Western Collector issue, volume 3, number 9
1965 September
item 34
Susan Schary art exhibit invitation
1977 March 27
item 35
Letter from Marilyn R. Smolka to Dudley Gordon
1965 November 24
