Gordon Clemens Collection of Albert Leon Van Houtte
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Harrison Memorial Library
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Title: Gordon Clemens Collection of Albert Leon Van Houtte
Dates: 1900s-1950s
Collection Number: C53
Creator/Collector:
Van Houtte, Albert Leon, 1883-1950
Extent: 3 archival boxes
Repository:
Harrison Memorial Library
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921
Abstract: Albert Leon Van Houtte (1883-1950) was an author, actor, and lecturer who lived in Carmel from the 1920s until his death in
1950. The collection contains contains manuscripts of Van Houtte's published and unpublished titles, photographs, and a scrapbook
about Van Houtte.
Language of Material: English
Materials are open for research.
The Henry Meade Local History Room, Harrison Memorial Library does not hold copyright to these items. Permission to publish
must be obtained from the copyright holder by the user.
[Identification of item]. Gordon Clemens Collection of Albert Leon Van Houtte. Collection Number: C53. Harrison Memorial Library
Donated by Clemens Gordon
Biography/Administrative History
Albert Leon Van Houtte was born in Monterey in 1883 to Charles and Sarah Van Houtte, one of many children. Albert was an author,
actor, and lecturer, traveling throughout the country lecturing on psychological subjects. He lived in the South Pacific and
Mexico for a number of years and was considered an able authority on the art of both places. He came back to Carmel in the
1920s and lived there until his death in 1950. Interested in the theater, he took part in many activities of local drama groups
and was a member of the casts of both “Joan of Lorraine” and “Dream Girl.” Albert was the author of the 1923 novel "The bells
of El Carmelo : a romance of California of today," and several unpublished books.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains manuscripts, B&W photographs of various sizes, sepia photographs of various sizes, and a scrapbook
which contains newspaper clippings, lecture brochure, playbill, research notes, article about A.L. Van Houtte, government
patent card, and sheet music.
Authors
Carmel (Calif.)
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Manuscripts