Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Lady Agnes Anne Adams Papers,
- Dates:
- 1914-1954
- Creators:
- Adams, Lady (Agnes Anne), 1869-1942
- Abstract:
- Lady Adams (1869-1942) was born Agnes Anne Cook in Scotland. She wrote popular articles for newspapers and magazines. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to Lady Adams's life and writings.
- Extent:
- 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Lady Agnes Anne Adams Papers (Collection 1361). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to the life and writings of Lady Adams. Includes material concerning her friend, Maven Thorpe.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lady Adams was born Agnes Anne Cook in Scotland in 1869; married John Adams in Glasgow, 1893; his academic career took him to the University of London, University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA and also on travels to New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa; Lady Adams wrote popular articles for newspapers and magazines; widowed, 1934; died in Los Angeles, 1942; posthumous selection and bibliography of writings published as Tea-Time (1942).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Maven Thorpe, 1979.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts (Boxes 1-2).
- Notes, fragments, clippings, speeches, photographs, ephemera (Box 3).
- Correspondence (Box 4).
- Posters and watercolor of New Zealand (Box 5).
- 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.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Women journalists--Archival resources.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1997
- Date Encoded:
- Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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], Lady Agnes Anne Adams Papers (Collection 1361). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988