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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Bern Porter papers
Creator:
Porter, Bern
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0639
Physical Description:
50.0 linear feet
(100 boxes and 5 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1935-1983
Abstract: Bernard Harden Porter (1911- )was the Republican candidate for governor of Maine (1969) and was an author, poet, editor, illustrator,
and publisher. The collection includes papers, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, books, printed items, ephemera, a film,
illustrations, portraits, and lithographs by, and relating to, Bern Porter.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Portions of collection unprocessed. Material in the collection except for boxes 1, 37, 39, 41-43, 95-98, 103-105 is unavailable
for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
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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.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Online Items Available note for the link to the digitized materials.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942336023606533
[Identification of item], Bern Porter Papers (Collection 639). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, March 1984.
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Bernard Harden Porter was born on February 14, 1911 in Porter Settlement, Maine; Sc.B, Colby College, 1932; Sc.M, Brown University,
1933; special courses at Da Vinci School (1937), Convair School (1957), University of Maine (1960), and Federal School (1963);
in 1929 founded Bern Porter (publishing company) in Belfast, Maine; became physicist for Acheson Colloids Corporation (1935-40)
and for the Manhattan District Engineers (1940-45); became consulting physicist in 1945; director of Contemporary Gallery,
West Coast Design Guild, and Fund for Contemporary Expression, 1947-50; Republican candidate for governor of Maine, 1969;
became author, poet, editor, illustrator, and publisher; founding fellow, International Poetry Society; published works include
Colloidal Graphite: its Properties and Applications (1939),
Map of Physics (1939),
Henry Miller: a Bibliography (compiler, 1943),
Scandinavian Summer (1961),
Wernher Von Braun: a Bibliography and Selected Papers (editor, 1966),
Reminiscences, 1927-1970 (1970),
American Strange (1979), and
Isla Vista (1981).
Boxes 1, 37, 39, 41-43, 95-98, and 103-105 include papers, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, books, printed items, ephemera,
a film, illustrations, portraits, and lithographs by and relating to Bern Porter. Manuscripts include
Man (1965) by William Faulkner (edited by Porter),
Semblance of a Devoted Past,
What To Do About Alf, and
Verda: The Master Builder by Henry Miller, and an essay, poems, and Run on by Porter. Also includes a portrait of James Joyce, a portrait of Porter
by Liesel Rosenthal, three lithographs, and one oil painting.
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Bern Porter Papers (4 items) .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Physicists -- United States -- Archives.
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Archives.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Porter, Bern -- Archives