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Allen Family Collection of Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Ephemera
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Allen family collection of Kennedy-Johnson inaugural ephemera
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1751
Physical Description:
2 oversize_boxes
Date (inclusive): 1961-1963
Abstract: The collection consists mainly of ephemera and printed material, a ball gown worn by the donor's mother to the Inauguration
Ball, publications such as "Life" and "Look" and newspapers which cover the Kennedy inauguration and assassination. This collection
also includes ephemera from the California Governor Brown's Inauguration.
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:
English
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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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.
[Identification of item], Allen Family Collection of Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Ephemera (Collection 1751). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Judith A. and Gene Tuch in memory of Marian and Albert H. Allen, 2007.
Processed by Aislinn Catherine Sotelo with assistance from Elizabeth Sheehan, Spring 2007, in the Center For Primary Research
and Training (CFPRT).
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9959980653606533
Marian and Albert H. Allen attended the Kennedy-Johnson Inauguration in 1961. Marian Allen (1917-2003) and Albert H. Allen
(d. 2002) married in 1939. Mr. Allen was one of the longest practicing attorneys in California, practicing real estate law
in Beverly Hills for nearly 70 years.
The John F. Kennedy Collection of Inaugural and Assassination Ephemera consists of invitations and tickets from the John F.
Kennedy Presidential Inauguration, menus, magazines, newspapers and the ball gown worn by the donor's mother, Marian Allen,
to the Inauguration Ball. Publications such as "Life" and "Look" cover the Kennedy inauguration and assassination as well
as newspapers and newspaper clippings from Los Angeles and Washington. This collection also includes ephemera from the California
Governor Brown's Inauguration. The bulk of the collection dates from 1961-1963.
Arranged in the following series:
- John F. Kennedy inaugural material
- Edmund G. Brown inaugural material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera.
Evening dresses (garments).
Presidents -- United States -- Inauguration -- Archives.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Inauguration, 1961--Archives.