Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Watt Loren Moreland Papers,
- Dates:
- 1911-1959
- Creators:
- Moreland, Watt Loren, 1879-1959
- Abstract:
- Watt Loren Moreland (1879-1959) was the owner of the first motor transport company in Southern California, and active in water development. The collection consists of correspondence, papers, clippings, photographs, ephemera, and printed materials.
- Extent:
- 4 boxes (2 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Watt Loren Moreland Papers (Collection 266). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence, papers, clippings, photographs, ephemera, and printed materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Moreland was owner of the Moreland Motor Truck Company, the first motor transport company in Southern California; he was also active in water development in Southern California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. Watt L. Moreland, August 1959.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house card file, August 2003 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. 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.
PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Manuscripts Librarian, UCLA Department of Special Collections.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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], Watt Loren Moreland Papers (Collection 266). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988