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Clark (William Andrews, Jr.) and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Records
Clarkive.Pre-1934
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Description
This collection consists of the pre-1934 institutional archive of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and the records
of its founder, William Andrews Clark, Jr. Items include correspondence, invoices, photographs, secondary source materials
and other documents related to Clark, his library, and his family, friends and colleagues.
Background
William Andrews Clark, Jr. was born in Deer Lodge, Montana in 1877, the youngest son of copper baron William Andrews Clark,
Sr. (1839-1925) and Katherine Stauffer Clark (1844-1893). Clark, Jr. (or WAC Jr.) attended schools in France and New York,
and graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor's Degree in Law in 1899. He then returned to Butte, Montana,
where he worked as a partner in the law firm Roote and Clark, and also served on the boards of several mining and industrial
concerns.
Extent
25 Linear Feet
(55 boxes)
Restrictions
The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore
cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials
they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or
other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Availability
Collection is open for research.