Records of William Andrews Clark, Jr. and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Clarkive.Pre-1934
Finding aid by Rebecca Fenning Marschall
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2012
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles 90018
clark@humnet.ucla.edu
Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: William Andrews Clark, Jr. and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Records
Creator:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Identifier/Call Number: Clarkive.Pre-1934
Physical Description:
25 Linear Feet
(55 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1878-2022
Abstract: 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.
Physical Location: Clark Library
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
This finding aid is arranged into 6 series:
- Correspondence, Invoices and Gift Books
- People Files
- Clark Library Building and Grounds
- Other Clark-related Buildings, Properties and Organizations
- News and Media Clippings
- Miscellany
Biographical and Historical Note
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.
In 1902, he married Mabel Duffield Foster (1881-1903), who had grown up in Butte just down the street from the Clark residence.
Mabel died of sepsis following the birth of their son, William Andrews Clark, III ("Tertius"), in 1903. In 1907, Clark married
Alice Genevieve McManus Medin (1884-1918), a recent divorcee originally from Virginia City, Nevada, and they moved from Butte
to Los Angeles in the early 1910s. Their house at Adams Boulevard and Cimarron Street occupied the grounds that the Clark
Library still stands on today. Though Clark would continue to be involved in the Elm Orlu Mine and Timber Butter Milling Company,
among other mining businesses until his death, he does not appear to have worked actively as a lawyer after his move to Los
Angeles. Alice McManus Clark died at the Clark residence in Los Angeles in November 1918. Clark never remarried, and soon
after Alice's death, met his long-time partner, Harrison Post.
Around the time of his move to LA, WAC Jr. began collecting antiquarian and fine press books as a serious hobby (he had dabbled
in book buying previous to this). In 1919, he hired bibliographer Robert E. Cowan to consult on collection-building and the
compilation of a printed library catalog. The first volume of this was printed in 1920 by San Francisco printer John Henry
Nash, and many other volumes, dedicated to different portions of the collection, would be issued over time, all printed by
Nash.
After a small kitchen fire in his home around 1924, Clark decided he needed a separate, fireproof library building and hired
architect Robert David Farquhar to design the present library building, with interior decoration by Harrison Post. Upon completion
in 1926, Clark promised the library and grounds to UCLA after his death. When Clark died in Montana in 1934, the Clark Library
became a part of UCLA.
In addition to Robert E. Cowan, who worked at the Library until 1932, Cora Edgerton Sanders and Harrison Post both did significant
work in the building, cataloging, and maintenance of the Clark Library's collections. Sanders in particular served as a librarian
and curator at the Clark Library until 1943, and was responsible for much of the library's record-keeping and bibliographic
correspondence.
Related Collections
Other related collections at the Clark Library include:
* Post-1934 Clark Memorial Library Institutional Archive, Post-1934 Clarkive,
Online finding aid .
Preferred Citation
[identification of item] Records of William Andrews Clark, Jr. and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Clarkive Pre-1934,
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processing History
After many decades of use and many different organizational systems imposed by various staff members, this collection was
formally processed and this finding aid written by Rebecca Fenning Marschall in 2011-2012.
Major revisions to the biographical notes and other contextual information in this finding aid were made by Rebecca Fenning
Marschall in August 2022 in order to better represent the lives of Cora Sanders, Alice McManus Clark, Mabel Duffield Clark,
and Harrison Post, and to bring descriptions in line with ethical cataloging best practices.
Reference Sources on Clark History
Sources used in the compilation of this finding aid include primary source materials described in this finding aid, newspaper
clippings from various Montana and California newspapers accessed via Chronicling America and Newspapers.com, and vital and
census records accessed via Ancestry.com.
Printed sources include:
* The Clarks : an American phenomenon / by William D. Mangam. New York : Silver Bow Press, 1941.
Clark Library call number F730 .C59 (William Andrews Clark, Sr., and his children, including William Andrews Clark, Jr.)
* Empty mansions : the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune / Bill Dedman and Paul
Clark Newell, Jr. New York : Ballantine Books, 2013.
Clark Library call number CT275.C6273 D33 (Huguette Clark, William Andrews Clark, Sr., Anna LaChapelle Clark)
* The phantom of Fifth Avenue : the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark / Meryl Gordon. New York,
NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
Clark CT275.C6273 G66 (Huguette Clark, William Andrews Clark, Sr.
* William Andrews Clark, Jr., his cultural legacy : papers read at a Clark Library seminar, 7 November 1981 / by William E.
Conway, Robert Stevenson. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1985.
Clark Library call number Z733.C59 W71 (William Andrews Clark, Jr.)
* "With these philistines we have no quarrel" : William Andrews Clark, Jr. as collector and public benefactor / Bruce Whiteman.
In Gazette of the Grolier Club. New ser., no. 59/60 (2008/2009).
Clark Library call number Z733.C59 W5 (William Andrews Clark, Jr.)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal archive of William Andrews Clark, Jr. and the institutional archive of the William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library up to 1934 (when Clark, Jr. died and the library became part of UCLA). In addition to primary
source materials, this collection also includes secondary sources and other materials related to Clark, his family and close
associates, and the library itself. The collection comprises correspondence, invoices, photographs, ephemera, official reports,
press clippings, and artifacts, dating from 1878 to 2022. Most of the materials collected here are records relating to collection
development, bibliography, maintenance, and construction of the Clark Library. There are also significant materials related
to the published catalogs and specially printed Christmas gift books printed by John Henry Nash and circulated by Clark, Jr.
Most of WAC Jr.'s personal papers and effects no longer exist and are presumed destroyed. Similarly, the Clark Library does
not possess any primary source material related to WAC Jr.'s first wife, Mabel Duffield Foster, and very little paper-based
primary source material related to his second wife, Alice G. McManus, or his father, William Andrews Clark, Sr. The Clark
Library recognizes that these archival silences exist and currently (2022) seeks to redress these issues through collecting
non-paper-based materials and secondary sources related to the Clark family and their close associates, particularly Harrison
Post and Cora Sanders. Please see the Related Materials section for links to separate finding aids describing other relevant
collections at the Clark Library.
Large sections of the collection are what is termed an "artificial collection," a set of materials accumulated over time by
an archival institution, as opposed to a collection that is donated en masse to a library as a discrete unit. As such, this
collection will continue to grow over time, even though it is dedicated to the Pre-1934 history of the Clark Library and its
founder.
Publication Rights
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Collection development (Libraries) -- United States -- 20th century
Book collectors -- California -- 20th century
Library records -- United States -- 20th century
Acquisitions (Libraries) -- United States -- 20th century
Clark, William Andrews, 1839-1925
Sanders, Cora Edgerton
Clark, William Andrews, 1877-1934
Cowan, Robert Ernest
Clark, Alice McManus
Post, Harrison
Clark, Mabel Duffield Foster
Clark, William Andrews, 1903-1932
Correspondence, Invoices and Gift Books 1
1903-1946
Physical Description: 6.46 Linear Feet(15.5 boxes)
Scope and Content
This series includes correspondence, book buying invoices and materials related to gift books circulated by William Andrews
Clark, Jr. The majority of correspondence is addressed to WAC Jr. and is related to book buying and collecting or to Christmas
and gift books. There is very little, if any, correspondence of a personal nature included here. This series also contains
some correspondence to and from other members of the Clark Library staff in addition to business correspondence related to
the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Arrangement
Arranged in 4 subseries:
- Correspondence
- Invoices
- Gift Book Materials
- Christmas Cards
Correspondence Subseries 1.
1903-1936
Physical Description: 2.09 Linear Feet(5 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence between William Andrews Clark, Jr. his library staff (primarily Robert E. Cowan and Cora E. Sanders)
and booksellers, book collectors, musical colleagues and other friends and acquaintances, 1903-1946. Some correspondence between
WAC Jr., Caroline Estes Smith and George Leslie Smith regarding the Los Angeles Philharmonic is also included. The vast majority
of correspondence is business-related in nature and does not touch on personal topics. Also enumerated here is a small amount
of correspondence to and from other Clarks (particularly William Andrews Clark, Sr. and Alice McManus Clark).
Arrangement
Materials are arranged and described in alphabetical order by writer.
Box 5, Folder 1
American Library Association
Box 5, Folder 1
American Railway Express Co.
Box 5, Folder 3
Bar Assoc. of San Francisco
Box 5, Folder 4
Bibliographical Society of America
Box 8, Folder 24
Bierlich, Julius
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 5, Folder 8
Birrell & Garnett, Ltd. (Graham Pollard)
Box 5, Folder 11
Browning Society of Los Angeles
Box 5, Folder 12
Bullen, Henry Lewis (of the Typographic Library and Museum)
1929-1933
Box 5, Folder 13
Cadman, Charles Wakefield
Box 8, Folder 29
Cadman, Charles Wakefield
General
letters to George Leslie Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 28
Cameron, Charlotte
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 5, Folder 46
Coolbrith, Ina D.
1926
Scope and Contents
Coolbrith sends Clark one of her poems, "The Gold-Seekers." It is dedicated to the "memory of Doctor Henry Durant, First President
of the University of California."
Box 8, Folder 28
Coolidge, E. Sprague
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 28
Cowan, Robert
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 59, Folder 3
University of California Southern Branch - outgoing correspondence to Clark Library
1927-1929
Scope and Contents
Outgoing carbon copies of correspondence largely from John E. Goodwin to William Andrews Clark, Jr., Cora Sanders and Robert
Cowan. Topics include thanks for gift books and a visit to the Clark Library from the Special Libraries Association of Southern
California. At least one incoming letter to Goodwin about the gift of the Clark Library is also included here.
Box 5, Folder 15
California State Library
1928
Box 5, Folder 20
Clark, Alice G. McManus
Note
Letters written to WAC Jr's second wife, Alice McManus Clark. Many of these letters concern charitable work.
Box 9, Folder 21
Clark, Charles Walker to WAC Jr. and Robert Cowan
1920, 1931
Box 9, Folder 29
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Arthur J. Andrews (First National Bank, Butte)
1933 Jan 17
Scope and Contents
Letter listing salary reductions for Los Angeles library and household staff and the elimination of a monthly allowance paid
to Sally Bonner.
Box 9, Folder 22
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Robert Cowan
1928-1932
Note
Includes letter from WAC Jr to Cowan dated 1931, with an enclosed 1879 Inman Line passenger list showing his parents as transatlantic
passengers (MS.1931.001).
Box 9, Folder 24
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Sam T. Clover
1923
Note
Gift of Doris Harris, 1977 (MS.1977.015).
Box 9, Folder 34
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to "my dear little girl"
1931 Feb 23
Box 5, Folder 30
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Caroline E. Smith
1933
Scope and Contents
Letters largely concerning finances at the Clark Library, though others also touching on LA Philharmonic business, and friends
such as Sophie Braslau. Contains letters concerning the requested resignation of Robert Cowan and Louis Houser, as well as
plans to discontinue the Clark Observatory and cut off funds for Dr. Mars Baumgardt.
Box 9, Folder 31
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Thomas J. Wise
1923
Box 5, Folder 21
Clark, William Andrews, Sr. to WAC, Jr.
1920
Box 5, Folder 22
Clark, William Andrews, Sr. to Charles Kessler
1920
Box 22, Folder 5
Clark, William Andrews, Sr. to F.E. Murray, Prescott, Arizona (photocopy of letter and envelope; location of original unknown)
April 8, 1888
Box 5, Folder 19
William L. Clements Library
Box 5, Folder 27
Cowan, Robert E.
Note
Letters to and from Robert Cowan, WAC Jr's bibliographer until 1933. Cowan's resignation letter is included here.
Box 5, Folder 45
Cowan, Robert E. to Phil Townsend Hanna
29 December 1930
Note
Gift of Kenneth Karmiole, 2012 (MS.2012.015).
Box ms Wilde 10, Folder 70, Box 5, Folder 35
Douglas, Lord Alfred Bruce (from WAC Jr.)
Box ms Wilde 16, Folder 1 and 7
Douglas, Lord Alfred Bruce (to WAC, Jr.)
1930-1932
Box 8, Folder 28
Downes, Olin
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 5, Folder 36
Dressler, Marie
1918, 1933
Box 8, Folder 29
Eawes, Henry P.
General
letters to George Leslie Smith about the Phil book
Box 5, Folder 47
Eckel, John C.
1921-1922
Scope and Contents
The 1921 letter requests a copy of Clark's monograph on the "Douglas-Austin 'Pickwick'." The 1922 letter thanks Clark for
the "fine book on the two great presses."
Box 8, Folder 29
Eichheim, Henry
General
letters to George Leslie Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 28
Eisoff, Michael
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 5, Folder 37
Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd.
Box 5, Folder 46
Farquhar, Robert D.
1923-1926
Box 5, Folder 40
First Edition Club (A.J.A. Symonds)
Box 8, Folder 28
Foerster, Arnold
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 28
Francisco, J. Bond
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 5, Folder 42
Gasparri, Cardinal Pietro
Box 8, Folder 29
Grainger, Percy
General
letters to George Leslie Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 28
Hale, Philip
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 29
Herbert, Clifford Victor
General
letters to George Leslie Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 29
Hutcheson, Ernest
General
letters to George Leslie Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 28
Hertz, ??
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box ms Wilde 32, Folder 21, Box 6, Folder 9
Box 6, Folder 11
Howell, John (John Howell Books)
Box 8, Folder 28
Krueger, Karl
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 6, Folder 22
Limited Editions Club, Inc.
Box 6, Folder 27
LA Phil board of directors
Box 6, Folder 27
Los Angeles Philharmonic Board of Directors (from WAC Jr)
1925
Box 6, Folder 28
Los Angeles Philharmonic Staff
1932
Box 9, Folder 25
Mackay, John W. to WAC, Sr.
ca, 1895
Note
Purchase, 2001 (MS.2001.018).
Box 6, Folder 31
MacKenzie-Brown, Booksellers
Box 6, Folder 32
Martini, Joseph (bookseller)
Box 8, Folder 28
McGroarty, John Steven
General
letters to George Leslie Smith about the Phil book
Box 7, Folder 6
Millard, Christopher (aka Stuart Mason)
Box 7, Folder 7
Millard, George and Alice
1918-1934
Box 7, Folder 10
Morgan-Bruce Book Co. (Theatre Book Store)
Box 7, Folder 13
Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
1916
Note
Written to Alice McManus Clark. Gift of Cora E. Sanders, March 1949 (MS.1949.002)
Box 7, Folder 15-20
Nash, John Henry
1920-1934
Box 8, Folder 28
Nash, John Henry
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 7, Folder 14
Nevada State Historical Society
Box 8, Folder 28
Oberhoffer, Emil
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 2
The Edgar Allen Poe Shrine, Inc.
Box 8, Folder 5
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
1924
Box 8, Folder 30
Pollard, Alfred W.
1921-1932
Scope and Contents
Includes a typed carbon copy of Clark's response to Pollard's essay for his catalog on the Kelmscott and Doves Presses.
Box 8, Folder 6
Post, Harrison (from WAC Jr)
Box 9, Folder 26
Post, Harrison, correspondence with L.C. Powell and Clark Library staff
1946
Note
Correspondence regarding the return of some of Post's items still in the Library & residence in 1946.
Box 8, Folder 2
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company
Box 8, Folder 32
Rives, Amelie
1932
Scope and Contents
Includes a typed copy of a letter from Clark to Lord Alfred Douglas, indicating that Clark was sending him a copy of one of
Rives's letters, so that Douglas could correspond with her directly regarding Oscar Wilde.
Box 9, Folder 32
Rosenbach
1928 Aug 17
Scope and Contents
Letter from A.S.W. Rosenbach, forwarding a letter from Frank Harris regarding Wilde and Douglas letters that Harris would
like to sell to Clark.
Box 8, Folder 28
Rothwell, Walter
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 17
Rothwell, Walter, Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Godowsky, Frieda Godowsky
Box 8, Folder 20
Sanders, Cora Edgerton (from WAC Jr)
1926-1934
Box 8, Folder 18
Schnéevoigt, Georg Lennart
Box 8, Folder 22
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine
1923-1930
Box 8, Folder 33
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine
1926 Sept 18
Scope and Contents
This letter accompanied Schumann-Heink's gift of a Maria Malibran manuscript (f MS.1926.001) to Clark.
Box 8, Folder 9
Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc.
Box 8, Folder 25-27
Smith, Caroline Estes (from WAC Jr)
1923-1934
Box 8, Folder 28
Smith, Caroline Estes (from others)
Box 8, Folder 29
Smith, George Leslie (from WAC Jr and others)
Box 8, Folder 24
University of Southern California
Box 8, Folder 28
Spalding, Albert
General
letters to Caroline Estes Smith about the Phil book
Box 8, Folder 30
Special Libraries Association of Southern California
1927
Box 8, Folder 34
Summers, Montague
1930 Oct 8
Scope and Contents
Concerns Summers' work on Dryden.
Box 9, Folder 28
Troubetzkoy, Paul and Amelie
Box 9, Folder 5
Alexander Turnbull Library
Box 9, Folder 9
Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs
Box MS Box 24, Folder 4
Van Nosdall, George A.
1930
Note
Letters regarding Thomas J. Wise and Byron's "Euthanasia."
Box 9, Folder 10
Vanderbilt, Jr., Cornelius
Box 9, Folder 10
A. F. Vesper & F. B. Vesper, Jr.
Box 9, Folder 10
Virginia Quarterly Review, UVA
Box MS Box W (No. 24), Folder 34-35
Wise, Thomas J.
Note
Letters to WAC, Jr., Cora Sanders and Adelyn Sutphen Stumph concerning various forgeries and other bibliographic topics.
Box 9, Folder 12
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott
Invoices 2
1911-1934
Physical Description: 1.67 Linear Feet(4 boxes)
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises invoices for books and other collection materials purchased by William Andrews Clark, Jr. and his
library staff. Some invoices are accompanied by correspondence.
Arrangement
Arranged in alphabetical order by bookseller.
Gift Book Materials Subseries 3.
1921-1936
Physical Description: 2.09 Linear Feet(5 boxes)
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains correspondence and other documents related to William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s privately printed library
catalogs and Christmas gift books. Clark published a Christmas book nearly every year as well as publishing many volumes
worth of library catalogs.
Arrangement
Arranged into 2 subgroups: Subgroup 1. Gift Book Correspondence; and Subgroup 2. Gift Book Production.
Gift Book Correspondence Subgroup 1.
1922-1936
Physical Description: 1.67 Linear Feet(4 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence related to William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s library catalogs and annual Christmas gift books. Nearly
all items here are thank you notes written by friends and colleagues, thanking WAC, Jr. for including them on the book distribution
list. There are also more formal acknowledgements of these gifts from libraries and institutions.
Arrangement
Organized in alphabetical order by correspondent.
Box 24
"Joy" (last name unknown)
Box 24
Behymer, Lynden Ellsworth
Box 24
Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice)
Box 24
Bixby, William K. (William Keeney)
Box 24
Cambridge University Library
Box 24
Clark, Charles W. (Charles Walker)
Box 24
Columbia University Library
Box 24
Dartmouth College Library
Box 24
Dobie, Armistead M. (Armistead Mason)
Box 24
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, Inc.
Box 25
First Edition Club (London, England)
Box 25
Granniss, Ruth S. (Ruth Shepard)
Box 25
Griffith, Reginald Harvey
Box 25
Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel)
Box 25
Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest)
Box 25
Hill, Walter M. (Walter Martin)
Box 25
Huntington, Henry Edwards
Box 25
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Box 25
John Carter Brown Library
Box 25
Keats-Shelley Memorial Association
Box 25
Kessler, Charles N. (Charles Nickolas)
Box 25
Key, Pierre V. R. (Pierre Van Rensselaer)
Box 25
Lambeth, W. A. (William Alexander)
Box 25
Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Box 25
Lilienthal, Theodore M. (Theodore Max)
Box 25
Los Angeles Public Library
Box 25
Loyola University of Los Angeles
Box 25
Lyman, George D. (George Dunlap)
Box 26
Magdalen College (University of Oxford)
Box 26
Mitchell, Josephine E. Walker
Box 26
Moerenhout, Florence Cooke
Box 26
New York Academy of Medicine
Box 26
Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard)
Box 26
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
Box 26
Princeton University. Library
Box 26
Ratchford, Fannie Elizabeth
Box 26
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf)
Box 26
Rosenbach, Philip H. (Philip Hyman)
Box 27
Schad, Robert O. (Robert Oliver)
Box 27
Shepherd, Rezin Davis (aka R.D. MacLean)
Box 27
Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert)
Box 27
Typographic Library and Museum
Box 27
University of California, Berkeley. Library
Box 27
University of California, Los Angeles. Library
Box 27
University of San Francisco (Saint Ignatius College)
Box 27
University of Southern California
Box 27
University of Virginia. Library
Box 27
White, Charles L. (Charles Lafayette)
Box 27
Williams College. Library
Box 27
Williamson, George Charles
Box 27
French letters to "Cher Bienfaiteur," written after WAC Jr's death
1935-1936
Box 27
Letters regarding Fontaine fables gift book
1929
Box 9, Folder 33
Letters regarding Wilde Letters gift book
1924-1925
Gift Book Production Subgroup 2.
1921-1933
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet(1 box)
Scope and Contents
Contains materials related to the preparation and printing of William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s annual Christmas books. This items
include correspondence with printers and experts on the texts in question as well as drafts of Clark's own essays and introductions
to the books.
Arrangement
Organized by gift book title.
Box 34, Folder 3
Legal correspondence
1921-1922
Box 34, Folder 4
Rosenbach correspondence
1921
Box 34, Folder 5
WAC Jr's holograph introduction (partial)
Note
Gift of Adelyn Sutphen Godwin, 1952 (MS.1952.008).
Box 34, Folder 6
WAC Jr's holograph introduction
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, October 1947 (MS.1947.001).
Box 34, Folder 7
Correspondence with clergy
1931-1933
Box 34, Folder 9
"Bibliography and books consulted"
Box 34, Folder 10
Bibliography, correspondence and WAC Jr's typescript introduction
Box 34, Folder 11
Correspondence with A.S.W. Rosenbach and Leonard Whibley
1933
Kelmscott Press and Doves Press catalog
Box 8, Folder 31
A.W. Pollard's introduction (final typescript as sent to WAC Jr.)
Scope and Contents
Pollard's correspondence to Clark (and the carbon copy of Clark's letter to Pollard regarding this typescript) located in
Box 8/Folder 30.
Christmas Cards Subseries 4.
1923-1933
Physical Description: 0.63 Linear Feet1.5 boxes
Scope and Contents
Contains Christmas cards sent by William Andrews Clark, Jr. to friends and colleagues. There are many duplicates of each
card in these files. Some thank-you notes and acknowledgements of the cards are also included here.
Arrangement
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 33
illustrated by Franz Geritz
1923
Box 39
illustrated by Franz Geritz
1926
Box 33
illustrated by William Wilke (message in French)
1930
Box 33
illustrated by Grace Marion Brown (message in English)
1930
Box 33
poem and illustration by Leon-Adolphe Willette
1931
Box 34, Folder 1, Box 33
illustration by Grace Marion Brown
1933
Box 39
Christmas card, illustrated by Grace Marion Brown, originally sent to Miss Sydney Sanner
1933
Box 27
Thank-yous for 1929 Christmas card
1929-1930
location Clark Library First Annex
Folio-size Christmas books printed by John Henry Nash
Note
Multiple copies of most books.
Box 54
Folio-size Christmas keepsakes (unbound copies)
1926-1933
Note
All printed by John Henry Nash. Includes: Sermon on the Mount (1926), Thanatopsis (1927), The last will and testament of
Charles Lounsbery (1929), The Lord's Prayer (1932), and Robert Louis Stevenson's Christmas Sermon (1933). Also includes a
keepsake printing of Robert Burns' "The bonnie lass that laid the bed to me" (1927).
People Files Series 2.
1878-1983, undated
Scope and Contents
This series consists of photographs, ephemera, secondary source materials and other items related to William Andrews Clark,
Jr., his family and colleagues. Most material here is connected to WAC Jr. The majority of items in this series are photographs
and secondary source materials.
Arrangement
Materials arranged into 4 subseries:
- William Andrews Clark, Jr.
- William Andrews Clark, Sr.
- Other Clark Family Members
- Colleagues and Associates
William Andrews Clark, Jr. Subseries 1.
about 1878-1981
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs, honorary degrees and certificates, ephemera, and other miscellaneous materials related to William Andrews
Clark, Jr.
Arrangement
Organized into 3 subgroups: Subgroup 1. Photographs; Subgroup 2. Awards and Certificates; Subgroup 3. Other Materials.
Biographical / Historical
A detailed biographical note is included at the collection level of this finding aid.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clark, William Andrews, 1877-1934
Photographs Subgroup 1.
ca. 1878-1934
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs of William Andrews Clark, Jr. from approximately 1878 to 1934. Some images are formal studio portraits,
while others are casual snapshots. Many casual photographs contain unidentified individuals.
Box 10, Folder 11
Unidentified toddler, possibly WAC Jr.
ca 1877
Box 48
WAC Jr. and sister as young children
ca. 1880?
Box 11, Folder 1
WAC Jr as a child
ca 1882
Box 11, Folder 8
Photograph of the University of Virginia graduates in law, including WAC Jr
1899
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 20
Portrait of WAC Sr., WAC Jr. and WAC III
1903
Note
Caption on verso: Three generations of millionaires, WA Clark I II III.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 6
Alice Clark, Cora Sanders and WAC Jr in Ireland
1913
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 11
WAC Jr., portraits by Edward Weston
1919-1921
Note
Contains 3 photographs (one of them is a ca. 1980 copy). One photograph is signed by Weston and inscribed to Robert E. Cowan
by WAC Jr. (the inscription is dated 10/19/1919).
Box 56, Folder 1
WAC Jr. portrait by Edward Weston
1921
Physical Description: Photograph of Clark holding a book (?) under his arm and looking at camera. Signed and dated 1921 by Edward Weston. Inscribed
by Clark to Jules Lepske (violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic), dated May 24, 1922. Formerly framed, but removed from
framing by Clark librarians in 2023. Purchase, 1972 (MS.1972.016).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 14
WAC Jr. with Robert Cowan, Edwin Clark and others in Montana
ca 1919
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 9
WAC Jr., portraits by Murillo Studio
1925-1926
Note
Includes 7 photographs. 4 are inscribed by WAC Jr. to others: George Leslie Smith (12/27/1926), Merle Armitage (12/27/1926;
gift of Merle Armitage), Robert Cowan (11/18/1925), and Robert Farquhar (1925).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 18
Montana snapshots, including WAC Jr., George Pale and others
ca 1928
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 10
WAC Jr., portraits by Murillo Studio
ca. 1932
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 17
WAC Jr., snapshots in academic cap and gown in the library's outdoor reading room
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 16
Photographs of Henrique Medina portrait of WAC Jr.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 15
WAC Jr. and Harrison Post, snapshots in Europe (possibly Mont St. Michel)
Note
Includes negatives and the original envelope in which the undeveloped film was deposited at a Paris Kodak studio.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 13
WAC Jr. and Will Garroway, photograph by Watts
Note
Gift of Alpha O. Sigfrid, 1953 (MS.1953.006).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 12
Photograph of Paul Troubetzkoy statue of WAC Jr.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 46
Cartoon about LA Philharmonic's founding by Gale for the
Los Angeles Times (original ink drawing)
1919
Awards and Certificates Subgroup 2.
1912-1932
Scope and Contents
Consists of certificates, awards, honorary degrees and club memberships dating 1912-1932.
Box 22, Folder 20
Nelson's L-L Encyclopedia certificate of membership (no. 14139) issued to WAC Jr.
March 12, 1912
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 8
"Diploma of Award" to WAC Jr. from the California Liberty Fair
1918
Box 34, Folder 17
Book Club of California lifetime membership certificate
1920
Box 39
Specimen leaf from a book of hours, given to WAC Jr. by the Book Club of California, with accompanying letter from Book Club
of California
Box 22, Folder 22
Receipt, initiation fee for the Uplifters Club, for WAC Jr and Harrison Post
1925
Box 34, Folder 12-13
Mills College honorary doctorate: certificate, correspondence, programs and other materials
1925
Box 20, Folder 9
University of San Francisco, honorary degree for WAC Jr.
1930
Box 28
Printed scroll from the unveiling of the Beethoven Statue in Pershing Square, printed by Chester Troan and plaster replica of the statue
1932 Oct 14
Physical Description: Items purchased together from Dawson's Book Shop, 1968 (accession MS.1968.021).
Other Materials Subgroup 3.
1916-1981
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous other documents related to WAC Jr., including estate documents, scrapbooks, research queries and other
items.
Box 22, Folder 21
Program for
The Merchant of Venice, performed as a benefit for the Fatherless Children of France "in the gardens of Mr. William A. Clark, Jr."
June 20, 1919
Box 23, Folder 8
Letter from Paul Newell to William Conway, regarding WAC Jr
Box 23, Folder 9
WAC Jr. last will and testament
December 1933
Box 32
WAC Jr's scrapbook of clippings and other materials related to books, collectors and libraries; with tabbed alphabetical index
on initial pages
1916-1934
Note
Additional material not pasted in the scrapbook in folder at bottom of box.
Box 53
Scrapbooks of news clippings related to WAC Jr., friends and associates
ca. 1920s-1930s
Box 34, Folder 15, Box 42, 50-51
WAC Jr stationary with personalized watermark
Box 34, Folder 18
Correspondence re: WAC Jr and George Pale between Bill Conway, John Bidwell and William Walker
1981
Box 36
Collection of nine copper plates used for calling and other cards for WAC Jr and WAC III, by Brock & Company, Los Angeles
1924-1931
Note
Gift of Brock & Company, 1956 (MS.1956.006).
Box 39
Paste-up for announcement of Book Club of California exhibit of books from the collections of WAC Jr., Charles W. Clark and Charles Templeton Crocker, San Francisco (by John Henry Nash)
ca 1922
Box 46, Folder 24
List of books for potential Book Club of California exhibition of materials from the collections of WAC Jr., Charles W. Clark and Charles Templeton Crocker
ca 1922
Box 52
On-board ship recordings sent to Cora Sanders and Caroline E. Smith (original aluminum discs)
1930 March
Box 39
A catalogue of books printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr. by John Henry Nash of San Francisco, by Cora E. Sanders (3 copies)
1934
Box 53
Guestbook of visitors to the Clark Library
1924-1957
Box 39
Caricature of WAC Jr. by G. Giuliani
January 1931
Physical Description: Caricature in ink and watercolor, signed and dated "G. Giuliani, Genova, 1931, Hotel Colombia BAR." Also inscribed by William
Andrews Clark, Jr., "Listening to the dulcet[?] strains of a "Jazz" orchestra in Genoa" and signed and dated by him, "W.A.
Clark, Jr., 1/26/31." Formerly framed, but removed from frame by Clark librarians in 2024. Purchase, 1979 (accession MS.1979.003).
William Andrews Clark, Sr. Subseries 2.
1879-1986
Scope and Contents
Photographs, speeches, and other documents related to William Andrews Clark, Sr. and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. There is
very little original material about WAC, Sr. held by the Clark Library; most of the material gathered here consists of copies
of secondary sources and copies of papers held by other institutions.
Arrangement
Organized into 4 subgroups: Subgroup 1. Photographs and Portraits; Subgroup 2. Corcoran Gallery of Art; Subgroup 3. Speeches
and Other Materials; Subgroup 4. Secondary Source Materials.
Biographical / Historical
William Andrews Clark, Sr. was born in 1839 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and later lived in Iowa, where he taught school
and studied law at Iowa Wesleyan College. During the Montana gold rush in the 1860s, he headed west where he first tried placer
mining, and then chose to become a trader, provisioning miners across the state. He later opened a bank in Deer Lodge, Montana
and made a fortune through reposessing mining claims when their owners defaulted on their bank loans. As he accumulated more
mining holdings in Montana, particularly in Butte, he chose to enroll for a year of study at the Columbia University School
of Mines. In addition to operating mines and smelters, Clark also diversified into railroads (including the San Pedro, Los
Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad), newspapers, and lumber, in addition to the Los Alamitos Sugar Corporation in Los Angeles
and United Verde copper mine in Arizona. Clark served one term as a US Senator from Montana from 1901-1907, though the bribery
scheme that bought him his seat colored much of his time in office. After leaving the Senate, Clark largely lived in New York
City, where he accumulated a large collection of French art.
Clark's first wife, Katherine Stauffer, was also born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and after the births of their seven
children, lived the majority of the rest of her life in France. She died in 1893. Clark's second wife, Anna Eugenia La Chapelle
(1878-1963) had been a teenager in Butte when she met Clark, and he paid for her to study music in Europe. Their two daughters,
Andree (1902-1919) and Huguette (1906-2011), were both born in Europe and largely raised in New York City.
Clark Sr. died in New York City in 1925.
Photographs and Portraits Subgroup 1.
1903-1930
Scope and Contents
Photographs and other images of WAC Sr., dating from approximately 1903 to 1930.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 20
Portrait of WAC Sr., WAC Jr. and WAC III
1903
Note
Caption on verso: Three generations of millionaires, WA Clark I II III.
Box 10, Folder 21
WAC Sr in front of log cabin in Deer Lodge, Montana
ca 1910-1920
Box 58
Framed photographic portrait with inscription
1914
Physical Description: Photograph of William Andrews Clark, Sr. in a black laquered frame. Inscribed "Your affectionate father, W.A. Clark, June
26, 1914." No glass in frame.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 2
WAC Sr. with Andree and Huguette Clark at Columbia Gardens, Butte, Montana
ca 1916
Note
Gift of D. Roscoe Nickerson, Butte, June 1969 (MS.1969.002).
Box 11, Folder 6
Photograph of plaque from rotunda of Montana State Capitol in Helena
Note
Gift of Professor Norman Thrower, February 1973 (MS.1973.003).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 5, Box 20, Folder 13
Etching of WAC Sr. by William H. Wilke, printed by John Henry Nash and inscribed by both to WAC Jr.
1930
Box Pre-1934 Bx 42, Folder 11, Box 22, Folder 10
Photograph of Henrique Medina portrait of WAC Sr.
1932
Note
Photograph in Box 22/Folder 10 by C. Owen Smithers, Butte, Montana Gift of the Masonic Temple, Butte, courtesy of J.R. Thomas,
February 1951 (MS.1951.025).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 47
Photograph of Sally Farnham bust at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
1999
Corcoran Gallery of Art Subgroup 2.
1882-1930
Scope and Contents
Material related to the donation of WAC Sr's art collection to the Corcoran Gallery of Art after his death in 1925. The Clark
Library also holds multiple printed catalogs of the Corcoran Gallery collection items that originated in Clark's collection;
please search the UCLA Online Library catalog to find these catalogs.
Box 22, Folder 17
S.G.W. Benjamin, "The Corcoran Gallery of Art," from an unknown periodical
ca. 1882?
Note
Gift of Donna Adams, 1986 (MS.1986.006).
Box 22, Folder 16
Correspondence between WAC Jr and C. Powell Minnigerode from the Corcoran Gallery Archives (photocopies)
1926-1930
Box 22, Folder 18-19
Press and magazine clippings relative to the bequest of the late William A. Clark (scrapbook), Corcoran Gallery of Art (photocopies),
with inventory of Corcoran Archives holdings related to WAC Sr.
Box 46, Folder 4
Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Carpets of the Great Shah : the near-eastern carpets from the W.A. Clark collection"
1948
Box 46, Folder 5
Corcoran Gallery guide
1976
Box 46, Folder 6
Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Italian maiolica in the W.A. Clark Collection"
1955
Box 46, Folder 7
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Illustrated handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection
1928
Box 46, Folder 8
Corcoran Gallery of Art, catalog for 50th anniversary exhibition of Clark Collection
1978
Box 46, Folder 9
William Henry Holmes, "Installation of the W.A. Clark Collection in the Corcoran Gallery of Art," Art and archaeology, v.
25, no. 4 (1928), p. 163-180
Box 46, Folder 10
Marvin Chauncey Ross, "Four Tournai tapestries : The William Andrews Clark Collection," Corcoran Gallery of Art bulletin,
v. 9 no 2
1951
Box 46, Folder 19
Miscellaneous materials from Corcoran Gallery of Art, including photocopied materials from their archives
Speeches and Other Materials Subgroup 3.
1879-1925
Scope and Contents
Contains estate documents, transcripts of speeches and other materials connected to WAC Sr.
Box 49, Box 57
Leather letter case, US Senate stationery and German metal letter opener by E. Faber
190-?
Note
Gift, Rodney Devine, 2014 (MS.2014.009).
The leather letter case is housed in the Clarkive Box 57; the stationery and letter opener are housed in Clarkive Box 49.
Box 46, Folder 22
Letters and statements from William Andrews Clark, First National Bank, Deer Lodge to Hussey, Dahler and Co., Virginia City
1872 December
Note
Purchase, 2004 (MS.2004.009).
Box 46, Folder 23
Invitation card from William Andrews Clark to Henry Cabot Lodge
ca. 1900-1907
Note
Issued from Clark's Washington residence during his time in the US Senate.
Box 23, Folder 10
WAC Sr. last will and testament
May 1922
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 11
"Dedicated to William Andrews Clark and the Amalgamated" broadside
Box 47
Certificate of membership in the Society of Montana Pioneers
1889
Box 22, Folder 4
City of Helena "bill" with engraved portrait of WAC Sr. on verso
Note
In imitation of currency, this bill reads "The City of Helena pays in friendship and good will her debt of gratitude to her
friends." An engraved portrait of Marcus Daly is on the recto; a poem about Helena and an engraved portrait of WAC Sr. are
on the verso.
Box 22, Folder 3
Menu and program, Third Annual Banquet of the Butte Newswriters' Association, commemorating the Golden Anniversary of the
Arrrival in Montana of Senator W.A. Clark
November 1913
Box 22, Folder 2
Menu, Banquet given by the Butte Chamber of Commerce to Hon. Wm. A. Clark
1913
Box 22, Folder 1
Typescripts of speeches by and biographies of WAC Sr. transcribed by Donna Adams
1981
Note
Gift of Donna Adams, 1981 (MS.1981.002).
Box 9, Folder 22
Clark, William Andrews, Jr. to Robert Cowan, with 1879 Inman Line passenger list showing his parents on a transatlantic crossing
1879, 1931
Note
Accession MS.1931.001.
Box 43
Album of newspaper clippings and letters on the death of William Andrews Clark, Sr.
1925
Note
Delicate physical condition.
Secondary Source Materials Subgroup 4.
1951-1986
Scope and Contents
Consists of reference materials and articles written about WAC Sr. and his business concerns.
Box 22, Folder 6
Letter from F.H. Bradford to H. Richard Archer, Clark Library, regarding WAC Sr's possible ownership of a Fageol custom-built
automobile, including 2 photographs of a Fageol chassis
1951
Box 22, Folder 7
Brochure for tours of the Copper King Mansion, Butte, Montana
Box 22, Folder 15
Rita Reif, "Pottery inspired by the Renaissance," The New York Times
April 20, 1986
Box 22, Folder 9
Michael P. Malone, "Midas of the West: the incredible career of William Andrews Clark," in
Montana: the magazine of Western history, v. 33 no. 4 (Autumn 1983): p. 2-17.
1983
Note
Folder contains the entire Autumn 1983 issue.
Box 22, Folder 11
Paul Newell, "The senator and the train,"
Air California Magazine, v.10 no. 1
May 1977
Note
Folder contains entire May 1977 issue.
Box 22, Folder 12
Harry Squires, "Helen Wiser Stewart, Nevada Pioneer,"
The West: true stories of the Old West, v. 11 no. 2
July 1969
Note
Folder contains entire July 1969 issue.
Box 23, Folder 7
James W. Hulse, "W.A. Clark and the Las Vegas Connection: The 'Midas of the West' and the Development of Southern Nevada,"
Montana: the magazine of Western history, vol. 37 no. 1
Winter 1987
Box 22, Folder 14
Herbert V. Young, "'Valley of Kings' mined, cultivated for centuries," Jerome Supplement,
The Verde Independent
Spring 1958
Box 22, Folder 13
Patricia Paylore, "Viva Clarkdale!" from the
Journal of Arizona History (offprint)
1980
Note
Gift of Lawrence Clark Powell, ca. 1980 (MS.1980.006).
Box 46, Folder 1
American Art Association, "Art collection of the late United States Senator William A. Clark," Part II (auction catalog)
1926
Box 46, Folder 2
American Art Association, "Library sets of esteemed authors... including selections from the library of the late William A.
Clark"
1926
Box 46, Folder 3
Beautiful Columbia Gardens : the far-famed pleasure resort of Butte (Butte : Butte Electric Railway Co.)
19--?
Box 46, Folder 11
Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., "The W.A. Clark Collection," The arts, v. 13 no. 4, p. 236-242
1928
Box 46, Folder 12
The philistine, v. 17, no. 2
1903
Box 46, Folder 13-14
Society of Montana Pioneers ephemera
Box 46, Folder 15-17
Society of Montana Pioneers annual meetings
1916, 1917, 1921, 1927, 1931, 1932
Box Montana Mss. Box 2-3
Society of the Framers of the Constitution of Montana
1889-1928
Note
Archival, ephemeral and photographic material related to the Society of the Framers of the Constitution of Montana from the
collection of Walter M. Bickford (MS.1929.004). Materials include photographs and correspondence with W.A. Clark Sr.
Box 46, Folder 18
The story of Butte (Butte : Press of the Standard Manufactuing and Printing Co.)
1897
Other Clark Family Members Subseries 3.
1882-1955
Scope and Contents
Photographs and materials related to other members of the Clark family. Most of the material consists of photographs of
William Andrews Clark III and Alice McManus Clark, but there are also items related to WAC Jr.'s siblings, his first wife
Mabel Foster Clark and his grandmother, Mary Andrews Clark.
William Andrews Clark, III (1903-1932) Subgroup 1.
1903-1931
Biographical Note
WAC Jr.'s son, William Andrews Clark, III ("Tertius") was born in Butte, Montana in 1903. He was a mining engineer and a technology
enthusiast, interested in both still and moving photography as well as flight. He was killed in a plane crash in 1932, while
learning to fly "blind" – with only instruments and a hooded cockpit. He was survived by his wife, Thelma Wyatt Clark, a stepdaughter,
Audrey Johnson, and William Wyatt Clark, a young son listed in Tertius's obituaries as "being considered for adoption" by
the family.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clark, William Andrews, 1903-1932
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 20
Portrait of WAC Sr., WAC Jr. and WAC III
1903
Note
Caption on verso: Three generations of millionaires, WA Clark I II III.
Box 10, Folder 7
WAC III, portrait by Pirie MacDonald
ca 1915
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 19
WAC III, portrait
ca. 1910
Box 36
Collection of nine copper plates used for calling and other cards for WAC Jr and WAC III, by Brock & Company, Los Angeles
1924-1931
Note
Gift of Brock & Company, 1956 (MS.1956.006).
Box 59, Folder 7
Earl Heikka brochure from Stendhal Galleries
1931
Scope and Contents
Earl Heikka's work was championed by William Andrews Clark III, who is mentioned in this brochure as "discovering" the artist
in 1930.
Alice G. McManus Clark (1884-1918) Subgroup 2.
ca. 1907-1918
Biographical Note
Alice Genevieve McManus, was born July 22, 1882 in Virginia City, Nevada (some records give Alice's birthdate as 1884, but
based on the 1900 census and her 1902 marriage record, 1882 or 1883 appear to be more accurate) to Catherine Hayes McManus
and Andrew McManus. By 1896, Alice was already publicly recognized for her beauty and poise: Nevada newspapers from the time
record her election by a poll of students as a "Venus." By 1902, Alice was 19 years old and living in Butte, Montana where
she worked as a telephone operator. In that year, she eloped in Butte with divorcé and fellow Virginia City native Marco J.
Medin. Marco was a successful merchant in Butte and Alice quickly became a popular figure in Butte social life, as evidence
by the frequent mentions of her and her clothing in Butte-area newspapers. After a November 1906 divorce from Marco, Alice
and William Andrews Clark, Jr. were married May 1907 in Butte at the home of one of Alice's good friend, Grace McStay Carnochan.
The Clarks moved to Los Angeles in 1908, and in 1910, purchased of what was then called the McCan estate at 2205 West Adams
Boulevard - the same parcel the Clark Library occupies today. In addition to becoming socially active in Los Angeles, Alice
also became involved in charity work in the city, especially at the YWCA, and throughout World War I, she was deeply involved
in Red Cross fundraising and other efforts related to child refugees. Alice McManus Clark died November 17, 1918, at the age
of 34, after being diagnosed with colon cancer 8 months earlier.
Scope and Contents
Items described here include photographs of Alice McManus Clark. Some incoming correspondence is also filed in the Correspondence
series of this finding aid, under her name.
Related Clark Library Materials
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 3
Alice Clark, formal portrait
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, 1947 (MS.1947.001).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 4
Alice Clark in riding clothes, with dog
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 5
Photographs of Paul Troubetzkoy statue of Alice Clark
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 6
Alice Clark, Cora Sanders and WAC Jr in Ireland
1913
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 45
Alice Clark, formal portrait by Arnold Genthe
Note
Gift of Noël Doyle Brown, July 2011 (MS.2011.009).
Box MS.1964.009 Box 1, Folder 1-2
Prayer book and hymnal with "Mrs. Alice Clark" stamped on the front cover
after 1907
Scope and Contents
Protestant Episcopal Church, Book of Common Prayer, New York: Thomas Nelson and Son, 1897.
Gift, Estate of Cora Sanders, 1964 (accession MS.1964.009)
Mabel Duffield Foster Clark (1880-1903) Subgroup 3.
Biographical Note
Mabel Duffield Foster was born in 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to John M. Foster and Mary Duffield Foster, but moved with
her family to Butte, Montana as a small child. Mabel and her older sister Lulu were sent to ladies' seminary in Pittsburgh,
but remained active figures in Butte social life. In 1901, Mabel married William Andrews Clark, Jr. She gave birth to their
son, William Andrews Clark, III, in December 1902 but died of sepsis on New Years' Day 1903.
Scope and Contents
The photographs and portrait miniatures described here are the only known items related to Mabel Duffield Foster in the Clark
Library's collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clark, Mabel Duffield Foster
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 7
Formal photograph by Histed
1903
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, 1947 (MS.1947.001).
Box 45
One gold-toned photograph and two portrait miniatures
ca. 1900-1903
Note
Gift of Cora Edgerton Sanders, September 1964 (MS.1964.005).
Other Family Members Subgroup 4.
1882-1955
Box 44
Catherine Stauffer Clark (1840-1893), portrait
ca 1870?
Box 11, Folder 2
Mary Joaquina Clark (1870-1939), formal photograph
ca. 1882
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 8
Mary Andrews Clark (1814-1904), photograph
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, 1947 (MS.1947.001).
Box 23, Folder 2
Andree Clark (1902-1919), newspaper clipping of a painted portrait
Note
Gift of Miriam Garland McCurdy, date unknown (MS.2011.006).
Box 23, Folder 2
Huguette Clark (1906-2011), newspaper clipping of a painted portrait
Note
Gift of Miriam Garland McCurdy, date unknown (MS.2011.006).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 2
WAC Sr. with Andree and Huguette Clark at Columbia Gardens, Butte, Montana
ca 1916
Box 11, Folder 7
Portrait photograph of unidenfied toddler
Box 46, Folder 21
"The Clark family of Los Angeles," The Titanic Commutator,
Winter 1991
Box 23, Folder 4
Obituary for Miriam Evans Clark (Mrs. J. Ross Clark),
Los Angeles Times
January 15, 1955
Colleagues and Associates Subseries 4.
1880-1983
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs and other materials related to William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s colleagues and friends, including Clark Library
staff members, musicians, booksellers and other public figures. In particular, this subseries contains significant original
materials related to Cora Sanders as well as print materials about artist Allyn Cox. A number of signed photographs of musicians
and literary figures are also included here.
Cora Edgerton Sanders (1872-1964) Subgroup 1.
1880-1947
Biographical Note
Cora Sanders was born in Helena, Montana in 1872 to Junius G. Sanders and Alfaretta Rumley Sanders. As a child, she went by
Cora Belle Sanders, but as an adult, she changed her middle name to Edgerton. Her father's family was prominent in Montana
politics (her uncle Wilbur Fisk Sanders and great-uncle Sidney Edgerton both served as governors), and her father was a Civil
War and Spanish-American War veteran, who worked as a merchant, an army paymaster, and a federal marshal at various points
in his life. Cora was one of 6 female graduates in the Helena High School class of 1891, and did further study in Germany
from 1891-1893. She worked as a school teacher in various small towns in Montana, and moved to Butte around 1898, where she
was in the same social circles as William Andrews Clark, Jr. and his brother C.W. Clark. In 1910, Sanders moved to Los Angeles
with the Clarks as the governess to William Andrews Clark, III, and after Tertius was sent to boarding school on the east
coast, it appears Cora continued to work for and travel with the Clarks as a secretary. In the 1920s, Cora took on increasing
responsibility as an assistant librarian for Clark's collection. Her niece, Adelyn Sutphen, also worked at the library, and
her sister Ellen Sanders Sutphen worked as a secretary to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. After William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s
death, Sanders remained the curator of the Clark Library until 1943. She died in 1964 in Long Beach, California.
Related Archival Materials
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sanders, Cora Edgerton
Box Montana Mss. 1, Folder 2
Photograph of Cora Sanders and her brother Charles Sanders with the rest of the students of the Helena Graded High School
ca. 1885
Box Post-1934 Clarkive 342
Montana Scrapbook
ca. 1880-1910
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 6
Photographs of Alice Clark, Cora Sanders and WAC Jr in Ireland
1913
Box Post-1934 Clarkive 342
Library of Congress Subject Subdivisions
1924
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 25
Box 10, Folder 9
Photograph of Cora Sanders with Fritz Leiber, inscribed by Leiber to Sanders
ca. 1940
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 26
Photograph of Lawrence Clark Powell, Cora Sanders and Robert Farquhar
ca 1940s
Box 23, Folder 25
Cora Sanders bibliographic commonplace book
Box Clarkive Post-1934 339
Blank book bound as a binding exercise
Box Clarkive Post-1934 339
Looseleaf notebook of historical/bibliographic information
Box Clarkive Post-1934 341
Listing of Booksellers' Catalogs
Box 23, Folder 24
Cora Sanders clipping/biographical file
Robert Ernest Cowan (1862-1942) Subgroup 2.
1919-1928
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs and clippings related to Robert E. Cowan, who served as WAC Jr.'s bibliographer from 1919-1933.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 14
Photograph of WAC Jr. with Robert Cowan, Edwin Clark and others in Montana
ca. 1919
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 21
Multiple photographs of Robert Cowan
1922-1928
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 22
Photograph of Robert Cowan, Marie Cowan and Caroline Estes Smith at the Clark Library, with Snooks the dog
August 1919
Box 23, Folder 23
Robert Cowan clipping/biographical file
Harrison Post (ca. 1896-1946) Subgroup 3.
1920-1949
Biographical Note
Harrison Post was born Albert Weis Harrison likely in New York in about 1897, and had a somewhat itinerant childhood, both
before and after his parents separated when he was a small child. He spent his teenage years largely in the Sacramento, California
area with his father. By 1919, he was going by the name Harrison Post and was working at Marsh & Company in San Francisco,
where he met William Andrews Clark, Jr. who had come into the store as a customer. Post soon moved to Los Angeles to be with
Clark, and later worked at the library as an assistant librarian, in addition to decorating the interiors of the library and
Clark residence. By the 1930s, Clark and Post's romance had cooled but they remained close friends, and at Clark's death,
Post inherited a substantial amount of money. Post was incapacitated by a long illness at the time of Clark's death and nearly
all of his money and possessions were liquidated by his sister Gladys, who took conservatorship over him. In 1938, Post traveled
to Norway with a former nurse and was later interned in a POW camp during World War II. At the end of the war, he returned
to the US and died in San Francisco in 1946.
Scope and Contents
Please see the Correspondence series of this finding aid for additional material related to or written by Harrison Post.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Post, Harrison
Box 11, Folder 5
Harrison Post, portrait by Consuelo Kanaga, inscribed to Robert Cowan
1920
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 15
WAC Jr. and Harrison Post, snapshots in Europe (possibly Mont St. Michel)
Note
Includes negatives and the original envelope in which the undeveloped film was deposited at a Paris Kodak studio.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 43
Photograph and accompanying letter about Harrison Post's 1929 Rolls Royce
Box 59, Folder 1
Photocopies of Harrison Post's library inventory and sale from his conservatorship files, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
1935
George John Palé (1916-1973) Subgroup 4.
1934
Biographical / Historical
George John Palé was born March 11, 1916 in San Francisco, to Martha Fauré and Paul Palé. Martha had immigrated to the US
in 1909 from France, and Paul was the California-born son of French immigrants. After they divorced in 1925, Martha began
working as a housekeeper for William Andrews Clark, Jr. in Los Angeles. Clark provided for George's upbringing, including
violin lessons and enrollment in St. John's Military Academy. At Clark's death in 1934, attorney's alleged Clark was in the
process of adopting the teenager (there is no extant evidence that this was actually the case), and George, at 18 years old,
was the beneficiary of the largest amount from the Clark estate.
George and his first wife, Helen Bajus, met at a party given by Clark for the members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and
their families. George attended as one of Clark's guests, while Helen attended with her father, who was a trombonist in the
orchestra. They married in 1935 and had 5 children: Joan, Nancy, Clark, Ronald, and Susan.
During World War II, Palé served in the US Army in the South Pacific, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the
war, he returned to Los Angeles, and owned several different businesses.
He divorced Helen in 1949 and moved with their 5 children to Maricopa County, Arizona, where he focused on agriculture, growing
cotton and later, citrus. He married his second wife, Edna Nasser Palé soon after his divorce, and together, they had another
daughter, Teresa. Palé served as a State Representative for Maricopa County from 1966 to 1970 and was responsible for introducting
a bill to make the Bola tie the official Arizona state neckwear (this bill passed in 1971). He was also instrumental in a
law called "The Pink Cadillac Tax," which imposed additional taxes on cars and luxury items purchased in other states by Arizona
residents.
George John Palé died in Arizona on April 12, 1973, at the age of 57.
References consulted:
- internal Clark Library documentation
- Palé family history from Stephen Gruse
- "George J. Pale dies at 57," Arizona Republic, April 29, 1973, page 22
- Ancestry.com census and California birth record databases
Related Clark Library Materials
Box 23, Folder 5
Book report on Hervey Allen's
Anthony Adverse by George Pale
1934
Allyn Cox (1896-1982) Subgroup 6.
1920-1983
Scope and Contents
Clippings and other materials related to Allyn Cox, the arist who was commissioned to paint the murals on the main floor of
the Clark Library when it was built. The son of prominent American painter Kenyon Cox, Clark commissioned Allyn to paint
murals in Clark Hall at the University of Virginia.
Box 19, Folder 1
Clipping from unknown source, showing Cox's murals in the home of "Mrs. Goodrum"
ca. 1920-1950
Box 19, Folder 2
Ernest Peixotto, "Recent American work in mural painting," Architecture (v. 56, no. 2) August 1927, p. 61-68.
August 1927
Box 19, Folder 3
Quentin Reger, "The perfect Dryden collection: fine unknown library hidden in city," S.C. Daily Troy
January 17, 1933
Box 19, Folder 4
Untitled clipping from After Hours
ca. 1951
Box 19, Folder 5
"The Capitol muralist," The New Yorker, p. 21
March 7, 1953
Box 19, Folder 6
"Allyn Cox" from Current Biography: Who's news and why, p. 215-217
1954
Box 19, Folder 7
"Democratic wall decor abandoned," The Los Angeles Times
May 30, 1972
Box 19, Folder 8
Photograph of Allyn Cox at work
1973
Box 19, Folder 9
J.W. Nelson, "Allyn Cox: a new mural for the Capitol," American Artist
December 1974
Box 19, Folder 10
Jane Winebrenner, "Behind the scenes: a Michelangelo at work in the Capitol," 50 Plus, p. 88-89
March 1980
Box 19, Folder 11
Elizabeth Mehren, "The Capitol undertaking of a master muralist: artist's work makes history come alive on walls, ceilings,"
The Los Angeles Times
June 11, 1981
Box 19, Folder 12
Walter H. Waggoner, "Allyn Cox, 86, painter of murals for US Capitol," The New York Times Biographical Service
September 1982
Box 19, Folder 13
"Allyn Cox" obituary from unknown source
September 28, 1982
Box 19, Folder 14
J.Y. Smith, "Allyn Cox dies; work include Capitol murals," Washington Post
1982
Box 19, Folder 15
"Allyn Cox," New York Times obituary from Current Biography 1983
1983
Box 19, Folder 16
Allyn Cox entry from Who was who in American art, p. 1835
1983
Box 19, Folder 17
"Clark Hall muralist dies," University of Virginia Alumni News, p. 23
January/February 1983
Box 19, Folder 18
United States Capitol Historical Society. We, the People: the story of the United States Capitol.
1985
Box 19, Folder 19
Suzanne Tatian, "The library murals: Allyn Cox's first major commission," The Clark Newsletter, no. 8
Spring 1990
Box 19, Folder 20
Allyn Cox entry from the Dictionary of National Biography, v. IV, p. 478-479
Box 46, Folder 20
Miscellaneous resource files
Henrique Medina (1901-1988) Subgroup 7.
1932-1943
Scope and Contents
Original artwork and photographs of artwork by Portugese painter Henrique Medina. Medina executed several portraits of WAC
Jr., the library staff and the Clark family.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 24
Henrique Medina-related photographs and images
1932-1933
Box 29
Eleven sketches by Henrique Medina
1933
Box 20, Folder 1
Henrique Medina, nude study (reproduction)
1943
Box 20, Folder 12
Henrique Medina, Drawing of a female nude (pencil)
1944
Note
Gift of Henrique Medina, February 1972 (MS.1972.004).
Mowitza Lodge Guests Subgroup 8.
1915-1932
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of guests and the guestbook for WAC Jr.'s summer home on Salmon Lake in Montana, Mowitza Lodge. Many
of the individuals in these photographs are unidentified.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 18
Montana snapshots, including WAC Jr., George Pale and others
ca. 1928
Box 40
"One Summer, Mowitza" album
1916
Box 21
Mowitza Lodge Guest Book
1915-1932
Friends and Other Associates Subgroup 9.
1904-1932
Scope and Contents
Photographs, drawings and other materials related to WAC, Jr.'s acquaintances and friends from Montana, and in the music,
literary and art worlds.
Photographs of musicians inscribed to WAC Jr.
1916-1932
Note
Gift of George Pale, 1965 (MS.1965.004).
Box 10, Folder 10
Flonzaley Quartet
May 1920
Box 10, Folder 18
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, by Lou Goodale Bigelow
September 1922
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 35
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 36
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 37
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 38
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 39
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 40
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 41
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 42
Other Music-related Associates
1919-1925
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 10
Photographs of Joseph Tonello
Note
Gift of Helen Porter, 1996 (MS.1996.003).
Box 20, Folder 2
Caricature of a group of classical composers (reproduction), in a portfolio stamped with WAC Jr's name
Box 20, Folder 3
Joseph Tonello, "The Destiny of a Soul," dedicated to Alice Clark; 1 copy inscribed by Joseph Tonello to Helen Livingston
1919
Note
Gift of Helen Livingston Porter 1996 (MS.1996.003).
Box 20, Folder 6
Joseph Tonello, "The Destiny of a Soul," dedicated to Alice Clark; 2 copies inscribed by Joseph Tonello, one of them to WAC
Jr.
1919
Box 20, Folder 8
Claire-Liesel Rothwell, "A Christmas Carol"
December 1925
Note
Two manuscript versions, one of them inscribed "To Dear Daddy Clark, With much love, Claire Liesel, Xmas, 1925."
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, March 1949 (MS.1949.002)
Walter Henry Rothwell (see Los Angeles Philharmonic materials, Series 5)
Booksellers & Literary Connections
1929, undated
Box 10, Folder 19
A.S.W. Rosenbach
January 24, 1929
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 27
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 28
Count Ilya Tolstoy
Note
Gift of Cora E. Sanders, 1952 (MS.1952.007).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 31
John Henry Nash's Library, San Francisco, by Louis A. Lauck Co.
ca. 1920s
Box 56, Folder 2
Portrait of John Henry Nash by William E. Dassonville
Physical Description: Portrait photograph of Nash signed in ink by photographer William E. Dassonville. Inscribed by Nash: "What Grolier meant to
Aldus Manutius, Will Clark means to John Henry Nash, M.A."
Formerly housed in frame, but removed from acidic mount and frame by Clark librarians in 2023.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 23
Box 10, Folder 8
Staff of the Anaconda Standard Newspaper
November 9, 1913
Caption
Printed on recto: Butte Newswriters Third Annual Banquet, Sunday, Nov. 9, 1913; Compliments of the Anaconda Standard, A.E.
Dunn, Staff Photographer.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 9
Caricature of "Fat Jack" by Homer Davenport
1904
Box 39
Collection of letters related to Joseph C. Pyle
1910-1926
Scope and Contents
Collection of letters related to Joseph C. Pyle, exchanged between William Andrews Clark, Jr., William D. Mangam, J.L. Dobell,
T.J. Walsh, and J.C. Phillips. Most letters concern issues related to Pyle's finances and salary, but others relate to his
wife and daughter's residence abroad in the 1920s.
Purchase, 2020 (MS.2020.004)
Biographical Note
Joseph Clinton Pyle (1863-1935) was a geologist and consultant to William Andrews Clark, Jr., and various Clark family mining
concerns in Montana.
Clark Library Building and Grounds Series 3.
1920-2011
Scope and Contents
This series contains material related to the physical building and grounds that comprise the Clark Library. Items include
photographs of the Clark library and grounds, records related to the construction of the library building, the gift of the
Library to UCLA, items related to the observatory which once stood on the grounds, and other assorted artifacts. The finding
aid to the Post-1934 records of the Clark Library describes additional relevant information and photographs that date from
1934 to the present.
Arrangement
Arranged into 5 subseries: Subseries I. Photographs of Library Building and Grounds; Subseries 2. Library Construction and
Contractor Correspondence; Subseries 3. Gift of the library to UCLA; Subseries 4. Observatory; and Subseries 5. Artifacts,
Art and Miscellany.
Photographs of Library Building and Grounds Subseries 1.
1920-1934
Scope and Contents
Photographs, slides and other images of the Clark Library and grounds. The majority of photographs are interior and exterior
shots of the Library, but images of the teahouse, observatory and Clark residence are also included here.
Arrangement
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 14, Folder 5
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 67
View from inside teahouse
ca. 1921
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 2
View of teahouse (print from glass plate negative)
pre-1924
Note
Original glass plate negative and color negative made from glass plate in Box 15/Folder 1.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 58
View of teahouse from residence
before 1924
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 36
Library exterior, contruction of east front by Bradley and Company (marble)
ca. 1925
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 1
Library interior, photographs by M.L. Bailey
1925
Note
4 b/w negatives in Box 15/Folder 2.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 7
Library interior, photographs by M.L. Bailey (larger prints)
1925
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 51
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 64
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 3
Library exterior, photograph by Murillo Studio
ca. 1926
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 4
Library interior, print by B.B. Nichols
ca. 1926
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 5
Library exterior with original front doors, reproduction from the cover of
Saturday Night, (November 1930)
pre-1927
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 6
Clark Library interior photographs from the Estelle Doheny Collection
ca. 1920s
Note
Gift of Lucille V. Miller, 1958 (MS.1958.003). Also contains one interior photograph of the Pierpont Morgan Library.
Negatives in Box 15/Folder 3.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 52
Sherry Fry fountain sculptures in front of library
1926-1928
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 61
Library exterior
before 1928
Box Pre-1934 Bx 15, Folder 4
Drawing room murals by Allyn Cox (negatives made from John Henry Nash 1929 edition of
All for Love)
1929
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 54
Front entrance to library with original wooden doors
ca. 1929
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 17
Outdoor reading room (including photographs of WAC Jr. in the outdoor reading room)
ca. 1930
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 7
Outdoor reading room, early beginnings
pre-1930
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 59
View of east garden
before 1938
Box Pre-1934 Bx 14, Folder 6
Observatory, interior and exterior
pre-1934
Box 10, Folder 22
Library exterior
between 1928 and 1934
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 50
Box Pre-1934 Bx 13, Folder 8
Library interiors
ca. 1930
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 65
Outdoor reading room with plants
before 1934
Box Pre-1934 Bx 42, Folder 4
Library interior, South bookroom case with Dryden collections (negative)
Library Construction and Contractor Correspondence Subseries 2.
1920-1934
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises correspondence and other materials related to the construction and design of the Clark Library.
Correspondents include architect Robert D. Farquhar, muralist Allyn Cox, contractors, suppliers, and furniture makers.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent.
Box 18, Folder 1
A (American Institute of Architects, Art Metal Construction Company)
1925-1926
Box 18, Folder 2
Baumgarten and Company (woodwork)
1925-1926
Box 18, Folder 3
Bradley and Son (marble)
1924-1926
Box 18, Folder 4
Burglary Protection Company
1924-1927
Box 18, Folder 5
C (Cornelius W. Comegys, H.S. Crocker)
1924-1928
Box 18, Folder 6
W.A. Clark Sr. estate sale
1926
Box 18, Folder 7
"A garden gem in a land of beautiful landscaping," Ralph D. Cornell,
California Graphic (photocopy)
1924 May 3
Note
Original in Box 17/folder 13
Box 18, Folder 8
Allyn Cox (muralist) correspondence
1924-1926
Box 18, Folder 9
Allyn Cox (muralist): news clippings
Box 18, Folder 10
D (W.G. Duff, John Donnelly)
1925-1929
Box 18, Folder 11
A.F. Edwards (marble)
1924
Box 18, Folder 12
Robert D. Farquhar, Clark file (incoming letters from Farquhar, carbons of letters to Farquhar)
1924-1926
Box 18, Folder 13-18
Robert D. Farquhar, Farquhar files (incoming letters from Clark, carbons of letters to Clark)
1920-1927
Box 18, Folder 19
Robert D. Farquhar (correspondence from Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and Whitney Warren
1920, 1930
Box 18, Folder 20
G (General Bronze Corp., Gladding Mc Bean, Gardner-Payne)
1926-1928
Box 18, Folder 21
H (George Hunt, Henry A. Hege, C.P. Helpman)
1924-1929
Box 18, Folder 22
Llewellyn Iron Works
1924
Box 18, Folder 23
M (O.B. McClintock Company, John V. McGinnis, W.D. Mangam, Thomas E. Marlowe, Leon Mazy, W.E. Mitchell)
1924-1930
Box 18, Folder 24
P (John Polachek Bronze and Iron, Paoli Construction, Pedgrift Brothers)
1925-1934
Box 18, Folder 25
William G. Reid (hardwood floors)
1925-1926
Box 18, Folder 26
Southern California Hardwood
1925
Box 18, Folder 27
T (S. Tomasello, Ed. Trinkkeller, S. Wyman Tyler)
1924-1926
Box 18, Folder 28
U-Z (Unit System Heating, Victor Granite, Weaver Roof, Wilson and Bell)
1924-1934
Box 34, Folder 19
Postcard of Chateau de Chantilly library, inspiration for the Clark book rooms
ca 1920
Gift of the Library to UCLA Subseries 3.
1926-1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal documents, newspaper clippings and other documents connected to William Andrews Clark, Jr.'s gift of
the Clark Library to UCLA in 1926. Material related to the Deeds of Gift of 1926 and 1929 are included, as is material related
to Clark's estate from after his 1934 death.
Arrangement
Materials arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 23, Folder 13
Newspaper clippings related to the gift of the library to UCLA
1926-1934
Box 23, Folder 12
Excerpt from deed of gift
June 4, 1926
Box 23, Folder 11
Regents of the University of California, minutes mentioning WAC Jr's offer of the Clark Library gift and a letter from Robert
Sproul to Ernest Dickson discussing the same
June 1926
Box 23, Folder 14
Deed of Gift (original and copies)
June 4, 1926
Box 23, Folder 17
Letter from Sydney Sanner (executor of Clark estate) to Edward Dickson regarding interpretation and compliance with the will
of WAC Jr.
May 6, 1937
Box 23, Folder 19
Correspondence regarding will of WAC Jr. (photocopies)
1934-1937
Box 23, Folder 18
Paragraph 25 of WAC Jr's will and related correspondence between Edward Dickson and legal counsel
1934-1935
Box 23, Folder 20
Affadavit of George John Pale with supporting letters and photographs
1934-1936
Box 20, Folder 11
University of California Regents, proclamation accepting the gift of the Clark Library
May 1935
Box 59, Folder 4
UC Budgeting research on Clark Library
1930
Scope and Contents
Research on the projected future budget and costs for the Clark Library (including potential staffing and grounds maintenance),
prepared by John E. Goodwin (UCLA Librarian) and R.M. Underhill (UCLA Comptroller) for Robert Sproul and WAC Jr.
Box 59, Folder 5
Correspondence and other research files on the transfer and administration of the Clark Library
1934-1935
Scope and Contents
Outgoing and incoming correspondence, plus handwritten notes and memoranda likely from the files of John E. Goodwin. Includes
a memo about the importance about employing trained librarians for library work.
Box 59, Folder 6
The Southern Alumnus, with article on Clark Library
1936 March
Observatory Subseries 4.
1923-1924, undated
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes WAC, Jr.'s astronomy notebook as well as ephemera and publications connected to his observatory and
its astronomer, Mars F. Baumgardt. Additional material, including photographs of the observatory's 1951 demolition, are described
in the finding aid to the Post-1934 Institutional Archive.
Arrangement
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 14, Folder 8
WAC Jr's astronomy notebook
pre-1934
Box Pre-1934 Bx 14, Folder 9
Observatory "admission tickets"
pre 1934
Note
Gift of Peggy Christian, December 1972 (MS.1972.003).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 42, Folder 1
"The Clark Observatory," Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Vol. XVIII, Part 2 (July 1919): 46-53.
Note
Printed from Google Books.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 14, Folder 11
"The Coming Total Eclipse of the Sun," by Mars F. Baumgardt
September 10, 1923
Box Pre-1934 Bx 42, Folder 2
"Mars: Our Interesting Celestial Neighbor," by Mars Baumgardt. Published by the Clark Observatory
ca. 1924
Note
Gift of Barbara Rootenberg, June 1998 (MS.1998.005).
Box Pre-1934 Bx 14, Folder 10
"The Planet Mars" by Dr. Mars F. Baumgardt, in
The Ouzel
September 1924
Note
Gift of Peggy Christian, December 1972 (MS.1972.003).
Artifacts, Art and Miscellany Subseries 5.
1926, 2011
Scope and Contents
Contains items documenting the Clark Library's furnishings.
Arrangement
Items described in roughly chronological order.
Box 30
Venetian drapery cords, from original draperies in the library drawing room
ca. 1926?
Box 41
Fabric from drawing room chairs reupholstered in 2011 (includes original fabric and swatch of new fabric)
ca. 1926?, 2011
Box 55
Brass door knocker, originally from Mr. Clark's bedroom door
about 1924?
Note
From the Clark residence on the library campus. Anonymous donation, 2019 (MS.2019.018); saved by a Clark maintainance employee
during the 1971 demolition of the residence.
Box 56, Folder 3
Certificate from the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
1927 February 15
Physical Description: Certificate on parchment issued by the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects to William Andrews
Clark Jr., recogizing the Clark Library building for "Merit in Design and Execution of work in Architecture and Fine Arts."
Formerly framed, but removed from frame in 2023 by Clark librarians. Some old water damage and smudging to ink of document.
Gift, Robert D. Farquhar, 1945 (MS.1945.009).
Other Clark-related Buildings, Properties and Organizations Series 4.
1889-2022
Scope and Contents
This series collects documents and other items related to other endeavors of William Andrews Clark, Jr. (besides the Clark
Library) and members of the Clark family. This includes other organizations such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic that were
founded by Clark Jr., buildings such as Clark Hall and the Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home, that were funded and built by
the Clarks and business interests such as mines. The items collected here are a mix of pre-1934 items and modern documentation
of extant buildings and organizations.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into 8 subseries: Subseries 1. Los Angeles Philharmonic; Subseries 2. Alice McManus Clark Memorial
Auditorium, University of Nevada, Reno; Subseries 3. Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home, Los Angeles; Subseries 4. WAC Jr. Mausoleum,
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles; Subseries 5. Clarkdale and Jerome, Arizona; Subseries 6. Clark Hall, University of
Virginia; Series 7. Mining clai
Los Angeles Philharmonic Subseries 1.
1919-1967
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks, photographs, ephemera, news articles and other items related to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which was founded
by William Andrews Clark, Jr. in 1919. Correspondence between Clark and managers Caroline Estes Smith and George Leslie Smith
is described in the correspondence series of this finding aid.
Arrangement
Materials arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 31
Album containing LA Philharmonic programs from the first season, as well as photographs of the full orchestra and Walter Henry
Rothwell; Cover embossed with WAC Jr's name
1919-1920
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 44
Photograph of plaster cast of W.H. Rothwell statuette by Paul Troubetzkoy
ca 1920
Note
Gift of Claire Colfax, 1976 (MS.1976.026).
Box 35
"Philharmonic Notes," scrapbook kept by WAC Jr. of the Philharmonic's 1921 spring tour (incl. photographs, clippings and programs)
1921
Box 34, Folder 14
Program, Wagner Concert by the Albert Hall Orchestra, from the LA Phil office library
January 7, 1923
Box Pre-1934 Bx 42, Folder 3
Culture and the Community: Los Angeles County, pulished by the Civic Bureau of Music and Art of Los Angeles
ca 1927?
Box 23, Folder 21
Souvenir program, "W.A. Clark, Jr. Testimonial Concert"
April 21, 1928
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 49
Photograph of WAC Jr. and Walter Henry Rothwell with the LA Philharmonic
ca. 1920s
Box 20, Folder 14
Two photographs of the LA Philharmonic with Walter Henry Rothwell; one photograph with WAC Jr.
ca. 1920s
Box 34, Folder 16
Jose Rodriguez interview with Caroline E. Smith
1932
Box 39
Photocopies of papers from the Walter Henry Rothwell archive, in the possession of the Rothwell family
Box 23, Folder 22
Elizabeth Gunn, "The Goose that Sang: Memoirs of violinist Fred Kuphal," in Montana: the magazine of Western history, vol.
57 no. 1
January 1967
Alice McManus Clark Memorial Auditorium, University of Nevada, Reno Subseries 2.
1923-1974
Scope and Contents
Minutes, correspondence, ephemera and reference material connected to Alice McManus Clark Memorial Auditorium, which was donated
to the University of Nevada, Reno by WAC Jr. in 1928.
Arrangement
Arranged in roughly chronological order.
Box 34, Folder 21
Building Committee of the Alice McManus Clark Memorial Auditorium, minutes
1923
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 48
Photographs of building exterior
1927
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 32
Clark Library, University of Nevada
1928
Box 22, Folder 23
Program for Senior Week, University of Nevada Class of 1928, dedicated to WAC Jr.
1928
Box 23, Folder 6
James W. Hulse,
The University of Nevada: A centennial history (photocopy)
1974
Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home, Los Angeles Subseries 3.
1913-1963, undated
Scope and Contents
Ephemeral material related to the Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home, which was built by William Andrews Clark, Sr. in 1913.
Arrangement
Described here in roughly chronological order.
Box 22, Folder 24
Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home dedication service program
1913
Note
Printed by Fred Lang; additional copies of this piece of ephemera are located in the Fred S. Lang Collection, Press coll.
Archives Lang.
Box 22, Folder 25
Invitation, 50th anniversary of the Mary Andrews Clark Residence
1963
Box 23, Folder 1
Postcards and brochures for the Mary Andrews Clark Residence
WAC Jr. Mausoleum, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles Subseries 4.
1923-1983
Scope and Contents
Photographs and other items related to the Clark Mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which was designed and built by
Robert D. Farquhar, in 1923.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 12
Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, certificate of honor to WAC Jr. for the Hollywood Forever
mausoleum
1923
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 4
Hollywood Forever Mausoleum, photograph by Frederick W. Kuphal, Jr. (?)
ca. 1930
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 3, Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 14
Hollywood Forever mausoleum, exterior
ca. 1930?
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 1-2
Interior and exterior photographs of WAC Jr's mausoleum, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, photographs by Fred R. Dapprich
ca. 1930
Box MS.1988.008 Bx 3
Slides of the William Andrews Clark, Jr. mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery by Muir Dawson
1983
Physical Description: Several color slides taken by Muir Dawson. From the collection of Anthony Lehman (accession MS.1988.008).
Box 59, Folder 2
Photocopies of Clark files from Hollywood Forever Cemetery records
about 1919-1990
Scope and Contents
Photocopies made by Clark Library staff with the permission of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in 2013.
Clarkdale and Jerome, Arizona Subseries 5.
1925, 1984
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs and secondary source material about the Clark family's mining interests and other connections in Jerome
and Clarkdale, Arizona.
Arrangement
Items arranged in chronological order.
Box 16
Clark Memorial Club, Clarkdale, Arizona photograph album, with W.A. Clark, Jr. printed on cover
ca. 1925
Box 22, Folder 8
Articles and other information on Jerome, Arizona
1984
Note
Gift of Nathaniel Grossman, February 1984 (MS.1984.005).
Clark Hall, University of Virginia Subseries 6.
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains modern photographs of the interior of Clark Hall at the University of Virginia, with interior murals by Allyn Cox.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 33
Clark Hall, University of Virginia (photographs of Allyn Cox murals)
Mining claims, properties and Montana-related images Subseries 7.
1889-1923, undated
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs and photograph albums related to the Clark family's mining and other interests in Montana.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Box 10, Folder 4
Photograph of Copper smelter, Butte, Montana (from the John Clifford Cowles collection)
ca. 1889
General
Captions on verso of photograph: "Copper smelter, Butte, Montana" and "From John Clifford Cowles Collection" in hand of Mary
L. Bennett. See the John Clifford Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004) for more information.
Box 10, Folder 5
Photograph of Unknown smelter?
ca. 1890
Note
No caption or title on image. Unclear if this image originated with the John Clifford Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004).
Box 10, Folder 6
Photograph of Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Montana
18--?
Note
Title taken from caption written in pencil on verso of photograph. Unclear if this image originated with the John Clifford
Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004).
Box 11, Folder 3
Photograph of Deer Lodge, Montana
ca 1880s
Note
Unclear if this originated in the John Clifford Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004).
Box 11, Folder 4
Photograph of Phillipsburg, Montana
ca. 1880s
Note
Unclear if this originated in the John Clifford Cowles Collection (MS.1956.004).
Box 10, Folder 1
Photograph of Sunset Peak, Shoshone County, Idaho
August 1915
Note
inscribed "Compliments of A.H. Ruedy, M.D." Ruedy was a doctor in Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon, who (with his
brother) took over the Sunset Peak Mining Company in 1920.
Box 10, Folder 2
Photograph of Senator W.A. Clark's Mine, Sunset, Shoshone County, Idaho
1915
Note
inscribed "Compliments of A.H. Ruedy, M.D." Ruedy was a doctor in Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon, who (with his
brother) took over the Sunset Peak Mining Company in 1920.
Box 10, Folder 3
Photograph of Montana Hotel Fire, by Aveldson Photo
February 28, 1915
Volume Mont. Coll. R828t
Timber Butte Milling Co. photograph album by W.N. Rossberg
1913-1914
Note
Gift of Mrs. W.N. Rossberg, 1953 (MS.1953.008).
Box 37-38
Albums of mine and mill photographs (including Timber Butte and Elm Orlu mines)
1914-1923
Note
These albums seem similar -- indeed, nearly the same in format -- as the Timber Butte Milling Company album above, compiled
by W.N. Rossberg. In the absence of any acquisition information, it is unclear if these albums are also the work of Rossberg,
but it seems likely.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 29
Photographs of Montana landscapes and buildings
ca. 1920-1930
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 1
Photograph of Clark cabin in Deer Lodge, Montana (birthplace of WAC Jr.)
Note
Caption on verso from donor, Fred W. Kuphal (musician and librarian of the LA Philharmonic, 1919-1961): The birthplace of
William A. Clark Jr in Deer Lodge, Montana, about 1880?
Other Clark Buildings and "Things" Subseries 8.
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains images of other miscellaneous places and items related to the Clark family.
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 34
"W.A. Clark, Jr. Cup," photographed by Moody
Box Pre-1934 Bx 12, Folder 30
WAC Sr's home in New York, photograph of a woodblock print by "Miller"
Box 39
W.A. Clark Theater, Old Montana Prison Museum, Deer Lodge
2022
Scope and Contents
Interpretive material (collected in 2022) from the Old Montana Prison Museum Complex, which includes information on the W.A.
Clark Theater, funded by William Andrews Clark, Jr. in 1919. Gift of Rebecca Fenning Marschall, 2022 (MS.2022.020).
News and Media Clippings Series 5.
1913-1960
Scope and Contents
This series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about or related to William Andrews Clark, Jr. and the William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Box 20, Folder 4
Pacific Coast Musician, vol. 2, no. 3 (March 1913); feature about WAC Jr. and the Saint Saens Quintet on p. 28
March 1913
Box 39
Monatshefte fur bucherfreunde undgraphiksammer, with article on WAC Jr. and his library
1925
Box Pre-1934 Bx 17, Folder 13
"A garden gem in a land of beautiful landscaping," Ralph D. Cornell,
California Graphic
1924 May 3
Box 39
Newspaper clipping: "Mr. Clark's gift"
June 12, 1926
Note
Gift of Glen Dawson, 1958 (MS.1958.004).
Box 39
Newspaper clipping: "Clark's tribute to Poe,"
Evening Express
ca. 1920s
Box 39
Newspaper clippings about gift of Clark Library to UCLA
1926-1934
Box 20, Folder 10
Los Angeles Saturday Night, vol. 11 no. 7 (November 1930), featuring an article on the Clark Library
November 1930
Box 34, Folder 22
Photograph of Beethoven statue in Pershing Square with short caption,
California Arts and Architecture
1932
Box 39
The Southern Alumnus (UCLA publication)
September 1934
Box 39
Newspaper clippings about WAC Jr's death, funeral and estate
ca. 1934
Box 39
Newspaper clippings about WAC Jr's death, funeral and estate
ca. 1934
Note
Gift of Robert G. Cowan, date unknown (MS.2011.007).
Box 39
Newspaper clippings: "50 years ago today" synopses about WAC Sr and WAC Jr
1960
Box 34, Folder 20
Newspaper clippings about WAC Jr and the library
Box 34, Folder 25
Misc. newspaper clippings
Miscellany Series 6.
1926-1984, undated
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous material and items related to William Andrews Clark, Jr. or the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Box 20, Folder 7
Silhouette of man in late-18th century dress
Box 34, Folder 23
Description of the Book of Mormon collection
1927
Box 36
Case containing two medals
Box 39
Circular for
The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography, with pencil note by WAC Jr.
Box 39
The Lost Whistlers : Fourteen Paintings, Pastels & Drawings by George S. Hellman, with inscription to WAC Jr. from Hellman
ca 1926
