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Finding Aid for the Bell-Muir Family Papers, Papers, 1860-1950
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Title: Bell-Muir Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1860-1950
Collection number: 718
Creator: Bell-Muir family
Extent: 30 boxes (15 linear ft.)
4 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Clark E. Bell (1881-1960) became agent and inspector of agencies for New York Life Insurance Company. He served as a member
of the San Marino, California City Council (1942-47) and as mayor (1947-52). Mabel Muir, was a niece of the naturalist John
Muir, and a prominent social and civic leader in San Marino. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, ephemera,
photographs, and scrapbooks.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
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[Identification of item], Bell-Muir Family Papers (Collection 718). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4230366
Clark E. Bell was born in 1881; became agent and inspector of agencies for New York Life Insurance Company; served as member
of the San Marino (California) City Council (1942-47) and as mayor (1947-52); he died in 1960; his wife, Mabel Muir, was a
niece of the naturalist John Muir, and a prominent social and civic leader in San Marino.
Collection consists of correspondence (some on microfilm), clippings, ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bell-Muir Family--Archives.
Bell Family--Archives.
Muir Family--Archives.
Bell, Clark--Archives.