Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Bell-Muir Family Papers,
- Dates:
- 1860-1950
- Creators:
- Bell-Muir family
- 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.
- Extent:
- 30 boxes (15 linear ft.) 4 oversize boxes
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Bell-Muir Family Papers (Collection 718). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence (some on microfilm), clippings, ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- 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.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001. . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Bell-Muir Family Papers (Collection 718). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988