Biobooks Records, 1934-1979

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Summary

Title:
Biobooks Records
Dates:
1934-1979
Creators:
Biobooks.
Abstract:
Collection includes archives of Biobooks, Oakland, California, including correspondence files, ca. 1942-1953, ephemera, U.S. Geological Survey maps of California, print blocks used for publications by Biobooks, as well as the Grabhorn Press, book dealers' catalogs, book covers, unbound texts of books, dummy books, and a manuscript by Helen Giffen, Casas and courtyards.
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.) 2 oversize folders.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Biobooks Records (Collection 1301). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of the records of Biobooks (Oakland, CA), including bookdealers' catalogs, reports, invoices, manuscripts, printed material, drawings, photographs, business files, correspondence, US Geological Survey maps of CA, and print blocks used for publications by Biobooks, as well as the Grabhorn Press. Includes a manuscript by Helen Giffen, Casas & courtyards : historic adobe houses of California (1955).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Joseph Sullivan, 1982-1989.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Bookdealers' catalogs (boxes 1-4)
  2. Manuscripts (boxes 5-6)
  3. Printed material (boxes 5-11, 20-27)
  4. Drawings and photographs (box 11)
  5. Print blocks (boxes 11, 14-19)
  6. Business files, including correspondence (boxes 12-13).

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.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2006
Date Encoded:
Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, May 2006 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: January 1987 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

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], Biobooks Records (Collection 1301). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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