Finding Aid for the Biobooks Records, 1934-1979
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Biobooks Records
Date (inclusive): 1934-1979
Collection number: 1301
Creator:
Biobooks.
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
2 oversize folders.
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.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joseph Sullivan, 1982-1989.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Biobooks Records (Collection 1301). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
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).
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Bookdealers' catalogs (boxes 1-4)
- Manuscripts (boxes 5-6)
- Printed material (boxes 5-11, 20-27)
- Drawings and photographs (box 11)
- Print blocks (boxes 11, 14-19)
- Business files, including correspondence (boxes 12-13).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Biobooks--Archives.
Publishers and publishing--California--Oakland--Archival resources.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Giffen, Helen S. Helen Smith), 1893- --Casas & courtyards.
Box 14
Print blocks.
Physical Description: Decorative initial letters. 28 x 22.5 cm.
Box 15
Print blocks.
Physical Description: 38 x 30 cm.
Box 16
Print blocks.
Physical Description: 44 x 30 cm.
Box 17
Print blocks.
Physical Description: 38 x 30 cm.
Box 18
Print blocks.
Physical Description: 38 x 30 cm.
Box 19
Print blocks.
Physical Description: 38 x 30 cm.
Box 12
Correspondence.
1942-1949.
Box 12
Correspondence.
1948-1951.
Box 12
Correspondence.
1950-1953.
Box 12
Correspondence.
1949-1963.
Box 11
[Decorative initial letters, J and W]
Box 5
Authority in California.
Physical Description: 471 p. Typescript (carbon).
Box 6
Casas and courtyards.
Physical Description: 175 p. Typescript with manuscript corrections. With photographs.
Box 6
Casas and courtyards.
Physical Description: Setting copy. 125 p. Typescript. With unnumbered pages and photographs.
Box 11
[Photographic reproduction of unidentified manuscript]
Box 11
Photographic reproductions and negatives.
Box 10
Oakland. Resolution 51836.
Box 10
Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
1934-1942.
Physical Description: Leaflets.
Box 10
California's governor's oath.
Box 10
Harbour of San Francisco. Sketch by W. Revere.
Box 10
Map of the Hyacinth Farm. Sketch by Wm. B. Ide.
Box 10
Miners prospecting for gold. By Remington.
Box 10
Monterey - Capitol of California. Sketched by J.W. Revere.
Box 10
Point Reyes, California - map.
1954.
Box 10
[Pueblo of St. Joseph - declaration]
1845 March 27.
Box 10
San Joaquin River. Map by Charles D. Gibbes.
1850.
Box 10
[Letter by R. Semper].
1849 January 7.
Box 10
View of Shasta, California.
Box 10
U.S.S. Portsmouth.
Physical Description: Galleys.
Box 10
Engraving of G.M. Wright?
Box 11
Proofs - train, state of California silhouette.
Box 20
Maps. California and the West.
Physical Description: 64 x 49 cm.
Box 20
Options for Oakland.
Physical Description: 64 x 49 cm.
Box 20
[Views of San Francisco]
Physical Description: 64 x 49 cm.
Box 21
Maps. California and the West.
Physical Description: 64 x 49 cm.
Box 22
Maps. California and the West.
Physical Description: Oversize folder 22: 102.5 x 76 cm.
Box 23
Maps. California and the West.
Physical Description: Oversize folder 23: 102.5 x 76 cm.
Box 24
Barry & Patten Index.
Physical Description: Duplicate material. [2 folders]
Box 24
Barry & Patten Index envelopes.
Physical Description: Duplicate material. [3 folders]
Box 24
Birthday greetings.
Physical Description: Duplicate material.
Box 25
California alcalde.
Physical Description: Duplicate material. [3 folders]
Box 26
[Pueblo of St. Joseph - declaration]
1845 March 27.
Physical Description: Duplicate material. [3 folders]
Box 26
[Great West - Maps].
Physical Description: Duplicate material.
Box 26
Map of the Hyacinth Farm. Sketch by Wm. B. Ide.
Physical Description: Duplicate material. [2 folders]
Box 26
Off for California.
Physical Description: Duplicate material. [3 folders]
Box 27
Point Reyes, California - Map.
1954.
Physical Description: Duplicate material.
Box 27
San Francisco in 1850.
Physical Description: Duplicate material. [2 folders]
Box 27
Three years in California.
Physical Description: Duplicate material.
Box 27
Engraving of G.M. Wright?
Physical Description: Duplicate material.
Box 5
Authority in California.
Physical Description: Partial page proofs.
Box 5
California alcalde.
Physical Description: Sewn signatures.
Box 5
California alcalde.
Physical Description: Bound copy.
Box 6
Casas and courtyards.
Physical Description: Paste-up.
Box 7
Early days of San Francisco.
Physical Description: Sewn signatures.
Box 7
Off for California.
Physical Description: Signatures.
Box 7
Three years in California.
Physical Description: Boards only.
Box 8
Ad Hoc Think Tank.
1968.
Physical Description: Reports.
Box 8
Ad Hoc Think Tank.
1969.
Physical Description: Reports.
Box 8
Ad Hoc Think Tank.
1970.
Physical Description: Reports.
Box 8
Ad Hoc Think Tank.
1971.
Physical Description: Reports. [2 folders]
Box 8
Ad Hoc Think Tank.
1972.
Physical Description: Reports.
Box 9
Ad Hoc Think Tank.
1973.
Physical Description: Reports. [2 folders]
Box 9
California Medicine. Reprint. 113:21-26. Goldman, Charles R. "Is the canary
dying?"
(November 1970)
Box 9
California Tomorrow Plan.
1971.
Box 9
Progress in Areas of Public Concern. General Motors.
1971.
Box 9
Oakland redevelopment.
Physical Description: City brochures.
Box 9
Oakland's form and Appearance.
1968.
Box 9
Oakland's Housing Supply.
1960-1966.
Box 9
Oakland's Fruitvale Area.
Box 9
City in Trouble. 1:1. [Oakland Newsletter]
(8 June 1970).
