Crandall (Shannon) Papers, 1931-1960

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Title:: Shannon Crandall Papers,
Dates:: 1931-1960
Creators:: Crandall, Shannon
Abstract:: Shannon Crandall (1871- ) was born in Colusa, California. She was president of the California Hardware Company (1918), director of the Security First National Trust and Savings Bank and president, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (1929). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed material, memorabilia, and papers relating to Crandall's career with the California Hardware Company and as president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Extent:: 21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Shannon Crandall Papers (Collection 908). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed material (including nine volumes of hardware catalogs), memorabilia, and papers relating to Crandall's career with the California Hardware Company and as president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Biographical / historical:: Crandall was born on March 25, 1871 in Colusa, California; attended San Francisco public schools; began work in wholesale hardware business in 1887; began affiliation with California Hardware Company in 1897, becoming president in 1918; president, National Wholesale Hardware Association; director, Security First National Trust and Savings Bank; president, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1929.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Shannon Crandall, Jr., 1965.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Subjects:: Hardware industry workers--California--Archival resources.
Names:: California Hardware Co. (Los Angeles, California)
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Crandall, Shannon--Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:: © 2002
Date Encoded:: Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, Setember 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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], Shannon Crandall Papers (Collection 908). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US