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Title: Collection on Lawrence Clark Powell
Collection number: 0157
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Container: 1
Physical Description:
0.42 linear ft.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1937-1990
Abstract: Articles, pamphlets, offprints, and minor bibliophile publications by and about Lawrence Clark Powell, former UCLA librarian
(1906-2000).
creator:
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001
Articles, pamphlets, reprints of articles by and about Lawrence Clark Powell, UCLA librarian. Included are essays and articles
honoring Powell, and essays by Powell on readers and reading, librarianship, and book arts.
Lawrence Clark Powell was born Sept. 3, 1906 in Washington, D.C.; his family moved to South Pasadena, CA in 1910. He earned
a BA from Occidental College in 1928 and his Ph.D. from the University of Dijon, France, in 1932. He worked at Jake Zeitlin's
bookstore in Los Angeles during the mid-1930s and graduated from the library school at UC Berkeley in 1937. He worked briefly
at the Los Angeles Public Library before joining the UCLA Library staff in 1938. He served as the UCLA Librarian from 1944
to 1961, director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library from 1944 to 1966, and became the first Dean, UCLA School
of Library Service, in 1960. When he retired from UCLA in 1966, the campus's main library was named in his honor. A prolific
author, Powell's writings include books and articles on a variety of topics including literature, librarianship, the book
trade, California history, and travel. He served as professor-in-residence at the University of Arizona from 1971, and was
awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the American Library Association in 1981. He died in February (?) 2001.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder# or item name], Collection on Lawrence Clark Powell, Collection no. 0157, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001 -- Archives
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Archives
University of Southern California. -- Archives
Library science--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Archival resources
Offprints
Pamphlets