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Title: Helen Amestoy Collection of Materials on Lawrence Clark Powell
Date (inclusive): 1957-1998
Collection number: 796
Creator:
Amestoy, Helen Monnette.
Extent:
1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Helen Amestoy was a librarian at the Los Angeles County Public Library, and a member of the first graduating class of UCLA's
School of Library Science. This collection consists of letters, clippings, and other ephemera regarding Lawrence Clark Powell
and UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
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.
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 Margot E. Amestoy, 2005.
[Identification of item], Helen Amestoy Collection of Materials on Lawrence Clark Powell (Collection 796). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
5399261
The collection was processed in 2006. The 28 books were removed from the collection at this time so that they could be individually
cataloged and made accessible via the UCLA Library's online catalog. A list of the books included in the original gift is
included in the finding aid for reference purposes.
Helen Amestoy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in the History of Art and her Master's of Library Science degree from UCLA.
She was a member of the first graduating class of UCLA's School of Library Science. Amestoy began her career at the UCLA Engineering
Library. She later moved to the Los Angeles County Public Library, where she worked for twenty-five years. She served as president
of the California Society of Librarians in 1982 and was honored as Librarian of the Year by the Los Angeles County Library
in 1980. She passed away on July 8, 2004.
Collection consists of letters, clippings, and other ephemera regarding Lawrence Clark Powell and UCLA's Graduate School of
Education and Information Studies.
Arranged in the following series:
- Letters and ephemera (1957-1998)
- Books (1960-1992).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001.
Librarians--United States--Archival resources.
Library schools--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Lawrence Clark Powell Papers (Collection 229)
. Available at the UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.