Finding Aid for the Helen Amestoy Collection of Materials on Lawrence Clark Powell, 1957-1998
Processed by Marlene Allen, with assistance from Laurel McPhee, 2006; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Descriptive Summary
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.
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 Margot E. Amestoy, 2005.
Preferred Citation
[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
Processing History
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.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of letters, clippings, and other ephemera regarding Lawrence Clark Powell and UCLA's Graduate School of
Education and Information Studies.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Letters and ephemera (1957-1998)
- Books (1960-1992).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001.
Librarians--United States--Archival resources.
Library schools--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Related Material
Letters and ephemera
1957-1998
Physical Description: 1 box.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of letters to Helen Amestoy, clippings, programs, brochures, and other assorted materials relating to
Lawrence Clark Powell, UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and the UCLA Library.
Box 1, Folder 1
Assorted letters and postcards to Helen Amestoy from V. Kinsey, Lawrence Clark Powell, and Ward Ritchie
1985-1994
Physical Description: 9 items.
Box 1, Folder 2
Reprint of "Of 'Memory and Muchness'" by Frances Clarke Sayers
1957 January
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 3
Programs, reports, course syllabus, and articles relating to UCLA's GSEIS
1962-1998
Physical Description: 12 items.
Box 1, Folder 4
Programs and tribute from "UCLA Librarian" on Lawrence Clark Powell's retirement
1966 June
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 5
Program for ALA Gala Inaugural Banquet
1976 July 23
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 6
Booklet entitled,
Charles F. Lummis: Inside His Habitat, and poster from the centennial
celebration of Lummis
1978, 1985
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1, Folder 7
Letter from Powell to Helen Amestoy, and an invitation and keepsakes from Powell's 75th birthday celebration
1981-1982
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 8
Assorted materials relating to Andrew H. Horn, including memorial tributes
1981-1983
Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 1, Folder 9
Powell Library building brochure,
UCLA Librarian vol. 63, no. 2,
Beta Phi Mu Newsletter
1989-1996
Physical Description: 3 items.
Scope and Content Note
Newsletter features a photograph of Powell with Jesse Shera.
Box 1, Folder 10
Audio cassette tape entitled, "Lawrence Clark Powell for LAPL"
1986 November
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 11
Invitation and photographs of book signing by Powell and Ward Ritchie at Dawson's Book
Shop
1991 January 8
Physical Description: 8 items.
Box 1, Folder 12
Program materials for symposium celebration for 100th birthday of Seymour
Lubetzky
1998 April 18
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 13
Articles, photocopied speech (A sense of the future), and bibliography of Los Angeles by
Lawrence Clark Powell
1963-1964, 1983
Physical Description: 7 items.
Box 1, Folder 14
Notebook entitled, "Introduction to Librarianship & University and Academic Libraries"
with class notes
1963-1964
Physical Description: 4 items.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Helen Amestoy's class papers and notes for Library
school.
Books
1960-1992
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of books written by, or about, Lawrence Clark Powell. Other topics include book collecting and librarianship.
The books have been individually cataloged and may be found by searching on their titles in the UCLA Library online catalog.
Foss, Sam Walter.
The Song of the Library Staff..
Berkeley, CA:
Peacock Press,
1965.
William Targ.
Bookman's Progress: The Selected Writings of Lawrence Clark Powell..
Los Angeles:
Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press,
1968.
Lawrence Clark Powell.
An Orange Grove Boyhood..
Santa Barbara, CA:
Capra Press,
1988.
Lawrence Clark Powell.
Books in My Baggage: Adventures in Reading and Collecting..
Cleveland:
World Pub. Co.,
1960.
Ward Ritchie.
Growing Up With Lawrence Clark Powell..
Sacramento:
California State Library Foundation,
1987.
Physical Description: (2 copies)
John W. Caughey.
Keepers of the Heritage..
Berkeley:
California Library Association,
1963.
Lawrence Clark Powell.
Southwestern Book Trails: A Reader's Guide to the Heartland of New Mexico and Arizona..
Albuquerque:
Horn & Wallace,
1964.
Lawrence Clark Powell.
The Blue Train.
Santa Barbara, CA:
Capra Press,
1977.
Lawrence Clark Powell
A Good Place to Begin.
Sacramento:
California State Library Foundation,
1987.
Althea Warren
Althea Warren, Librarian.
[Berkeley?]:
California Library Association,
1962.
Physical Description: (2 copies)
Betty Rosenberg
Checklist of the Published Writings of Lawrence Clark Powell.
Los Angeles:
University of California,
1966.
Physical Description: (2 copies)
Lawrence Clark Powell
The River Between.
Santa Barbara, CA:
Capra Press,
1979.
Lawrence Clark Powell
El Morro.
Sacramento, CA:
Capra Press,
1984.
Lawrence Clark Powell
Eucalyptus Fair: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel.
Tucson:
Books West Southwest,
1992.
Lawrence Clark Powell
Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963.
Los Angeles:
University of California,
1964.
Lawrence Clark Powell
Life Goes On: Twenty More Years of Fortune and Friendship.
Metuchen, NJ:
Scarecrow Press,
1986.
John David Marshall
Books Are Basic: The Essential Lawrence Clark Powell.
Tucson:
University of Arizona Press,
1985.
Lawrence Clark Powell
Fortune & Friendship: An Autobiography.
New York:
R. R. Bowker Co.,
1968.
Lawrence Clark Powell
Musical Blood Brothers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Josef Haydn.
Malibu, CA:
Press of the Prevailing Westerly,
1966.
Lawrence Clark Powell
The Example of Miss Edith M. Coulter.
Sacramento:
California Library Association,
1969.
Lawrence Clark Powell
Portrait of My Father.
Santa Barbara, CA:
Capra Press,
1986.
Lawrence Clark Powell
Islands of Books.
Los Angeles:
Dawson's Book Shop,
1991.
Lawrence Clark Powell
The Little Package: Pages on Literature and Landscape from a Traveling Bookman's Life.
Cleveland:
World Pub. Co.,
1964.
The Mystique of Printing: A Half Century of Books Designed by Ward Ritchie.
Sacramento:
California State Library,
1984.
Physical Description: (2 copies)
