Article Clippings (Vertical Files) Collection, circa 1880 - present

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Article Clippings (Vertical Files) Collection
Dates:
circa 1880 - present
Creators:
Lummis, Charles Fletcher, Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa), and James, George Wharton
Extent:
1122 Linear Feet (103 document boxes, 3 oversized flatboxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Article Clippings Collection, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.100; [folder number] [folder title] [date].

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is also referred to as the "Vertical Files Collection" and consists of published articles from newspapers, magazines, and academic journals. It also includes government documents and newsletters. Materials date back from the late 19th Century to present day. The subjects and people the articles pertain to reflect the different areas of study found in the Braun Research Library and Southwest Museum collections. Subjects such as, Indians of North America, Archaeology, Ethnography, California history, Los Angeles history, and the development of the Western United States are included. The collection predominately consists of English language material from the United States. There are a few items from Germany, Mexico, South America, Central America, and Spain.

Biographical / historical:

Materials for this collection were acquired by Southwest Museum and Library staff or through various Library donations. The donations include some of the Library's earliest donors, such as Charles Fletcher Lummis, Joseph Amasa Munk, and George Wharton James. This is an open collection and new materials added are predominately in the English language. When deemed appropriate, individual items from this collection have been or will be moved to another manuscript collection or cataloged individually and added to the monograph collection.

Acquisition information:
Materials for this collection were acquired by Southwest Museum and Library staff or through various Library donations.
Processing information:

Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 6, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Arrangement:

Alphabetically by general subject heading and then by subheading.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-10-11 21:59:39 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Article Clippings Collection, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.100; [folder number] [folder title] [date].

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448