Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Items Removed from Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Eugene Otto Weber Murmann Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1900-1962
Collection number: 1237
Creator:
Murmann, Eugene Otto Weber, b. 1874
Extent:
11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)
3 cartons (3 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Murmann is the author of
California gardens: how to plan and beautify the city lot, suburban grounds and country estate, including 50 garden plans
and 103 illustrations of actual gardens from photographs by the author
(c1914). The collection consists of manuscript material for an unpublished cookbook, photographs and original drawings and
watercolors of flora and fauna, lecture notes and glass slides prepared for Murmann's lectures on furniture designs and nature
study.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of 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, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to
the Manuscripts Librarian, UCLA Department of Special Collections.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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], Eugene Otto Weber Murmann Papers (Collection 1237). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Murmann is the author of
California gardens: how to plan and beautify the city lot, suburban grounds and country estate, including 50 garden plans
and 103 illustrations of actual gardens from photographs by the author
(c1914).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscript material for an unpublished cookbook, photographs and original drawings and watercolors
of flora and fauna, lecture notes and glass slides prepared for Murmann's lectures on furniture designs and nature study.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Murmann, Eugene Otto Weber, b. 1874--Archives.
Genres and Forms of Material
Slides.
Items Removed from Collection
These items on indefinite loan to the Museum of Cultural History, UCLA. (KS 1979)
- Baush and Lomb glass slides projector. Model BB, “Balopticon”, 1911.
- Handcrafted slide projector.
Removed to
Collection 99 :
- Italy - 4 images.
- Kings Canyon, California - 2 images.
- New Zealand - 1 image.
- Norway - 18 images.
- Rhodesia - 18 images.
- South Africa - 9 images.
- Spain - 2 images.
Missing 4/91: Addenda: Pkg. 1: Miscellaneous unidentified pencil illustrations of flora and house plants. 9 items.