Warren (Viola L.) Papers, 1908-1968

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Summary

Title:
Viola Lockhart Warren Papers,
Dates:
1908-1968
Creators:
Warren, Viola Lockhart, 1896-1968
Abstract:
Viola Lockhart Warren (1896- ) was a lecturer on medical history in the UCLA Department of History (1953-58) and wrote about early California for children and early California medical men. She was also the assistant editor for the Journal of electricity (1918-20), did book reviews for Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York (1938-43), and was a columnist on women's affairs for the Oak Ridge journal in Tennessee (1944-46). The collection consists of Warren's correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, some photographs, and ephemera.
Extent:
36 boxes (18 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Viola Lockhart Warren Papers (Collection 1322). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, some photographs, and ephemera related to the life of Viola Lockhart Warren. Includes correspondence with members of the Warren family including Stafford Warren, materials related to the Los Angeles College Clinical Association (ca. 1909-51), miscellaneous manuscripts of Warrens, and a photo album containing mostly unidentified snapshots.

Biographical / historical:

Warren was born in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, September 6, 1896; married Stafford Warren, 1920; BA, University of California, Berkeley (1918); graduate work in English at Radcliff (1922-23); assistant editor, Journal of electricity (1918-20); did book reviews for Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York (1938-43); columnist on women's affairs, Oak Ridge journal, Tennessee (1944-46); lecturer in medical history, University of California, Los Angeles Department of History (1953-58); wrote about early California for children and early California medical men; gave numerous public speeches on children's and women's welfare, the women in the Oak Ridge War period, and the impact of the new University of California, Los Angeles Medical School (1947-62).

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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Genie Guerard
Date Prepared:
© 2000
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access application created by Caroline Cubé and Notetab Pro; frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Date of source: February 1989 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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], Viola Lockhart Warren Papers (Collection 1322). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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