Finding Aid for the Mary Joe Goodwin Antarctica Collection, 1908-1991
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Mary Joe Goodwin Antarctica Collection, 1908-1991
Collection number: 259
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, 17 March 1998
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, July 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Mary Joe Goodwin Antarctica Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1991
Collection number: 259
Creator: Goodwin, Mary P. (Mary Pearson), 1920-
Extent:
129 boxes (64.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Mary Pearson Goodwin (1920- ) was born in Newport, Rhode Island. She was a prolific and award-winning medical illustrator
and a member of the first public expedition to Antarctica in mid-1960s. The collection contains books, journals, notebooks,
photographs, clippings, drawings, video cassettes, audio cassettes, memorabilia, a diary, correspondence, catalogs, slides,
invoices, scrapbooks, index cards, films, maps, and paintings relating to Antarctica compiled by Goodwin.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Willard E. Goodwin, 1993.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mary Joe Goodwin Antarctica Collection (Collection 259). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Mary Pearson Goodwin (also known as Mary Joe Goodwin) was born in 1920 in Newport, Rhode Island; attended Sarah Lawrence College
and Boston Museum School, where she was trained in art; settled in Los Angeles in 1951; became a prolific and award-winning
medical illustrator; member of first public expedition to Antarctica in mid-1960s, and returned twice; wrote
A Mountain Reprieve: Trekking in Nepal (1975); she died on September 13, 1993 in Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
Collection contains books, journals, notebooks, photographs, clippings, drawings, video cassettes, audio cassettes, memorabilia,
a diary, correspondence, catalogs, slides, invoices, scrapbooks, index cards, films, maps, and paintings relating to Antarctica
compiled by Goodwin. Also contains writings by Goodwin, an author and title bibliography, a jigsaw puzzle and a stuffed penguin.
Includes books on exploration (including a rare copy of Earnest Shackleton's
Aurora Australis (1908) and biographical accounts. Subjects include geology, mapmaking, natural history, flora, fauna, fish, whales, penguins,
and the important expeditions sponsored by Australia, Britain, and France.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Books and miscellaneous serials.
- Research materials and writings by Goodwin.
- Correspondence.
- Catalogs.
- Slides.
- Scrapbooks.
- Antarctica title and author index.
- Films.
- Memorabilia.
- Miscellaneous.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Goodwin, Mary P. (Mary Pearson), 1920- --Archives.
Medical illustrators--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Scientific expeditions--Antarctica.
Antarctica--Archival resources.
Online resources.
Note
Boxes 1-17, 19-28, 30-58, 60-78, 80-87, 89-93, 96, 98-101 contain books. 122-126 contain miscellaneous serials. For books
and serials in the collection, please consult with Rare Books Librarian.
Box 18
Writings by Mary J. Goodwin, notebooks, research, cruises and photographs, clippings, facsimile drawings.
Box 29
Bibliographies, clippings, memorabilia, correspondence, articles, photographs, video cassette, audio cassette.
Box 59
Photograph album, audio cassette. Antarctica shirt. 2 penguin scarves, records.
Box 79
Correspondence, travel brochures, notebook listing purchases, 1966 diary, offprints, speeches.
Box 88
Catalogues, ca. 1974-1986.
Box 94
Book catalogues, ca. 1970-1973, 1987-1988, 1989-1992.
Box 95
Slides, articles, by Mary J. Goodwin, clippings.
Box 97
Slides, files, correspondence, invoices.
Box 102
Book catalogues and publication lists, 1960-1969.
Box 103
Scrapbook, vol.1: September 1955-December 1964.
Box 104
Scrapbook, vol.2: January 1965-December 1968.
Box 105
Scrapbook, vol.3: December 1968-September 1977.
Box 106
Scrapbook, vol.4: 1977-March 1979.
Box 107
Scrapbook, vol.5: March 1979-October 1981.
Box 108
Scrapbook, vol.6: 1981-1984.
Box 109
Scrapbook, vol.7: 1984-1987.
Box 110
Scrapbook, vol.8: 1987-1989.
Box 111
Scrapbook, vol.9: 1990-1991.
Box 112
Antarctica titles, A - PL (card index).
Box 113
Antarctica titles, PL - Z (card index).
Box 113
Antarctica bibliography: authors A - G.
Box 114
Antarctica bibliography: authors H - Z.
Box 115
Film--
Antarctica Biology.
Box 115
Film--
To the South Pole with Peter Scott.
Box 115
Jigsaw puzzle--Penguins by Roger Torey Peterson.
Box 115
Map of Antarctica Peninsula--Ink and colored pencil.
Box 121
Paintings by Mary J. Goodwin and others, maps, memorabilia.
Box 127
Paintings by Mary J. Goodwin and memorabilia.
Box 128
Journals and other printed material on Antarctica.
Box 129
Antarctica beer--bottles and caps [document box].
