Finding Aid for the Estelle Doheny Miscellanea, 1934-1974
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/
© 1998
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Estelle Doheny Miscellanea, 1934-1974
Collection number: 463
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, 1998
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, June 2002
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Estelle Doheny Miscellanea,
Date (inclusive): 1934-1974
Collection number: 463
Creator: Doheny, Estelle, 1875-1958
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Carrie Estelle Betzold (1875-1958) married Edward L. Doheny, a Wisconsin-born Colorado miner who discovered oil in Los Angeles
in 1892. When her husband died, Estelle Doheny inherited a fortune, with which she created a fine book collection. The collection
consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed material related to Estelle Doheny and her library.
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
Purchase, 1997.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Estelle Doheny Miscellanea (Collection 463). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Carrie Estelle Betzold was born in 1875; married Edward L. Doheny, a Wisconsin-born Colorado miner who discovered oil in Los
Angeles in 1892; when her husband died, Estelle Doheny inherited a fortune, with which she created a fine book collection
and funded various Catholic charities; died in 1958.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed material related to Estelle Doheny and her library. Includes
2 letters from Doheny to Robert O. Schad, a photocopy of the Doheny bibliography, and 3 8x10 black and white photographs of
Doheny, Schad, and Lucille Miller examining Doheny's Gutenberg bible.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Doheny, Estelle, 1875-1958--Archives.
Women book collectors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Online resources.
Box 1, Folder 1
Letter from Estelle Doheny to Robert O. Schad, December 11, 1934.
Box 1, Folder 2
Thank you note from Estelle Doheny to Robert and Frances Schad, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 3
Invitation to tea from Estelle Doheny to Mr. and Mrs. Schad, May 17 [no year].
Box 1, Folder 4
Envelope with Estelle Doheny's return address.
Box 1, Folder 5
3 photographs of Estelle Doheny opening and inspecting her Gutenberg Bible with Robert Schad and Lucille Miller
Box 1, Folder 6
Photocopy of the Doheny Bibliography compiled by Francis J. Weber, from The Dohenys of Los Angeles by Ward Ritchie, 1974.
Physical Description: 4 leaves. Annotated.
