Finding Aid for the E. Roscoe Shrader Papers, 1910-1955

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Myra Villamor

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/

Finding Aid for the E. Roscoe Shrader Papers, 1910-1955

Collection number: 757

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
Encoded by:: Myra Villamor
Encoding supervision and revision by:: Caroline Cubé
Online finding aid edited by:: Josh Fiala, April 2003

Descriptive Summary

Title: E. Roscoe Shrader Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1910-1955

Collection number: 757

Creator: Shrader, E. Roscoe (Edwin Roscoe), 1879-1960

Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: E. Roscoe Shrader (1879-1960) was a illustrator for Harper's, Century, and Scribner's, and a landscape painter. He was an original faculty member at Otis Art Institute (1918- ), and served as dean from 1928-48. The collection consists of Shrader's correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, a sketch book, and related printed material with subjects including art in Los Angeles, the Otis Art Institute, and the Stacey Foundation.

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

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Restrictions on Access

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

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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 Elizabeth C. Shrader, 1961.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], E. Roscoe Shrader Papers (Collection 757). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233777

Biography

Shrader was born in 1879 in Quincy, Illinois; attended Art Institute of Chicago; after two years, won a scholarship to Howard Pyle School in Wilmington, Delaware; became an illustrator for Harper's, Century, and Scribner's, as well as a landscape painter; became one of the original faculty at Otis Art Institute in 1918, and served as dean from 1928-48; member of the Stacey Foundation, the Painters and Sculptors Club, and president of the California Art Club; he died on January 20, 1960.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, sketch book, and related printed material of Edwin Roscoe Shrader. Subjects include art in Los Angeles, the Otis Art Institute, and the Stacey Foundation.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Shrader, E. Roscoe (Edwin Roscoe), 1879-1960--Archives.

Otis Art Institute.

Artists--California, Southern--Archival resources.

Sketchbooks.

Shrader, Edwin Roscoe (1879-1960)

Papers. 1910-1955

Physical Description: (1 box, ca. 200 items)

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, sketch book and related printed material of Edwin R. Shrader, California landscape artist and dean of Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles.

Note

Derived from in-house card file.