Larson (Arnold B.) Collection About the Los Angeles Press Club, 1929-1933

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Summary

Title:
Arnold B. Larson Collection About the Los Angeles Press Club,
Dates:
1929-1933
Creators:
Larson, Arnold B. (Arnold Byron), 1901-
Abstract:
Arnold Byron (Wolf) Larson (1901- ) worked for many newspapers and news services in the Midwest and California as a reporter, editor and columnist. He later went into private practice as a publicist for various organizations and agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, for which he initiated a nationwide advertizing program that led to the creation of Smokey the Bear. The collection consists of minutes of the board of governors meetings of the Los Angeles Press Club, three reports, 20 photographs and memorabilia.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Arnold B. Larson Collection About the Los Angeles Press Club (Collection 914). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of minutes of the board of governors meetings of the Los Angeles Press Club, three reports, 20 photographs, and memorabilia.

Biographical / historical:

Arnold Byron (Wolf) Larson was born on January 10, 1901 in Omaha, Nebraska; attended Northeastern University (1920), Southwestern Law School (1927-28), and California State University, Sacramento (1957-58); reporter and sports editor, Cheyenne Tribune (1920), reporter and columnist, Caspar Tribune (1923-25), reporter, Los Angeles Record (1925-26), Los Angeles city news service (1929), Los Angeles Evening Herald (1926-29), Chicago Herald and Chicago Examiner (1929-30, and the Chicago bureau of United Press (1930-31); went into private practice as publicist for various organizations and agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, for which he initiated a nationwide advertizing program which led to the creation of Smokey the Bear; charter board member of the Los Angeles Press Club, 1929.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Arnold B. Larson, 1965.
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 Saundra Taylor; machine-readable finding aid created by Lilace Hatayama
Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, August 1970 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Lilace Hatayama and Caroline Cubé.

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], Arnold B. Larson Collection About the Los Angeles Press Club (Collection 914). 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
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