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William Whittingham Lyman memoirs : typescript, [ca. 1969- ]
BANC MSS 71/150 cLOCAL
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Title:

William Whittingham Lyman memoirs : typescript, [ca. 1969- ]

Creator/Contributor:

Lyman, William Whittingham, b. 1885, creator

Abstract:

A series of reminiscences relating to various topics: the Lyman family and other families settling in Napa Valley and the Lyman ranch; his wife, poet Helen Hoyt; his student days at the University of California, class of 1906; his teaching career at the University and at Los Angeles City College; friendships with authors and other well known people, including Ella Young, Jesse Stuart, Robinson Jeffers, Witter Bynner, Sara Bard Field and C.E.S. Wood, Vernon Patterson, David Greenhood, A. E. (George William Russell), Clark Ashton Smith and others.

Date:

1969 (issued)

Subject:

Lyman family
Hoyt, Helen
Young, Ella -- 1867-1956
Stuart, Jesse -- 1906-1984
Jeffers, Robinson -- 1887-1962
Patterson, Vernon
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott -- 1852-1944
Field, Sara Bard -- 1882-1974
Greenhood, David
Bynner, Witter -- 1881-1968
Russell, George William -- 1867-1935
Smith, Clark Ashton -- 1893-1961
University of California (1868-1952). -- Class of 1906.
Los Angeles City College.
Napa Valley (Calif.)

Note:

Photocopy.
Location of originals unknown.
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited.
Index, by title, in Box 1.

Type:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

2 boxes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 71/150 cLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited.