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Autos across America : a bibliography of transcontinental automobile travel: 1903-1940
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
624446
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Manuscripts
Materials related to the research and writing of Carey S. Bliss's Autos Across America: A Bibliography of Transcontinental Automobile Travel, 1903-1940. Includes manuscript and typescript drafts, copies of the first (1972) and second (1982) editions, and correspondence with other scholars and writers. Research materials include magazines, scholarly articles, advertisements, and other ephemera related to automobile travel in the United States.
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Manuscripts
Materials related to the research and writing of Carey S. Bliss's Autos Across America: A Bibliography of Transcontinental Automobile Travel, 1903-1940. Includes manuscript and typescript drafts, copies of the first (1972) and second (1982) editions, and correspondence with other scholars and writers. Research materials include magazines, scholarly articles, advertisements, and other ephemera related to automobile travel in the United States.
mssBlissc
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Manuscripts
The Carey Bliss files comprise the bulk of the collection. The articles and research files contain work created by Carey Bliss while he was a student at Pomona College and while he was a curator at the Huntington library. The correspondence covers his work as a curator, including a single thank you letter from Richard Nixon for the repair of the Nixon's family bible. The lecture files contain notes for a course that Carey Bliss taught at the University of Southern California on the history of books and printing. These notes include a sheet of papyrus in the folder for lectures three and four. The Rounce & Coffin Club files pertain to Carey Bliss's longstanding membership. The files contain meeting invitations and information on exhibitions prepared by the club, including the annual Western Books Exhibition.
HIA 34.35
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Manuscripts
The Carey Bliss files comprise the bulk of the collection. The articles and research files contain work created by Carey Bliss while he was a student at Pomona College and while he was a curator at the Huntington library. The correspondence covers his work as a curator, including a single thank you letter from Richard Nixon for the repair of the Nixon's family bible. The lecture files contain notes for a course that Carey Bliss taught at the University of Southern California on the history of books and printing. These notes include a sheet of papyrus in the folder for lectures three and four. The Rounce & Coffin Club files pertain to Carey Bliss's longstanding membership. The files contain meeting invitations and information on exhibitions prepared by the club, including the annual Western Books Exhibition.
HIA 34.35