Manuscripts

Carey S. Bliss papers

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1905-1990
Call number: mssBlissc
Creator: Bliss, Carey S(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Anthony Bliss, November 2001.
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Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
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Autos Across America - drafts and correspondence

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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Autos Across America - research materials

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mssBlissc

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Carey S. Bliss: Personal Papers (1932-1986); Carey S. Bliss: Research (1938-1950)

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HIA 34.35

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Carey S. Bliss and Leslie E. Bliss papers

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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. The majority of the Leslie Bliss files are correspondence written while Leslie Bliss served as the librarian of the Huntington Library. The Zamorano files contain correspondence to and from Leslie Bliss about books and exhibitions at the Huntington library that were considered relevant to the bibliophilic club's interest. These correspondences also contain information about Leslie Bliss's membership to the club, including letters about his election as an honorary member of the Zamorano's board of governors in 1953. The miscellaneous files contain items that possess uncertain attribution, are attributed other people, or are equally related to Carey and Leslie Bliss. These files contain correspondence from Jacob Bliss who is presumed to be a relative of Leslie and Carey Bliss. The correspondence between Robert O. Schad and Joseph D. Cone is dated during the time Robert O. Schad was the curator of rare books and Carey Bliss was the assistant curator. The correspondence from Will Bradley contains autobiographical information that is related to an exhibition of his work at the Huntington Library in the 1950s. This exhibition was prepared by Carey Bliss. Amelia Baker's nametag dates to when she worked at Caltech's GALCIT wind tunnel and before her marriage to Carey Bliss. The Leslie E. Bliss and Upton Sinclair material deals primarily with the possible acquisition of the Sinclair library and archive by the Huntington Library. The material includes correspondence with Upton Sinclair, his wife Mary Craig Sinclair, Huntington Library Staff, and other Librarians; it also includes essays and printed material by Upton Sinclair. The Upton Sinclair library and archive were ultimately acquired by the Lilly Library, Indiana University.

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Carey S. Bliss: Correspondence (1940-1986): Cheney – Wong; Carey S. Bliss: Fine Printing Files (1949-1978); Carey S. Bliss: Lizzie Borden Files; Carey S. Bliss: Lectures (1960-1976)

Manuscripts

HIA 34.35

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Carey S. Bliss: Research (1938-1950); Carey S. Bliss: Rounce & Coffin Club (1939-1986)

Manuscripts

HIA 34.35

Carey S. Bliss papers

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Autos Across America - drafts and correspondence

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Carey S. Bliss: Personal Papers (1932-1986); Carey S. Bliss: Research (1938-1950)

Carey S. Bliss and Leslie E. Bliss papers

Carey S. Bliss: Correspondence (1940-1986): Cheney – Wong; Carey S. Bliss: Fine Printing Files (1949-1978); Carey S. Bliss: Lizzie Borden Files; Carey S. Bliss: Lectures (1960-1976)

Carey S. Bliss: Research (1938-1950); Carey S. Bliss: Rounce & Coffin Club (1939-1986)