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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Lawrence Clark Powell letter to Robert Allen Skotheim
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Manuscripts
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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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Manuscripts
The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between Lawrence Clark Powell and historian Andrew Rolle (1943-1990 - 7 folders). In the correspondence they often discuss their current book projects, articles, etc. They also discuss other historians and authors (John Caughey, Robert Glass Cleland, etc.), as well as Occidental College, the Huntington Library, the Zamorano Club, and UCLA. Along with the correspondence are several typewritten copies of manuscripts by Powell (book reviews, etc.). There is also one postcard from Benjamin De Casseres to Andrew Rolle (1943).
mssPowell
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Rare Books
A collection of Lawrence Clark Powell quotations meant to exemplify the man and his intellectual passions.
610133
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Rare Books
297694
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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
Letter to his son regarding the crops at the Sherwood Forest plantation, activities of his wife and other children; also discusses strategies for the 1860 presidential convention in Charleston, cotton, his presidency, and current president James Buchanan.
mssHM 23233