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Clark acquisition slips for Cheney materials

 File — Box: 17
Identifier: Series 5.

Scope and Contents

From the File:

This collection consists of printed books and pamphlets, correspondence, ephemera, and broadsides related to William M. Cheney and his activities as a printer in Los Angeles. It also includes materials related to other Los Angeles area printers, presses, and bibliophiles such as Grant Dahlstrom, H. Richard Archer, The Rounce and Coffin Club, and the Hippogryph Press.

Series 4 of this collection contains a substantial amount of Cheney family history material, including correspondence, textiles, embroidery and photographs dating from approximately 1828-1940.

Dates

  • Creation: 1828-1981

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the File: 20 Linear Feet (35 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the File: English

General

2 gift acquisition slips. Since these slips have been separated from the materials they document being deposited as gifts at the Clark, it is impossible to say exactly what items were part of these gifts.

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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