LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/01/1972 - HFSID 73615

LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL
The leading American librarian and author writes to San Francisco friend, discussing an upcoming meeting, and promising to stop by her shop later that week, signs name in blue ink
Autograph letter signed: 'Larry" in blue ink. 1 page, 8½x11. Original envelope included. Malibu, California. September 1, 1972. In full: "Dear Connie - Have not been able to work out a date with Mrs. Matthias. I suggested either Friday the 8th or Sunday the 10th, but she sez[sic] no to both. I cannot stay longer, nor can I make another special trip to San Francisco, so I guess I can be of no help to her in locating her books. I would hope that she would be ask you to ship them to the University of Arizona library! Would it help if I had the new librarian there write a courteous & helpful expression of interest to her? I'll see you Friday afternoon at yr. shop". Lawrence Clark Powell (1906-2001) was an American librarian, literary critic, bibliographer and author of more than one-hundred books. Powell studied at Occidental College, later earning his doctorate from the University of Burgundy in Dijon and his Certificate of Librarianship from UC Berkley in 1937. He gained his literary reputation as the University Librarian at the UCLA Library and head librarian at the Williams Andrews Clark Memorial Library from 1944 to 1961, after which he was named the first dean of the School of Library Service at UCLA (later the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies). After retiring in 1966, Powell moved to Tucson where he worked as Professor in Residence for nearly two decades at the University of Arizona and played an instrumental role in the growth of their Graduate School of Library Science. A Lawrence Clark Powell Memorial Lectures is held in Tucson annually in his honor, and the Fay and Lawrence Clark Powell Endowment for Southwest Research continues to support Powell's interest in the geography of the southwest United States. His works include Books: West Southwest: Essays on Writers, Their Books, and Their Land (1957), The Southwest of the bookman (1974), An Orange Grove Boyhood: Growing Up in Southern California, 1910-1928 (1988), and Eucalyptus Fair: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel (1992). Normal mailing folds. Toned. Corners rounded. Light surface creases. Otherwise, fine condition.