LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/23/1971 - HFSID 73600

LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL
The leading American librarian and author writes to a friend in San Francisco about his upcoming book on California history, signs name in blue ink
Autograph letter signed: 'Larry" in blue ink. 5x3½ index card. Postmarked September 23, 1971 in Malibu, California. Addressed to Constance Spencer of San Francisco, California. In full: "Dear Connie - Much good news in your letter. I do appreciate your stong interest in C.C. It seems to be going well. And so is the new series in Westways. I'd have to re-read the white books before I could answer yr. query. Will eventually do a series on Calif. History & might included them therein. Yrs. ever". 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). Edges irregularly cut. Toned. Corners rounded. Light surface creases. Ink postage stamps throughout. Otherwise, fine condition.