LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 02/27/1973 - HFSID 73576
Price: $160.00
LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL
The UCLA and University of Arizona librarian writes to friend about a
possible visit, signs name in blue ink
Autograph letter signed: 'Larry" in blue ink. 5½x3¼ blank
postcard. Postmarked February 27, 1973 in Tucson, Arizona. Addressed to
Constance Spencer of San Francisco, California. In full: "Connie - No
chance stopover - flying Tucson - S.F.-Sac & return, Fay with me, &
hurriedly between classes. I'll phone Mrs. Mathias from Sacramento or back her
in Tucson. Will keep trying. I realize she's old and ill". 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).Toned. Corners rounded. Light surface creases. Slightly
stained throughout. Otherwise, fine condition.
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