LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 05/20/1977 - HFSID 73588
Price: $160.00
LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL
The renowned American librarian and author relates his shock on
hearing about the death of a friend, signs name in blue ink
Autograph letter signed: 'Larry" in blue ink. 6x4 postcard
featuring the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Postmarked May 20, 1977
in Tucson, Arizona. Addressed to Constance Spencer of San Francisco, California.
In full: "Dear Connie - Saddened to hear of Dorothy's death. Talked to
her & David when we were there. What became of him? Give me any details you
can". 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 and slightly frayed. Toned. Corners rounded. Light surface
creases. Ink stamps throughout. Otherwise, fine condition.
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