Allen Family Collection of Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Ephemera, 1961-1963

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Summary

Title:
Allen family collection of Kennedy-Johnson inaugural ephemera
Dates:
1961-1963
Abstract:
The collection consists mainly of ephemera and printed material, a ball gown worn by the donor's mother to the Inauguration Ball, publications such as "Life" and "Look" and newspapers which cover the Kennedy inauguration and assassination. This collection also includes ephemera from the California Governor Brown's Inauguration.
Extent:
2 oversize_boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Allen Family Collection of Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Ephemera (Collection 1751). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

The John F. Kennedy Collection of Inaugural and Assassination Ephemera consists of invitations and tickets from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Inauguration, menus, magazines, newspapers and the ball gown worn by the donor's mother, Marian Allen, to the Inauguration Ball. Publications such as "Life" and "Look" cover the Kennedy inauguration and assassination as well as newspapers and newspaper clippings from Los Angeles and Washington. This collection also includes ephemera from the California Governor Brown's Inauguration. The bulk of the collection dates from 1961-1963.

Biographical / historical:

Marian and Albert H. Allen attended the Kennedy-Johnson Inauguration in 1961. Marian Allen (1917-2003) and Albert H. Allen (d. 2002) married in 1939. Mr. Allen was one of the longest practicing attorneys in California, practicing real estate law in Beverly Hills for nearly 70 years.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Judith A. and Gene Tuch in memory of Marian and Albert H. Allen, 2007.
Processing information:

Processed by Aislinn Catherine Sotelo with assistance from Elizabeth Sheehan, Spring 2007, in the Center For Primary Research and Training (CFPRT).

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. John F. Kennedy inaugural material
  2. Edmund G. Brown inaugural material

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Aislinn Catherine Sotelo; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-08-31 10:34:33 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Allen Family Collection of Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Ephemera (Collection 1751). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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