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Title: Helen Amestoy Collection of Materials on Lawrence Clark Powell
Date (inclusive): 1957-1998
Collection number: 796
Creator:
Amestoy, Helen Monnette.
Extent:
1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Helen Amestoy was a librarian at the Los Angeles County Public Library, and a member of the first graduating class of UCLA's
School of Library Science. This collection consists of letters, clippings, and other ephemera regarding Lawrence Clark Powell
and UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Helen Amestoy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in the History of Art and her Master's of Library Science degree from UCLA.
She was a member of the first graduating class of UCLA's School of Library Science. Amestoy began her career at the UCLA Engineering
Library. She later moved to the Los Angeles County Public Library, where she worked for twenty-five years. She served as president
of the California Society of Librarians in 1982 and was honored as Librarian of the Year by the Los Angeles County Library
in 1980. She passed away on July 8, 2004.
Collection consists of letters, clippings, and other ephemera regarding Lawrence Clark Powell and UCLA's Graduate School of
Education and Information Studies.
Arranged in the following series:
- Letters and ephemera (1957-1998)
- Books (1960-1992).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001.
Librarians--United States--Archival resources.
Library schools--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Lawrence Clark Powell Papers (Collection 229)
. Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.