Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Collection of materials created by and for the Zamorano Club, including primarily printed books, pamphlets, and other ephemera from meetings, talks, and dinners. Also includes minutes from meetings, meeting announcements, and other club functional records.
- Extent:
- 7 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Zamorano Club Collection, Press Coll. Zamorano Archive, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains materials created by and for the Zamorano Club: including primarily printed books, pamphlets, and other ephemeral keepsakes from meetings, talks, and dinners. Many of the keepsakes originate from biennial joint meetings of the Zamorano Club (Southern California) with the Roxburghe Club (Northern California). The collection also includes bound volumes of minutes from meetings, meeting announcements, and other club functional records. The items range in date from 1920 to 2000.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Zamorano Club is a Southern Californian organization for bibliophiles and manuscript collectors. It was founded in 1928, and sponsors lectures and publications on book-related topics. The Club was named in honor of Agustín V. Zamorano (1798-1842), a provisional governor of Alta California and the state's first printer. It is club tradition to present keepsakes to Club members at meetings, resulting in a variety of printed mementos ranging from pamphlets to small books; sometimes the items are reproductions of historical documents.
The Zamorano Club has had its meetings at various places since its founding, including the University Club, the Treasure Room within USC's Doheny Library, and other locations. As of January 2009, the club resides at the Women's City Club of Pasadena. In May 1991, coincident with the move from USC, it was decided to put the Club's book collection in storage at Occidental College Library. Subsequently the Board of Governors decided to dispose of the collection, and the books were accordingly sold at Pacific Book Auction Galleries (sale 180, 15 February 1999). The proceeds from the sale were placed in the Club's endowment fund.
Early members include A. Gaylord Beaman (insurance), Garner A. Beckett (cement manufacturer), William W. Clary (attorney), Arthur M. Ellis (attorney), W. Irving Way (bookman), Robert O. Schad (Curator of Rare Books, Henry E. Huntington Library), and Robert E. Cowan (Librarian of William Andrews Clark Library). Lawrence Clark Powell (former UCLA University Librarian), Ward Ritchie (a fine press printer), and others have been members of the Zamorano Club as well.
- Processing information:
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This collection was processed and described by Jamie Henricks in July, 2009. The finding aid adheres to Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS).
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged in original order according to processing done in the past. When appropriate, folders are ordered chronologically, such as printed ephemera arranged by printing date.
- Physical location:
- This collection is stored at the SRLF. Please notify Clark Library staff at least 2 weeks in advance to request items from this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Clark Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Zamorano Club Collection, Press Coll. Zamorano Archive, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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2520 Cimarron StreetLos Angeles, CA 90018, US
- Contact:
- (310) 794-5155