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Finding Aid for the Eugene Otto Weber Murmann Papers, ca. 1900-1962
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Title: Eugene Otto Weber Murmann Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1900-1962
Collection number: 1237
Creator: Murmann, Eugene Otto Weber, b. 1874
Extent:
11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)
3 cartons (3 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Murmann is the author of
California gardens: how to plan and beautify the city lot, suburban grounds and country estate, including 50 garden plans
and 103 illustrations of actual gardens from photographs by the author
(c1914). The collection consists of manuscript material for an unpublished cookbook, photographs and original drawings and
watercolors of flora and fauna, lecture notes and glass slides prepared for Murmann's lectures on furniture designs and nature
study.
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.
Murmann is the author of
California gardens: how to plan and beautify the city lot, suburban grounds and country estate, including 50 garden plans
and 103 illustrations of actual gardens from photographs by the author
(c1914).
Collection consists of manuscript material for an unpublished cookbook, photographs and original drawings and watercolors
of flora and fauna, lecture notes and glass slides prepared for Murmann's lectures on furniture designs and nature study.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Murmann, Eugene Otto Weber, b. 1874--Archives.
Slides.
These items on indefinite loan to the Museum of Cultural History, UCLA. (KS 1979)
- Baush and Lomb glass slides projector. Model BB, “Balopticon”, 1911.
- Handcrafted slide projector.
Removed to
Collection 99
:
- Italy - 4 images.
- Kings Canyon, California - 2 images.
- New Zealand - 1 image.
- Norway - 18 images.
- Rhodesia - 18 images.
- South Africa - 9 images.
- Spain - 2 images.
Missing 4/91: Addenda: Pkg. 1: Miscellaneous unidentified pencil illustrations of flora and house plants. 9 items.