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Title: Holling Clancy Holling Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1895-1979
Collection number: 1012
Creator: Holling, Holling Clancy
Extent:
142 boxes (71 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Holling Clancy Holling (1900-1973) was a instructor, freelance designer, advertising artist, and book illustrator. With his
wife Lucille, he illustrated
The book of Indians (1935) and
The book of cowboys (1936). He later wrote and illustrated fiction, combining nature and history themes. The collection consists of materials
relating to books written and illustrated by Holling and his wife Lucille.
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.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. The library
can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote
must be submitted in writing to
the Manuscripts Librarian, Department of Special Collections.] Credit shall be given as follows: [c in circle] The Regents
of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Holling Clancy and Lucille Holling, 1968.
Gift of Lucille Holling, 1977-86.
Gift of Tony and Susan Thompson, 1989.
[Identification of item], Holling Clancy Holling Papers (Collection 1012). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Holling was born in Holling Corners, Michigan on August 2, 1900; graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
1923; member of the zoology department, Chicago Museum of Natural History, 1923-26; married Lucille Webster in 1925; taught
on the New York University World Cruise, 1926-27; after 1927 was a freelance designer, advertising artist, and book illustrator;
with his wife Lucille, illustrated
The book of Indians (1935) and
The book of cowboys (1936); later wrote and illustrated fiction, combining nature and history themes, including:
Paddle-to-the-sea (1941),
Tree in the trail (1942),
Seabird (1948),
Minn of the Mississippi (1951), and
Pagoo (1957); he died on September 7, 1973.
Collection consists of materials relating to books written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling and his wife Lucille
Webster Holling. Includes illustrations, art objects, film, scrapbooks, paintings, photographs, research files, sound recordings,
notes, manuscripts, memorabilia, correspondence, books, recipes, and ephemera.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Holling, Holling Clancy--Archives.
Holling, Lucille Webster--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Illustrators--United States--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Illustrated works.
Juvenile literature.
Lucille Webster Holling Papers (Collection 1588). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.