Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928
- Abstract:
- Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928) was the city editor of the Los Angeles Times, a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library (1905-11) and editor of the Land of Sunshine magazine. He also co-founded the Southwest Museum (1907) and was the founder of the Sequoia League and the Landmarks Club. The collection consists of correspondence, 4 journals, manuscripts, articles, and related printed materials of Charles Lummis.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence, 4 journals, manuscripts, articles, and related printed materials of Charles Fletcher Lummis. The journals span the years 1912-16. Correspondence includes letters sent, 1889-1928 (49 pieces) and letters received, ca. 1904 (2 pieces).
- Biographical / historical:
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Lummis was born in Massachusetts in 1859; he travelled by foot from Chillicote, Ohio, to Los Angeles, California, in 1885; city editor, Los Angeles Times; librarian, Los Angeles Public Library, 1905-11; co-founded the Southwest Museum in 1907; founder, the Sequoia League; founder, the Landmarks Club; wrote 17 books on California and the Southwest; editor, Land of Sunshine magazine; died in 1928.
- 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.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Civic leaders--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Librarians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Historians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Editors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Journals (accounts). - Names:
- Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928--Archives.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988