Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Savage, George Walden
- Abstract:
- George Walden Savage (1903-1961) was a journalist and newspaper publisher for various newspapers around the Owens valley in California. He also served as secretary of the highway commission (1948-49), was a member of the Governor's Public Information Committee (1959-60) and president of the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce (1960-61). The collection consists of newspaper clipplings and scrapbooks containing correspondence, clippings, photographs, and related printed material.
- Extent:
- 7.2 linear feet (8 document boxes and 4 oversize flat boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], George Walden Savage Papers (Collection 790). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of newspaper clippings and scrapbooks containing correspondence, clippings, photographs, and related printed material concerning Savage's career as a journalist and newspaper publisher and the Japanese War Relocation Center at Manzanar, California.
- Biographical / historical:
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Savage was born on June 27, 1903 in Dennison, Ohio; became a journalist and newspaper publisher in California; was owner-publisher of the Inyo-Independent (Independence, California), Progress Citizen (Lone Pine, California), Inyo Register (Bishop, California), 1933-45, and South Pasadena Review, 1946-47; was manager of the Inland Printing and Engraving Company, San Bernardino, California, 1949-61; he also served as secretary of the highway commission (1948-49), member of the Governor's Public Information Committee (1959-60), and president of the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce (1960-61); he died on September 15, 1961 in San Bernardino.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. Mary Savage.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Manuscripts Division staff. Reprocessed by Lindsay Chaney with assistance from Jillian Cuellar in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), 2016.
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- Arrangement:
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This collection is organized by type of material.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], George Walden Savage Papers (Collection 790). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988