Description
Anna Emily Sumner
(b.1904) was a charter member of the Delta Gamma sorority, woman's page editor for the
Los Angeles Evening Express, a romance novelist, director
of public information for University Extension (1932-66), vice president of the UCLA Alumni
Association (1938-39), a founding member of Gold Shield, the UCLA Affiliates, the Friends of
the UCLA Library, and the UCLA Art Council, and the first woman to receive Alumni
Distinguished Service Award (1962). The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda,
clippings, photographs, and ephemera related to Sumner's association with various UCLA
organizations.
Background
Anna Emily Sumner was born in 1904; AB, History, UCLA, 1926; charter member, Delta Gamma
sorority; woman's page editor, Los Angeles Evening Express;
wrote eight romance novels under pseudonym Marya Moore in the 1930s; director of public
information for University Extension, 1932-66; founding member, Gold Shield; vice president,
UCLA Alumni Association, 1938-39; founding member of the UCLA Affiliates, the Friends of the
UCLA Library, and the UCLA Art Council; first woman to receive Alumni Distinguished Service
Award, 1962.
Extent
9.4 Linear Feet
(19 boxes, 1 shoe box, and 4 oversize boxes)
Restrictions
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.
Availability
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
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