Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Edward Goodwin Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1895-1949
Collection number: 186
Creator: Goodwin, John Edward, 1876-1948
Extent: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)
1 oversize folder
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: John Edward Goodwin (1876-1948) was head of stacks and loans at Stanford University Library and a librarian at the University
of Texas before becoming a librarian at the University of California Southern Branch (later UCLA) in 1923. The collection
consists of correspondence, articles, photographs, clippings, notes, memorabilia, and printed material related to Goodwin's
career as a librarian.
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary 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.
Restrictions on Access
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 Fanny Alice Goodwin, 1949 & 1962.
- Gift of Linda L. West, 1968.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Edward Goodwin Papers (Collection 186). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Goodwin was born in 1876; attended University of Wisconsin and New York State Library School, Albany; became head of stacks
and loans at Stanford University Library; Librarian, University of Texas; became Librarian, University of California Southern
Branch (later UCLA) in 1923; in 1923, the UCLA library had a staff of twelve and a collection of 42,000 volumes; by his retirement
in 1944, UCLA's collection had increased to 52 staff members and 462,000 volumes; died in 1948.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, articles, photographs, clippings, notes, memorabilia, and printed material related
to Goodwin's career as a librarian. Includes material concerning his activities as a student at the University of Wisconsin
and at the New York State Library School, Albany. Contains material related to his professional career, as head of stacks
and loans at Stanford University Library, Librarian of the University of Texas and as Librarian of UCLA. Also contains research
materials about Goodwin assembled by Linda L. West.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Box 1).
- Manuscripts and memorabilia (Box 1).
- Notes, New York State Library School, Albany, 1903-4 (Boxes 2-9).
- Research materials about John E. Goodwin (Box 10).
- John E. Goodwin sketch for marble plaque in UCLA Library (oversize folder).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Goodwin, John Edward, 1876-1948--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Library.
Library administrators--United States--Archival resources.
Online resources.