A few weeks ago, when two of the Clark’s librarians were going through over-sized items housed in an out-of-the-way spot, they discovered a scrapbook related to American artist John Clifford Cowles, which has apparently been a part of the library’s collections for a long time.  At first puzzled about how and why the scrapbook was…

The Sixth Annual Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade: Bankruptcy and the Eighteenth-Century Book Trade A lecture at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library by Christine Ferdinand, Magdalen College, University of Oxford. Saturday, 6th Nov. 3:00 p.m. Some eighteenth-century booksellers made mistakes that led to unplanned bankruptcy, despair, and even suicide, while…

Instead of featuring something new this week, we thought it would be appropriate to highlight some of the more ghostly and ghouly items we’ve featured before, in honor of Halloween. The Undead A product of the rare book dealer John Kevin McLaughlin, The Undead is the culmination of his years selling vintage comics, pulp fiction…

Thanks to UCLA MLIS intern Katie Duvall, there are two new finding aids to the Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon collections now available via the Online Archive of California. Charles de Sousy Ricketts was born on October 2, 1866 in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1882, at the age of sixteen, he met his lifelong partner, artist…

Halloween Potluck on October 29th! RSVP via Facebook or by phone: 323-731-8529   The Sixth Annual Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade: Bankruptcy and the Eighteenth-Century Book Trade A lecture at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library by Christine Ferdinand, Magdalen College, University of Oxford. Saturday, 6th Nov. 3:00 p.m. RSVP to…

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A post about Oscar Wilde’s children’s book, in honor of his birthday, which was this past Saturday, October 16th… From Library Assistant Christopher F. Bostwick Oscar Wilde is best known for his prominent role in the aesthetic arts and literature movement of the late nineteenth century in England. Wilde’s notoriety may also be credited to…

It was with bittersweet feelings that the Clark Library bid adieu to Bruce Whiteman at the end of August. The dust has settled a bit and we thought it was time to let you know that the Clark’s Head Cataloger, Nina Schneider, is interim Head Librarian.  Nina has been at the Clark for three years,…

The exhibit “California Publishing and the Fine Press Tradition, 1910-1970” is on display at the library until mid-December.  We are scheduling two more show-and-tell dates for the afternoons November 9 and December 9, for anyone who is interested in seeing the exhibition, and some additional items from our fine press collection that did not make it…

Please join us at the Clark Library on October 22nd for a talk by Jennifer Bastian, who has been working on the Eric Gill Visual Archives Project, made possible by a generous grant from the DELMAS Foundation.  She will present images of the newly documented collection and discuss the process involved, as well as have…