Powell Family Papers, 1836-1961

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Powell Family Papers, 1836-1961

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George Harold Powell (1872-1922) was born in Ghent, New York. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent him to California in 1904 to study citrus fruits rotting in transit. In 1896, he married Gertrude Eliza Clark (1870-1957). They had three sons, Harold Clark Powell (1900-1938), George Townsend Powell (1901-1955), and Lawrence Clark Powell (1906- ), who became the Librarian of the UCLA Library, Director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, and dean of the School of Library Service at UCLA. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, journals, manuscripts, memorabilia, books, scrapbooks, and printed materials related to the Powell family. The bulk is made up of the papers and correspondence of George Harold Powell, horticulturist and general manager of the California Fruit Exchange (1912-22) and his wife, Gertrude Clark Powell.

38 boxes (19 linear ft.); 4 oversize boxes

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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