Merle Armitage Collection, 1919-1971

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Merle Armitage Collection, 1919-1971

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5s2036b1

This collection contains correspondence,printed ephemera, articles, book designs, announcements, and othermaterials written by and about and designed by Merle Armitage. Mostitems relate to book design and the performing arts.

3 boxes; (2.7 linear feet)

eng,

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA

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SNAC Resource ID: 6657102

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Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975

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Merle Armitage was born in 1893 on a farm outside Mason City, Iowa. He had many jobs over the years, beginning as a train engineer before taking a job as a graphic designer for the Packard Motor Car Company. His next career was as a set designer for New York theaters, which later turned into a long stint in the theater promotion business. Armitage also managed various performers and their concert tours. He co-founded the Los Angeles Grand Opera Association and was its business manager, and also ...