W.W. Robinson Papers, ca. 1843-1972

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W.W. Robinson Papers, ca. 1843-1972

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William Wilcox Robinson (1891-1972) wrote many pamphlets, articles, and books on Southern California history, including: (1939), (1948), (1968), and (1969). He also wrote poetry, fiction, children's books, and essays, and served on boards of numerous organizations. The collection contains manuscript and research materials, papers related to Robinson's civic, literary, and social activities. The collection also includes family and personal correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and objects including awards, keepsakes, and decorations. Ranchos Become Cities Land in California Los Angeles, a Profile Bombs and Bribery

97 boxes (48.5 linear ft.); 7 oversize folders; 13 oversize boxes

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Robinson, W. W. (William Wilcox), 1891-1972

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Robinson was clerk of the Los Angeles City Council. From the description of Letter : Los Angeles, Calif., to H. Newmark and Co., 1882 Aug. 28. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 23238836 William Wilcox Robinson was born on May 1, 1891 in Trinidad, CO; moved to Riverside, CA, in 1899; attended USC; AB, English, UC Berkeley, 1916; served in WWI; moved permanently to Los Angeles, CA, in 1919; married Irene Bowen in 1923; while working a...

Robinson, Irene B. (Irene Bowen), 1891-

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Biography / Administrative History Irene Margaret Bowen Robinson (1891 - 1973) was born in Washington state, but she grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Pasadena, California. In 1915, she attended Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, and later studied at the University of Chicago, the Broadmoor Art Academy with John Carlson in Colorado Springs, and in Los Angeles at the Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes. In the early 1920s, she taught ar...