Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Isolde Klarmann, 1946-1947, 1978.

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Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Isolde Klarmann, 1946-1947, 1978.

Mainly concerns the establishment of the Werfel archive at UCLA; 2 of the items from Alma Mahler set out her stipulations in connection with her gift of the Werfel manuscripts. Sproul's letter concerns the retirement of Strashun (the connection to the Mahler-Werfel collection is not immediately clear). Whiting's letter is the only item dated after 1947, and it concerns a visit by Isolde Klarmann to the UCLA Werfel archive in 1978.

9 items (11 leaves).

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Whiting, Brooke

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Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975

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Sproul was at this time the president of the University of California; according to Alma's letter, he was a personal acquaintance of General Mark Clark, the U.S. high commissioner in Austria in the immediate postwar period. Ida was Robert's wife. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1943-1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864521 Personal correspondence and papers as President and President Emeritus of the U...

University of California, Los Angeles. Library

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Powell was a librarian, Strashun the curator at the music library, and Whiting the curator of rare books at the UCLA library (at the respective times of correspondence). Sproul was president of UCLA from 1930 to 1958. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Isolde Klarmann, 1946-1947, 1978. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864679 ...

Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001

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Lawrence Clark Powell was a noted writer and librarian. Powell was well-known for his writings on librarianship and the literature of the American Southwest, including books such as Books West Southwest and Southwest Classics. He served as head librarian at UCLA from 1944 to 1961, when he became the founding dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Library Service. After retiring from UCLA, Powell moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1971, where he served as a Professor in Residence at the University of Arizo...

Strashun, Leon J.

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