Papers, 1925-1972.

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Papers, 1925-1972.

Collection consists of office files, business records, correspondence, photographs, slides, glass negatives, and books related to the career of landscape architect and designer Ralph D. Cornell.

80 boxes (40 linear ft.)16 cartons (16 linear ft.)56 oversize boxes.23 oversize folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7401694

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Biography Cox was born Jan. 5, 1926 in Fresno, CA; BA, political science, Stanford, 1949; associate for Bill P. Wreden, antiquarian book dealer, San Francisco; MLS, UC Berkeley, 1954; began working at the UCLA library in 1954, serving in gifts and exchange, as head of the Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77); compiled and donated Albright library bibliography; Acting Assoc. University Librarian for Public Services, UCLA, 1977-79...

Cornell, Ralph D.

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Ralph D. Cornell was born in Holdrege, NE; his family moved to Long Beach, CA, in 1908; attended Pomona College, CA and Harvard Graduate School of Landscape Architecture; enlisted in US Armed Forces during World War I; supervising landscape architect, UCLA, 1937-72; some of Cornell's other landscape architecture projects included Pomona College, Torrey Pines Park, Los Angeles Music Center, and La Brea Tar Pits; died on April 6, 1972. From the description of Papers, 1925-1972. (Univer...