Records, 1910-1950.

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Records, 1910-1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38963340

Collection consists of the personal correspondence of the Ernest and Thomas Dawson families, and the business correspondence, catalogs, invoices, and ledgers of Ernest, Glen, and Muir Dawson and Dawson's Book Shop. Includes photographs of the Book Shop and Dawson family. Also includes material related to particular areas of interest of the Dawsons: the Sierra Club, politics and government, the Voluntary Co-operative Association (VCA) Los Angeles, and state and national parks.

43 boxes (21.5 linear ft.)7 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409524

University of California, Los Angeles

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Dawson, Ernest, 1881-1947

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Dawson, Muir

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Dawson, Thomas, 1848-1937?

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Dawson's Book Shop

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Ernest Dawson founded Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles, CA, in 1905 at 713 South Broadway; Dawson began the store with a purchase of 2,250 books from the Salvation Army at 1 cent apiece, and immediately resold one of them, a book on Indian basketry, for $2.50; issued first rare book catalog in 1907, and with its success, Dawson began to specialize in rare books; the shop moved to 518 South Hill St. in 1908; Dawson made his first business trip to London in 1911, beginning a long series of buying...

Dawson, Glen, 1912-

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