David Kuhner papers on Tom Mix Bookplate
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of text, correspondence, and photographs produced and acquired by David Kuhner, Librarian at Norman F. Sprague Memorial Library, during the course of his research for an article on a bookplate of cowboy and motion picture star Tom Mix that appears in a copy of C. Alma Baker, ed., 94 gift battleplanes which fought in the great war, August 4th, 1914 to November 11th, 1918, presented to His Majesty's imperial government … (London, 1921). The book, which was inscribed to Major Tom Mix by the editor, is now in the James Carruthers Memorial Collection of the Institute of Aviation History, Special Collections Department, Honnold/Mudd Library, Aviation Folio UG635.G7 B2. The article was published in The Branding Iron (the publication of the Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners), No. 136 (September 1979).
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1980
Creator
- Kuhner, David (Creator, Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
Biographical/Historical note
David Kuhner received a B.S. from Ohio State University, an MEd from the University of Miami, and an MLS from the University of California at Berkeley. He was serving as Head of Readers' Services and Reference at the Jackson Library of Business, at Stanford University, when in 1967 he became Chief Science Librarian at the John Crear Library, in Chicago. In 1970, he was appointed Assistant Librarian for Science at Honnold Library, and in 1972 became first Librarian at the Norman F. Sprague Memorial Library. He retired in 1985.
Kuhner was particularly interested in the history of science. His principal published work on the subject was a collaboration with Tania Rizzo, The Herbert Clark Hoover Collection of Mining and Metallurgy - Bibliotheca de re metallica (Claremont, CA: Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, 1980).
Extent
0.5 box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collections contains printed matter and photographs on Tom Mix bookplates from 1979.
Series Arrangement
Series 1 Printed Matter
Series 2 Correspondence
Series 3 Photographs
Physical Location
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2002.
Accruals
No additions to the collection is anticipated.
General Physical Description note
no content
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Michael Palmer, June 2004.
Subject
- Kuhner, David (Creator, Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the David Kuhner Papers on Tom Mix Bookplates
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding created by Russell Michalak
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu