Finding Aid of the Peggy Christian (Firm) Records. No online items

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UCLA Library Special Collections UCLA Library Special Collections staff Los Angeles, CA Processed by: Dan Luckenbill, 26 June 1998 Encoded by: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications Encoding supervision and revision by: Caroline Cubé Edited by: Josh Fiala, July 2004 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Peggy, Date (inclusive): 1948-1986 Collection number: 1465 Creator: Peggy Christian (Firm) Extent: 104 boxes (52 linear ft.) 12 oversize boxes Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Peggy (Collection 1465). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233567 Scope and Content Collection consists of material related to the Peggy Christian Bookseller. Includes correspondence, catalogs, business records (1947-83), and ledgers (1954-82). Also includes working papers for an article regarding the Newberry and Caldecott awards and correspondence of James Sanborn. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: Correspondence (Boxes 1-19). Catalogs (Boxes 20-41). Clippings about books, prices, etc. (Box 42). Gordon Craig (Boxes 43-45). Papers held by Peggy Christian (Boxes 46-50). 1465 2

Business records of Peggy Christian (Box 51). Business records (Boxes 52-99, 102-105, 108-114). Catalog/bibliographic information (Box 100-101, 115-116). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog. Subjects Peggy Christian (Firm)--Archives. Booksellers and bookselling--archival resources. Genres and Forms of Material Business records. Catalogues. Account books--ledgers. Correspondence. Other Index Terms Related to this Collection Christian, Peggy. Correspondence Boxes 1-6, 9-10 Box 7 Box 8 Box 11 Boxes 12-13 Unsorted. Unsorted, also photographs. Unsorted, also memorabilia of shops. Cheney, Will. Peggy Christian catalogs. Booksellers / Clients, Alphabetical Box 14 A - C. Box 15 C - H. Box 16 H - M. Box 17 N - P. Box 18 P - S. Box 19 T - Z, also wants. Catalogs Fine Press, Alphabetical Order Box 20 Box 21 Box 22 A - Book Club of California. Colish - Philosophia. Plantin - Yolla Boly. Publishers, Alphabetical Order Box 23 A - C. Box 24 Cooper - H. Box 25 H - M. Box 26 N - R. Box 27 S - T. Box 28 R - Universities. Boxes 29-30 Universities. 1465 3

Catalogs Booksellers, Alphabetical by Topic Booksellers, Alphabetical by Topic Box 31 Africa - Auto. Box 32 Banned books - Capello. Box 33 Carriages - Circus. Box 34 Circus - E. Box 35 Faberge - Geological. Box 36 Greek, Latin, - Music. Box 37 Mysteries - Newspapers. Box 38 Occult - Radio & TV. Box 39 Science fiction. Box 40 Shaker - Wrought iron. Box 41 Unsorted. Box 42 Clippings about books, prices, etc. Boxes 43-45 Gordon Craig. Papers Held by Peggy Christian Boxes 46-48 Riverside Cement Company. Also, Portland Cement Company in Box 48. Boxes 49-50 Box 49 Box 50 Alan B. Brown. Oil, natural gas companies. Continental Oil Company, etc. Business Records of Peggy Christian Box 51 Datebooks and daily calendars. Business Records Boxes 52-53, Shop Records, 1947-1979 64-68 Box 52 1947-1948. Box 53 1948-1949. Box 64 1969-1972. Box 65 1970-1971. Box 66 1972-1974. Box 67 1975-1976. Box 68 1977-1979. Boxes 54-58 Shop Records and Bills, 1950-1960 Box 54 1950-1952. Box 55 1953-1958. Boxes 56-57 1957-1958. Box 58 1958-1960. Box 59 Shop Records and Correspondence, 1961-1962. Box 59 1961. Box 60 1961-1962. Box 61 1961. [Also], invoices, 1964. Boxes 62-63, 69 Paid Shop Bills, 1964-1968, 1985 Box 62 1964-1966. 1465 4

Business Records Box 63 1967-1968. Box 69 1985. Boxes 70-82 Sales Books, 1959-1977 Box 70 1959-1965. Box 71 1956-1960. Box 72 1959, 1962-1963. Box 73 1958-1963. Box 74 1964-1967. Box 75 1965-1968. Box 76 1965-1966. Box 77 1969. Box 81 1972-1975. Box 82 1975-1977. Boxes 78-85 Sales Books and Invoices, 1970-1984 Box 78 1970-1971, 1968-1971. Box 79 1971-1972. Box 80 1972-1974. Box 83 1977-1978. Box 84 1979-1980. Box 85 1981-1984. Boxes 86-88 Invoices, 1948-1977 Box 86 1948-1966. Box 87 1963-1967. Box 88 1975-1977. Boxes 89-93 Shop Checking Account, 1963-1983 Box 89 1963-1964, 1970-1971. Box 90 1965-1969. Box 91 1972-1976. Box 92 1977-1982. Box 93 1979-1983. Box 94 Shop records, miscellaneous Box 95 Ledgers, 1954-1982 Box 95 1954-1960. Box 96 1960-1961. Box 97 1964-1966. Box 98 1957-1960, 1967. Box 99 1969-1982. Box 102 Customer names, ca. 1955-1965. Box 103 Customer names and book slips, ca. 1955-1965, 1970s. Boxes 104-105 Book Slips, 1970s. Boxes 108-111 Sold Slips Note [Arranged Alphabetically]: Box 108 A - C. Box 109 D - J. Box 110 K - O. Box 111 P - Z. Box 112 Cards for a catalog. Box 113 Cook book slips, A - Z. Box 113 Slips (another series), R - W. Box 114 675 Boys' books sold, A - Z. Catalog/ Bibliographical Information Boxes 100-101 Gordon Craig. Note [Box 100 added July 1987] 1465 5

Catalog/ Bibliographical Information Bibliographical Information Box 115 Newbery and Caldecott medal winners. Notes by PC and Hilda Bohem, various folders. Box 116 California children's book notes and others. Notes by PC and Hilda Bohem, various folders [box not full]. 1465 6