US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Clellos Rockham, left, sits next to Lillian Abbot, right, as she learns of her fiancée’s death. Someone’s hands can be seen in the bottom right corner, sifting through papers. Abbott was DuBois' secretary. A similar photograph of Clellos Rockham and Lillian Abbott appears with the article, “Doctor Shot in Mystery,” Los Angeles Times, 18 December 1935: 5. Clellos Rockham, a nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, mourns the mysterious death of her fiancée, Dr. Charles Warren DuBois. DuBois was shot on December 17, 1935. His mother, Grace DuBois, was convicted for his murder in April 1936. Text from negative sleeve: 4225 Aug 12, 1936, Mrs. Grace DuBois + copy of photo of Dr. DuBois + Clellos Rockham (Dr.’s fiancée) + Lillian Abbott (Dr.’s sec’y) + Doug Howatt taking fingerprints (used to be in env #4067? Dated 12-17-35) Murder Handwritten on negative sleeve: L2R Clellos Rockham Mrs. Lillian Abbott 12/18/35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13270 ark:/21198/zz002hnf87
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Women--California--Los Angeles Secretaries--California--Los Angeles Nurses--American--California--Los Angeles Abbott, Lillian, b. 1884 Rockham, Clellos
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