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Description
Librarian Leslie E. Bliss (1889-1977) was hired in 1915 to help catalog the private library of Henry E. Huntington in New York. A graduate of Colgate University and the New York State Library School, he became part of the first team of Huntington catalogers, moving with the library to San Marino, California in 1920. In 1926, he became the Huntington’s head librarian, a position he held until his retirement in 1958. The oral history recounts Bliss’s early employment years in New York, his recollections of Henry and Arabella Huntington, and a discussion of Huntington’s particular book interests.
Type
sound
Format
Original Mono 1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
2 Tapes of 2 01:03:24
Identifier
mssHEH csmha_000304
Language
English
Subject
Librarians Libraries--California--History
Provenance
The Huntington Library California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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