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4 unusual facts about Lawrence Clark Powell


Lawrence Clark Powell

He received a BA from Occidental College in 1928, a doctorate from University of Burgundy in Dijon (Université de Bourgogne) in 1932, and Certificate of Librarianship from UC Berkeley in 1937.

Lawrence Clark Powell (b. Washington, DC, September 6, 1906; d. Arizona, March 14, 2001) was a librarian, literary critic, bibliographer and author of more than 100 books.

After retiring from UCLA in 1966, Powell moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1971, where – as Professor in Residence for nearly two decades - he was instrumental in the growth of the University of Arizona Graduate School of Library Science, now known as the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science.

Olive Percival

Lawrence Clark Powell, The Alchemy of Books, and Other Essays and Addresses on Books & Writers, Los Angeles: Zamarano Club: W. Ritchie Press, 1954; pages 142-145.


Capra Press

Capra Press was a Santa Barbara, California-based independent publishing house which has produced works by authors such as Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, Raymond Carver, Ray Bradbury, Gretel Ehrlich, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lawrence Clark Powell, Charles Bukowski, Michael Petracca, Tony Mendoza, Barry Gifford, José Antonio Burciaga, Ross Macdonald, and Twinka Thiebaud, who collected Henry Miller's table talk.


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