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Chapman University, Leatherby Libraries id271

Mailing Address:
One University Drive
Orange, CA

Phone: 714-532-7739

Email: horn@chapman.edu

Contact: Ms. Claudia Horn, Head of Special Collections & Archives

Web site: http://www1.chapman.edu/library/archives/

Institution Type: Archive, College/University

Location of Institution: Orange

Archive and Collections

Description: The Charles Clarke Chapman Papers consists of materials gathered by Charles Clarke Chapman, Frank Marion Chapman (his brother and business partner), C. Stanley Chapman and Irvin C. Chapman (Charles Clarke Chapman’s sons), and Grant Chapman (Frank Marion Chapman’s son). Charles C. Chapman’s personal records consist of numerous letters, mementos, and personal photographs, as well as magazine and newspaper articles written about him; dedications, sermons and college lectures written by him, and scrapbooks on current events of the day compiled by him. We also hold material on the early years of Chapman University when it was located in Los Angeles: 1920-1923 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY Located at the Wilshire Christian Church in Los Angeles from 1920-1921. Moved to 766 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, in 1921 1923-1934 CALIFORNIA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Vermont Ave. campus 1934-1954 CHAPMAN COLLEGE Vermont Ave. campus from 1934-1942 Located on Whittier College Campus from 1942-1945 Vermont Ave. campus from 1945-1954

Regions Covered: City of Los Angeles, Orange County

Type of Materials: Books, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Digital Files, Ephemera, Institutional Publications, Memorabilia, Newspaper Clippings, Official Records, Photographs, Press Clippings, Yearbooks

Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949

Languages: English

Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: College/University Faculty, Education, Labor Unions, Middle to Upper Income, Migrant Workers, Politics/Government, Professional, Religious

Access

Year Round Access: Yes

OnSite Technology: Yes

Workspaces: Yes

Open to the Public: Yes

Public Hours: 1-5 pm M-F
Reservations not required

Open for Research: Yes

Research Hours: 9-5 pm M-F
Reservations not required

Management

Catalogue System: MARC 21, DACS

Repository/Depository: Yes

Loan To Others: Yes

Exhibited: Yes

Exhibition Frequency: Ongoing

Makes Purchases: Yes

Formalized Purchases: Yes

Outreach: Brochures/Flyers/Pamphlets, Conferences/Conventions, Internet, Library Events, Online Catalog, Word of Mouth

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