Description
This collection contains material created and collected by Wallace and Corry Nethery. Correspondence, drafts, research notes,
and ephemera are included for a number of Nethery's books. Materials related to Nethery's work as a librarian at the University
of Southern California are included as well. Photocopies of letters to, from, and about Elisabeth Jungmann are numerous. The
subject matter for most of the books and papers relate to Max Beerbohm, Charles and Mary Lamb, Elisabeth Jungmann, and miniature
books. Materials are in English, German, and Dutch.
Background
Wallace Nethery born December 29, 1910 on his grandfather's farm outside the town of Gravity, Iowa. He received his Bachelor
of Arts in English from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1934. He served in the Navy during World War II on the USS Enterprise,
stationed in the Pacific. He worked as the librarian at the Hoose Library of
Philosophy at USC until his retirement in 1976. He married a fellow USC Library employee, Corry Sprangers, in 1975.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Restrictions
The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore
cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials
they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or
other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Availability
Collection is open for research.