Finding Aid for the Francis P. Farquhar Collection of Offprints, Ephemera, and Other Material LSC.0291
Finding aid prepared by Jasmine Larkin, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 23.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Francis P. Farquhar collection of offprints, ephemera, and other material
Creator:
Farquhar, Francis P. (Francis Peloubet), 1887-1974
source:
Farquhar, Marjory Bridge, 1903-1999
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0291
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1850-1950
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marjory Farquhar, 1981.
Farquhar was born on December 31, 1887 in Newton, Massachusetts; AB, Harvard University, 1909; became public accountant in
Boston and San Francisco, 1909-59; also served as an accountant with the U.S. National Park Service, 1922-25; president of
the California Academy of Sciences, and California Historical Society; president of the Sierra Club, and editor of the Bulletin,
1926-46; president, California State Board of Accountancy, 1953-54; recipient of the John Muir award for conservation, 1965;
made expeditions to Mount Olympus, Greece, 1914 and 1951, and to the North Pole, 1949; published books include Place Names
of the High Sierra (1926), Mount Olympus (1929), The Books of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon (1953), and History
of the Sierra Nevada (1965); died on November 20, 1974.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232833
[Identification of item], Francis P. Farquhar collection of offprints, ephemera, and other material (Collection 291). UCLA
Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Collection consists of a group of miscellaneous publications, brochures, flyers, announcements, and ephemera, as well as materials
relating to the American Alpine Club.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Farquhar, Marjory Bridge, 1903-1999