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Finding Aid for the Charles A. Schroeder Collection of Glass Slides, undated
1971
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Title: Charles A. Schroeder Collection of Glass Slides
Date (inclusive): undated
Collection number: 1971
Collector:
Schroeder, Charles A., 1913-2001
Extent:
3 oversize boxes.
Abstract: A collection of glass slides depicting landscapes, exterior and interior views of country residences, gardening, farming and
flower and shrub specimens.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles A. Schroeder, 1991.
Processed by Benjamin Formaker-Olivas and Lilace Hatayama, June 2012.
[Identification of item], Charles A. Schroeder Collection of Glass Slides (Collection 1971). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7065816
Charles A. Schroeder was a professor of horticulture and botany at UCLA. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1913, he moved to
Los Angeles in 1923. He received his B.A. and M.A. from UCLA in botany, and his Ph.D. in subtropical horticulture. He began
teaching at UCLA in 1943. In addition to teaching courses on subtropical horticulture and botany, he conducted research on
subtropical and tropical fruits at UCLA and abroad, publishing many articles in various journals. He received both a Guggenheim
and Fulbright fellowships, and later directed the Fulbright project at UCLA and other southern California institutions. In
1963 he was named one of six outstanding teachers of the year in the Southern Campus. He was a founding member of the University
Credit Union and served on many faculty committees. He retired in 1983.
The collection consists of hand colored glass slides depicting landscapes, exterior and interior views of country residences,
gardening, farming and flower and shrub specimens.
Arranged in the following series:
- Botanical Slides
- Building Exteriors
- Building Interiors
- Farming
- Miscellaneous Subjects
- Nature Panoramas
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Schroeder, Charles Arthur, 1913- --Archives.
Botany --Pictorial works --Archival resources.