Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Gerald Jay Goldberg papers,
Date (inclusive): 1955-1990
Collection number: 1666
Creator: Goldberg, Gerald Jay
Extent:
30 boxes (15 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes
Abstract: Gerald Jay Goldberg (b.1929) was a professor of English at UCLA (1964-), and author of
The lynching of Orin Newfield, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize (1970),
The modern critical spectrum (1962),
The fate of innocence (1965),
The national standard (1968),
A hundred twenty-six days of continuous sunshine (1972), and
Heart payments (1982). The collection consists of manuscripts, page proofs, galley proofs, books, journals, reel-to-reel tapes, cassette
tapes, notes, lecture announcements, class materials, correspondence, and photographs relating to Goldberg's career.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of 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 the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Collection may not be copied except with the permission of Gerald Jay Goldberg.
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. 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 Gerald Jay Goldberg, 1991- .
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gerald Jay Goldberg papers (Collection 1666). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Goldberg was born December 30, 1929 in New York City; BS, Purdue University, 1952; MA, New York University, 1955; Ph.D, University
of Minnesota, 1958; assistant professor of English, Dartmouth College (1958-64); assistant professor, 1964-68, associate professor,
1969-73, and in 1974 professor of English at UCLA;
The lynching of Orin Newfield was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1970; other books include:
The modern critical spectrum (1962),
The fate of innocence (1965),
The national standard (1968),
A hundred twenty-six days of continuous sunshine (1972), and
Heart payments (1982).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts, page proofs, galley proofs, books, journals, reel-to-reel tapes, cassette tapes, notes,
lecture announcements, class materials, correspondence, and photographs relating to the career of UCLA professor of English
and author Gerald Jay Goldberg. Manuscripts include
A hundred twenty-six days of continuous sunshine (1972),
National standard (1968),
The lynching of Orin Newfield (1970), and
Heart payments (1982).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Goldberg, Gerald Jay--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of English--Faculty--Archival resources.
Authors, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts for publication.