Finding Aid for the Brainerd Dyer Papers, 1940-1968
Processed by Saundra Taylor; Additions processed by Anne Caiger; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Brainerd Dyer Papers, 1940-1968
Collection number: 1059
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Saundra Taylor, July 1969
- Additions processed by:
- Anne Caiger, August 1976 and August 1980
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé, February 2004
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, March 2004
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Brainerd Dyer Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1940-1968
Collection number: 1059
Creator:
Dyer, Brainerd, 1901-
Extent: 66 boxes (33 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Brainerd Dyer (b.1901) was a history professor (1935-72) and chair of the History department (1947-53) at UCLA. He also wrote
several books, including:
Dyer Lieber and the American Civil War (1939),
The persistence of the idea of Negro colonization (1943), and
Zachary Taylor (1946). The collection consists of Dyer's correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets, journals, reprints, research notes and
photocopied materials, newspapers and government publications, programs for history conferences, teaching materials, memorabilia
and ephemera, and 4 sectional maps of the U.S.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Brainerd Dyer, 1969, 1976.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Brainerd Dyer Papers (Collection 1059). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Dyer was born November 9, 1901 in Wheaton, Illinois; BA, Pomona College, 1923; MA, Harvard, 1925; Ph.D, 1932; instructor in
history (1926-27, 1929-30), Dartmouth College; instructor (1930-32), assistant professor (1935-41), associate professor (1941-47),
professor (1947-72), and emeritus professor from 1972, UCLA; chair of English department, UCLA (1947-53); author of several
books, including:
Dyer Lieber and the American Civil War (1939),
The persistence of the idea of Negro colonization (1943), and
Zachary Taylor (1946).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets, journals, reprints, research notes and photocopied materials,
newspapers and government publications of Brainerd Dyer. Also includes programs for history conferences, teaching materials,
memorabilia and ephemera, and 4 sectional maps of the U.S.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-4, 19-34, 53, 65).
- Pamphlets, journals and books (Boxes 5-7).
- Photostats, journals, memorabilia (Box 8).
- Notes and photocopied items (Box 8).
- Newspapers (Boxes 9-10).
- Reprints of articles by other historians (Boxes 11-15).
- University materials (Box 16).
- Programs for history conferences (Box 17).
- Government publications (Box 18).
- Lecture and research notes (Boxes 35-50).
- Writings (Boxes 50-52, 54-58).
- Gideon diary (Box 53).
- Teaching materials, ephemera (Boxes 59-65).
- Ph.D. manuscripts not by Dyer (Box 66).
- Maps (Box 67).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dyer, Brainerd, 1901- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Historians--United States--Archival resources.
Items Removed from Collection
Transferred to vertical files:
1059 Photos - Portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln, depicted without a beard.
Note
(Print from a duplicate negative; original by Alexander Hesler in Chicago in 1860)
Box 1
History staff recruiting.
Box 2
Pacific Coast Branch of American Historical Association; and AHA correspondence.
Box 8
Photostats, journals, memorabilia.
Box 9
Notes, photocopied items, newspapers (unsorted).
Reprints of Articles by Other Historians
Box 16
All University faculty conference programs, 1953-1968.
Box 16
PhD final examination announcements, 1945-1954.
Programs for Historical Association Conferences
Box 17
Pacific Coast Branch of AHA, 1952-1968.
Box 17
Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1951-1965.
Box 17
Organizations of American Historians, 1965-1968.
Box 17
Southern Historical Association, 1952-1968.
Box 17
The southern packet (vol.5), 1945.
Box 18
Library of Congress Quarterly Journal.
Box 18
Department of the Interior publications.
Box 67
Four sectional maps of U.S.
Additional Papers, August 4, 1976
Box 23
U - Z; History Department Newsletters; file, “Fraternity.”
Box 24
Correspondence
re various committees.
Box 26
A - Ca; correspondence and papers,
Los Angeles times.
Box 28
E - Ha; H - L [different sequence?].
Box 38
Lecture and research notes.
Box 39
Lecture and research notes; microfilm.
Boxes 40-44
Lecture and research notes.
Boxes 47-49
Research materials
re Zachary Taylor.
Box 50
Research materials
re Zachary Taylor; manuscript.
Box 51
Writings, mostly for a Walt Disney film production.
Box 52
Drafts
re
Life in the Colonies.
Box 53
Correspondence and papers
re the Gideon diary.
Manuscripts for “Today in History”
Box 57
1964; notes and clippings.
Boxes 59-62
Class record books, 1940s-1960s.
Boxes 64-65
Miscellaneous printed items.
Box 66
Ph.D. manuscripts (not by Dyer).