Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Frederick George Nichols Papers,
- Dates:
- 1953
- Creators:
- Nichols, Frederick George, 1878-
- Abstract:
- Frederick George Nichols (1878-1954) served as the state supervisor of commercial education for the New York State Educational Department (1909-11) before becoming a professor of education (1922-44) and emeritus professor at Harvard University. The collection consists of memoirs relating to Nichols' career as a professor of business education at Harvard University.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Frederick George Nichols Papers (Collection 1236). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of memoirs, 799 pages of typescript (carbon copy) with holograph corrections and additions, relating to the career of Frederick Nichols, professor of business education at Harvard University The memoirs have been published as Frederick G. Nichols' memoirs, 1878-1954: the early view of business education (1979).
- Biographical / historical:
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Nichols was born on March 18, 1878 in Avon, New York; served as state supervisor of commercial education, New York State Educational Department, 1909-11; became associate professor of education (1922-44) and emeritus professor, Harvard University; he died on June 1, 1954.
- Acquisition information:
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Gift of Lawrence W. Erickson, August 1979.
A duplicate copy of the typescript memoirs is held by the archives at New York University.
- 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.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house card file, September 2003 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Frederick George Nichols Papers (Collection 1236). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988