Finding Aid for the Vinton A. Dearing Reproductions of Eighteenth Century Imprints, ca. 1954-1979

Processed by Lilace Hatayama; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2003
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Finding Aid for the Vinton A. Dearing Reproductions of Eighteenth Century Imprints, ca. 1954-1979

Collection number: 1232

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division



Los Angeles, CA

Contact Information

  • Manuscripts Division
  • UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
  • Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
  • Box 951575
  • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
  • Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
  • Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
  • URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
Processed by:
Lilace Hatayama, September 1979
Encoded by:
Caroline Cubé
Online finding aid edited by:
Josh Fiala, September 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Vinton A. Dearing Reproductions of Eighteenth Century Imprints,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1954-1979
Collection number: 1232
Creator: Dearing, Vinton A. (Vinton Adams), 1920-
Extent: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)
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.
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

PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Manuscripts Librarian, UCLA Department of Special Collections.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Vinton Dearing, 1979.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Vinton A. Dearing Reproductions of Eighteenth Century Imprints (Collection 1232). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4232931 

Biography

Dearing was born on July 30, 1920 in San Francisco, California; AB (1940), AM (1942), and Ph.D (1949), Harvard University; from instructor to associate professor of English literature (1949-63), then professor of English and Computer Applications in Literature, UCLA; in 1954 became co-editor of The Works of John Dryden; publications include A manual of textual analysis (1959), Prelimdi: a computer program for making preliminary diagrams in textual criticism (1974), Principles and practice of textual analysis (1974), and Poetry and prose of John Gay (editor, 1974).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dearing, Vinton A. (Vinton Adams), 1920- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of English--Faculty--Archival resources.
Literature teachers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.


Note

Description derived from in-house card file.
 

Reproductions of Eighteenth Century Imprints, ca. 1954-1979

Creator/Collector:

Dearing, Vinton A. (Vinton Adams), 1920- , collector
Physical Description: (16 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Collection of photocopies of eighteenth century imprints used by Professor Dearing for his research.