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Title: James V. Mink papers
Collection number: 1265
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 linear ft.
(1 box)
Date: 1951-1953
Abstract: James Vantine Mink III (1923- ) was a University Archivist (1961- ), director of the oral history program (1965-72), and head
of the Department of Special Collections (1972- ) at UCLA. The collection consists of correspondence and research materials
for a dissertation on the Western Union Telegraph Company expedition to Alaska, 1865-66.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Mink, James V. (James Vantine), 1923-
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library 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.
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of James V. Mink, December 1975.
[Identification of item], James V. Mink Papers (Collection 1265). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
James Vantine Mink III was born on June 3, 1923 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; attended Occidental College, 1941-43; BA (1946)
and MA (1949), UCLA; B.L.S., UC Berkeley (1952); certificate in archival administration, American University, 1953; assistant
head, Department of Special Collections (1952-65) University Archivist beginning in 1961, director of oral history program
(1965-72), and head of the Department of Special Collections beginning in 1972, UCLA Library; president, Society of California
Archivists, 1971-73.
Collection consists of correspondence and research materials for a dissertation on the Western Union Telegraph Company expedition
to Alaska, 1865-66.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233429
The following oral histories are available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mink, James V. (James Vantine), 1923- --Archives.
Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867).
College librarians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.