Finding Aid for the Collection of Material on Roof Climbing Around Cambridge University, ca. 1900-1986
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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/
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Collection of Material on Roof Climbing Around Cambridge University, ca. 1900-1986
Collection number: 1219
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:
- Simon Elliott, April 2003
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2003
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Material on Roof Climbing Around Cambridge University,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1900-1986
Collection number: 1219
Extent:
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Robert Yost is a professor emeritus in the Philosophy Department at the University of California Los Angeles. He describes
his collection as being due to a bizarre interest and that he has been fascinated unaccountably in the subject for many years.
The collection contains probably the five most important texts on roof climbing and a small amount of correspondence related
to this topic.
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.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services 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
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert Yost, 2002.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Material on Roof Climbing Around Cambridge University (Collection 1219). Department
of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Robert Yost is a professor emeritus in the Philosophy Department at the University of California Los Angeles, specializing
in metaphysics, epistemology and the history of philosophy. He describes his collection as being due to a bizarre interest
and that he has been fascinated unaccountably in the subject for many years.
Scope and Content
This small collection contains probably the five most important texts on the subject; it also contains a small amount of correspondence
related to this topic.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Roofs--England--Cambridge--Climbing--Archival resources.
Yost, R.M.--collector.
Box 1, Folder 1
Wall and roof climbing by author of
The roof-climber's guide to Trinity. Eton College: Spottiswoode and Company Limited. 1903.
Physical Description: (Photocopy).
Box 1, Folder 2
Climbing in Cambridge in
Oxford and Cambridge mountaineering. 1921.
Physical Description: pp.84-89 (Photocopy).
Box 1, Folder 3
A novel climb in Cambridge by Nocturne. n.d.
Physical Description: (Photocopy).
Box 1, Folder 4
Alpine sports in Cambridge. 5 parts in successive issues of
The Cambridge review. April 25-May 24, 1924.
Physical Description: 2 copies (Photocopy).
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence about roof climbing. 1928, 1957, 1976 & 1982.
Box 1, Folder 6
Roof climber's guide to Trinity [by Geoffrey Winthrop Young]. Cambridge: W.P. Spaulding. 1900(?).
Physical Description: (Photocopy).
Box 1, Folder 7
The roof climber's guide to St. John's. Cambridge: Metcalfe and Company. 1921.
Box 1, Folder 8
Newspaper clipping on King's College Chapel climb and magazine clipping on climbing in Yosemite. June 8, 1965 & September 1986.
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence between Robert Yost and Jack Longland. 1986.
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence between Robert Yost and others. 1985-1986.
Scope and Content Note
re roof climbing in Cambridge.
Box 1, Folder 11
Obituaries for George Winthrop Young. n.d.
Box 1, Folder 12
The night climbers of Cambridge by Whipplesnaith [Noel Howard Symington?]. London: Chatto and Windus. 1937.
Box 1, Folder 13
Cambridge nightclimbing by Hederatus. London: Chatto & Windus. 1970.