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Finding Aid for the Huntington Hartford Foundation Records, 1948-1965
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Title: Huntington Hartford Foundation Records,
Date (inclusive): 1948-1965
Collection number: 1187
Creator: Huntington Hartford Foundation
Extent: 75 boxes (37.5 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Abstract: Huntington Hartford established the Huntington Hartford Foundation (1948-1965) to foster community creativity in the arts
through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial supplies at the Foundation's location in Rustic
Canyon, Pacific Palisades, California. In 1954, the Huntington Hartford Foundation Awards were created to honor annually persons
with distinguished achievements in these fields. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, financial records,
brochures and publicity materials, photographs and clippings of the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Includes correspondence,
applications, and reports in Foundation fellowship files.
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.
In December 1948 Huntington Hartford established the Huntington Hartford Foundation; its purpose was to foster community creativity
in the arts through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial supplies at the Foundation's location
in Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, California; applicants for fellowships were screened by three admissions committees (literary,
music and art), and in 1954 the Huntington Hartford Foundation Awards were created to honor annually persons with distinguished
achievements in these fields; the Foundation closed in September 1965.
The Huntington Harford Foundation was legally established in December 1948 by Huntington Hartford as founder and trustee.
Its purpose was to foster creativity in the arts through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial
expenses for supplies at the Foundation's secluded estate in Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades. Fellowhips could be for any
period of time up to 6 months and the Foundationoperated on a year-round basis. Applicants were screened by Admissions Committees
(of which there were three--literary, music and art) composed of members distinguished in their respective fields.
In 1954, the Huntington Hartford Foundation Awards were created to honor annually a writer, a composer and an artist for a
distinguished career of achievement in his particular field.
The Foundation closed in September, 1965.
Collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, financial records, brochures and publicity materials, photographs and
clippings of the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Includes correspondence, applications, and reports in Foundation fellowship
files.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Huntington Hartford Foundation--Archives.
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
The following photographs found in a folder with a note that “John Berry gave these to the foundation as a token of his appreciation”,
ahve been added to
Collection 99
. The note is in Box 11.
- Walt Whitman, 1871
- Nelson M. Whitman (?), 1859