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Huntington Hartford Foundation records
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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Preferred Citation
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Information
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • History
  • Expanded Historical Note
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Items Removed from Collection

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Huntington Hartford Foundation records
    Creator: Huntington Hartford Foundation
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1187
    Physical Description: 1 unknown (2 oversize boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1948-1965
    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.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    General Physical Description note: 75 boxes (37.5 linear ft.)
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Restrictions on Access

    Fellowship and applicant files (boxes 25-68) are closed to access until 2050.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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], Huntington Hartford Foundation Records (Collection 1187). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Peter H. Bickford, 1976.

    Processing Information

    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
    Processed by Anne Caiger.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1720586 

    History

    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.

    Expanded Historical Note

    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.

    Scope and Content

    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.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. General administrative records (Boxes 1-13,72-73,76-77).
    2. Correspondence (Boxes 14-24,74).
    3. Foundation fellowship files (boxes 25-70,75). [Boxes 25-68 are CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050]

    Items Removed from Collection

    The following photographs found in a folder with a note that "John Berry gave these to the foundation as a token of his appreciation," have been added to Collection 99. The note is in Box 11. Walt Whitman, 1871 Nelson M. Whitman, 1859.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
    Huntington Hartford Foundation--Archives.