Finding Aid for the Huntington Hartford Foundation Records LSC.1187
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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.
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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.
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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.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
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:
- General administrative records (Boxes 1-13,72-73,76-77).
- Correspondence (Boxes 14-24,74).
- 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.
General Administrative Records
box 1
Legal documents, Construction plans
1948-ca. 1965
box 2
Inventories and appraisals of property.
1950-1956
Scope and Contents note
Also includes petty cash accounts, 1961-1965, and car mileage record book, 1953.
box 3
Insurance and property tax exemptions.
1952-1964
box 4
Accounting statements.
1953-1965
box 5, box 6, box 73
Bank statements, returned cheques and cheque stubs.
ca. 1950-ca. 1965
box 7
Reports and newsletters [to "Friends" of the Foundation?].
1951-1965
box 8
Brochures and publicity material.
box 9, box 10
Clippings.
ca. 1950-ca. 1965
box 11
Guestbook; photographs of Foundation; address book.
box 12
Slides and photographs of artists' work; Foundation seal and letterhead cut.
box 13
Colored postcards of Foundation.
General Physical Description note: (duplicates)
box 77
Clippings book.
1950-1965
box 77
Photograph book.
1950-1952
box 76
2 wooden boards on which are written signatures of Fellows (?).
1959-1965
box 71
Contact card index tray and clippings
box 75
Record of Accomplishments, Writers, Composers, Compilation of Information
1965
box 72
Early Foundation History, Correspondence, and Policy Decisions; Budgets and Misc. Records
Scope and Contents note
Includes typescript history of Foundation by John Vincent, 1953.
Correspondence
Arrangement note
Boxed in the several sequences in which it was found.
box 14, box 15, box 16, box 17
Director's correspondence, A-Z.
ca. 1950-ca. 1965
General note
See also Box 24 below.
box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21, box 22, box 74
General Correspondence, A-Z.
ca. 1950-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence
re awards, employment applicants and sale of Foundation; and payroll and other records
re personnel.
box 23, box 24
Advisory and Admissions Committees.
ca. 1950-1965
Scope and Contents note
Box 23 includes Advisory Committee Journal, 1950-1951 and Box 24 includes Director's correspndence with Huntington Hartford,
1960-1963.
box 25, box 26, box 27, box 28, box 29, box 30, box 31, box 32, box 33, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40, box 41, box 42, box 43, box 44, box 45, box 46, box 47, box 48, box 49, box 50, box 51, box 52, box 53, box 54, box 55, box 56, box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60, box 61, box 62, box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66, box 67, box 68, box 69, box 70
Foundation Fellowship Files
box 25, box 26, box 27, box 28, box 29, box 30, box 31, box 32, box 33, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40, box 41, box 42, box 43, box 44, box 45, box 46, box 47, box 48, box 49, box 50, box 51
Fellowship Files,
ca. 1950-1965
Scope and Contents note
In addition to correspondence and application forms, includes medical reports, confidential reports and references
re applicants' work and personal conduct, and very occasionally reports on unsatisfactory personal behavior by fellows during
their residence at the Foundation.
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by name:
box 52, box 53, box 54, box 55, box 56, box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60, box 61, box 62, box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66, box 67
Rejected applicants for Fellowships Files
1950-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes small number of files
re granted Fellowships that were not taken up. Content of files in addition to correspondence and application forms, includes
confidentail reports and references
re applicants' work and personal conduct.
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by name:
box 68
Dormant, withcrawn or returned application files.
1950-1965
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
box 68
Unprocessed applications file.
1965
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
box 68
Miscellaneous statistics and form letters
re applications.
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
box 69, box 70
Records of Fellows accomplishments.
1965
Scope and Contents note
[Contains biographical information in format of returns to a questionnaire.]
General note
[Collected for a history of the Foundation?]
box 70
Miscellaneous records relating to Fellows including arrival and departure journals.
1950-1965
