Finding Aid for the Huntington Hartford Foundation Records, 1948-1965
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Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Fellowship and applicant files (boxes 25-68) are closed to access until 2050.
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peter H. Bickford, 1976.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Huntington Hartford Foundation Records (Collection 1187). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
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]
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Huntington Hartford Foundation--Archives.
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
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”,
ahve been added to
Collection 99
. The note is in Box 11.
- Walt Whitman, 1871
- Nelson M. Whitman (?), 1859
Container List
General Administrative Records
Box 1
Legal documents and various papers.
1948-ca. 1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes typescript history of Foundation by John Vincent, 1953.
Box 2
Inventories and appraisals of property.
1950-1956
Scope and Content 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
Boxes 5-6
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.
Boxes 9-10
Clippings.
ca. 1950-ca. 1965
Box 11
Guestbook; photographs of Foundation; address book.
Box 12
Slides and photogrpahs of artists' work; Foundation seal and letterhead cut.
Box 13
Colored postcards of Foundation.
Physical Description: (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
Correspondence
Arrangement
Boxed in the several sequences in which it was found.
Boxes 14-17
Director's correspondence, A-Z.
ca. 1950-ca. 1965
Note
See also Box 24 below.
Boxes 18-22
General Correspondence, A-Z.
ca. 1950-1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence
re awards, employment applicants and sale of Foundation; and payroll and other records
re personnel.
Boxes 23-24
Advisory and Admissions Committees.
ca. 1950-1965
Scope and Content Note
Box 23 includes Advisory Committee Journal, 1950-1951 and Box 24 includes Director's correspndence with Huntington Hartford,
1960-1963.
box [Boxes 25-70]
Foundation Fellowship Files
box [Boxes 25-51]
Fellowship Files,
ca. 1950-1965
Scope and Content 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.
Note
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name:
box [Boxes 52-67]
Rejected applicants for Fellowships Files
1950-1965
Scope and Content 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.
Note
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name:
Box 68
Dormant, withcrawn or returned application files.
1950-1965
Note
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
Box 68
Unprocessed applications file.
1965
Note
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
Box 68
Miscellaneous statistics and form letters
re applications.
Note
This material is CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050.
Boxes 69-70
Records of Fellows accomplishments.
1965
Scope and Content Note
[Contains biographical information in format of returns to a questionnaire.]
Note
[Collected for a history of the Foundation?]
Box 70
Miscellaneous records relating to Fellows including arrival and departure journals.
1950-1965
