Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Homer C. Hockett Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1902-1903
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 73
Extent:
1.2 linear feet
(3 document boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Homer C. Hockett Papers. Wyles Mss 73. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Wilbur Jacobs.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes course notes for Frederick Jackson Turner's history of the American West course, when Homer Cary Hockett
was a graduate assistant to Turner at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, ca. 1902-1903. Hockett later was a faculty member
at Ohio State University. Wilbur Jacobs, the donor, mentions the papers and the importance of such graduate assistants to
Turner's work, in his book,
Frederick Jackson Turner's Legacy (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1965), p. 14.