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Finding Aid for the Frederick Starr collection of material relating to Mexico, 1860-1930
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Title: Frederick Starr collection of material relating to Mexico,
Date (inclusive): 1860-1930
Collection number: 190
Creator: Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933
Extent: 15 boxes (7 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Frederick Starr (1858-1933) received his Ph.D. in biology (1883-87)He was the Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum
of Natural History (1889-91), professor and Dean of the Science Department at Pomona College (1891), and associate professor
at the University of Chicago (1895-1923). The collection consists of clippings, pamphlets, lithographs, photographs, and printed
ephemera related to Mexican history, folk art, folklore, religion, and archeology.
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.
Language:
English.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Gift of Lucy H. Starr, 1936.
- Jake Zeitlin, purchase.
[Identification of item], Frederick Starr Collection of Material Relating to Mexico (Collection 190). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3222256
Starr was born in Auburn, New York, September 2, 1858; graduated from Lafayette College in 1882, and received his Ph.D in
1885; professor of biology, Coe College, 1883-87; Curator of Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1889-91;
professor and Dean of the Science Department, Pomona College, 1891; associate professor, University of Chicago, 1895-1923;
publications related to Mexico include:
Some first steps in human progress (1895),
American Indians (1898),
Indians of Southern Mexico (1898),
Readings from modern Mexican authors (1904), and
In Indian Mexico (1908); died August 14, 1933.
Collection consists of clippings, pamphlets, lithographs, photographs, and printed ephemera related to Mexican history, folk
art, folklore, religion, and archeology. Includes material on Native Americans in Mexico, materials about the Mexican Revolution
(1910-20), Mexican ballads and song sheets, and portraits of prominent Mexicans of the nineteenth century. Also includes Mexican
corridos (some illustrated by Posada), 3 albums of carte-de-visite photographs, and photographs (ca. 1880s-90s) of Los Angeles
and vicinity, San Francisco's Chinatown, and El Paso, Texas.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933--Archives.
Ethnologists--Archival resources.
Universities and colleges--Faculty--United States--Archival resources.
Ethnology--Research--Mexico.
Cartes-de-visite.
Song sheets.