Finding Aid for the Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt Papers, 1930-1950
Processed by Esther Vécsey; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1999
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt Papers, 1930-1950
Collection number: 859
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Esther Vécsey, January 1965
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, July 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1950
Collection number: 859
Creator:
Hustvedt, Sigurd Bernhard, 1882-
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt (1882-1954) was a professor in the English department at UCLA and helped to found the California
Folklore Society in 1942. The collection consists of 2100 index cards related to one of Sigurd Hustvedt's books,
A Melodic Index of Child's Ballad Tunes (1936) as well as bibliographical notes on popular ballad tunes and a beginning bibliography of Nobel Prize winners.
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt Papers (Collection 859). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Hustvedt was born in 1882; a native of Iowa, he graduated from Luther College; began graduate work at Universtiy of California
at Berkeley in 1911, and in 1912 began studying at Harvard University, receiving his Ph.D in 1915; awarded the Parker Fellowship
in Comparative Literature (1914-15) for ballad study in Britain and Scandinavia; returned to teach at the University of Illinois,
but left to serve as captain in World War I; resumed teaching at the University of Minnesota, and in 1921 left to join the
English department at the University of California's newly established Southern Branch; helped to found the California Folklore
Society in 1942 and served as editor of its journal; wrote
Ballad Criticism in Scandinavia and Great Britain During the Eighteenth Century (1916),
Ballad Books and Ballad Men: Raids and Rescues in Britain, America and the Scandinavian North Since 1800 (1930), and
A Melodic Index of Child's Ballad Tunes (1936); retired in 1949; he died on October 4, 1954.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of 2100 index cards related to the research of UCLA music professor Sigurd Hustvedt's,
A Melodic Index of Child's Ballad Tunes (1936). Also contains bibliographical notes on popular ballad tunes, as well as a beginning bibliography of Nobel Prize winners.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hustvedt, Sigurd Bernhard, 1882- --Archives.
Hustvedt, Sigurd Bernhard, 1882- --
Melodic Index of Child's Ballad Tunes.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of Music--Faculty--Archival resources.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
Papers, 1930-1950
Creator/Collector: Hustvedt, Sigurd Bernhard, 1882-1954, compiler
Physical Description: (2 boxes, approximately 2100 3 × 5 index cards)
Scope and Content Note
Musical indexes pertaining to Child's
English and Scottish Popular Ballads; bibliographical notes on popular ballad tunes; a beginning bibliography of Nobel Prize winners. Los Angeles, v.d.
Note
Professor Hustvedt taught at UCLA.