Finding Aid for the Louis Knott Koontz Papers, ca. 1922-1951
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Finding Aid for the Louis Knott Koontz Papers, ca. 1922-1951
Collection number: 314
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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- Josh Fiala, July 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Louis Knott Koontz Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1922-1951
Collection number: 314
Creator: Koontz, Louis Knott, 1890-
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Louis Knott Koontz (1890-1951) was born in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He was a professor in the History department at UCLA,
author of
The Virginia Frontier, 1754-1763 (1925) and
Robert Dinwiddie: His Career in American Colonial Government and Westward Expansion (1941) and managing editor of the
Pacific Historical Review (1936-47). The collection consists of materials pertaining to Koontz's university and departmental activities at UCLA.
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.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Louis Knott Koontz, 1954.
[Identification of item], Louis Knott Koontz Papers (Collection 314). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233263
Koontz was born on February 21, 1890 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia; AB, Washington and Lee University, 1908; AM (1914),
Ph.D (1920), Johns Hopkins University; instructor in history and English (1908-09), president (1909-12), Frederick College;
professor of history and political science and dean (1914-17), acting president (1916), Davis and Elkins College; member,
editorial staff,
San Francisco Chronicle, 1921-22; instructor (1922-25), assistant professor (1925-30), associate professor (1930-43), and professor of history (1943-51),
UCLA; managing editor,
Pacific Historical Review, 1936-47; published works include
The Virginia Frontier, 1754-1763 (1925) and
Robert Dinwiddie: His Career in American Colonial Government and Westward Expansion (1941); Koontz died on August 6, 1951.
Collection consists of materials pertaining to Professor Koontz's university and departmental activities at UCLA.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Koontz, Louis Knott, 1890- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of History--Faculty--Archival resources.
Historians--California--Archival resources.
Periodical editors--California.
Louis Knott Koontz Papers
Scope and Content Note
Material includes microfilm of documents used in his research in Virginia Colonial History, a microfilm archives of 78 reels
of correspondence concerning
The Virginia Frontier, 1754-1763, and 68 reels of correspondence of Virginia's Colonial governor, Robert Dinwiddie, 1752-1757, with an index; and transcripts
of documents on Colonial American History, card indexes, and articles.
Note
*Transcribed from card file.