Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Carey McWilliams (1905-80) was an attorney with the firm, Black, Hammack and McWilliams in Los Angeles (1927-38), chief of the Division of Immigration and Housing for the State of California (1938-42). McWilliams later worked for The Nation (1945-75). He also wrote numerous books on race and migrant labor issues. The collection consists of research materials, including correspondence, reports, and clippings about migrant farm labor in California and the problems of Mexican Americans.
- Extent:
- 16.5 linear feet (33 boxes. 1 oversize box.)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Carey McWilliams papers (Collection 1243). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of research materials, including correspondence, reports, and clippings about migrant farm labor in California and the problems of Mexican Americans.
- Biographical / historical:
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Carey McWilliams was born December 13, 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; JD, University of Southern California; attorney, Black, Hammack & McWilliams, Los Angeles, 1927-38; chief of Division of Immigration and Housing, State of California, 1938-42; contributing editor, associate editor, and editorial director, The Nation, 1945-55; editor, The Nation, 1955-1975; some of his books include: Ambrose Bierce, a Biography (1929), Factories in the Field: the Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California (1939), Ill Fares the Land: Migrants and Migratory Labor in the United States (1942), Brothers Under the Skin (1943); Prejudice: Japanese-Americans, Symbol of Racial Intolerance (1944), Southern California Country: an Island on the Land (1946), A Mask for Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America (1948), The Education of Carey McWilliams (1979); died June 27, 1980 in New York, New York.
- Acquisition information:
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Gift of John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation, 1952.
The papers form part of the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Collections.
- Processing information:
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The papers form part of the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Collections.
The cataloged books in the Carey McWilliams Card Files Collection (1243) refer to items cataloged in the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Library Collection of Books. This is another numbered collection, with books individually cataloged by the Foundation's system. These have been boxed and reside in SRLF.
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- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Collection is arranged alphabetically by topic.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Carey McWilliams papers (Collection 1243). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988