Andrew Hamilton papers, 1940-1974

Summary

Creators:

Hamilton, Andrew

Abstract:

Andrew Jackson Hamilton (1911-1976) was a U.S. Navy public information officer on the West Coast and in the Pacific on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during World War II, and public information manager (1946-60) and Public Affairs Officer (1960-75) at UCLA. He helped to organize Naval Reserve Public Relations Company 11-2 (1949), wrote more than a thousand articles for some 75 magazines, and co-authored UCLA on the move (1969) with John B. Jackson. In 1973, Hamilton and his wife were awarded the University Service Award. The collection consists of mostly subject files containing manuscripts, published articles, clippings, and research material related to Hamilton's writing, his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and his career as UCLA Public Affairs officer.

Extent:

66.0 linear feet (132 boxes)

Language:

Materials are in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Andrew Hamilton papers (Collection 1227). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of mostly subject files containing manuscripts, published articles, clippings, and research material related to Andrew Hamilton's writing, his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and his career as UCLA Public Affairs officer.

The papers mainly comprise clippings, articles and other research materials for Andrew Hamilton's writing but also include records relating to his service in World War II as a Navy public information officer with Fleet Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific. He was a UCLA graduate of the Class of 1935 and held the position of Public Affairs Officer for many years prior to his retirement from the university in 1975. He contributed as a freelance writer to a number of national magazines and was for some time a reporter and feature writer for the Los Angeles Times.

Biographical / historical:

Andrew Jackson Hamilton was born on April 18, 1911 in Riverside, California; BA, UCLA, 1935; became a reporter and feature writer for two years with the Los Angeles times; U.S. Navy public information officer on the West Coast and in the Pacific on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during World War II; public information manager (1946-60) and Public Affairs Officer (1960-75) UCLA; helped to organize Naval Reserve Public Relations Company 11-2 in 1949; wrote more than a thousand articles for some 75 magazines, including Saturday evening post, Collier's, and Science digest; co-authored UCLA on the move (1969) with John B. Jackson; along with his wife Janice, awarded the University Service Award in 1973; retired in 1975; died on April 8, 1976 in Los Angeles.

Acquisition information:

Mrs. Andrew J. Hamilton, 1976.

Processing information:

Processed by Jason Kahn, August 1981.

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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

Related resources

Related material:

Interview of Andrew J. Hamilton (1966) UCLA public information manager and public affairs officer.

Interview of Andrew J. Hamilton (1972) Research, problems, and writing of the fiftieth anniversary history of UCLA, UCLA on the Move, and the planning and scheduling of events for anniversary celebrations in 1969.

UCLA public affairs officer [oral history transcript] / Andrew J. Hamilton, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, c1972. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

Other descriptive data:

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9914707293606533

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Public relations -- Archives.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.

Names:

University of California, Los Angeles. Public Affairs--Employees -- Archives
Hamilton, Andrew, 1911-1976--Archives.

Restrictions:

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:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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:

[Identification of item], Andrew Hamilton papers (Collection 1227). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

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