Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Waldo Phelps papers
- Dates:
- 1985-1989
- Creators:
- Waldo Phelps
- Abstract:
- Waldo Phelps(1918-2004) was a professor of Rhetoric in the English Department at UCLA from 1949-1988. This collection includes cassettes of an oral history interview and recordings of public ceremonies at UCLA. Also included is a football signed by the 1985 UCLA football team.
- Extent:
- 0.4 linear feet (1 document box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Waldo Phelps Papers (Collection 2267). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains a football signed by the 1985 UCLA football team, presented to Phelps in gratitude for his support. Also included are four cassette tapes which contain recordings of public ceremonies at UCLA and oral history interviews detailing his retirement in Santa Barbara and his marriage to Dorothy Ann Depweg.
- Biographical / historical:
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Waldo Phelps was born on June 15, 1918 in San Francisco, California. He grew up in Santa Barbara and began studies at the state college there, which would later become UC Santa Barbara. Phelps received his MA in speech communication from University of Denver in 1941 and then served in the United States Navy. After being discharged, Phelps received his PhD in rhetoric from USC in 1949 and began teaching in the English department at UCLA in the same year. Phelps was instrumental in the founding of the Department of Speech and served as chair from 1964-1971. Phelps' oratory skills were successfully used to campaign for additional funding for the UCLA campus and they led him to be named chairman of the Communication on Public Ceremonies in 1960. Phelps retired from UCLA in 1988 and returned to Santa Barbara where he was active in the alumni association. Waldo Phelps died in Santa Barbara on January 31, 2004 at age 85.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Margaret Phelps in 2006.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Mary Priest in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Jillian Cuellar, 2015. Processing of this collection was generously supported by the Constantine and Perina Panunzio Endowment for University Archives.
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- Arrangement:
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The collection is unarranged.
- Physical / technical requirements:
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CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO MATERIALS: Audio materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
- 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
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Phelps, Waldo -- Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-30 16:06:51 -0700 .
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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Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Waldo Phelps Papers (Collection 2267). 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