Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Everett Claire Olson papers
- Dates:
- 1920s-1993
- Creators:
- Olson, Everett Claire, 1910-1993.
- Abstract:
- Dr. Everett C. Olson, a zoologist, paleontologist and geologist, began his long-term field program in the American Southwest, studying Permian vertebrate fossils during the 1930s while working within the University of Chicago's Department of Geology. In 1969, Olson joined the UCLA faculty where he taught zoology and later served as chair of UCLA's Department of Biology. The collection includes research documents such as field notes, geological maps, photographs, negatives, slides, drawings, and figures, as well as correspondence, conference materials, publications collected by and authored by Olson, lectures written by Olson, and presentation materials.
- Extent:
- 10.6 linear ft. (9 cartons, 1 document box, 1 half document box and 1 oversized flat box.)
- Language:
- and Materials are in English with the exception of Ehrenberg's Mikrogeologie copies in German.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Everett Claire Olson papers (Collection 583). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of files pertaining to the career of zoologist, paleontologist and geologist, Everett C. Olson, former chair of the UCLA Department of Biology. Files include research documents such as field notes, geological maps, photographs, negatives, slides, drawings, and figures, as well as correspondence, conference materials, publications collected by and authored by Olson, lectures written by Olson, and presentation materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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A zoologist, paleontologist and geologist, Dr. Everett C. Olson was born in Wisconsin in 1910. He entered the University of Chicago in 1928, where he majored in geology, received his master's degree in invertebrate paleontology, and completed his doctoral thesis in 1935, working with the foremost vertebrate paleontologist of the day, Alfred Sherwood Romer. Olson taught for many years within the University of Chicago's Department of Geology where he began his long-term field program in the American Southwest, studying Permian vertebrate fossils. In 1969, Olson joined the UCLA faculty where he taught zoology and later served as chair of UCLA's Department of Biology. In 1977 he assumed professor emeritus status and in 1980, he was elected to membership in the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and was awarded the Paleontological Medal of the Paleontological Society.
- Acquisition information:
- UCLA University Archives acquired this collection on May 1, 1999.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Meg Gregory and Norm Yee with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, 2009. Processing completed by Kelly Besser, 2013. This collection was processed at the basic level to facilitate access. Most materials are in their original folders and retain their original folder titles and organization.
- Arrangement:
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The organization maintains the creator's original order.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- ©2014 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-02-19T14:04-0800 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé using Notetab Pro.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright of 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. Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright of portions of this collection, 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], Everett Claire Olson papers (Collection 583). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988