Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Dr. Andrew F. Rolle Letter Collection
- Dates:
- 1969-1986
- Creators:
- Andrew F. Rolle
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of one document folder containing three letters from Franciscan priests concerning, for example, their research on California history written to Dr. Andrew F. Rolle and one letter written in response to them by Dr. Rolle.
- Extent:
- 4 items (one pamphlet binder)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Dr. Andrew F. Rolle Letter Collection, 066, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of one document folder containing three letters from Franciscan priests concerning their research on California history written to Dr. Andrew F. Rolle and one letter written in response to them by Dr. Rolle. Father Francis F. Guest, O.F.M., authored two of the letters and one details his position on the forced conversion of Native Americans in the Mission period of California history. This view, Father Guest maintains, should be included in the revised version of Dr. Rolle's history of California. There is a carbon copy of the response from Dr. Rolle and his sympathetic view of Father Guest's position.
The contents of the collection are:
1. Handwritten letter to Dr. Rolle from Reverend Maynard Geiger, O.F.M., November 29, 1969
2. Typewritten letter to Father Francis F. Guest, O.F.M., from Dr. Rolle, January 8, 1985
3. Typewritten letter to Dr. Rolle from Father Francis F. Guest, O.F.M., (4 pages) January 17, 1985
4. Typewritten letter to Dr. Rolle from Father Francis F. Guest, O.F.M., June 24, 1986
- Biographical / historical:
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Source: Huntington Library biography of Dr. Andrew F. Rolle from the Andrew F. Rolle Papers
California and Western American historian Andrew F. Rolle graduated from Occidental College in 1943. He served as a military intelligence officer in Europe and as American Vice Consul in Genoa, Italy, from 1945 to 1948. He earned a PhD in history from UCLA in 1953 and taught at Occidental College from 1953 to 1988. Rolle studied psychoanalysis at the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute in 1976 and specialized in psychohistory. His published works include California: A History (1963), The Italian-Americans: Troubled Roots (1980), and John Charles Fremont: Character as Destiny (1991).
- Acquisition information:
- Donation of Dr. Andrew F. Rolle, 2003. Accession number: 2003.71
- Physical location:
- Section H, Aisle 67, Row A, Bay 6, Shelf 6
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2016
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by Clay Stalls. Date of source: January 8, 2016.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.
- Terms of access:
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Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Dr. Andrew F. Rolle Letter Collection, 066, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
- Location of this collection:
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1 LMU DriveLos Angeles, CA 90045-2659, US
- Contact:
- (310) 338-5710