Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Ashcraft, Richard
- Extent:
- 16.0 linear feet (24 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Richard Ashcraft papers (Collection 495). 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 materials related to the career of political science professor, Richard Ashcraft. Includes research files and notes, publications, reviews, lecture notes, and course syllabi and papers. Research includes material on various political science related topics including John Locke and John Stuart Mill.
- Biographical / historical:
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Richard Elden Ashcraft was born in San Francisco, California, Sept. 26, 1938; BA, Harvard, 1960, MA (1961) and Ph.D (1966), Univ. of CA, Berkeley; was the recipient of numerous awards including the American Political Science Assn. Congressional Fellowship for 1963-64; joined the Political Science Department, UCLA (1965-ca. 1995) where his teaching interests included the history of political thought, Marxism theory, and methodology in the social sciences; published several books, articles, and essays on political theory including Revolutionary politics and Locke's two treatises of government (1985) and Locke's Two treatises of government (1985); he died November 1, 1995.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Estate of Richard Ashcraft.
- Processing information:
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Final processing by Preksha Ambrish, under supervision by Kelly Besser, 2025.
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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
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 objects belong to the 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:
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[Identification of item], Richard Ashcraft papers (Collection 495). 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