Finding Aid for the Richard Ashcraft Papers LSC.0495
Finding aid prepared by Courtney Dean, 2020.
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Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 11.
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Title: Richard Ashcraft papers
Creator:
Ashcraft, Richard
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0495
Physical Description:
16.0 Linear Feet
(24 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1966-1995
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Estate of Richard Ashcraft.
[Identification of item], Richard Ashcraft papers (Collection 495). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
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Administrative/Biographical History
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.
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.