Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- George de Clyver Curtis Papers,
- Dates:
- 1904-1965
- Creators:
- Curtis, George de Clyver, 1872-1966
- Abstract:
- George de Clyver Curtis (1872-1966) was a homesteader in Lakeside (later called Ramona), California and a beekeeper. He wrote plays, poems, and books, including Bees' ways (1948) and Cats' tales and dogs' days (1955). The collection consists of Curtis' personal papers, diaries, photographs, correspondence, and a 1925 water color painting.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], George de Clyver Curtis Papers (Collection 1247). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Collection consists of the personal papers of George de Clyver Curtis, mostly 60 volumes of diaries kept from 1904-64. Also includes photographs, correspondence (including a letter from Theodore Roosevelt), and a 1925 water color painting.
- Biographical / historical:
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Curtis was born in 1872 in Providence, Rhode Island and was brought up in New York City; graduated from Harvard, 1893; worked at the Astor Library; became a rancher in Arizona in his twenties, and then a homesteader in Lakeside (later called Ramona), California; became a beekeeper; wrote plays, poems, and books, including Bees' ways (1948) and Cats' tales and dogs' days (1955); he died in 1966.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Herbert S. Whitman, 1979.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house card file, November 2003 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: October 1979 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary 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:
-
[Identification of item], George de Clyver Curtis Papers (Collection 1247). Department of 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