Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Kelley, Robert Lloyd, 1925-1993
- Abstract:
- Primarily correspondence, research files, and writings of Robert Lloyd Kelley, UCSB professor of history, director of the UCSB Public History program, and scholar in the field of public policy, particularly California water history.
- Extent:
- 28.1 linear feet (71 document boxes).
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Robert L. Kelley Papers. UArch FacP 17. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains the following series:
I. Administrative Files [UCSB]
II. Bio-Bibliographical Files
III. Consulting
IV. Correspondence
V. Courses
VI. Organization Files
VII. Public History Program [UCSB]
VIII. Research
IX. Writings / Speeches
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Lloyd Kelley was born on June 2, 1925 in Santa Barbara, California. After serving in World War II, he completed a B.A. at the University of California, Santa Barbara College, then an M.A. and Ph.D. at Stanford University. During his studies at Stanford he served in the Korean War. Kelley became UCSB history faculty in 1955 and taught for 38 years until his retirement in 1993. He received many honors, including Guggenheim, NEH, Woodrow Wilson, and Fulbright fellowships, and is credited with being a founder of the discipline of public history. His books include Gold Versus Grain: The Hydraulic Mining Controversy in California's Sacramento Valley (1959), The Transatlantic Persuasion: the Liberal-Democratic Mind in the Age of Gladstone (1969), The Cultural Pattern in American Politics: The First Century (1979), and Transformations : UC Santa Barbara, 1909-1979 (1981). Kelley died in Santa Barbara on August 29, 1993.
For more information, see the Office of Public Information Biographical Files, UArch 11.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Robert L. Kelley family, 1993-1994.
- Physical location:
- SRLF.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The majority of this collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
-
Robert L. Kelley Papers. UArch FacP 17. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062