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Finding Aid for the Faith Dennis Travel Journals and Scrapbooks, 1913-1985 (bulk 1934-1978)
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Title: Faith Dennis Travel Journals and Scrapbooks
Date (bulk): 1913-1985 (bulk 1934-1978)
Collection number: 1816
Creator:
Faith Dennis
Extent:
20 boxes (10.0 linear ft.)
Abstract: Travel journals and scrapbooks created by Faith Dennis, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-1985.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Faith Dennis Morris, 2008.
[Identification of item], Faith Dennis Travel Journals and Scrapbooks (Collection 1816). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6672214
Faith Dennis was a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, for many years. She died in Essex Connecticut
on 14 March 1997 at the age of 104 years.
The collection documents Faith Dennis' travels through Europe, South America, Africa, Canada and the United States, 1913-1985.
She kept meticulous records of her trips, including details of expenses, accommodations and tours, as well as comments on
art, architecture and culture. Her scrapbooks contain photographs and postcards as well as ephemera and receipts collected
on each trip.
The collection has been arranged by date, following the chronology of her travels.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dennis, Faith---Archives.
Art museum curators---United States---Archival resources.
Scrapbooks.