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Finding Aid for the Willard Hougland Papers, 1946
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Willard Hougland Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1946
    Collection number: 664
    Creator: Hougland, Willard
    Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: Willard Hougland was a writer, publisher, anthropologist, impresario, businessman and gourmet cook. He also ran a rare book store and art gallery in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. The collection contains correspondence, a short story, a poem, and signed typescript copies of materials presented for consideration to Willard Hougland while assistant to the director at the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and as editor of the New Mexico number of the Southwest review.
    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.
    Language: English.

    Administrative 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.

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

    Additional Physical Form Available

    A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
    • Public Services Division
    • UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
    • Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
    • Box 951575
    • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
    • Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
    • Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Willard Hougland, 1956.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Willard Hougland Papers (Collection 664). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1720515 

    Biography

    Hougland was originally from Kansas City; became writer, publisher, anthropologist, impresario, businessman and gourmet cook; served as assistant to the director, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico; edited the New Mexico number of the Southwest Review, 1946; moved to California, where he ran a rare book store and art gallery in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County; died in 1958 in Monterey, California.

    Scope and Content

    Collection contains signed typescript copies of materials presented for consideration to Willard Hougland, assistant to the director, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and editor of the New Mexico number of the Southwest review, 1946. Also contains related correspondence, including letters from Joseph O'Kane Foster, Haniel Long, Robert Nathan, Edward Teller, and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as a typescript short story from Foster and a poem from Long.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Hougland, Willard--Archives.
    Southwest review.
    Periodical editors--New Mexico--Santa Fe--Archival resources.
    Museum curators--New Mexico--Santa Fe.
    Manuscripts for publication.