Wolpert (Stanley A.) Papers, 1960-1962

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Title:: Stanley A. Wolpert Papers,
Dates:: 1960-1962
Creators:: Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927-
Abstract:: Stanley Albert Wolpert was a professor of history at UCLA, and served as the department chair (1968- ). The collection consists of an early typescript with holograph corrections, galley proofs and a revised typescript with extensive holograph and editorial corrections of Wolpert's novel Nine hours to Rama.
Extent:: 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Stanley A. Wolpert Papers (Collection 768). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of galley proofs and a revised typescript with extensive holograph and editorial corrections of Stanley Wolpert's novel Nine hours to Rama. Includes the typescript with holograph corrections of the same novel under its original title, Day of darkness.
Biographical / historical:: Stanley Albert Wolpert was born on December 23, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York; BA, City College of New York, 1953; AM (1955) and Ph.D (1959), University of Pennsylvania; instructor (1959-60), assistant professor (1960-63), associate professor (1963-66), and in 1967 professor of history, UCLA; also served, beginning in 1968, as department chair; won Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA, 1975; published books include Aboard the flying swan (1954), Tilak and Gokhale: revolution and reform in the making of modern India (1962), Nine hours to Rama (1962), India (1965), Morley and India, 1906-1910 (1967), The expedition (1968), An error of judgment (1970), A new history of India (1976), Roots of confrontation in South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and the Superpowers (1982), Jinnah of Pakistan: a life (1984), and Nehru: a tryst with destiny (1996).
Acquisition information:: Gift of Dr. Stanley Wolpert, 1962.
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.

Subjects:: Historians--United States--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Names:: University of California, Los Angeles--Department of History--Faculty--Archival resources.
Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927- --Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:: © 2003
Date Encoded:: Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: 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], Stanley A. Wolpert Papers (Collection 768). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US