Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Stanley A. Wolpert Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1962
Collection number: 768
Creator:
Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927-
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
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 Dr. Stanley Wolpert, 1962.
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.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
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).
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Department of History--Faculty--Archival resources.
Historians--United States--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.