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Title: John Harvey Furbay papers
Date (inclusive): 1936-1939
Collection number: 489
Creator:
Furbay, John Harvey, 1903-1999.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: John Harvey Furbay (1903-1999) was a professor, professional consultant, and college administrator who worked and studied
in both the United States and Africa. The collection consists of Furbay's letters, educational and politically related ephemera,
and personal papers.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library 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 UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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 the Santa Barbara Public Library, May 18, 1954.
Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
[Identification of item], John Harvey Furbay papers (Collection 489). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233052
John Harvey Furbay was born on September 23, 1903 in Mt. Gilead, Ohio. He obtained his B.S. from Asbury College in 1924, his
M.A. from New York University in 1927, and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1931. Furbay became a professor of biology and
education and taught at Taylor University from 1927-29 and again from 1931-33. He also taught at the College of Emporia from
1933-35. Furbay was later president of the College of West Africa, Monrovia, Liberia from 1935-39. In addition to his career
in education, Furbay was also an educational consultant with General Motors from 1957-81. His publications include
World Without Strangers (1955),
The Shape of Things to Come (1961), and
Spotlight on Africa (1960).
Collection consists of letters and papers relating to his administration as dean and acting president of the College of West
Africa in Monrovia. Included are numerous examples of correspondence, personal memorabilia, governmental and official publications,
and some research notes and papers. Whereas much of the material is denotative of personal souvenir keeping, many of the more
official publications offer an important look at government publishing at a period in Liberian history (i.e. ca. 1930s) when
censorship of dissent was on the rise.
Collection materials have been roughly grouped according to their dates of creation, reception, transaction, or publication.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Furbay, John Harvey, 1903-1999 --Archives.
College presidents --Liberia --Archival resources.