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Title: Roland Dennis Hussey papers,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1959
Collection number: 691
Creator: Hussey, Roland Dennis, 1897-
Extent: 29 boxes (14.5 linear ft.)
49 oversize boxes
Abstract: Roland Dennis Hussey (1897-1959) was a professor of history at UCLA (1930- ), and chairman of the History department history
(1950, 1952-54). During World War II until 1947, he was assistant chief of the Office of American Republic Affairs, and divisional
chief of the Office of Intelligence in the State Department. He wrote articles and books on Latin American history, was a
contributing editor for the
Handbook of Latin-American studies, and editor of
Hispanic-American Historical Review. The collection consists of transcripts and microfilm of documents and manuscripts relating to Hussey's historical research.
The materials are from the archives and depositories of Great Britain, Spain, and Latin America, and include an index and
Papeletes, or summaries, to many of the documents.
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 Special
Collections Reference Desk 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 UCLA Library 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.
[Identification of item], Roland Dennis Hussey Papers (Collection 691). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Hussey was born on October 13, 1897 in Milford, Massachusetts; fought in World War I; SB, Boston University, 1923; MA, Harvard
University, 1928; Ph.D, UCLA, 1930; instructor in history, assistant professor (1930-35), associate professor (1935-45), from
1945, professor, UCLA; chairman of history department (1950, 1952-54); during World War II until 1947 he was assistant chief
of the Office of American Republic Affairs, and divisional chief of the Office of Intelligence in the State Department; wrote
articles and books on Latin American history, including
Spanish reaction to foreign aggression in the Caribbean to about 1680 (1929) and
The Caracas Company, 1728-1784: a study in the history of Spanish monopolistic trade (1934); contributing editor,
Handbook of Latin-American studies; editor,
Hispanic-American Historical Review; he died on October 28, 1959.
Collection consists of transcripts and microfilm of documents and manuscripts relating to the historical research of UCLA
professor Roland Dennis Hussey. The materials are from the archives and depositories of Great Britain, Spain, and Latin America,
and include an index and Papeletes, or summaries, to many of the documents.
Scope and Content Note
A collection of transcripts and microfilms of documents and manuscripts relating to the historical research of professor Hussey.
The materials are from the archives and depositories of Spain, Great Britain, France, Colombia, Mexico and Central America
and relate to the colonial history of the Caribbean area. Included are an index and Papelettes, or summaries, to many of the
documents. The documents are arranged by depository while the Papelettes and index are arranged chronologically by date.
Arranged in the following series:
- British materials (Boxes 1-4).
- Spanish materials (Boxes 5-9).
- French materials (Boxes 10-18).
- Columbian materials (Box 19).
- Miscellaneous Latin American materials (Box 20).
- Papeletes (Boxes 21-23).
- Miscellaneous papers (Box 24).
- Index (Box 25).
- Biographical and research notes on index cards (Boxes 26-51).
- Microfilm.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1720590
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hussey, Roland Dennis, 1897- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of History--Faculty--Archives.
Latin America--History--Research.
Microfilms.