Description
Robert Yost is a professor emeritus in the Philosophy Department at the University of California Los Angeles. He describes
his collection as being due to a bizarre interest and that he has been fascinated unaccountably in the subject for many years.
The collection contains probably the five most important texts on roof climbing and a small amount of correspondence related
to this topic.
Background
Robert Yost is a professor emeritus in the Philosophy Department at the University of California Los Angeles, specializing
in metaphysics, epistemology and the history of philosophy. He describes his collection as being due to a bizarre interest
and that he has been fascinated unaccountably in the subject for many years.
Restrictions
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.
Availability
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.