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Finding Aid for the Collection of Material on Roof Climbing Around Cambridge University, ca. 1900-1986
1219
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Title: Collection of Material on Roof Climbing Around Cambridge University,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1900-1986
Collection number: 1219
Extent:
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: 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.
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.
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.
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 Robert Yost, 2002.
[Identification of item], Collection of Material on Roof Climbing Around Cambridge University (Collection 1219). Department
of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4787882
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.
This small collection contains probably the five most important texts on the subject; it also contains a small amount of correspondence
related to this topic.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Roofs--England--Cambridge--Climbing--Archival resources.
Yost, R.M.--collector.