Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Llewellyn Morgan Buell Postcard collection
- Dates:
- circa 1900-1955
- Creators:
- Buell, Llewellyn M. (Llewellyn Morgan)
- Abstract:
- Llewellyn Morgan Buell was a founding faculty member at UCLA in the English department. His collection consists of approximately 2,300 postcards of landmarks and art in the United States (especially New Hampshire), Europe, Mexico, and North Africa.
- Extent:
- 0.6 Linear Feet (3 shoe boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Llewellyn Morgan Buell Postcard collection (Collection 1202). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of approximately 2,300 black and white and color postcards of landmarks and art in the United States (primarily the east coast, including numerous views of New Hampshire), Mexico, Europe (primarily Italy) and North Africa. The majority of the postcards have not been used; some have messages written on the back. This collection dates from 1900 to 1955.
- Biographical / historical:
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Llewellyn Morgan Buell was born in Jamesville, New York in 1888. In 1910, he received his bachelor's degree from Cornell. He earned a master's degree at Harvard in 1911 and a PhD in 1917. During World War I he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Service. Buell taught at Yale, University of Missouri, and was a founding faculty member of the English department at UCLA. Aside from a year long leave of absence from 1925-1926, Professor Buell taught at UCLA from 1922 until his retirement in 1955. Llewellyn Morgan Buell died in 1975, at the age of 86.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. L.M. Buell, 1977.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Chris Marino with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), July 2011.
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Postcards.
Picture postcards.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-09-19 14:46:30 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Llewellyn Morgan Buell Postcard collection (Collection 1202). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988