Finding Aid for the George W. Robbins Papers LSC.1710
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Title: George W. Robbins papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1710
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1929-1993
Abstract: George W. Robbins was a UCLA alumnus. He returned to teach Economics as an assistant professor (1931), was the head of the
University Extension program, chairman of the Department of Business Administration, and Dean of the Graduate School of Management.
He was a frequent spokesman on business practices and ethics during the 1950s and 60s. The collection consists of personal
papers, bio-bibliographies, speeches, publications, clippings, and files related to Robbins' life and career.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George W. Robbins papers (Collection 1710). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of George W. Robbins, 1993.
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Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, August 1993. Encoded by Caroline Cubé. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala, March
2004.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Robbins, a graduate of UCLA, returned to teach Economics as an assistant professor in 1931; during his years at UCLA, he was
head of the University Extension program, chairman of the Department of Business Administration, and Dean of the Graduate
School of Management; chairman, National Committee on Emeriti, 1965-80; Robbins was a frequent spokesman on business practices
and ethics during the 1950s and 60s; retired in 1970; died in Westwood, California, on October 9, 1994.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of personal papers, bio-bibliographies, speeches, publications, clippings, and files related to the life
and career of George W. Robbins. Files relate to Robbins's deanship of the UCLA School of Management, his Ford Foundation
report, and recommendations related to a school of management in India.
Related Material
Management education at UCLA: the genesis and the flowering, 1922-1970 [oral history transcript] / George W. Robbins, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1972. Available at UCLA
Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Departmental chairmen (Universities)--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence.
Scope and Contents
Personal
re deanship.
Box 1, Folder 4
Letters - "commendatory."
Box 2, Folder 2
EPA reports of consultants - speeches & European year & later
1954-1958.
