Finding Aid for the Charles Hickman Titus Papers, 1900-1965
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Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Charles Hickman Titus Papers, 1900-1965
Collection number: 755
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts 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
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Revised by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, November 1988
- Encoded by:
- Alight Tsai
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- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Hickman Titus Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1965
Collection number: 755
Creator:
Titus, Charles Hickman
Extent: 42 boxes (21 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Charles Hickman Titus (1896-1965) taught at Whitman College and Stanford before coming to teach at UCLA in 1927. He was an
expert on American political theory and studied U.S. voting habits. During World War II, Titus served as a lieutenant colonel
in the U.S. Signal Corps in New Guinea and Australia. The collection consists of Titus' personal and professional papers and
papers relating to Hickman's father, grandfather, and related families.
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.
Administrative Information
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.
Restrictions on Access
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 Charles Hickman Titus.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charles Hickman Titus Papers (Collection 755). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Titus was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1896; received BA (1920), MA (1921), and Ph.D (1927) at Stanford; taught at Whitman College
and Stanford before coming to teach at UCLA in 1927; was an expert on American political theory and studied U.S. voting habits;
achieved fame as a teacher through unorthodox views and challenging students to re-evaluate basic tenets; served as a lieutenant
colonel in the U.S. Signal Corps in New Guinea and Australia during World War II; retired from teaching at UCLA in 1963; died
of a heart attack in Victorville, California, on October 20, 1965.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of personal and professional papers of former UCLA political science professor Charles Hickman Titus.
Also contains papers relating to Hickman's father, grandfather, and related families.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Titus, Charles Hickman--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Political scientists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Box 1
Grandfather, Captain Charles H. Titus, 1835-1920.
Box 3
Father, Charles Griffey Titus, 1873-1925.
Box 5
Mother, Martha Josephine Cooper Titus, 1873-1937.
Box 6
Father of wife Ruth, Edgar Frank Hevener, 1870-1942.
Box 7
Mother of wife Ruth, Clara Kies Hevener, 1870-1950.
Box 8
Wife, Ruth Clara Hevener, 1896-1965.
Box 10
Charles Hickman Titus, 1896-1917.
Box 11
Charles Hickman Titus, 1917-1919, World War I.
Box 12
Charles Hickman Titus, 1919. University of Montpellier, France.
Box 13
Charles Hickman Titus, 1919-1921. Stanford University. AB and MA.
Box 14
Charles H. & Ruth H. Titus. 1921-1925. Whitman College.
Box 15
Charles H. & Ruth H. Titus. 1925-1931. Stanford University. Ph.D. UCLA, Assistant Professor.
Box 16
...1931-1935. UCLA, War Department G.S.C. Associate Professor.
Box 18
...1941-1943. World War II.
Box 23
...1931-1946. University of California Public Relations.
Box 24
Charles H. & Ruth H. Titus. 1947-1949.
Box 25
Charles H. & Ruth H. Titus. 1949-1950. European Trip no.1.
Box 27
...1953-1954. Governor R.I. District 160-A.
Box 28
...1955. Governor R.I. Trip to Europe no.2.
Box 30
Unpublished Materials. 1930-1960.
Box 31
Charles H. & Ruth H. Titus. 1955.
Box 38
Charles H. & Ruth H. Titus. 1961.
Box 39
Last Chapter of Ruth H. Titus. August 16, 1961.
Box 40
Correspondence, directories, clippings, 1956-1962.
Box 40
Correspondence and receipts, 1962.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 40
Bank statements, 1962-1963.
Box 41
UCLA General Catalog, 1962-1963.
Box 41
Correspondence and retirement related material, 1963.
Physical Description: 5 folders.
Box 42
UCLA Retirement brunch photographs, [1963].
Box 42
Congressional Record, 1963 May 14.
Box 42
UCLA Retirement brunch tape record, 1963 May 26.
Box 42
Correspondence, clippings, receipts.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 42
Photographs of Charles Titus's apartment, 969 Hilgard, 1962.
Oversize Box 43
Charles H. Titus: Autobiography (includes documents and clippings from 1965).
Physical Description: Notebook.
