Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- This collection contains items printed by James D. Hart of the Hart Press. Included are individual pieces of ephemera and keepsake printed booklets or pamphlets. Some are about Western America, including the California Gold Rush.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet 1 box
- Language:
- Undetermined .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Hart Press Collection, Press Coll. Hart, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains items printed by James D. Hart of the Hart Press. Included are individual pieces of ephemera and keepsake printed booklets or pamphlets. Some are about Western America, including the California Gold Rush.
- Biographical / historical:
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James David Hart was born in San Francisco in 1911. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in American Literature from Harvard. He later became a faculty member of Berkeley as an English professor, held the post of Vice Chancellor of the Berkeley campus from 1957-1960, and was also the director of the Bancroft Library from 1969 to 1970.
He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Mills College, as well as being a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Antiquarian Society. Hart served as president of the Book Club of California from 1950 to 1960. Hart wrote and edited multiple books, including the Oxford Companion to American Literature. He also printed his own ephemera (mainly about the Western United States) in his home, the location of the Hart Press.
He married twice: Ruth Hart (died in 1977), and Constance Crowley Bowles Hart (who survived Hart) and had two children. Hart died in 1990 in Berkeley.
- Acquisition information:
- Items in this collection were donated from individuals, or collected over time by the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Individual donated items have the donor's name written in pencil. Donors include James Hart, Samuel T. Farquhar, Wilder Bentley, and Lawrence Clark Powell.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Jamie Henricks, August 2009.
- Arrangement:
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The collection arrived with little order imposed on it. Some items were in folders, and larger pamphlets were loose. Items in folders were left in their original order, but the loose pamphlets were arranged in chronological order by date of publication.
- Physical location:
- Clark Library
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Hart Press Collection, Press Coll. Hart, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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2520 Cimarron StreetLos Angeles, CA 90018, US
- Contact:
- (310) 794-5155