Speroni (Charles) Papers, ca. 1930-1984

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Title:: Charles Speroni Papers,
Dates:: ca. 1930-1984
Creators:: Speroni, Charles, 1911-
Abstract:: Charles Speroni (1911-1984) was the first chairman of the Department of Italian at UCLA (1949-56), Dean of the College of Fine Arts, UCLA (1968-79), and served as editor of The Italian quarterly. After his retirement in 1979, he founded the Los Angeles Chapter of the Dante Alighieri Society, and was honored with the Alumni Award of Excellence for University Service by the UCLA Alumni Foundation (1984). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, books, photographs, and miscellaneous printed materials related to Speroni's life and career at UCLA.
Extent:: 7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.) 4 cartons (4 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Charles Speroni Papers (Collection 1705). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, books, photographs, and miscellaneous printed materials related to the life and career of Charles Speroni at UCLA.
Biographical / historical:: Speroni was born in Santa Fiora, Tuscany, on November 2, 1911; BA, UC Berkeley, 1933; Ph.D, Romance languages, UC Berkeley, 1938; married Carmela Corica in 1939; director, U.S. Army special training program for teaching Italian to American soldiers during World War II; first chairman, Department of Italian at UCLA, 1949-56; Dean, College of Fine Arts, UCLA, 1968-79; served as editor of The Italian quarterly; his basic Italian textbook was widely adopted throughout the country; retired from UCLA in 1979; founder of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Dante Alighieri Society; honored with Alumni Award of Excellence for University Service by the UCLA Alumni Foundation, 1984; died on August 28, 1984.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Mrs. Charles Speroni.
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.

Subjects:: Italian teachers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Names:: University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Italian--Faculty--Archival resources.
Speroni, Charles, 1911- --Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 2003
Date Encoded:: Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, November 2003 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: August 1993 .

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: 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.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Charles Speroni Papers (Collection 1705). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US