University of California, Los Angeles. Department of English records., 1960-1987
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- University of California, Los Angeles. Department of English records
- Dates:
- 1960-1987
- Abstract:
- Record Series 229 contains the administrative files of the Chair of the UCLA English Department and documents from the undergraduate program, the graduate program, and the Composition Section. Materials include annual reports, announcements, event flyers, memos, statistics, and correspondence.
- Extent:
- 3.0 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], University of California, Los Angeles. Department of English records (University Archives Record Series 229). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Record Series 229 contains the administrative files of the Chair of the UCLA English Department, documents from the undergraduate program, the graduate program, and the Composition Section. Materials include annual reports, announcements, event fliers, plans, course listings, personnel records, budgets, memos, statistics, and correspondence.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Department of English was established in 1905 as part of the Los Angeles State Normal School (LASNS). Beginning with 13 faculty members, the department taught courses on grammar, composition, and literature, and had a special staff for reading, which would later become the Departments of Theater Arts and of Speech. The English major was developed after the LASNS became the Southern Branch of the University of California, with the graduate program starting in 1935.
In 1945, the founding of the quarterly journal The Trollopian by Bradford Booth helped bring further scholarly recognition to the department. The journal was renamed Nineteenth-Century Fiction in 1949 and Nineteenth-Century Literature in 1986, due to expanded emphasis and scope in nineteenth-century studies. The Ewing Lectures were started in 1956 to bring British and American academics to UCLA. A special program for teachers of English as a second language was started in 1957, operating in the Philippines, Colombia, and Japan.
The Composition Section was a subdivision of the English department, offering a wide range of first-year, intermediary, and advanced courses. The Composition Section eventually became the separate entity of the UCLA Writing Programs.
Sources:
Stadtman, Verne A. The Centennial Record of the University of California. Berkeley: University of California Print. Dept., 1967.
UCLA Writing Programs UCLA Writing Programs: An Overview, 1991.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred from the Department of English, 1990 and 1997.
- Processing information:
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Processed by University Archives staff, 1990 May; further processing by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2013 February.
This record series was reprocessed by Dylan Karlsson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) under the supervision of Lori Dedeyan, 2019. Reprocessing activities included ehancing description, further arrangement of materials, and the merging of former University Archives record series 641 (English Department records) into this record series.
- Arrangement:
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This record series has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Administrative documents, 1968-1987
- Series 2: Undergraduate program materials, 1963-1986
- Series 3: Graduate program materials, 1961-1983
- Series 4: Outreach and events, 1960-1984
- Series 5: Composition Section materials, 1979-1983
Materials in Series 1-4 are arranged alphabetically; materials in Series 5 are arranged chronologically.
- 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
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-12-12 14:44:08 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. Commercial use may require additional rights that must be determined and obtained by the researcher. All requests for copyright permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], University of California, Los Angeles. Department of English records (University Archives Record Series 229). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives, 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