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University of California, Los Angeles. Department of English records.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: University of California, Los Angeles. Department of English records
Identifier/Call Number: UARC.0229
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear Feet
(8 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 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.
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.
Language of Material:
English
.
Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging
information.
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.
[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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Department of English, 1990 and 1997.
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.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3466847
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.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Universities and colleges -- California -- Administration
English teachers -- California -- Los Angeles
English -- Study and teaching
Composition (Language arts) -- Study and teaching