Klingberg (Frank J.) Papers, 1906-1960

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Summary

Title:
Frank Joseph Klingberg Papers,
Dates:
1906-1960
Creators:
Klingberg, Frank Joseph, 1883-
Abstract:
Frank Joseph Klingberg (1883-1968) was born in Kansas was on the faculty at University of Southern California (1912-18)and appointed chairman of the History Department of the new Southern Branch of the University of California, serving for 18 years. He was a professor of history at UCLA until retirement in 1950. The collection consists of University and UCLA History Department files, correspondence, manuscripts and proofs, and research notes relating to Professor Frank Klingberg's books and articles.
Extent:
84 boxes (42 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frank Joseph Klingberg Papers (Collection 536). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of University and UCLA History Department files, correspondence, manuscripts and proofs, and research notes relating to Professor Frank Klingberg's books and articles.

Biographical / historical:

Klingberg was born on February 25, 1883 on a farm at Turkey Creek, Dickinson County, Kansas; AB (1907) and MA, University of Kansas; Ph.D, Yale University, 1911; researcher, Bureau of the Census and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1911-12); on faculty at University of Southern California (1912-18); lecturer, League to Enforce Peace (1918-19); appointed chairman of the History Department of the new Southern Branch of the University of California, serving for 18 years; was professor of history at UCLA until retirement in 1950; active in library and other university-wide committees; wrote dozens of articles for journals for the Los Angeles Times editorial pages; wrote several books, including The Anti-Slavery Movement in England: A Study in English Humanitarianism (1926) and An Appraisal of the Negro in Colonial South Carolina: A Study in Americanization (1941); he died on June 4, 1968 in Los Angeles.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. UCLA History Dept. and University affairs files (Boxes 1-10).
  2. Records on University research (Box 11).
  3. Klingberg bio-bibliographical material (Boxes 12-16).
  4. Correspondence (Boxes 17-26).
  5. Correspondence and reviews re Klingberg's writing (Boxes 27-31).
  6. Typescripts and proofs of Klingberg's books (Boxes 32-52).
  7. Articles by Klingberg (Boxes 53-57).
  8. Research notes (Boxes 58-81,85-87).
  9. Photocopies (Boxes 81-82).
  10. Bibliography of materials related to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Box 83).
  11. Scrapbook of Los Angeles times articles by Klingberg (Box 84).

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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Saundra Taylor; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

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], Frank Joseph Klingberg Papers (Collection 536). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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