Harvey (Rowland H.) Papers, 1909-1939

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Title:: Rowland Hill Harvey Papers,
Dates:: 1909-1939
Creators:: Harvey, Rowland Hill
Abstract:: Rowland Hill Harvey (1889-1943) was a social worker in Chicago and Los Angeles (1910-15), and later, an associate professor of history at UCLA. He wrote Samuel Gompers, Champion of the Toiling Masses (1935) and Robert Owen, Social Idealist (1949). The collection consists of manuscripts and printed material documenting Rowland Hill Harvey's publications and talks on American history.
Extent:: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Rowland Hill Harvey Papers (Collection 187). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of manuscripts and printed material documenting Rowland Hill Harvey's publications and talks on American history. Includes copies of speeches and other research material on Samuel Gompers, as well as correspondence, clippings and other printed material related to Harvey's book, Samuel Gompers, Champion of the Toiling Masses (1935).
Biographical / historical:: Harvey was born on March 24, 1889 at Battle Creek, Iowa; social worker in Chicago and Los Angeles, 1910-15; BA (1918) and MA (1920), University of Southern California; Ph.D, Stanford University, 1923; instructor in history, University of Iowa, 1924; instructor in history (1924-25), assistant professor (1925-30), then associate professor, UCLA; wrote Samuel Gompers, Champion of the Toiling Masses (1935) and Robert Owen, Social Idealist (1949); he died on March 10, 1943.
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.

Names:: University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of History--Faculty--Archives.
Harvey, Rowland Hill--Archives.
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924--Research.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 1999
Date Encoded:: Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

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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], Rowland Hill Harvey Papers (Collection 187). 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