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Finding Aid for the Rowland Hill Harvey Papers, 1909-1939
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Rowland Hill Harvey Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1909-1939
    Collection number: 187
    Creator: Harvey, Rowland Hill
    Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    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.
    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.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    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.

    Restrictions on Access

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

    Additional Physical Form Available

    A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
    • Public Services Division
    • UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
    • Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
    • Box 951575
    • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
    • Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
    • Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

    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.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1720395 

    Biography

    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.

    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).

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Harvey, Rowland Hill--Archives.
    Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924--Research.
    University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of History--Faculty--Archives.