Finding Aid for the M.A. Zeitlin Papers, 1915-1993
Processed by Paula Zeszotarski; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1999
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the M.A. Zeitlin Papers, 1915-1993
Collection number: 353
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts 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
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Paula Zeszotarski, ca. 1995
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, December 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: M.A. Zeitlin Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1915-1993
Collection number: 353
Creator:
Zeitlin, M.A. (Marion Albert)
Extent: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
24 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: M.A. Zeitlin (1899-1993) was the chair of the Department of Spanish and Italian at UCLA. He founded the departmental program
in Portuguese, helped to develop a curriculum in Latin American studies, and was a member of the initial committee on Latin
American Studies. The collection consists of Zeitlin's curricular files, correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, and publications
and research files as well as the professional papers of his wife, Frances K. Zeitlin.
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: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nancy Eaton, 1994.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], M.A. Zeitlin Papers (Collection 353). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Zeitlin was born on August 29, 1899 in Chicago; moved to Arizona and attended the University of Arizona, BA (1918), MA (1920),
Stanford University; continued study of French in Brussels and at the Sorbonne; accepted teaching position at University of
California Southern Branch in 1925; moved to Berkeley two years later, earning a Ph.D. in romance languages with Spanish as
a major field from the University of California at Berkeley in 1931; returned to UCLA in the same year as an assistant professor,
later becoming chair of the Department of Spanish and Italian, as well as a full professor; founded the departmental program
in Portuguese, helped to develop a curriculum in Latin American studies, and was a member of the initial committee on Latin
American Studies; in 1967 he was named Comendador of the Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique by the Portuguese government and in
1968 awarded the title of
Oficial of the Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul; he was awarded the UCLA Medal for Distinguished Service in 1980; after the death of his wife Zell in 1967, he married Frances
Kirschenbaum, the medieval and renaissance bibliographer at the UCLA University Research Library; Zeitlin died on September
8, 1993.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of curricular files, correspondence, photographs, manuscripts of M.A. Zeitlin's publications and research
files, and professional papers of his wife, Frances K. Zeitlin.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Zeitlin, M.A. (Marion Albert)--Archives.
Zeitlin, Frances K.--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese--Faculty--Archival resources.
Language teachers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts for publication.
Related Material
Container List
Correspondence, Research Material, etc.
Card Catalog 1, n.d. / v.d.
Card Catalog (AYALA), n.d. / v.d.
Card Catalog 2 (AYALA), n.d. / v.d.
Card Catalog 3, n.d. / v.d.
Box 22
O.S. general - O.S. vocabulary.
Box 24
Comparative - end. Includes notes, etc.
Personal and Professional Correspondence
Students to 1958, n.d. / v.d.
Box 26, Folder 1
Students after 1958. n.d. / v.d. 1981 - Celebration of Spanish Department of Yesteryear, 1964 retirement year.
Students After 1958, n.d. / v.d.
Colleagues and Friends to 1945, n.d. / v.d.
Colleagues and Friends 1945-1956, n.d. / v.d.
Colleagues and Friends 1956- , n.d. / v.d.
Box 29, Folder 1
Professional UCLA Faculty.
Professional, n.d. / v.d.
