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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Lynn Townsend White papers
Creator:
White, Lynn Townsend, 1907-
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1541
Physical Description:
9 oversize_boxes
Date (inclusive): 1937-1985
Abstract: Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (1907- ) was a professor of history at UCLA (1958-72), and Director of the UCLA Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies (1964-70). The collection consists of teaching and research material related to Lynn White's career
as a history professor.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Maude White, 1987.
[Identification of item], Lynn Townsend White Papers (Collection 1541). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942339893606533
Lynn Townsend White, Jr. was born in San Francisco, California, April 29, 1907; BA, Stanford University (1928), MA, Union
Theological Seminary (1929), Harvard University (1930), Ph.D, Harvard University (1934); history instructor, Princeton University
(1933-37); assistant professor (1937-40) and professor (1940-43) of history at Stanford University; President, Mills College
(1943-58); professor of history, UCLA (1958-72); Director of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (1964-70);
recipient of numerous honorary degrees, awards and decorations; various publications include:
Educating our daughters: a challenge to the colleges (1950),
Frontiers of knowledge in the study of man (1956),
Medieval technology and social change (1962),
Medieval religion and technology (1978).
Collection consists of teaching and research material related to the career of history professor Lynn White. Includes exams,
lecture notes, publications, correspondence, manuscripts, bibliographic files, and photographs for publications.
Arranged in the following series:
- Teaching materials (Boxes 1-4).
- Research materials and publications (Boxes 5-11).
- Correspondence files (Boxes 12-15).
- Bibliographical files (Boxes 16-22).
- Photographs used in Lynn White's publications (Boxes 23-24).
Technology, History, Democracy [oral history transcript] / Lynn Townsend White, interviewee.
UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1983. Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College teachers -- California -- Archives.
Historians -- California -- Archives.
History teachers -- California -- Archives.
White, Lynn Townsend, 1907- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of History--Faculty -- Archives