Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Robert W. Hodgson Papers,
- Dates:
- 1918-1966
- Creators:
- Hodgson, Robert W. (Robert Willard), 1893-1966
- Abstract:
- Robert Willard Hodgson (1893-1966) developed the College of Agriculture at the Southern branch of the University of California and became professor of subtropical horticulture (1935). He was named assistant dean of the College of Agriculture and assistant director of the Agriculture Experiment Station (1943), and became dean of the college in 1952. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, scrapbooks, notebooks, class notes, teaching materials, memoranda, clippings, reports, and memorabilia of Robert Hodgson.
- Extent:
- 10 cartons (10 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Robert W. Hodgson Papers (Collection 1448). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, scrapbooks, notebooks, class notes, teaching materials, memoranda, clippings, reports, and memorabilia of subtropical horticulturist and professor of agriculture Robert Willard Hodgson. Correspondents include Henri Chapot, I. Judson Condit, Mildred E. Mathias, John Martin Reinicke, Knowles A. Ryerson, and C.A. Schroeder. Also includes itineraries, field notes, and technical reports from Hodgson's advising assignments in Tunisia, Morocco, India, Egypt, Cyprus, Chile, Palestine, Sudan, Libya, and Nepal. Portions of the collection are in French or Spanish.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Willard Hodgson was born on April 3, 1893 in Dallas, Texas; BS, 1916, and MS, 1917, University of California at Berkeley; served as as an assistant in botany and became instructor in citriculture in 1917; with J. Eliot Coit, founded the Agricultural Extension Service in Los Angeles, 1918; served as farm advisor, Los Angeles County, 1919-24; became associate professor of subtropical horticulture, University of California at Berkeley, and associate citriculturist in the Agriculture Experiment Station; became head of Division of Subtropical Horticulture, 1925; after the division was transferred to the Los Angeles campus in 1932, Hodgson developed the College of Agriculture there; became professor of subtropical horticulture, 1935; named assistant dean of the College of Agriculture and assistant director of the Agriculture Experiment Station, 1943; became dean of the college in 1952 until he retired in 1960; wrote many books, including Analyzing the Citrus Orchard by Means of Simple Tree Records (1923) and The California Avocado Industry (1930); he died on May 17, 1966 in Los Angeles.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Evelyn Hodgson, 1987.
- 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.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1997
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from encoding original wordprocessor file, 1997 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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.
Box 5 folder 8 (Promotion-Appointment Committees) closed until A.D. 2025.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Robert W. Hodgson Papers (Collection 1448). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988