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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Adelbert Bartlett papers
Creator:
Bartlett, Adelbert
Creator:
Abbud, Karimeh, 1896-1955
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1300
Physical Description:
24.0 linear feet
(48 boxes and 21 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1922-1950
Abstract: Adelbert Bartlett was a commercial photographer based in Santa Monica, California, and the director of the Near East Relief
Fund in Los Angeles. The collection contains photographs, negatives, periodicals, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to
Bartlett's life as a commercial photographer and to his involvement with the Near East Relief Fund.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
- Gift of Carolyn Bartlett Farnham, 1981-85.
- Gift of Richards K. Farnham, 1985-86.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942303593606533
[Identification of item], Adelbert Bartlett Papers (Collection 1300). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Adelbert Bartlett was born in 1887; became a commercial photographer based in Santa Monica, California; his photographs of
the Southern California lifestyle were widely published in the U.S. and abroad; director, Near East Relief Fund regional headquarters
news bureau in Los Angeles; worked for the Fund in Greece, Palestine, and Syria; died in 1966.
Collection contains photographs, negatives, periodicals, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Bartlett's life as a commercial
photographer and to his involvement with the Near East Relief Fund.
Arranged in the following series:
- Photographs of the Near East.
- Photographs of California and the U.S.
- Photographs of Europe.
- Ephemera and memorabilia.
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers (2629 items).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs.
Commercial photography -- Specimens.
Photographers -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966--Archives.
Near East Relief (Organization)