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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
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  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement
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  • Contributing Institution: 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.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    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

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942303593606533 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Adelbert Bartlett Papers (Collection 1300). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.
    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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    Biography

    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.

    Scope and Content

    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.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. Photographs of the Near East.
    2. Photographs of California and the U.S.
    3. Photographs of Europe.
    4. Ephemera and memorabilia.

    Online Items Available

    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)