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Title: Hugh Gilchrist Dick Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1937-1974
Collection number: 335
Creator: Dick, Hugh Gilchrist, 1909-
Extent:
21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Hugh Gilchrist Dick (1909-1971) was a professor in the English Department at UCLA (1942-1971) and a joint professor at the
School of Library Science (1967-71). The collection consists of Dick's professional and personal correspondence, and papers
relating to his work in the Department of English and School of Library Science at UCLA.
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.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services 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
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of Dr. Hugh G. Dick, 1970.
- Gift of Frances Dick, 1973.
[Identification of item], Hugh Gilchrist Dick Papers (Collection 335). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1217812
Hugh Gilchrist Dick was born September 14, 1909 in Whitehall, New York; BA, Union College, 1930; MA, Cornell University, 1935;
Ph.D, Cornell, 1937; instructor (1937-42), assistant professor (1942-48), associate professor (1948-53), and professor (1953-71)
in English Department, UCLA; joint professor, School of Library Science (1967-71), chairman of English Department, 1960-65;
member, American Council of Learned Societies and Modern Language Association; died December 31, 1971.
Collection consists of professional and personal correspondence, and papers relating to Hugh Dick's work in the Department
of English and School of Library Science at UCLA. Topics include: English Department executive and graduate committees, Medieval
and Renaissance Center and Colloquium, lecture notes, course materials, UCLA Main Library alterations, Clark Library Committee,
and Statewide library committee. Collection also includes Dick's office files and card indices, as well as material relating
to Arthur Golding's
A Morall Fabletalke.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-3).
- Papers relating to the university (Boxes 4-21).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dick, Hugh Gilchrist, 1909- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of English--Faculty--Archival resources.
University of California, Los Angeles--Graduate School of Library and Information Science--Faculty--Archival resources.