Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Francis Peloubet Farquhar Papers,
- Dates:
- 1914-1951
- Creators:
- Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-
- Abstract:
- Francis P. Farquhar (1887-1974) was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He participated in expeditions to Mount Olympus, Greece (1914 and 1951) and to the North Pole (1949). The collection contains photographs and negatives of mountains, photographs of public buildings, a photograph of the Monastery of Hagios Antonios, and a small amount of correspondence and ephemera.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Francis Peloubet Farquhar Papers (Collection 265). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection contains photographs and negatives of mountains, including Mount Whitney, Mount Waddington, Muir Pass, the Sierra Nevada, Mount Olympus and Hidden Peak. It also includes photographs of public buildings in Athens, Greece and a photograph of the Monastery of Hagios Antonios, and a small amount of correspondence and ephemera.
- Biographical / historical:
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Farquhar was born on December 31, 1887 in Newton, Massachusetts; AB, Harvard University, 1909; became public accountant in Boston and San Francisco, 1909-59; also served as an accountant with the U.S. National Park Service, 1922-25; president of the California Academy of Sciences, and California Historical Society; president of the Sierra Club, and editor of the Bulletin, 1926-46; president, California State Board of Accountancy, 1953-54; recipient of the John Muir award for conservation, 1965; made expeditions to Mount Olympus, Greece, 1914 and 1951, and to the North Pole, 1949; published books include Place Names of the High Sierra (1926), Mount Olympus (1929), The Books of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon (1953), and History of the Sierra Nevada (1965); died on November 20, 1974.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Francis P. Farquhar, 1969-70.
- 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.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying; frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Date of source: December 2, 1993 .
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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Francis Peloubet Farquhar Papers (Collection 265). 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