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Title: Truesdell S. Brown Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1877-1991
Collection number: 390
Creator: Brown, Truesdell S. (Truesdell Sparhawk), 1906-
Extent: 23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Truesdell Sparhawk Brown (1906-1992) was a asssistant professor (1948-51), associate professor (1951-56), professor (1956-73)
and professor emeritus of ancient history at UCLA and chairman of history department (1959-62). The collection consists of
correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, photocopies, printed books, offprints, pamphlets, and cuttings.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library 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 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.
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[Identification of item], Truesdell S. Brown Papers (Collection 390). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4230422
Truesdell Sparhawk Brown was born on March 21, 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; attended Haverford College, 1922-23; AB
(1928), MA (1929), Harvard University; graduate study at University of Innsbruck, 1932-33; Ph.D, Columbia University, 1947;
instructor in ancient history (1929-37), University of Colorado; instructor, then assistant professor (1940-47), University
of Texas; lecturer (1947-48), asssistant professor (1948-51), associate professor (1951-56), professor (1956-73) and professor
emeritus of ancient history, UCLA; chairman of history department, 1959-62; published works include
Onesicritus: a study in Hellenistic Historiography (1949),
Timaeus of Tauromenium (1958), and
The Greek Historians (1973); Brown retired in 1973; he died on January 13, 1992 in Houston, Texas.
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, photocopies, printed books, offprints, pamphlets, and cuttings
of UCLA Hellenistic scholar Truesdell S. Brown.
Portions of this collection are in German, French, Italian and Greek.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence and related material (Box 1).
- Classical authors (Boxes 1-11).
- Classical scholarship (Boxes 12-14}.
- Printed books (Box 15).
- Offprints, pamphlets, cuttings (Boxes 16-23).
- Unsorted (Box 24).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Brown, Truesdell S. (Truesdell Sparhawk), 1906- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of History--Faculty--Archival resources.
Historians--United States--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.