Booth (Bradford A.) Papers, 1936-1968

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Bradford Allen Booth papers
Dates:
1936-1968
Creators:
Booth, Bradford Allen, 1909-
Abstract:
Bradford Allen Booth (1909- ) was a professor and chairman of the Department of English at UCLA. He was the editor of Nineteenth-Century Fiction and wrote many books. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials.
Extent:
7.5 linear feet 15 boxes.
Language:
and Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Bradford Allen Booth Papers (Collection 507). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials.

Biographical / historical:

Booth was born on April 9, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; BS, Allegheny College, 1930; MA (1932) and Ph.D (1935), Harvard University; instructor, University of Tennessee, 1935-36; instructor (1936-40), assistant professor (1940-48), associate professor (1948-54), professor in 1954, and chairman of the Department of English in 1965, UCLA; founded and became editor of Nineteenth-Century Fiction in 1945; published works include A Cabinet of Gems (1938), Trollope's Autobiography (1947), Letters of Anthony Trollope (1951), Trollope's North America (1951), and Anthony Trollope: Aspects of His Life and Art (1958).

Arrangement:

This collection has been arranged in the following series:

  • Series 1: Correspondence
  • Series 2: Manuscripts
  • Series 3: Printed Material
  • Series 4: Other Material

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.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 1999. Online finding aid last updated 8 March 2018.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-03-08T11:10-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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], Bradford Allen Booth Papers (Collection 507). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988