Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Rom Landau Collection,
- Dates:
- 1899-1965
- Creators:
- Landau, Rom, 1899-
- Extent:
- ca. .4 linear feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
Rom Landau Collection. Mss 63. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
The collection primarily contains correspondence laid in books of Landau's, which were purchased by UCSB in 1967.
There are three series in the collection: Correspondence to Rom Landau, Correspondence to The Spectator, and Ephemera.
- Biographical / historical:
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Romauld (Rom) Landau was born in England, October 17, 1899. He was a sculptor, author, educator (including University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA), foreign service officer, and specialist on Arab and Islamic culture. His particular area of interest was Morocco, and he authored numerous works about Morocco, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. He also was an art critic and book reviewer for several newspapers and periodicals, including The Spectator. Landau died in 1974.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 1967.
- Physical location:
- Annex.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2001
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 06 August 2001 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
-
Rom Landau Collection. Mss 63. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062