Robert Bartlett Haas Collection of Material about William Chauncey Bartlett, 1850-1987

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Summary

Creators:
Haas, Robert Bartlett
Abstract:
Robert Bartlett Haas (b.1916) was a faculty member at UCLA (1949- ) and the director of arts and humanities extension (1958). W.C. Bartlett (1818-1907) was a lawyer (1848-55), an anti-slavery preacher in Indianapolis (1857), an itinerant preacher in the California gold mining towns (1860- ), editor of the San Francisco bulletin (1866), and editor of the Overland monthly (1871- ). Later, he served as a school superintendent and board member of Mills College. He also authored many works on a variety of subjects, including A breeze from the woods (1880). The collection contains Bartlett's correspondence, documents, manuscripts, publications and ephemera, and correspondence, notes, lectures and an article on Bartlett by Robert Haas.s
Extent:
7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains correspondence, documents, manuscripts, publications and ephemera of William Chauncey Bartlett. Includes real estate materials, ledgers, memorandum books, drawings, sketches, scrapbook, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to the Berkeley Club, Unitarian Club, and the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind. Manuscripts include Thoreau in books and in the woods, Indian summer, and Ideals of a professional life. Also contains correspondence, notes, lectures and an article on Bartlett by Robert Bartlett Haas.

Biographical / historical:

Haas was born on January 20, 1916 in Santa Cruz, California; BA, UC Berkeley, 1938; MA, University of Chicago, 1939; Ed.D, Stanford University, 1945; postgraduate in art history, UCLA, 1965-68; became faculty member at UCLA in 1949; named director of arts and humanities extension in 1958; published books include A primer for the gradual understanding of Gertrude Stein (1971) and Muybridge: man in motion (c1976); also wrote a paper on William Chauncey Bartlett; Bartlett was born on December 30, 1818 in Haddam, Connecticut; attended Williams College, and in 1847, Ohio University; admitted to Ohio bar and was law partner of Hiram Strong in Dayton, 1848-55; joined the staff of the Dayton gazette, 1855; became anti-slavery preacher in Indianapolis in 1857; moved to San Francisco in 1860; became itinerant preacher in the California gold mining towns; served as editor of the San Francisco bulletin in 1866, and took over from Bret Harte as the editor of the Overland monthly in 1871; served as a school superintendent and board member of Mills College; author of works on a variety of subjects, including A breeze from the woods (1880); he died on December 7, 1907 in Oakland, California.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Robert B. Haas, 1989.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Correspondence.
  2. Documents.
  3. Ephemera.
  4. Haas material.
  5. Manuscripts.
  6. Publications.

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.

Access and use

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