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Title: Francis M. Fultz Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1850-1927
Collection number: 138
Creator:
Fultz, Francis M. (Francis Marion), b. 1857
Extent: 66 boxes (33 linear ft.)
38 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Fultz (1857-1948) was a school superintendent before becoming the director of conservation and reforestation in Los Angeles
city schools (1925-32). He also lectured on subjects ranging from California, Hawaii and Yellowstone to camping, wildflowers
and weeds. The collection consists of the manuscripts of 37 books and articles by Fultz, as well as carbons, early drafts,
illustrations and research notes, books and periodicals containing articles by Fultz. The collection also contains runs of
the Sierra Club bulletin,
Trails and other periodicals, pamphlets and bound volumes, nitrate negatives, and glass lantern slides.
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.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
[Identification of item], Francis M. Fultz Papers (Collection 138). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Fultz was born on August 21, 1857 in Wilton Junction, Iowa; Ph.B (1886) and MA (1889), Iowa State University; taught at Burlington
(Iowa) High School, 1886-95; superintendent of Burlington Public Schools in Burlington (1899-1909) and Santa Barbara, California
(1909-13); moved to Los Angeles in 1913; became director of conservation and reforestation in Los Angeles city schools, 1925-32;
was a member of the Sierra Club, and also a lecturer, giving illustrated lectures on subjects ranging from California, Hawaii
and Yellowstone to camping, wildflowers and weeds; publications include
The Upper Mississippi Region (1908),
A Study of the Sierra Nevada (1908),
The Fly-Aways and Other Seed Travelers (1909),
The Elfin Forest of California (1923), and
Lily, Iris and Orchid of Southern California (1928); he died in 1948.
Collection consists of the manuscripts of 37 books and articles by Fultz, as well as carbons, early drafts, illustrations
and research notes, books and periodicals containing articles by Fultz, runs of the Sierra Club bulletin,
Trails and other periodicals, pamphlets and bound volumes, nitrate negatives, and glass lantern slides, most of them taken by Fultz
and colored by his wife.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Fultz, Francis M. (Francis Marion), b. 1857--Archives.
Conservationists--California--Archival resources.
Naturalists--California--Archival resources.
Cellulose nitrate photonegatives.
Lantern slides.