Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Huntington Hartford Foundation
- Abstract:
- Huntington Hartford established the Huntington Hartford Foundation (1948-1965) to foster community creativity in the arts through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial supplies at the Foundation's location in Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, California. In 1954, the Huntington Hartford Foundation Awards were created to honor annually persons with distinguished achievements in these fields. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, financial records, brochures and publicity materials, photographs and clippings of the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Includes correspondence, applications, and reports in Foundation fellowship files.
- Extent:
- 1 unknown (2 oversize boxes) and 75 boxes (37.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Huntington Hartford Foundation Records (Collection 1187). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, financial records, brochures and publicity materials, photographs and clippings of the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Includes correspondence, applications, and reports in Foundation fellowship files.
- Biographical / historical:
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In December 1948 Huntington Hartford established the Huntington Hartford Foundation; its purpose was to foster community creativity in the arts through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial supplies at the Foundation's location in Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, California; applicants for fellowships were screened by three admissions committees (literary, music and art), and in 1954 the Huntington Hartford Foundation Awards were created to honor annually persons with distinguished achievements in these fields; the Foundation closed in September 1965.
The Huntington Harford Foundation was legally established in December 1948 by Huntington Hartford as founder and trustee. Its purpose was to foster creativity in the arts through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial expenses for supplies at the Foundation's secluded estate in Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades. Fellowhips could be for any period of time up to 6 months and the Foundationoperated on a year-round basis. Applicants were screened by Admissions Committees (of which there were three--literary, music and art) composed of members distinguished in their respective fields.
In 1954, the Huntington Hartford Foundation Awards were created to honor annually a writer, a composer and an artist for a distinguished career of achievement in his particular field.
The Foundation closed in September, 1965.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Peter H. Bickford, 1976.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by Anne Caiger.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- General administrative records (Boxes 1-13,72-73,76-77).
- Correspondence (Boxes 14-24,74).
- Foundation fellowship files (boxes 25-70,75). [Boxes 25-68 are CLOSED TO ACCESS until the year 2050]
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Fellowship and applicant files (boxes 25-68) are closed to access until 2050.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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:
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[Identification of item], Huntington Hartford Foundation Records (Collection 1187). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988