Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lamers, William Mathias
- Extent:
- 7 Linear Feet (10 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William Mathias Lamers Papers (Collection 2011). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of materials relating to the manuscript of William Mathias Lamers' book, The Edge of Glory (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961), a biography of Major General William Starke Rosecrans of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Collection includes the preliminary manuscript, final manuscript, correspondence, research notes, reviews, other printed material, and microfilm documents.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of William M. Lamers, 1972.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Preliminary manuscript
- Final transcript
- Research and publication materials
- Correspondence related to William S. Rosecrans
- Correspondence and reviews
- Microfilm
- 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:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- 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], William Mathias Lamers Papers (Collection 2011). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988