Adelbert Bartlett papers, 1922-1950

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Summary

Creators:
Bartlett, Adelbert and Abbud, Karimeh, 1896-1955
Abstract:
Adelbert Bartlett was a commercial photographer based in Santa Monica, California, and the director of the Near East Relief Fund in Los Angeles. The collection contains photographs, negatives, periodicals, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Bartlett's life as a commercial photographer and to his involvement with the Near East Relief Fund.
Extent:
24.0 linear feet (48 boxes and 21 oversize boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Adelbert Bartlett Papers (Collection 1300). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains photographs, negatives, periodicals, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Bartlett's life as a commercial photographer and to his involvement with the Near East Relief Fund.

Biographical / historical:

Adelbert Bartlett was born in 1887; became a commercial photographer based in Santa Monica, California; his photographs of the Southern California lifestyle were widely published in the U.S. and abroad; director, Near East Relief Fund regional headquarters news bureau in Los Angeles; worked for the Fund in Greece, Palestine, and Syria; died in 1966.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Carolyn Bartlett Farnham, 1981-85. Gift of Richards K. Farnham, 1985-86.
Processing information:

Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Photographs of the Near East.
  2. Photographs of California and the U.S.
  3. Photographs of Europe.
  4. Ephemera and memorabilia.

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

Access and use

Restrictions:

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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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Adelbert Bartlett Papers (Collection 1300). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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