Truesdell S. Brown Papers, ca. 1877-1991

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Summary

Creators:
Brown, Truesdell S. (Truesdell Sparhawk), 1906-
Abstract:
Truesdell Sparhawk Brown (1906-1992) was a asssistant professor (1948-51), associate professor (1951-56), professor (1956-73) and professor emeritus of ancient history at UCLA and chairman of history department (1959-62). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, photocopies, printed books, offprints, pamphlets, and cuttings.
Extent:
23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, photocopies, printed books, offprints, pamphlets, and cuttings of UCLA Hellenistic scholar Truesdell S. Brown.

Portions of this collection are in German, French, Italian and Greek.

Biographical / historical:

Truesdell Sparhawk Brown was born on March 21, 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; attended Haverford College, 1922-23; AB (1928), MA (1929), Harvard University; graduate study at University of Innsbruck, 1932-33; Ph.D, Columbia University, 1947; instructor in ancient history (1929-37), University of Colorado; instructor, then assistant professor (1940-47), University of Texas; lecturer (1947-48), asssistant professor (1948-51), associate professor (1951-56), professor (1956-73) and professor emeritus of ancient history, UCLA; chairman of history department, 1959-62; published works include Onesicritus: a study in Hellenistic Historiography (1949), Timaeus of Tauromenium (1958), and The Greek Historians (1973); Brown retired in 1973; he died on January 13, 1992 in Houston, Texas.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Correspondence and related material (Box 1).
  2. Classical authors (Boxes 1-11).
  3. Classical scholarship (Boxes 12-14}.
  4. Printed books (Box 15).
  5. Offprints, pamphlets, cuttings (Boxes 16-23).
  6. Unsorted (Box 24).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library 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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