Jaime de Angulo papers, circa 1890-1982

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Summary

Creators:
Angulo, Jaime de
Abstract:
Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950) was born in Paris, France. He studied medicine in the U.S. at Cooper Union Medical School and Johns Hopkins. His interests turned to anthropology and linguistics. He wrote two novels, children's stories, poetry and a book about his first linguistic field trip to the Achomawi Indian tribe, Indians in Overalls (1950). The collection consists of manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, articles, and books by de Angulo as well as correspondence, photographs and ephemera.
Extent:
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Jaime de Angulo Papers (Collection 160). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, articles, and books by de Angulo. Includes correspondence with Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, and de Angulo's publisher, Blaise Cendrars. Also contains photographs and ephemera.

Biographical / historical:

Born January 29, 1887 in Paris, France, of Spanish expatriate parents; came to U.S., 1905; studied medicine at Cooper Union Medical School, and in 1908 transferred to Johns Hopkins; conducted research at Stanford University, where his interests turned to anthropology and linguistics, and he studied Pit River (Achomawi) Indians of Northern California; wrote two novels, Don Bartolomeo (1922) and The Reata (late 1920s), as well as some children's stories and poetry; also wrote a book about his first linguistic field trip to the Achomawi Indian tribe, Indians in Overalls (1950); hired in 1927 by the Committee on Research in Native American Languages to study the languages of Northern California; corresponded with Ezra Pound, 1948-50; was diagnosed with cancer in 1948 and died October 1950.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Jaime de Angulo, 1959.
Processing information:

Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff, November 1959, revised by Lilace Hatayama, August 1981.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Books and typescripts.
  2. Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs.
  3. Manuscripts and Giordano biography.

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.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Jaime de Angulo Papers (Collection 160). 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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