Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Sacks, Harvey
- Abstract:
- Harvey Sacks (d.1975) taught in the Department of Sociology at UC Irvine, UC Berkeley and UC Los Angeles (ca. 1960s-72). He is best known for his work in ethnomethodology and conversational analysis. The collection consists of notes, drafts, diaries, unpublished lectures, tapes, lectures, and miscellaneous materials related to Sacks' life and work.
- Extent:
- 73 Linear Feet (144 boxes and 1 carton)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Harvey Sacks papers (Collection 1678). 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Collection consists of notes, drafts, diaries, unpublished lectures, tapes, lectures, and miscellaneous materials related to the life and work of Harvey Sacks.
- Biographical / historical:
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Sacks worked for the University of California, ca. 1960s-72; he taught in the Department of Sociology at UC Irvine, at UC Berkeley and UC Los Angeles; best known for his work in ethnomethodology and conversational analysis; died in 1975 when he was 40 years old.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Emanuel A. Schegloff, 1991.
- 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 Simon Elliott, Lilace Hatayama and Dydia DeLyser, 1998.
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- Physical / technical requirements:
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CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed audiovisual materials. For information about the access status of the material that you are looking for, refer to the Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed audiovisual materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- 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:
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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 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], Harvey Sacks papers (Collection 1678). 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