Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Curtis, George de Clyver, 1872-1966
- Abstract:
- George de Clyver Curtis (1872-1966) was a homesteader in Lakeside (later called Ramona), California and a beekeeper. He wrote plays, poems, and books, including Bees' ways (1948) and Cats' tales and dogs' days (1955). The collection consists of Curtis' personal papers, diaries, photographs, correspondence, and a 1925 water color painting.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of the personal papers of George de Clyver Curtis, mostly 60 volumes of diaries kept from 1904-64. Also includes photographs, correspondence (including a letter from Theodore Roosevelt), and a 1925 water color painting.
- Biographical / historical:
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Curtis was born in 1872 in Providence, Rhode Island and was brought up in New York City; graduated from Harvard, 1893; worked at the Astor Library; became a rancher in Arizona in his twenties, and then a homesteader in Lakeside (later called Ramona), California; became a beekeeper; wrote plays, poems, and books, including Bees' ways (1948) and Cats' tales and dogs' days (1955); he died in 1966.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Herbert S. Whitman, 1979.
- 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.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988