Andrew F. Rolle Papers mssRolle

Katrina Denman and Kelly Kress

The Huntington Library

2011

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Finding Aid last updated on August 3, 2022 by Kelly Kress.

Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library

Title: Andrew F. Rolle papers

Identifier/Call Number: mssRolle

Physical Description: 1.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Date (inclusive): 1951-1999

Abstract: This collection chiefly contains correspondence related to the academic career and writings of California historian and Occidental College professor Andrew F. Rolle, born in 1922. The letters focus on Rolle's published books and articles, including those on Italian-Americans in the Western United States.

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Access

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Conditions Governing Use

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Andrew F. Rolle papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Andrew F. Rolle, December 2010. Some material in library as of approximately 1983.

Biographical Note

California and Western American historian Andrew F. Rolle was born in 1922 and graduated from Occidental College in 1943. He served as a military intelligence officer in Europe and as American Vice Consul in Genoa, Italy, from 1945 to 1948. He earned a PhD in history from UCLA in 1953, and taught at Occidental College from 1953 to 1988. Rolle studied psychoanalysis at the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute in 1976 and specialized in psychohistory. His published works include California: A History (1963), The Italian-Americans: Troubled Roots (1980), and John Charles Fremont: Character as Destiny (1991).

Scope and Content

Correspondence related to the academic career of Andrew F. Rolle. Includes copies of outgoing correspondence from Rolle as well as letters from his colleagues Ray Allen Billington, Louis B. Wright, and K. Ross Toole. Most of the correspondence focuses on Rolle's published books and articles, including those on Italian-Americans in the Western United States, various articles written for the Historical Society of Montana, writings on the history of Occidental College, the manuscript "Flight Below the Border" (1959), and the article "The Historic Past of the Unconscious" (1980). The collection also includes some personal correspondence and references to other historians, including Robert Glass Cleland. Also included are newspaper articles and ephemera relating to Billington's death in 1981.

Processing Information

Processed by Katrina Denman in 2011. Kelly Kress updated the finding aid in August 2022.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged chronologically.

Related Materials at the Huntington

Andrew F. Rolle Addenda, 1708-1998. mssRolleaddenda

General

Former call number: mssHM 74900-74969.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Historians -- United States -- Correspondence

California -- History -- 19th century -- Book reviews

California -- History -- 20th century

Letters (correspondence)--California -- 20th century

Box 1

Andrew F. Rolle papers

Correspondence 1952-1999

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74900. 1952, June 20.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74901. 1952, July 1.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74902. 1953, January 26.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74903. 1953, February 13.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74904. 1953, December 22.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74905. 1954, September 17.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74906. 1954, September 18.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74907. 1955, October 4.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74908. 1955, October 28.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74909. 1955, November 1.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74910. 1955, December 23.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74911. 1956, January 18.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74912. 1956, February 14.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74913. 1956, March 30.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74914. 1956, April 4.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to K. Ross Toole. HM 74915. 1956, June 21.

Toole, K. Ross. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74916. 1956, July 2.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to K. Ross Toole. HM 74917. 1956, July 8.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74918. 1957, March 8.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74919. 1957, May 13.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74920. 1957, June 1.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74921. 1957, August 22.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to K. Ross Toole. HM 74922. 1957, September 6.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74923. 1957, September 10.

Kennedy, Michael. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74924. 1957, October 30.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74925. 1957, November 26.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74926. 1957, December 2.

Schuyler, Katharine. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74927. 1958, June 13.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74928. 1959, June 16.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74929. 1959, June 18.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74930. 1959, June 23.

Carlisle, Henry C. 1 letter to John T. Hawes. HM 74931. 1959, August 3.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Ray Allen Billington. HM 74932. 1959, August 10.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74933. 1959, December 7.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74934. 1960, February 8.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to K. Ross Toole. HM 74935. 1960, February 15.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to K. Ross Toole. HM 74936. 1960, March 17.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74937. 1960, May 21.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74938. 1961, January 5.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74939. 1961, February 24.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74940. 1961, March 1.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74941. 1961, March 7.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to K. Ross Toole. HM 74942. 1961, April 10.

[Rolle, Andrew F.]. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74943. 1961, July 2.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74944. 1962, January 5.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74945. 1962, January 29.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74946. 1962, April 13.

Billington, Mabel. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle and France Rolle. HM 74947. 1963, January 9.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74948. 1963, January 13.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. and Frances Rolle. HM 74949. 1963, February 12.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74950. 1963, April 3.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74951. 1963, May 8.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74952. 1964, April 21.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74953. 1964, June 11.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74954. 1965, March 19.

Sterling, Graham L. 1 letter to Ray Allen Billington and Mabel Billington. HM 74955. 1966, December 1.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74956. 1969, March 7.

Gerberding, William P. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74957. 1973, February 15.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74958. 1974, December 24.

Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter to Louis B. Wright. HM 74959. 1978, May 11.

Wright, Louis B. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74960. 1978, May 15.

Ryf, Robert S. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74961. 1980, February 22.

Billington, Ray Allen. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74962. 1980, May 8.

Gilman, Richard C. 1 letter to Mabel Billington. HM 74963. 1981, May 19.

Gilman, Richard C. 1 letter to Mabel Billington. HM 74964. 1982, September 14.

Axeen, David. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74965. Undated.

Toole, K. Ross. 1 letter to Andrew F. Rolle. HM 74966. Undated.

Box 1, Folder 1-3

Higham, John; Nevins, Allan; and Ridge, Martin; correspondence and ephemera 1956-1999

Miscellaneous, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. 1981

Rolle, Andrew F. Remarks on Ray Allen Billington. HM 74967. 1981, March 10.

Excerpt of minutes of the faculty meeting of Occidental College. HM 74968. 1981, March 11.

Newspaper clippings on the death of Ray Allen Billington. HM 74969. 1981.

Ephemera (5 pieces). Undated.