http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3779s13f No online items 1913-1985 (bulk 1934-1978) Processed by December 2009; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 1816 1
Descriptive Summary Title: Faith Dennis Travel Journals and Scrapbooks Date (bulk): Collection number: 1816 Creator: Faith Dennis Extent: 20 boxes (10.0 linear ft.) Abstract: Travel journals and scrapbooks created by Faith Dennis, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-1985. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 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. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary 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. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Faith Dennis Morris, 2008. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Faith Dennis Travel Journals and Scrapbooks (Collection 1816). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6672214 Biography Faith Dennis was a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, for many years. She died in Essex Connecticut on 14 March 1997 at the age of 104 years. Scope and Content The collection documents Faith Dennis' travels through Europe, South America, Africa, Canada and the United States, 1913-1985. She kept meticulous records of her trips, including details of expenses, accommodations and tours, as well as comments on art, architecture and culture. Her scrapbooks contain photographs and postcards as well as ephemera and receipts collected on each trip. Organization and Arrangement The collection has been arranged by date, following the chronology of her travels. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Dennis, Faith---Archives. Art museum curators---united States---Archival resources. Genres and Forms of Material Scrapbooks. Box 1, Folder 1 Spain, France, Majorca 1936 1816 2
Box 1, Folder 2 Spain, France, Majorca 1936 Box 1, Folder 3 Spain, France, Majorca 1936 Physical Description: Loose items and miscellaneous. Box 1, Folder 4 Italy, France, England 1913-1914, 1929, 1932 Box 1, Folder 5 Italy, France, England 1929, 1932 Box 1, Folder 6 Italy, France, England 1929, 1932 Physical Description: Loose items and newspaper clippings. Box 2, Folder 1 Ireland 1937 Box 2, Folder 2 Ireland 1937 Box 2, Folder 3 France 1938 Box 2, Folder 4 France 1938 Box 2, Folder 5 France 1938 Box 3, Folder 1 France, Portugal, England 1950 Box 3, Folder 2 France, Portugal, England 1950 Box 3, Folder 3 France, Portugal, England 1950 Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. Box 3, Folder 4 E/L Ranch 1939 Box 3, Folder 5 E/L Ranch 1939 Box 4, Folder 1 France 1952 Box 4, Folder 2 France 1952 Box 4, Folder 3 France 1952 Physical Description: Newspaper clippings. 1816 3
Box 4, Folder 4 Spain, Switzerland 1955 Box 4, Folder 5 Italy, Austria 1959, 1963 Box 4, Folder 6 Spain, Switzerland 1955 Box 4, Folder 7 Spain, Switzerland 1955 Box 5, Folder 1 England, Scotland 1957 Box 5, Folder 2 England 1957 Box 5, Folder 3 Scotland 1957 Box 5, Folder 4 England, Scotland 1957 Box 6, Folder 1 England, Scotland 1957, 1958 Box 6, Folder 2 England 1958 Box 6, Folder 3 England 1958 Box 6, Folder 4 England, Scotland 1958 Physical Description: Loose items and miscellaneous. Box 7, Folder 1 France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy 1959 Box 7, Folder 2 France, Switzerland, Bavaria, Austria, Venice 1959 Box 7, Folder 3 Northern Italy, Switzerland, France 1959 Box 7, Folder 4 France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy 1959 Box 7, Folder 5 France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy 1959 Physical Description: Miscellaneous and newspaper clippings. Box 8, Folder 1 Holland, Luxembourg, Belgium 1961 1816 4
Box 8, Folder 2 Luxembourg, Belgium 1961 Box 8, Folder 3 Holland 1961 Box 8, Folder 4 Holland, Luxembourg, Belgium 1961 Box 9, Folder 1 Greece 1962 Box 9, Folder 2 Greece 1962 Physical Description: Scrapbook is empty except for a few pictures, the rest were apparently meant to be adhered later, and have been organized as loose items. Box 9, Folder 3 Greece (I) 1962 Box 9, Folder 4 Greece (II) 1962 Box 9, Folder 5 Greece (III) 1962 Box 9, Folder 6 Greece (IV) 1962 Box 10, Folder 1 Scandinavia, Prague, Austria 1963 Box 10, Folder 2 Scandinavian Town 1963 Box 10, Folder 3 Scandinavian Town 1963 Box 10, Folder 4 Czechoslovakia, Austria 1963 Box 10, Folder 5 Czechoslovakia, Austria 1963 Box 11, Folder 1 East Africa, Egypt 1966 Box 11, Folder 2 Ethiopia, Africa, Egypt 1966 Box 11, Folder 3 Ethiopia, Africa, Egypt 1966 Box 11, Folder 4 France, Portugal 1964 1816 5
Box 11, Folder 5 France, Portugal 1964 Box 11, Folder 6 France, Portugal 1964 Box 12, Folder 1 Peru 1965 Box 12, Folder 2 Peru 1965 Box 12, Folder 3 Peru 1965 Box 12, Folder 4 Italy, Switzerland, Germany 1965 Box 12, Folder 5 Italy, Switzerland, Germany 1965 Box 12, Folder 6 Italy, Switzerland, Germany 1965 Box 13, Folder 1 Switzerland 1967 Box 13, Folder 2 Switzerland 1967 Box 13, Folder 3 Switzerland 1967 Box 13, Folder 4 Mexico, Arizona 1966 Box 13, Folder 5 Mexico, Arizona 1966 Box 13, Folder 6 Mexico, Arizona 1966 Physical Description: Scrapbook consists of Polaroid photographs and loose items that have been organized into photo pages Box 14, Folder 1 England, Germany 1969 Box 14, Folder 2 England, Germany 1969 Box 14, Folder 3 England, Germany 1969 1816 6
Box 14, Folder 4 Russia 1967 Box 14, Folder 5 Russia 1967 Box 14, Folder 6 Russia 1967 Box 15, Folder 1 Israel, Sicily 1969 Box 15, Folder 2 Sicily 1969 Box 15, Folder 3 Sicily 1969 Box 15, Folder 4 Israel 1969 Box 15, Folder 5 Israel 1969 Box 16, Folder 1 Mississippi River Cruise 1970 Box 16, Folder 2 Mississippi River Cruise 1970 Box 16, Folder 3 Yucatan, Guatemala 1971 Box 16, Folder 4 Yucatan, Guatemala 1971 Box 16, Folder 5 Yucatan, Guatemala 1971 Box 17, Folder 1 Ireland 1972 Box 17, Folder 2 Ireland 1972 Box 17, Folder 3 Ireland 1972 Box 17, Folder 4 Seychelles, Indian Ocean 1971 Box 17, Folder 5 Seychelles, Indian Ocean 1971 1816 7
Box 17, Folder 6 Seychelles, Indian Ocean 1971 Box 18, Folder 1 France, Spain 1977 Box 18, Folder 2 France, Spain 1977 Box 18, Folder 3 France, Spain 1977 Box 18, Folder 4 Iran, Afghanistan 1974 Box 18, Folder 5 Iran, Afghanistan 1974 Box 18, Folder 6 Iran, Afghanistan 1974 Box 19, Folder 1 Morocco 1973 Box 19, Folder 2 Morocco 1973 Box 19, Folder 3 Morocco 1973 Box 19, Folder 4 France 1978 Box 19, Folder 5 France 1978 Box 19, Folder 6 France 1978 Box 20, Folder 1 Mexico 1934 Box 20, Folder 2 Mexico 1934 Box 20, Folder 3 Mexico 1934 Box 20, Folder 4 West Indies 1977 Box 20, Folder 5 England 1985 1816 8
Box 20, Folder 6 England 1974 Box 20, Folder 7 England 1974 1816 9