Klingberg, Frank J. (Frank Joseph), 1883-1968
Variant namesKlingberg was born on Feb. 25, 1883 on a farm at Turkey Creek, Dickinson County, KS; AB (1907) and MA, University of Kansas; Ph. D, Yale Univ., 1911; researcher, Bureau of the Census and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1911-12); on faculty at Univ. of Southern California (1912-18); lecturer, League to Enforce Peace (1918-19); appointed chairman of the History Dept. of the new Southern Branch of the University of California, serving for 18 years; was professor of history at UCLA until retirement in 1950; active in library and other university-wide committees; wrote dozens of articles for journals for the Los Angeles times editorial pages; wrote several books, including The anti-slavery movement in England : a study in English humanitarianism (1926) and An appraisal of the Negro in colonial South Carolina : a study in Americanization (1941); he died on June 4, 1968 in LA.
From the description of Papers, 1906-1960. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38963143
Biography
Klingberg was born on February 25, 1883 on a farm at Turkey Creek, Dickinson County, Kansas; AB (1907) and MA, University of Kansas; Ph.D, Yale University, 1911; researcher, Bureau of the Census and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1911-12); on faculty at University of Southern California (1912-18); lecturer, League to Enforce Peace (1918-19); appointed chairman of the History Department of the new Southern Branch of the University of California, serving for 18 years; was professor of history at UCLA until retirement in 1950; active in library and other university-wide committees; wrote dozens of articles for journals for the Los Angeles Times editorial pages; wrote several books, including The Anti-Slavery Movement in England: A Study in English Humanitarianism (1926) and An Appraisal of the Negro in Colonial South Carolina: A Study in Americanization (1941); he died on June 4, 1968 in Los Angeles.
From the guide to the Frank Joseph Klingberg Papers, 1906-1960, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
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| referencedIn | Oswald Garrison Villard papers | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Frank Joseph Klingberg Papers, 1906-1960 | University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. | |
| creatorOf | Wemmer, Frederick. Frederick Wemmer research on founding of Grace Church, 1955-1956. | California state library | |
| creatorOf | Klingberg, Frank Joseph, 1883-. Papers, 1906-1960. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| creatorOf | Klingberg, Frank Joseph, 1883-. Frank J. Klingberg The Education of a Kansan [microform], 1883-1911. | Kansas State Historical Society |
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| associatedWith | Wemmer, Frederick. | person |
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Birth 1883-02-25
Death 1968
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