http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5p3006g3 No online items Finding Aid for the Francis M. Fultz papers LSC.0138 Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Division staff, 1990s; Kuhelika Ghosh, 2019 UCLA Library Special Collections Online finding aid last updated 2019 April 01. Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections Finding Aid for the Francis M. LSC.0138 1 Fultz papers LSC.0138 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Title: Francis M. Fultz papers Creator: Fultz, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1857- Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0138 Physical Description: 105.8 Linear Feet(67 boxes, 38 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder) Date (inclusive): 1845-1945 Abstract: Francis M. Fultz (1857-1948) was a school superintendent before becoming the director of conservation and reforestation in Los Angeles City Schools (1925-1932). He also lectured on subjects ranging from California, Hawaii and Yellowstone to camping, wildflowers and weeds. The collection consists of the manuscripts of 37 books and articles by Fultz, as well as carbons, early drafts, illustrations and research notes, books and periodicals containing articles by Fultz. The collection also contains runs of the Sierra Club bulletin, Trails and other periodicals, pamphlets and bound volumes, and lantern slides. Language of Material: Materials are in English. Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Conditions Governing Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use Property rights to the physical 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 [Identification of item], Francis M. Fultz papers (Collection 138). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of Dessa Fultz, 1950. Processing Information Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, 1990s. Enhanced description of non-photographic material by Kuheika Ghosh, 2019. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233051 Biography Francis M. Fultz was born on August 21, 1857 in Wilton Junction, Iowa; Ph.D (1886) and MA (1889), Iowa State University; taught at Burlington (Iowa) High School, 1886-95; superintendent of Burlington Public Schools in Burlington (1899-1909) and Santa Barbara, California (1909-13); moved to Los Angeles in 1913; became director of conservation and reforestation in Los Angeles city schools, 1925-32; was a member of the Sierra Club, and also a lecturer, giving illustrated lectures on subjects ranging from California, Hawaii and Yellowstone to camping, wildflowers and weeds; publications include The Upper Mississippi Region (1908), A Study of the Sierra Nevada (1908), The Fly-Aways and Other Seed Travelers (1909), The Elfin Forest of California (1923), and Lily, Iris and Orchid of Southern California (1928); he died in 1948. Scope and Content Collection consists of the manuscripts of 37 books and articles by Fultz, as well as carbons, early drafts, illustrations and research notes, books and periodicals containing articles by Fultz, runs of the Sierra Club bulletin, Trails and other periodicals, pamphlets and bound volumes, and glass lantern slides, most of them taken by Fultz and colored by his wife. Arrangement This collection has been arranged in the following series: 1. Series 1: Personal materials, 1845-1940 2. Series 2: Publications, 1854-1945 3. Series 3: Lantern slides, 1887-1931 Finding Aid for the Francis M. LSC.0138 2 Fultz papers LSC.0138 Separated Materials 3000 cellulose nitrate film negatives, 150 black-and-white prints of plants of southern California and 1 book about California wildflowers were transferred to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County on November 28, 1980. Subjects and Indexing Terms Lantern slides. Naturalists -- California -- Archives. Conservationists -- California -- Archives. Fultz, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1857- -- Archives Personal materials Series 1. 1845-1940 Scope and Content This series contains Fultz's manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, school textbooks, and other personal materials. box 1, box 2, Manuscripts 1915-1937 box 4-9, box 11, box 13, box 16-22 box 1 Photographs: "Weeds" undated box 7, box 10, Correspondence 1898-1940 box 13 box 10 Notebooks 1914-1919 box 103 Trigonometry notebook 3 undated box 103 Botany notebook 4 undated box 103 Visitations 5 1909-1911. box 103 French notebook 6 undated box 103 Biology notebook 7 undated box 103 Botany notebook 8 undated box 103 Visitations notebook 9 1911-1913. box 103 Geology/Geography notebook 10 1893. box 103 Books and material furnished to schools 11 1910-1911. box 103 Surface geology notebook 12 1893. box 103 Glacial geography. Deep wells. Artesian wells 13 1894. box 103 Geology notebook 14 undated box 103, folder 1 High School autograph book (7.5 × 5) 1880-1882. box 103, folder 2 High School autograph book (5 × 3) 1880-1882. box 103, folder 15 Fault finding 1901-1902. box 103, folder 16 School incidents undated box 103, folder 17 School stories undated box 103, folder 18 Stories with a good application for educational discussions, etc. undated box 103, folder 19 Ability to see the joke, other clippings undated box 103, folder 20 What some parents expect of teachers undated box 103, folder 21 Bright sayings of children, schoolroom episodes, etc. undated box 103, folder 22 Stories, intercepted school notes undated box 103, folder 23 Amusing school incidents and notes from parents undated box 103, folder 24 Marvin Bokencamp's note undated box 103, folder 25 Satisfactory Excuse notes 1900-1901. box 103, folder 26 Not satisfactory Excuse notes 1901. box 104, folder 1 Short and witty answers undated box 104, folder 2 Type stanzas for sacred song undated box 104, folder 3 Wrong use of big words undated box 104, folder 4 Suggestions undated box 104, folder 5 Border stories undated box 104, folder 6 About pearls, ivory, birds, largest things in the world undated box 104, folder 7 Conundrums undated Finding Aid for the Francis M. LSC.0138 3 Fultz papers LSC.0138 Personal materials Series 1.1845-1940 box 104, folder 8 Poems 1895. box 104, folder 9 Christmas afternoon undated box 104, folder 10 Limericks - simplified spelling undated box 104, folder 11 Clipped verses undated box 104, folder 12 Math targets undated box 104, folder 13 Catchy verses & automobile verses undated box 104, folder 14 Epitaphs undated box 104, folder 15 Conundrums - Origins of well-known sayings undated box 104, folder 16 Various jokes and stories undated box 104, folder 17 Valentines undated box 104, folder 18 Ephemera undated box 104, folder 19 Calling cards undated box 104 California In color. Brochure advertising Fultz's illustrated lectures 21 undated box 105 Certificates and diplomas 1885-1889 box 91 A key to Ray's higher arithmetic. Winthrop B. Smith and Company, Cincinnati undated box 91 Aley, Robert J. Graphs. D.C. Heath and Company, Boston 1902. box 91 Dryer, Charles R. Lessons in physical geography. American Book Company, New York 1901. box 91 Gifford, John B. Elementary lessons in physics. Thompson, Brown, and Company, Boston 1894. box 91 McGuffey, William H. McGuffey's newly revised eclectic fourth reader . Winthrop B. Smith, Cincinnati 1853. box 91 Ray, Joseph. Ray's new practical arithmetic. Van Antwerp, Bragg and Company, Cincinnati 1877. box 91 Robinson, Edward Van Dyke. Commercial geography. Rand McNally, Chicago 1910. box 91 Trotter, Spencer. The geography of commerce. Macmillan, New York 1909. box 91 Well, Webster. The elements of geometry. Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn, Boston 1886. box 91 Wentworth, George and Smith, David Eugene. Oral arithmetic. Ginn and Company, Boston 1910. box 92 Mathematical tables. n.p. undated box 92 Adams, Cyrus C. An elementary commercial geography. D. Appleton and Company, New York 1902. box 92 Backus, Truman J. Shaw's new history of english literature. Sheldon and Company, New York 1882. box 92 Key to Robinson's new university algebra. Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman and Company, New York 1869. box 92 Packard, A.S. Zoology for high schools and colleges. Henry Holt and Company, New York 1883. box 92 Packard, A.S. Zoology. Henry Holt and Company, New York 1885. box 92 Robinson, Horatio N. New elementary algebra. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Company, New York 1878. box 92 Robinson, Horatio N. New university algebra. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company, New York 1871. box 92 Sweet, Henry. A short historical english grammar. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1892. box 92 The lectures delivered before the American Institute of Instruction. Ticknor and Fields, Boston 1858. box 93 Browne, S.H. The manual of commerce. Bill, Nichols and Company, Springfield, Massachusetts 1871. box 93 Conn, H.W. Bacteria, yeasts, and molds in the home. Ginn and Company, Boston 1903. box 93 Cooley, Le Roy C. The new text-book of physics. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1882. box 93 Peabody, James Edward. Elementary plant biology. Macmillan, New York 1912. box 93 Ray, Joseph. Ray's algebra, Part first. Wilson, Hinkle and Company, Cincinnati 1856. box 93 Ray, Joseph. The principles of arithmetic. Wilson, Hinkle, and Company, Cincinnati 1856. Finding Aid for the Francis M. LSC.0138 4 Fultz papers LSC.0138 Personal materials Series 1.1845-1940 box 93 Shaler, N.S. A first book in geology. D.C. Heath and Company, Boston 1898.