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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Northridge Civic Association Papers
Creator:
Northridge Civic Association (Northridge, Los Angeles,
Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: URB.NCA
Extent:
10.44 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1951-2006
Date (bulk): 1970-1979
Abstract: In 1958, the Northridge Civic
Association was established to watch over development and preservation of the community. The
organization became involved in numerous zoning and growth control issues. The records of
the Northridge Civic Association document the organization's interests in local development,
land use, and quality of life concerns, especially zone changes and street widening. The
views of the group are officially represented in testimonies presented during public
hearings before the Los Angeles City Planning Department and the City Council.
Language of Material: English
In 1958, the Northridge Civic Association was established to watch over development and
preservation of the community. The organization was incorporated on January 9, 1959 and
became involved in numerous zoning and growth control issues during the late 1960s and early
1970s.
Predominantly from the 1970s, the records of the Northridge Civic Association document the
successful and unsuccessful stands the organization took on local development and quality of
life concerns, especially zone changes and street widening. The views of the group are
officially represented in testimonies presented during public hearings before the Los
Angeles City Planning Department and the City Council. The majority of the papers are from
former president Dorothy Boberg's files and contain correspondence, newspaper clippings,
proposals, reports and research notes. A small addition of records was processed separately
and added to the collection in 1989. Copies of various community plans for the San Fernando
Valley are also contained in the collection. The organization obtained the plans to be
familiar with the city's objectives in local urban development. The collection has been
arranged in four series:
Administrative Records (1958-2006),
Correspondence (1970-1982),
Subject
Files
(1951-2002), and
Non-Manuscript Material
(1964-1998).
Series I,
Administrative Records, documents the activities and
concerns of the Northridge Civic Association. A copy of the original by-laws in 1958 is
followed by a nine year gap in the files. Coinciding with Dorothy Boberg's involvement in
the organization in 1967, a more precise description of the association is illustrated in
meeting agendas and minutes, press releases, reports, membership lists, and a small
scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the organization. Files are arranged
alphabetically and chronological within.
Series II,
Correspondence, contains correspondence documenting
the civic association's primary focus areas. Many of Dorothy Boberg's research notes and
several of her testimonies are also contained in this series. Files are arranged
alphabetically and chronological within.
Series III,
Subject Files, is comprised of the topics and
issues of concern to both Dorothy Boberg and the Northridge Civic Association as they
affected Northridge and other local communities. Predominantly from the late 1960s through
the 1970s, these files include information on development plans for the area, preservation
issues, and numerous accounts of zoning changes. The main subjects are filed alphabetically
and chronological within.
Series IV,
Oversize and Non-Manuscript Material, consists of 42
maps, 16 newspaper clippings, 53 photographs, and 5 volumes of reports.
Series I: Administrative Records, 1958-2006
Series II: Correspondence, 1970-1982
Series III: Subject Files, 1951-2002
Series IV: Oversize and Non-Manuscript Material, 1964-1998
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Northridge Civic Association, 1985
1989
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Robert G. Marshall, David W. Bray, and Larry Jackson,1987
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