Westwood-Holmby Historical Society records, 1907-2014
Finding aid prepared by Caitlin Denny, April 2016; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575
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Online finding aid last updated 10 March 2017.
Title: Westwood-Holmby Historical Society records
Collection number: 2253
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
25.2 linear ft.
(15 boxes, 12 oversized flat boxes, 5 flat boxes, 1 shoe box, 1 poster tube, 1 oversize panorama enclosure)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1989-2003
Date (inclusive): 1907-2014
Abstract: The collection is comprised of administrative, organizational and membership files of the Westwood-Holmby Historical Society
as well as materials about Los Angeles gathered between 1989 and 2014 through the Research Committee of the WHHS. Historical
research and community support were the main objectives of WHHS.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical Location: Portions of the collection stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance
through out electronic paging system using the "Request items" button. Oversize panoramic photographs (box 35) held on B-level,
range 24.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Westwood-Holmby Historical Society Records (Collection 2253). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Westwood-Holmby Historical Society, 2014.
Processing Information
Biography/History
The Westwood-Holmby Historical Society (1989 – 2014) was a non-profit public benefit organization founded as an outgrowth
of Westwood’s 60th Anniversary celebration. WHHS was a volunteer led and run organization dedicated to the research and documentation
of people, places and events of historical significance in Westwood-Holmby, a neighborhood in west Los Angeles, California.
They were active in building their own archives of photographs, newspaper clippings and oral histories among other records
that were both collected and created by the WHHS. Lectures, exhibitions and tours were often curated by WHHS for the community
as well as for local schools. Organizational priorities included petitioning for cultural heritage sites and being vocal in
the bureaucratic measures that determine historical status in Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
In this collection are the administrative and research materials pertaining to the Westwood-Holmby Historical Society. Administrative
files include bylaws, meeting minutes and various correspondence records. Files relating to specific events that WHHS programmed
are also included in this collection and contain flyers, posters and photographs about and documenting their events and lectures.
Membership files like member lists and guestbooks can also be found in this collection. WHHS’s most active unit was their
research committee, who gathered the bulk of the content of this collection between 1989 and 2014. Their research materials
include subseries collections that were donated to WHHS: the Rowe Radar Baldwin papers, the Robert and Blanche Campbell papers,
and the George Gregson papers. These donated collections revolve around the lives of their donors and their relationship to
the Westwood neighborhood. Research committee materials include a large amount of photographs, ephemera, publications and
information about the family who developed the neighborhood of Westwood, the Janss family.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Administrative, 1989 - 2014
- Series 2: Events, 1989 - 2003
- Series 3: Membership, 1989 - 2003
- Series 4: Historical Research, 1907 - 2014
- Subseries 4.1: Rowe Radar Baldwin papers, 1929-1992
- Subseries 4.2: Robert and Blanche Campbell papers, 1930-1990
- Subseries 4.3: George Gregson Westwood Real Estate papers, 1929-2014
- Subseries 4.4: Research Committee, 1907-2010
- Subseries 4.5: Oral Histories, 1989-2000
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Westwood-Holmby Historical Society--Archives.
Administrative.
1989 - 2014.
Scope and Content
This first series in the collection focuses on the administrative and legal files of the Westwood-Holmby Historical Society.
Articles of incorporation, tax status and by laws accompany organizational level materials like meeting minutes, logo designs
and correspondence.
Organization and Arrangement
Files at this level are arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Articles of Incorporation.
1989 - 1991.
Box 1, Folder 2
Brochures, Pamphlets and Press Releases.
1989 - 1990.
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence: From Westwood-Holmby Historical Society.
1990 - 2008.
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence: Samples.
1992 - 1997.
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence: To Westwood-Holmby Historical Society.
1990 - 1992.
Box 1, Folder 8
Historical Committee.
1989.
Box 1, Folder 9
Historic Preservation Overlay Zones.
1991.
Box 1, Folder 10
Logo Design and Information.
1989 - 1990.
Box 1, Folder 11
Meeting Minutes.
1989 - 1992.
Box 1, Folder 14
Tax Exemption.
1989 - 1990.
Box 30
Historical Society Posters.
undated.
Scope and Content
Contains three posters, two copies of an original design promoting Westwood, and the third a poster of the University of California.
Events.
1989 - 2003.
Scope and Content
The documents in this series represent programmed events and lectures developed by WHHS. The bulk of the series contains photographs,
flyers and press releases pertaining to the Celebrate Westwood 60th Committee of which the WHHS was created out of. Other
events documented in this series include historical walking tours and guest lectures on historical architectural monuments
all within the neighborhood of Westwood.
Organization and Arrangement
Files at this level are arranged chronologically.
Box 2, Folder 1
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Committee Transition.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 2
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Community Research.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 3
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Correspondence.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 4
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Documentation.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 5
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Event Schedules.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 6
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Event, Committee Kickoff.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 7
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Event, Janss Day.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 8
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Event, Do-It-Yourself Walking Tour.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 9
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Event, UCLA Homecoming Parade.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 10
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Meetings.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 11
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Press, magazine - LA West.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 12
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Press, magazine - LA West supplement.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 13
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Press, magazine - UCLA Magazine.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 14
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Press, newspaper - LA Business Council supplement.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 15
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Press, newspaper - clippings.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 16
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Press - other.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 17
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Press Releases.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 18
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Supplements.
1989.
Box 17
Westwood 60th Anniversary: Display images.
1989.
Box 2, Folder 19
Westwood Village Art Shows.
1990.
Box 2, Folder 20
Fox Studio Walking Tour.
October 6, 1991.
Box 3, Folder 1
Red Car Days.
March 29, 1992.
Box 3, Folder 2
Bob Pierson Lecture.
April 27, 1992.
Box 3, Folder 3
Los Angeles Conservancy - Union Station Event.
October 1993.
Box 3, Folder 4
Holiday Party.
December 14, 1993.
Box 3, Folder 5
Leslie Heumann Lecture - Researching Your House.
April 24, 1995.
Box 3, Folder 6
Karen Hudson Lecture on Architecture of Paul R Williams.
November 7, 1996.
Box 3, Folder 7
Rancho to Communities: 75 Years.
November 17, 1997.
Box 3, Folder 8
Autumn Reception.
November 16, 1998.
Box 3, Folder 9
Jim Heimann Lecture - Westwood Then and Now.
May 15, 2000.
Box 3, Folder 10
Janice Marscher Lecture.
April 28, 2003.
Box 3, Folder 11
Event Flyers Collection.
1992 - 2003.
Box 3, Folder 13
Slide Presentation Notes.
undated.
Box 29
UCLA-Westwood Photography Sale.
undated.
Scope and Content
This item is mounted on foam board.
Membership.
1989 - 2003.
Scope and Content
These files document a few key members of the WHHS, Wendy Kaplan and Greg Fischer. Fischer was on the board of directors for
the WHHS as well as a historical walking tour guide of Los Angeles and an advocate for the restoration of historical Los Angeles
neighborhood titles. Kaplan was the Founding President of the WHHS until her retirement in 1991. Also in this collection are
photographs from member only meetings and lists of members throughout the years in the form of guestbooks and lists.
Organization and Arrangement
Files at this level are arranged by subject.
Box 3, Folder 16
Member: Greg Fischer.
1992 - 1995.
Box 3, Folder 17
Member: Wendy Kaplan.
December 1991.
Scope and Content
Contains 35mm negatives.
Box 3, Folder 18
Member Only Meetings.
1989 - 1992.
Box 3, Folder 19
Membership and Attendance.
1989 - 2003.
Historical Research.
1907 - 2014.
Scope and Content
The fourth series in this collection contains the bulk of the materials. The Research Committee within the WHHS was the most
active sector of the society due to their mission to preserve and restore historically significant information and architecture
relating to Westwood and surrounding neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This series is comprised of five subseries, three of which
are small donated collections by people or families who had affluent and honored standing in the Westwood community. Subjects
that make appearances in this series are the prominent Westwood families of Janss and Burbank and Los Angeles city planning
materials. The city planning materials include tract home maps and advertisements as well as correspondence on infrastructure
and architectural developments. The last subseries in this series includes oral histories recorded on cassette and mini cassette
as well as transcriptions of those interviews in bound book form.
Organization and Arrangement
Files at this level are arranged chronologically unless otherwise stated.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
Rowe Radar Baldwin papers.
1929 - 1992.
Scope and Content
Rowe Radar Baldwin was a 1929 UCLA alum. From 1934 to 1938 she wrote a column called for the Westwood Hills Press as part
of her duties as Publicity Director of the Janss Investment Corporation, for whom she worked from 1929 to 1938. She began
writing in June 1934 and resigned in April 1938, replaced by Gertrude Harlan. Following, Baldwin worked as UCLA’s athletic
ticket manager from 1943 to 1973. She was a founding member of the UCLA Gold Shield. Baldwin assisted Westwood-Holmby Historical
Society in research for exhibitions and events. In 1975 and 1976, Baldwin assisted Donald Combs in research for exhibit
at Contempo Westwood Center. In 1989, Baldwin assisted in the Westwood 60th Anniversary by providing valuable insight and
details about the town. Baldwin served as Honorary Society Director of WHHS from 1989 to 1995. These papers were donated from
Baldwin to WHHS in 1992. Her papers includes correspondence with Warner Bros studio, UCLA, San Bernardino School District
and other individuals and businesses she helped provide with information or photographs of Westwood during her time as a columnist.
Newspaper clipping from her column, as well as about Janss Investment Corporation can be found in this subseries. One folder
is dedicated to child actress Jane Withers and her interaction with UCLA and Ms. Radar in 1936.
Box 4, Folder 1
Rowe Radar Baldwin.
1929 - 1989.
Box 4, Folder 2
"Village Raider" column.
1934 - 1992.
Box 4, Folder 3
Early Janss Demonstration Homes.
1935 - 1937.
Box 4, Folder 4
Jose de Buenos Aires newspaper clipping.
1936.
Box 4, Folder 5
Correspondence on "Village Raider".
1989.
Box 4, Folder 6
Jane Withers.
1936 - 1939.
Box 4, Folder 7
Newspaper clippings.
1937 - 1961.
Box 4, Folder 8
"Colorful First Years" Westwood Village article.
1952.
Box 4, Folder 9
History of Westwood.
1960s - 1989.
Box 4, Folder 10
"Village Raider" column copies.
May 1, 1989.
Box 4, Folder 11
Westwood 60th Anniversary articles.
1989.
Box 4, Folder 12
"Village Raider" column copies from Baldwin's scrapbook, 1934 - 1938.
1989.
Box 4, Folder 13
"Village Raider" column copies from Baldwin's scrapbook, 1934 - 1938.
1989.
Box 4, Folder 14
Correspondence with Wendy Kaplan.
1989 - 1991.
Robert and Blanche Campbell papers.
1930 - 1990.
Scope and Content
Robert and Blanche Campbell were business owners in Westwood in the 1930s to 1980s. They owned and operated Campbell’s Bookstore
located at 10918 Le Conte Ave. Materials in this subseries include administrative and publicity files associated with Campbell’s
Bookstore, community service activities of the Campbells, and photographs of the Campbell family. Also included in this subseries
are ephemera about the Westwood Village Lions Club and Westwood Village Studio donated by the daughter of Robert and Blanche,
Clarice Campbell and her friend Dorothy Ross, daughter of Ruth and Gene Ross.
Box 4, Folder 17
Campbell's Bookstore stationary.
1930s - 1950s.
Box 16
Campbell's Bookstore stamps.
1929 - 1954.
Box 4, Folder 18
Campbell columns.
1936 - 1952.
Box 4, Folder 19
Ye Village Tattler newspaper.
1937 - 1981.
Box 4, Folder 20
Tropical Ice Garden - Clarice Campbell.
1939 - 1990.
Box 4, Folder 21
Campbell Photographs.
1948 - 1962.
Box 17
Independence Press Award of Merit, Robert Campbell.
May 1962.
Box 4, Folder 22
Campbell and Bretano's newspaper articles.
1962 - 1981.
Box 4, Folder 23
Community Service.
1963 - 1970.
Box 4, Folder 24
Eugene Gilbert - Evening Outlook.
1964 - 1985.
Box 5, Folder 1
From Dorothy Ross and Clarice Campbell - Westwood Village Lions Club / postcard.
1967 - 1990.
Box 16
Outstanding Community Service Award, Blanche Campbell.
1970.
Box 16
Outstanding Community Service Award, Robert Campbell.
1972.
Box 17
Community Citizens of the Year Award, Bob and Blanche Campbell.
January 21, 1982.
Box 21
Mayor's Certificate of Appreciation, Blanche and Bob Campbell.
January 21, 1982.
Box 5, Folder 2
Ruth Ross "Westwood Village Studio" autobiography.
1984.
Box 5, Folder 3
Oakley's Hair Stylists.
1987 - 1989.
Box 17
Blanch Campbell portrait.
undated.
Box 16
Campbell's Bookstore matches.
undated.
Box 16
Robert Campbell signature stamp.
undated.
Box 16
Robert Campbell El Ranchero de San Jose de Buenos Aires Identification card.
undated.
Box 16
Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow medallion and pin.
undated.
Geroge Gregson Westwood Real Estate papers.
1929 - 2014.
Scope and Content
George Gregson (Gregovich), 1904 – 1997, was the Vice President for the Janss Investment Corporation. His parents emigrated
from Serbia to the United States and raised George in Arizona. Gregson began his career as an appraiser at a mortgage company
and worked his way up to executive and then Vice President at the Janss Investment Corporation. After Janss Corp sold the
land in Westwood, Gregson continued to own property in Westwood Village, including Linde Medical Plaza land, and various office
locations. He was married to Patricia Cluff Janss from January 12th, 1935 until her death in 1939. Included in this subseries
are materials related to Mr. Gregson’s time at Janss Investment Corporation, titles and deeds of the sale of Westwood Village,
and his personal letter opener.
Box 5, Folder 5
Tract Maps and Deeds.
1929 - 1941.
Box 5, Folder 4
Janss History Publication, .
1930.
Box 20
Thomas Brothers Property Zone Atlas of Los Angeles County.
1946.
Box 5, Folder 6
Janss Investment Corporation Sears Warehouse Site.
1948 - 1949.
Box 5, Folder 7
Newspaper Clippings: Westwood Hills.
1940s.
Box 5, Folder 8
Westwood Village Property Sale I.
1951 - 1960.
Box 5, Folder 9
Westwood Village Property Sale II.
1951 - 1960.
Box 5, Folder 10
Westwood Village Appraisals.
1953 - 1954.
Box 5, Folder 11
Fox Hills Realty - Oil and Mineral Rights - Janss.
1954.
Box 5, Folder 12
Photos: Janss Investment Corporation Properties.
1954.
Box 6, Folder 1
Newspaper Clippings: Westwood Village.
1958 - 1988.
Box 20
Photos: Peter Caine collection of mounted Westwood photos.
circa 1960s.
Box 6, Folder 2
Right of Way Quitclaim.
1960 - 1984.
Box 6, Folder 3
Janss Westwood Publicity.
1961 - 1992.
Box 6, Folder 4
Janss Right of Way - Southern Pacific Electric.
1968 - 1971.
Box 7, Folder 1
Photos: Exposition Rd and Wesdtwood Blvd, demolition is started.
1992.
Box 7, Folder 2
Photos: Exposition Rd and Wesdtwood Blvd, start of construction.
1992.
Box 7, Folder 3
Photos: Exposition Rd and Wesdtwood Blvd, demolished.
1992.
Box 7, Folder 4
Photos: Exposition Rd and Wesdtwood Blvd, demolition views.
1992.
Box 7, Folder 5
Photos: Exposition Rd and Wesdtwood Blvd, views.
1992.
Box 7, Folder 6
Photos: Exposition Rd and Wesdtwood Blvd, views and Santa Monica Pier.
1992.
Box 7, Folder 7
George Gregson Westwood Real Estate Papers History and Description.
2014.
Box 6, Folder 15
Maps: Tract and Plans.
undated.
Box 6, Folder 14
Photocopies: 1929 Janss Deed to Adrew and Myron Meyer.
undated.
Box 7, Folder 8
Photocopies: Articles on Geroge Gregson.
undated.
Box 7, Folder 9
Photocopies: Westwood Janss History.
undated.
Box 7, Folder 10
George Gregson Letter Opener.
undated.
Box 17
Photos: Janss Investment Corporation properties.
undated.
Box 29
Maps: Cloth Tract Maps of Westwood area.
undated.
Research Committee.
1907 - 2010.
Scope and Content
The research committee in the Westwood-Holmby Historical Society was the core of the group's activities and interests. They
sought to gain information and insight on their neighborhood in order to protect the rights of and inform landowners as well
as register certain sites as historical places. Much of their research ended up contributing to the many exhibitions they
had over the years.
Organization and Arrangement
Files at this level are arranged chronologically within subjects.
Box 7, Folder 11
60th Anniversary: Research.
1989.
Box 18, Folder 1
Associations: Westwood Hills Business Village.
1922 - 1930.
Box 7, Folder 12
Associations: G-P Club.
1940.
Box 7, Folder 13
Associations: Masonic Club and Contempo Center.
1976.
Box 7, Folder 14
Associations: Other Historical Society By Laws.
1984 - 1989.
Box 7, Folder 15
Associations: Other Historical Societies.
1988 - 2003.
Box 7, Folder 16
Associations: Westwood Hills Business Village.
1922 - 1930.
Box 6, Folder 16
Associations: Westwood Village Association.
1991 - 1993.
Box 7, Folder 17
Associations: Westwood Community Council.
2010.
Box 7, Folder 18
Associations: Los Rancheros de San Jose de Buenos Aires Club.
undated.
Box 26
Associations: Los Rancheros de San Jose de Buenos Aires gavel.
undated.
Box 8, Folder 1
Business: Hamner and Son photographs.
circa 1925.
Box 8, Folder 2
Business: Hamner and Son photographs.
circa 1925 - 1930s.
Box 8, Folder 3
Business: Religious.
circa 1940s - 1990.
Box 8, Folder 4
Business: Directories.
1950 - 2001.
Box 19, Folder 3
Business: Hamner and Son ephemera.
1951 - 1959.
Box 8, Folder 5
Business: Glendale Federal Savings.
undated.
Box 19, Folder 2
Business: Hamner and Son photobook.
undated.
Box 19, Folder 4
Business: Hamner and Son, John Morgan Hamner portrait.
undated.
Box 8, Folder 6
Business: Potter's Hardware deck of cards.
undated.
Box 8, Folder 7
Business: Westwood business cards.
undated.
Box 8, Folder 8
Correspondence.
1992 - 2014.
Box 8, Folder 9
Development: Westwood master plan newspaper clippings.
1958 - 1963.
Box 8, Folder 10
Development: Traffic congestion plan.
1958 - 1971.
Box 8, Folder 11
Development: Historical and Cultural resources survey - survey guide.
1981.
Box 9, Folder 1
Development: Cultural Resource Documentation Report: Westwood Village.
1985.
Box 9, Folder 2
Development: Improvement Plans.
1985 - 1992.
Box 9, Folder 3
Development: Westwood Village Specific Plan.
1986 - 1987.
Box 9, Folder 4
Development: Cultural Resource Documentation Report: Westwood, North and East Villages.
1987.
Box 9, Folder 5
Development: Cultural Resource Documentation Report: Westwood, North and East Villages.
1987.
Box 9, Folder 6
Development: The West Los Angeles Subregional Planning Area.
1990.
Box 9, Folder 7
Development: Los Feliz Improvement Association.
1991.
Box 10, Folder 1
Development: Westwood Village Management.
1992 - 1993.
Box 10, Folder 2
Development: SMEDRA / Save Westwood Village.
1998 - 2002.
Box 10, Folder 3
Development: Privilege Parking.
circa 1990s.
Box 10, Folder 4
Development: Nansay Incorporated.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 5
Development: Notated photocopies of development ads.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 6
Development: Faculty units - University Crest - Old streets of Monterey.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 7
Development: Apartment center - Village - North Village.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 8
Development: University Entrance Park.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 9
Development: Holmby Hills.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 10
Development: Fox Hills - Country Club Units.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 11
Development: Prosperity Units.
undated.
Box 29
Development: Los Angeles County Index Map and Zoning.
undated.
Box 29
Development: Santa Monica Index Map and Zoning.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 12
Ephemera: Security Federal Savings Westwood Village, 25 year brochure.
1969.
Box 10, Folder 13
Ephemera: "Yesterday Tripping" Los Angeles History.
1984.
Box 10, Folder 14
Ephemera: Billy Bengston poster.
1989.
Box 10, Folder 15
Ephemera: Westwood Village postcards.
1989 - 1990.
Box 32
Ephemera: Westwood Park illustration.
undated.
Box 22
Janss: Scrapbook, Investment Corporation.
1911 - 1964.
Box 10, Folder 17
Janss: Family and friends photographs and family tree.
circa 1930s.
Box 10, Folder 18
Janss: Business yearbook.
1935.
Box 6, Folder 17
Janss: Mabel Jellison-Burbank.
1935 - 1989.
Box 18, Folder 2
Janss: Sales Department Tracts of Westwood Hills.
1936 - 1937.
Box 31
Janss: Christmas Tribute to Emma Janss.
1940.
Box 23
Janss: Scrapbook.
circa 1950s - 1960s.
General note
This item is fragile.
Box 6, Folder 18
Janss: Janss Investment Corporation in UCLA Monthly.
1979.
Box 10, Folder 19
Janss: Parkinson Spirit of Urbanism Award.
1995.
Box 6, Folder 19
Janss: Autobiographies.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 16
Janss: Peter Janss Los Angeles Times photocopies.
undated.
Box 21
Janss: Scrapbook #3.
undated.
General note
This item is fragile.
Box 25
Janss: Scrapbook #5.
undated.
Box 24
Janss: Scrapbook #7.
undated.
Box 25
Janss: Scrapbook #13.
undated.
Box 26
Janss: Scrapbook "Friends".
undated.
General note
This item is fragile.
Box 31
Janss: Westwood Community Church Memorium.
undated.
Box 10, Folder 20
Maps: Westwood photocopies.
undated.
Box 20
Maps: Prints of Westwood maps (medium).
undated.
Box 31
Maps: Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles.
undated.
Scope and Content
This map is a wood artifact.
Box 32
Maps: Prints of Westwood maps (small).
undated.
Scope and Content
These items are mounted on foam core.
Box 10, Folder 21
Narratives: Westwood.
1986 - 1995.
Box 10, Folder 22
Narratives: Westwood Village.
1989.
Box 10, Folder 23
Narratives: Shelley Taylor Family in Westwood.
2000.
Box 10, Folder 24
Narratives: Westwood Park origins.
undated.
Box 35
Panorama: Westwood on Masonite.
1931.
Scope and Content
Original photo, 10.75" x 53.5" on Masonite. Lummis Auction purchase.
Box 35
Panorama: Westwood Village.
undated.
Scope and Content
9.75" x 65.25" copy. Has some water damage.
Box 11, Folder 1
People of Westwood: Arthur Letts biography.
1927.
Box 18
People of Westwood: Arthur Letts Broadway Department Store plaque.
circa 1923.
Box 11, Folder 2
People of Westwood: White pages.
1973 - 1976.
Box 11, Folder 3
People of Westwood: Ron Blumberg.
1989.
Box 33
Posters: Westwood Hills
$5,000,000 in Building Permits Ad.
1930.
Box 33
Posters: Westwood Hills Open Today Ad.
undated.
Box 33
Posters:
The Second Hollywood Westwood aerial drawing Ad.
undated.
Box 33
Posters: Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica.
1881.
Box 33
Posters: Westwood Hills and Holmby Hills map.
1931.
Box 33
Posters: Early Westwood subdivision map.
undated.
Box 33
Posters: San Jose de Buenos Ayres.
1858.
Box 33
Posters: Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres.
undated.
Box 33
Posters:
The Historic Ranchos of Los Angeles (color).
undated.
Box 33
Posters: Mar Pacifico Del Norte, old map of Ranchos Viscente.
undated.
Box 34
Posters: Westwood Hills Ad.
1928.
Box 34
Posters: Westwood Hills Smart Investment Ad.
1931.
Box 34
Posters: Holmby Hills, Janss Investment Corporation.
1926.
Box 34
Posters: Westwood Everyone Working Overtime Ad.
1922.
Box 34
Posters: Westwood Ad.
1924.
Box 34
Posters: Westwood, The New City Ad.
1923.
Box 34
Posters: Streets of Old Monterey Unit. Westwood Hills Ad.
1930.
Box 34
Posters: Three New Homes In Westwood Hills Ad.
1935.
Box 34
Posters: Unit 2 of Fox Hills, Open Westwood Today Ad.
1923.
Box 34
Posters: Holmby Hills, Residential Estates Ad.
1926.
Box 6, Folder 20
Photocopies: Research.
1989.
Box 6, Folder 21
Photocopies: Research.
undated.
Box 12, Folder 1
Photocopies: Research.
undated.
Box 11, Folder 4
Preservation: Historic Cultural Monuments.
1987 - 1994.
Box 11, Folder 5
Preservation: Research In The City of Los Angeles Survey.
1989.
Box 11, Folder 6
Preservation: News.
1991 - 1993.
Box 11, Folder 7
Preservation: Guide.
February 1992.
Box 11, Folder 8
Preservation: Resources.
undated.
Box 11, Folder 9
Preservation: Cultural Heritage Master Plan.
undated.
Box 11, Folder 10
Preservation: Cultural Monuments of Conservation.
undated.
Box 11, Folder 11
Publications: Westwood Hills.
1940.
Box 13, Folder 1
Publications: Westwood Notices and News.
1975 - 2004.
Box 26, Folder 1
Publications: Eugene Gilbert Evening Outlook reprint copies.
1978 - 1988.
Box 13, Folder 2
Publications: Westways Article.
1992.
Box 13, Folder 3
Publications: Village Update.
1998 - 1999.
Box 12, Folder 2
UCLA: The Architect and Engineer.
1930.
Box 13, Folder 5
UCLA: History of James Martin.
1940 - 1974.
Box 13, Folder 6
Westwood Photographs: Rancho Days.
1907 - 1924.
Box 13, Folder 7
Westwood Photographs: Westwood Early Development.
1921 - 1927.
Box 13, Folder 8
Westwood Photographs: UCLA.
1929.
Box 13, Folder 8
Westwood Photographs: Westwood Blvd.
1925 - 1955.
Box 13, Folder 9
Westwood Photographs: UCLA.
1929.
Box 13, Folder 10
Westwood Photographs: Advertisements and news clippings.
1929.
Box 13, Folder 11
Westwood Photographs: Panoramic Photographs I.
1929 - 1933.
Box 13, Folder 12
Westwood Photographs: Panoramic Photographs II.
1929 - 1933.
Scope and Content
Contains 35mm negatives.
Box 13, Folder 13
Westwood Photographs: UCLA Masonic Club.
1929 - 1957.
Box 13, Folder 15
Westwood Photographs: Glendon Ave.
circa 1930.
Box 13, Folder 16
Westwood Photographs: Janss Drug Tower.
circa 1930.
Box 13, Folder 17
Westwood Photographs: Royce Hall with Goodyear Blimp.
circa 1930.
Box 13, Folder 18
Westwood Photographs: Westwood Blvd.
circa 1930.
Box 13, Folder 19
Westwood Photographs: Aerial Views.
1931 - 1940.
Box 13, Folder 20
Westwood Photographs: Janss Tower.
1932 - 1954.
Box 13, Folder 21
Westwood Photographs: Gas stations.
1935 - 1936.
Box 13, Folder 22
Westwood Photographs: People.
1935 - 1940.
Box 13, Folder 23
Westwood Photographs: Westwood Courtyards.
1935 - 1947.
Box 13, Folder 24
Westwood Photographs: Westwood Buildings.
1935 - 1962.
Box 13, Folder 26
Westwood Photographs: Janss Dome.
1937 - 1954.
Box 13, Folder 27
Westwood Photographs: South of Wilshire.
1937 - 1954.
Box 14, Folder 1
Westwood Photographs: USC Hearst Collection of Westwood.
circa 1938.
Box 14, Folder 3
Westwood Photographs: Theatres.
1938.
Box 14, Folder 4
Westwood Photographs: Wilshire.
1939 - 1970.
Box 14, Folder 5
Westwood Photographs: Janss Dome.
circa 1940.
Box 14, Folder 6
Westwood Photographs: Movie premiere of "Adventures of Casanova".
1948.
Box 14, Folder 7
Westwood Photographs: Ice Skating Rink.
circa 1950.
Box 14, Folder 8
Westwood Photographs: Bullock's Westwood.
1955.
Box 14, Folder 9
Westwood Photographs: Architecture.
circa 1990s.
Scope and Content
Contains 35mm negatives.
Box 14, Folder 10
Westwood Photographs: Historical Society Slide Show I.
undated.
Scope and Content
Contains 35mm positive film.
Box 14, Folder 11
Westwood Photographs: Historical Society Slide Show II.
undated.
Scope and Content
Contains 35mm positive film.
Box 14, Folder 12
Westwood Photographs: Copies from UCLA Collection.
undated.
Box 14, Folder 13
Westwood Photographs: Westwood Photos with captions.
undated.
Box 19, Folder 1
Westwood Photographs: Westwood and Los Angeles Homes.
undated.
Scope and Content
Contains 35mm negatives.
Box 27
Westwood Photographs: Oversize prints.
circa 1930s - 1940s.
Box 28
Westwood Photographs: Negatives and contact prints.
circa 1920s - 1950s.
Scope and Content
Contains medium format film negatives.
Oral Histories.
1989 - 2000.
Scope and Content
The oral histories in this subseries were recorded interviews conducted by the WHHS between the years of 1989 and 1992. Also
included is a two volume bound transcript of separate interviews conducted by the UCLA Center for Oral History Research.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SUBSERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
Box 28
Oral Histories: Rowe Baldwin Interview.
1989.
Scope and Content
Contains three cassette tapes.
Box 28
Oral Histories: KSRF Interview on Westwood 60th Anniversary.
1989.
Scope and Content
Contains one cassette tape.
Box 28
Oral Histories: Mabel Jellison Burbank.
1992.
Scope and Content
Contains two micro cassettes.
Box 28
Oral Histories: Greg Fischer and Rubi Chatalian Interviews.
undated.
Scope and Content
Contains one cassette tape.
Box 14, Folder 14
Oral Histories: Westwood Past Present and Future.
November 14, 1990.
Scope and Content
Contains one VHS tape.
Box 15
Oral Histories: Westwood Pioneers Volume 1, Volume 2.
2000.