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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley Collection
Creator:
Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley
Identifier/Call Number: URB.VICA
Extent:
9.38 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1950-1984
Abstract: The Industrial Association of the San
Fernando Valley (IASFV), now called the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA), is
a non-profit organization formed to attract industry to the San Fernando Valley, a suburban
community in Los Angeles. The records of the Industrial Association of the San Fernando
Valley, 1949-1981, document the establishment and development of the Association, and
corresponding growth across the San Fernando Valley.
Language of Material: English
The Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley (IASFV), now called the Valley
Industry and Commerce Association (VICA), is a non-profit organization formed in 1949 by a
group of retailers, professionals, service organizations, chambers of commerce, banks, and
government agencies to attract industry to the San Fernando Valley, a suburban community in
Los Angeles. IASFV adopted a ten-point program to increase employment opportunities and to
protect the interests of Valley property owners and investors.
The Association campaigns for adequate municipal services, including flood control,
freeways, highways, public transportation, railroad grade separations, and zoning. It has
also assisted California State University, Northridge (CSUN) to establish a library, Urban
Studies Center, and School of Engineering, and provided support in the development of
student housing and competitive salaries for professors at CSUN.
The first Board of Directors consisted of O.K. Buck, Lee Degnan, David E. Fulwider, R.
Hollingsworth, Kersey Kinsey, Vernon E. Lohr, H.R. Lutz, W.T. Heinley, James G. Moran,
Claire Newberry, LeRoy D. Owen, Edward P. Ripley, Harry F. Ross, Roy C. Seeley, and A. H.
Smith.
The
Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley Collection
documents the establishment and development of the Association and the corresponding
growth of the San Fernando Valley. The bulk of the material consists of minutes and
correspondence files. There are also a considerable number of oversize maps and charts.
Administrative records such as by-laws, articles of incorporation, rosters, financial
reports, newsletters, ordinances, press releases, resolutions, reports and speeches are also
included in the collection. The collection is arranged in six series:
Administrative Records (1950-1980),
Records of the Board and
Executive
(1952-1980),
Correspondence Files (1952-1981),
Association Activities (1951-1978),
General
Subject Files
(1952-1984), and
Non-Manuscript Material
(1915, 1950-1980).
Series I,
Administrative Records, is comprised of the
Association's organizational and housekeeping records such as by-laws, articles of
incorporation, reports, membership rosters, press releases and related materials documenting
the history and procedures of the organization. The files are arranged in alphabetical order
and chronologically within file series.
Series II,
Records of the Board and Executive, documents the
interests and concerns of the Association. Minutes comprise the bulk of the records. The
series also contains meeting agendas, attendance lists, biographies of guest speakers, and
notices of meetings. The files are grouped by originator and arranged in chronological
order.
Series III,
Correspondence Files, is divided into letters
received and sent, memorandums, and inter-organizational correspondence. Each grouping is
arranged chronologically.
Series IV,
Association Activities, contains materials produced
by the IASFV, and consists of certificates of appreciation, summaries of industrial property
activity, property descriptions, and rosters of the content of Arthur Aston's notebooks. The
resolutions, reports, speeches, testimonies, and fact sheets included within this series
discuss such topics as the Nordhoff-Winnetka Industrial Area, San Fernando Valley College,
Railroad Grade Separation, Sun Valley Gravel Pits, the Van Norman Dam, and Zoning. The files
are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series V,
General Subject Files, includes materials created by
other organizations. This series contains minutes, subject reports, tour reports, city
ordinances, bills, laws, charters, Los Angeles City Plan cases, planning publications,
newsletters, speeches, fact sheets, environmental impact reports, resolutions and related
documentation on the San Fernando Valley. The materials found within this series touch on
the topics found in SERIES IV as well as the Los Angeles Aqueduct, land use, population
estimates, nuclear power, Tampa Avenue Grade Crossing, water and power, and Destination 90.
The files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series VI,
Non-Manuscript Material, includes oversized items
and audio-visual materials.
Series I: Administrative Records, 1950-1980
Series II: Records of the Board and Executive, 1962-1980
Series III: Correspondence Files, 1952-1981
Series IV: Association Activities, 1951-1978
Series V: General Subject Files, 1952-1984
Series VI: Non-Manuscript Material, 1915, 1950-1980
Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as
a part of the
San Fernando Valley History Digital Library
.
Related Material
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.
1982
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley, 1977.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Teena Stern, 1981
Mildred Thomas, 1983
Pamela Moore, 1985
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