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Title: Joseph Edward Shaw Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1887-1963, bulk 1933-1941
Collection number: 840
Creator:
Shaw, Joseph Edward, 1889-
Extent: 18 boxes (9 linear ft.)
6 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Joseph E. Shaw (1889-1965) was born in Lamar, Colorado. Shaw was the brother and secretary of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw
(elected 1933, relected 1937). In 1938, a civic reform movement successfully sponsored the recall of Mayor Shaw. He was replaced
by Superior Court Judge Fletcher Bowron. Joseph Shaw was convicted in 1940 of selling civil service jobs during his brother's
administration, although his conviction was reversed by the California Supreme Court the following year. The collection consists
of correspondence, manuscripts, business papers, tape recordings, photographs, phonograph records, clippings, and printed
material related to Los Angeles politics when Joseph E. Shaw served as secretary to his brother and afterward.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joseph E. Shaw, 1963.
[Identification of item], Joseph Edward Shaw Papers (Collection 840). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2976865
Joseph E. Shaw was born in LaMar, Colorado, on February 25, 1889; served in the U.S. Navy, 1905-33; became secretary to his
brother, Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw (b. 1877), in 1933; a recall movement replaced Frank Shaw with Fletcher Bowron as mayor
of Los Angeles in 1938; Joseph Shaw was convicted of selling civil service jobs in 1940; his conviction was reversed by the
California Supreme Court the following year.
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, business papers, tape recordings, photographs, phonograph records, clippings,
and printed material related to Los Angeles politics when Joseph E. Shaw served as secretary to his brother, Los Angeles Mayor
Frank Shaw.
Arranged in the following series:
- Clippings and printed materials.
- Correspondence and radio speeches.
- Personal correspondence and records.
- Photographs and notebooks.
- Record tapes.
- Scrapbooks (arranged by subject).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Shaw, Joseph Edward, 1889- --Archives.
Shaw, Frank L.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Office of the mayor.
Mayors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government.
Crusader in Public Service [oral history transcript] / Margarete Clark, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1981. Available at Department
of Special Collections, UCLA.