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Descriptive Summary
Title: Harriett Weaver Collection about Residential Development and Fire, Flood, and Landslide Management in the Santa Monica Mountains,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1986
Collection number: 1447
Creator:
Weaver, Harriett
Extent: 47 boxes (23.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Harriett Sherwood Weaver (1913-1988) contributed book reviews and feature articles to the
Kansas City star (1936). She married and moved to Los Angeles (ca. 1940). After the 1961 Bel-Air fire, Weaver crusaded for effective management
of native brush in the Santa Monica Mountains and brush clearance legislation. She later served on the Los Angeles Countywide
Citizens Planning Council (1972-79). The collection consists of writings, clippings, reports, brochures, pamphlets, awards
and related materials dealing with residential development in the Santa Monica Mountains and the management of fires, floods,
and landslides.
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harriett S. Weaver, 1986.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harriett Weaver Collection about Residential Development and Fire, Flood, and Landslide Management
in the Santa Monica Mountains (Collection 1447). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University
of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Harriett Sherwood Weaver was born in Haigler, Nebraska, October 29, 1913; graduated Phi Beta Kappa, University of Kansas (1934);
contributed book reviews and feature articles to the
Kansas City star (1936); married John Downing Weaver (1937); moved to Los Angeles ca. 1940; the 1961 Bel-Air fire prompted her crusade for
both effective management of native brush in the Santa Monica Mountains and brush clearance legislation; headed the fire committee
of the Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations; served on Los Angeles Countywide Citizens' Planning Council (1972-79);
died November 23, 1988.
Biographical Narrative
Harriett Sherwood Weaver was born in Haigler, Nebraska, October 29,1913 and reared by her widowed mother in Kansas City, Missouri,
where her Central High School classmates included the screenwriter, John Paxton (Cf. Collection No. 2082). At the University
of Kansas she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa in the class of 1934. Two years later, when she began contributing book reviews
and feature articles to the
Kansas City Star, she caught the eye of a young reporter, John D. Weaver (Cf. Collection No. 1206).
“Liberal Virginian, swell person - drinks & talk & books all evening, “she noted in her diary June 18, 1936, the night a K.
U. classmate introduced her to John. They repaired to the roof of his Kansas City apartment building to enjoy the cool evening
air and the lights of the Plaza. “Someday,” she said, “I want to live on a mountaintop and look out at the lights of a great
city.”
They were married the following year and, as John pointed out in dedicating
Los Angeles: The Enormous Village to Harriett, they “crossed the plains in a covered Chevrolet to homestead in the Hollywood Hills” (circa 1940). As the decade
ended Harriett was refurbishing a mountaintop house above the Sunset Strip commanding a ISO-degree view of the city.
The devastating Bel-Air fire of 1961 triggered her 25-year crusade for more effective management of native brush in the Santa
Monica Mountains. On March 16, 1989, four months after her death, Harriett's friends and fellow-workers in the Federation
of Hillside & Cañon Associations joined Fire Department officials and members of the local firefighters' union for the unveiling
of a memorial plaque at Station 99 on Mulholland Drive, overlooking the great city she had come to cherish and to serve so
well.
“There is an old adage that goes: 'You can't beat City Hall,'” recalled Jerry Fields, a former president of the Board of Fire
Commissioners. “That saying is very popular because very few of us can fight City Hall and win. But Harriett Weaver did fight
City Hall, and did win, and in doing it she taught us a better and safer way to protect the hillsides of our city. She did
it without rancor or bitterness, but with warmth and understanding, as she pleaded and argued with great persistence, until
she won her victory on hillside safety and protection.
“As she relentlessly fought on one front, she battled a treacherous and fatal disease on another front. She never retreated.
She never gave up. And she never complained. One major battle is usually more than enough for most of us, but this very special
woman had an inordinate amount of courage, fortitude and just plain guts.”
“Her long ordeal ended gently,” John wrote friends back east when Harriett died November 23,1988. “She was asleep in a Burbank
hospital room, where her heart was being monitored, and I was sitting beside her, reading a book. Suddenly a dozen nurses
descended on us. She had finally been granted her wish to go to sleep and not wake up. I dismissed the nurses and kissed her
good-bye. In her last conscious moment, when I bathed her forehead and held a glass of water to her lips, there was no indication
of pain or fear in her eyes, only an unspeakable weariness. It was the eve of Thanksgiving.”
“She made a difference in this city,” John told Jack Jones when he was preparing Harriett's obituary for the
Los Angeles Times. “In a huge megalopolis it's hard for one person to make an impact. She did.”
The text of the bronze plaque at Station 99 reads:
“EVERY ONE WHO EVER LIVES IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS WILL BE SAFER IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF HARRIETT'S SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT
TO BRUSH CLEARANCE LEGISLATION.”
Scope and Content
Collection consists of writings, clippings, reports, brochures, pamphlets, awards and related materials dealing with residential
development in the Santa Monica Mountains and the management of fires, floods, and landslides.
Expanded Scope and Content Note
Writings, clippings, reports, brochures, pamphlets, awards and related materials dealing with residential development in the
Santa Monica Mountains and with the management of fires, floods and landslides, 1960-1988.
Cf. Collection no.1244 (
Federation of Hillside and Cañon Associations) drawn from the files of Betty Dearing [1917-1977], which were organized by Harriett S. Weaver with the help of Nancy Pohl,
who has added some of her Briarcliff Improvement Association material to this collection.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Weaver, Harriett--Archives.
Flood control--Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.).
Fire prevention--Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.).
Landslides--Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.).
[Index]
Aerial Firefighting
Boxes 16-17
AIDS
Box 11
Allen, Mort
Box 17
Alomar Development
Box 17
Ambulances
Box 12
Anaheim Fire [1982]
Box 5
Anaheim Fire [1983]
Box 11
Aerial Firefighting
Boxes 16-17
Architects' Study, 1963-64
Box 17
Arson
Box 1
Baldwin Hills Fire [1985]
Box 6
Bel Air-Beverly Crest Plan
Box 17
Bel Air Fire [1961]
Boxes 1,21,33
Benedict Canyon
Boxes 17,27,31
Beverly Drive-Beverly Ridge
Box 18
Board & Care Legislation
Box 18
Big Tujunga Fire
Box 2
Blinderman, Barbara
Boxes 20,23,25
Bodine, Albert G.
Box 18
Box Canyon Fire [1985]
Box 6
Briarcliff Improvement Assn. [Pohl]
Boxes 18,23-25
Bradley, David
Box 19
Bradley, Tom
Boxes 3-4,11,19, 48
Briarcliff File, 1958-59
Box 23
Brush
Boxes 1-6,33,41
Brush Clearance
Boxes 4,6-8,41
Brush Clearance Ordinance
Boxes 1-2, 4-8, 32
Bunker Hill Towers Fire, 1980, 1983
Box 16
Caesar's Palace Fire, Las Vegas, 1981
Box 16
Canyon Crier
Box 18
Cedars-Sinai Fires [1983]
Box 1
Cerritos Plane Crash
Box 11
Chemicals
Box 6
Chatsworth Fire [1970]
Box 2
Chiefs, Fire
Box 10
Community Patrol
Box 6
Conflict of Interest
Box 19
Conrad, Paul
Boxes 47-48
Controlled Burns
Box 6
County Fire Services Commission
Boxes 29-31
Crescent-Heights
Box 19
Daniel, Jerome
Box 19
Death, HSW
Boxes 44-46
Dearing, Betty
Box 18
Developments, Hillside
Boxes 18-19
Disasters
Box 11
Dorothy Mae Fire [1982]
Box 1
Encino Slides
Box 22
FAIR Plan
Boxes 20-21
Federation, Hillside & Cañon
Boxes 1-3, 6, 16-28
By-laws
Box 18
History
Boxes 18, 20, 41
Minutes
Boxes 23-24, 41
Personalities
Boxes 18, 25
Fees, Trash
Box 27
Fences, Height of
Box 20
Fill, Import-Export of
Box 20
Fire Department, Los Angeles
Boxes 10-12
Fireworks
Boxes 13-16,32
Flak [Cf, Blinderman, Barbara]
Box 20
Flood Hazard, City Plan [1980]
Box 22
Forest Service, U.S.
Box 6
Fossil Area
Box 17
Goals Program
Box 20
Grading Ordinance, Revision of
Boxes 22,27
Greenberg, Joseph
Box 23
Groelinger, Herbert
Box 18
Helicopter, Bell [Big Lifter]
Box 16
Helicopter, Canadian [Superscooper]
Boxes 16-17
High-Rise Fires
Boxes 16, 41
Hot tubs
Box 36
Insurance
Boxes 1,20-21
Kollsman Case
Box 23
Laguna Slides [1978]
Box 23
Landfills
Box 21
Landslides & Floods
Boxes 21-23, 32
Las Vegas Fires
Boxes 7, 16
Laurel Canyon Fire [1979]
Box 4
Laurel Canyon Freeway
Box 23
Laurelwood
Box 23
Laws, Fire
Boxes 1, 6, 9, 11, 29
Lot Averaging
Box 23
Malibu Fire [1970]
Box 2
Malibu Fire [1982]
Box 5
Malibu Fire [1985]
Box 6
Malibu Slides [1979]
Box 22
Mandeville Fire [1978]
Box 4
Mandeville Slides [1979]
Box 22
Manning, Fire Department
Box 11
M-G-M Grand Hotel Fire [1980]
Box 7
Melhorn, Charles
Box 23
Melograno, Lil
Box 25
Michel, Charles
Box 25
Minorities
Box 12
Moore, Brian
Box 24
Moriarty, W. Patrick
Boxes 14-16
Mulholland Hotel Plan
Box 24
Mulholland Scenic Corridor
Box 24
Museums
Boxes 38-39
Narvid, Ethel
Box 28
New Yorker article (1979)
Box 4
Noise
Box 19
Ojai Fire (1985)
Box 6
Palos Verdes Slides
Box 22
Paramedics
Box 12
Parks, Mountain
Box 25
Pensions
Box 12
Peshtigo Fire [1871]
Box 34
Planning
Box 25
Plants
Boxes 8, 9, 20
Pohl, Nancy
Boxes 18, 23-24
Pool Pumps
Box 7
Pools, Swimming
Boxes 36, 37
Power Lines
Box 12
Residential Planned Developments
Box 25
Roberts, Clete
Box 33
Roth Decision
Box 8
Safety Tips
Box 12
Santa Barbara Fire [1977]
Box 3
Schools in the Mountains
Box 26
Sepulveda Basin
Box 26
Spas
Box 36
Sherman Oaks
Boxes 22, 26-27
Sidelights
Box 12
Single Family Residence Laws
Box 28
Slope Density
Box 27
Smoke Detectors
Box 12
SOHA [Sherman Oaks Homeowers]
Box 27
Solar Heat
Box 36
Spas
Box 36
Stations, Old Fire
Box 12
Stevens, Carole
Box 23
Stone Canyon Disaster
Boxes 12, 22
Studies & Reports
Boxes 3, 8-10, 12, 17
Studio City Slides [1984-85]
Box 2
Studio City Plan
Box 25
Sunset article (1983)
Box 5
SuperScooper
Boxes 16-17
Taxes
Box 27
Topanga Fire [1977]
Boxes 3, 6, 17
Trash Fees
Box 27
Tree People
Box 27
Union Activities
Boxes 11-12
Vacation Tips
Box 27
Vegetatation, Native
Boxes 8-9, 20, 37
Wachs, Joel
Box 17
Water Conservation
Box 27
Weaver, Harriett S.
Civic Activies
Boxes 8, 29, 30
Writings
Boxes 1, 32, 35-41
Fire Seminars
Box 31
Notes
Box 8
Miscellaneous
Boxes 33, 34
Death (1988)
Boxes 44-46
Tributes
Boxes 5, 11, 31, 44-48
Westlake Fire [1977]
Box 3
Wilacre Estates
Box 28
Wildlife
Boxes 20, 31-32
Women
Box 12
Women For
Box 31
Wood Roofs
Boxes 6-7, 41
Yorty, Sam
Boxes 2, 7, 19
Zoning
Boxes 19, 28
Related Material
Harriett Weaver Papers (Collection 1246). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
John Downing Weaver Collection of Los Angeles Ephemera (Collection 1393). Available at Department of Special Collections,
UCLA.
Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations Records (Collection 1244). Available at Department of Special Collections,
UCLA.
Box 1, Folder 1
1979: City's annual loss: $22 million.
Box 1, Folder 2
1980: Statewide campaign launched.
Box 1, Folder 3
1981: Firefighter killed in arson fire.
Box 1, Folder 4
1982: Dorothy Mae apartment fire.
Box 1, Folder 5
1983: Cedars-Sinai mystery fires.
Box 1, Folder 6
1984-86: Arson kills another firefighter.
Box 1, Folder 7
Senate Hearings, 1977.
Scope and Content Note
“The Neglected Epidemic.”
Box 1, Folder 8
Youth.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, “Clarke Family Tragedy” film.
Box 1, Folder 9
Includes Lillard-HSW articles.
Box 6, Folder 7
Analyses, interagency newsletter.
Box 1, Folder 10
Historical.
Scope and Content Note
County report, book excerpts, HSW notes etc.
Box 1, Folder 11
1929-42: Includes 1936 fire-flood study.
Box 1, Folder 12
1961-63: Bel Air fire [November 6, 1961].
Box 1, Folder 13
1964: Insurance industry response.
Box 1, Folder 14
1965: Homeowners' response.
Box 1, Folder 15
1966: New city clearance law proposed.
Box 2, Folder 1
1967: City Council debate.
Box 2, Folder 2
1968: Yorty signs ordinance [February 21].
Box 2, Folder 3
1969: Homeowners hit lax enforcement.
Box 2, Folder 4
1970: Malibu-Chatsworth fires.
Box 2, Folder 5
1971: Reports on 1970 fires.
Box 2, Folder 6
1972: Enforcement complaints grow.
Box 2, Folder 7
1973: Council debates stronger laws.
Box 2, Folder 8
1974: Study by homeowners & LAFD.
Box 2, Folder 9
1975: “Safety Plan;” Big Tujunga Fire.
Box 3, Folder 1
1974-75: LAFD statistical report.
Box 3, Folder 2
1976 January-June: Homeowners complain to Mayor.
Box 3, Folder 3
1976 July-December: Homeowners go to Fire Commission.
Box 3, Folder 4
1977 January-June: Homeowners: “LAFD stonewalling.”.
Box 3, Folder 5
1977 July-August: Santa Barbara fire [200 homes].
Box 3, Folder 6
1977 September: Fire Commission studies reforms.
Box 3, Folder 7
1977 October-December: Topanga-Westlake fires.
Box 3, Folder 8
1978 January-June: LAFD reports on Mayor's study.
Box 3, Folder 9
1978 July-September: Tarzana homeowners support Mayor.
Box 4, Folder 1
1978 October: Mandeville fire, LAFD 1979 Report.
Box 4, Folder 2
1978 November-December: Fire Commission OK on reforms.
Box 4, Folder 3
1979 January-February: Brush Clearance Committee at work.
Box 4, Folder 4
1979 March-June: Fire & Public Works Boards meet.
Box 4, Folder 5
1979 July-August: Mayor submits CAO's report to Boards.
Box 4, Folder 6
1979 September: Laurel Canyon fire [18 homes].
Box 4, Folder 7
1979 October-December:
New Yorker article [November 5, 1979].
Box 5, Folder 1
1980 January-October: Brush clearance reform to Council.
Box 5, Folder 2
1980 November-December: Fires rage over five counties.
Box 5, Folder 3
1981: HSW honored for brush reform.
Box 5, Folder 4
1981: Stations' comments on new process.
Box 5, Folder 5
1982: Malibu-Anaheim fires.
Box 6, Folder 1
1984: Report on “Community Patrol.”
Box 6, Folder 2
1985 January-June: NASA “Spy Plane” suggested.
Box 6, Folder 3
1985 July: Ojai-Baldwin Hills fires.
Box 6, Folder 4
1985 August-October: Wooden roof ban proposed.
Note
[Cf. WOOD ROOFS, Box 7]
Box 6, Folder 5
1985 November-December: Malibu-Box Canyon fires.
Box 6, Folder 6
1986: Federation works on a new weed law.
Box 6, Folder 8
Chemicals.
Scope and Content Note
Includes 1973 Jet Propulsion Lab study.
Box 6, Folder 9
Controlled Burns.
Scope and Content Note
Notes, clippings, letters, pamphlets.
Box 6, Folder 10
Forest Service.
Scope and Content Note
Brochures, pamphlets, clippings.
Box 7, Folder 1
Pool Pumps.
Scope and Content Note
Letters, brochures, clippings, notes.
Box 7, Folder 2
General.
Scope and Content Note
Safe materials, history of roof fires.
Box 7, Folder 3
1967-78: Letters, brochures, clippings, notes.
Box 7, Folder 4
1979-80s: Letters, brochures, clippings, notes.
Box 7, Folder 5
Committee to draw up new law.
Scope and Content Note
Minutes, letters, Yorty statement.
Box 7, Folder 6
Evolution of clearance notices, 1968-81.
Scope and Content Note
HSW's loose-leaf notebook.
Box 8, Folder 1
Clearance complaints, 1970.
Scope and Content Note
Letters, reports, notes, etc.
Box 8, Folder 2
Brush Committee.
Scope and Content Note
HSW served on [the committee], 1972-73.
Box 8, Folder 3
Brush Clearance, 1986.
Scope and Content Note
Fire Commission reviews procedures.
Box 8, Folder 4
Legal - City Attorney's opinion.
Scope and Content Note
Keansley case & Roth decision.
Box 8, Folder 5
Manual, LAFD draft of [n.d.].
Scope and Content Note
HSW critique included.
Box 8, Folder 6
Ad Hoc Committee, 1979.
Scope and Content Note
HSW aids Building & Safety study.
Box 8, Folder 10
Plants Study Committee (soil erosion).
Box 9, Folder 1
Ornamental Shrubs of California (Book).
Studies & Reports, [1964-1979]
Box 9, Folder 3
1964: Senate Hearing - “Fire Problems of California.”
Box 9, Folder 4
1971: Stallings - “Modification and Multiple Use.”
Box 9, Folder 5
1972: County Citizens Committee - “Fire Protection Service.”
Box 9, Folder 6
1973: State Fire Laws - “Are They Effective?”
Box 9, Folder 7
1974: City Planning Department - Proposed EIR.
Box 9, Folder 8
1976: Assembly.
Scope and Content Note
(1)”Potential for Disaster”
(2) “Fire Services Legislation”
(3) “New Responsibilities and Old Problems”
Box 9, Folder 9
1977: Senate Committee - “Computer-Aided Dispatch Systems.”
Box 9, Folder 10
1977: Stanford Research Institute - “Decision Analysis of Fire Protection in the Santa Monica Mountains.”
Box 10, Folder 1
1977: Institute for Local Self Government - “Alternatives to Traditional Public Safety Delivery Systems.”
Box 10, Folder 2
1978: City Planning Department - “Protection & Prevention.”
Box 10, Folder 3
1978: UCLA dissertation, “Fire as a Natural Hazard in the Santa Monica Mountains” (Loeher).
Box 10, Folder 4
1978:
The California Fireman - “Wage & Hour Survey...”
Box 10, Folder 5
1979: Moore - “Protecting Residences...” With HSW critique.
Box 10, Folder 6
(n.d.): U.S.
Scope and Content Note
(1) “Urban Guide to Fire Prevention & Control Master Planning”
(2) “Basic Guide”
(3) “Summary”
Los Angeles Fire Department
Box 10, Folder 7
Chiefs - General.
Scope and Content Note
From Hill to Manning.
Box 10, Folder 8
Chiefs, 1982.
Scope and Content Note
Gerard out; Evansen-Manning in.
Box 10, Folder 9
1970-74: Downtown firetraps.
Box 10, Folder 10
1975-76: Proposed cuts in manpower.
Box 10, Folder 11
1977: Safety violations cited.
Box 10, Folder 13
1979: Gas hoarding perils.
Box 11, Folder 1
1980:
Valley News firefighter series.
Box 11, Folder 2
1981: City Council tribute to HSW.
Box 11, Folder 3
1982: New contract signed.
Box 11, Folder 5
1984: Stricter city fire safety law.
Box 11, Folder 6
1985-86: AIDS poses emergency aid risks.
Box 11, Folder 7
Commission.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, releases, hearings, etc.
Box 11, Folder 8
Disasters.
Scope and Content Note
Planning, 1986 Cerritos plane crash.
Box 11, Folder 9
Manning, 1967-75.
Scope and Content Note
Includes union's campaign, 1975.
Box 11, Folder 10
Manning, 1976-79.
Scope and Content Note
Union's opposition to Bradley deepens.
Box 12, Folder 1
Minorities clippings.
Scope and Content Note
Includes U.S. complaints.
Box 12, Folder 2
General, 1976.
Scope and Content Note
Includes 1976 consolidation report.
Box 12, Folder 3
County Ambulance Services, 1976 study.
Physical Description: (Bound copy)
Box 12, Folder 4
Pensions, Fire & Police.
Scope and Content Note
County Ambulance Services: Commissioners & Union material.
Box 12, Folder 5
Power Lines.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and 1977 Field Guide.
Box 12, Folder 6
Safety tips.
Scope and Content Note
Pamphlets, brochures, articles, etc.
Box 12, Folder 7
Sidelights.
Scope and Content Note
Odds & Ends, mostly humorous.
Box 12, Folder 8
Smoke Detectors.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, official warnings, flyers.
Box 12, Folder 9
Stations.
Scope and Content Note
Maps of, old buildings, activities.
Box 12, Folder 10
Union.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, publications, releases.
Box 12, Folder 11
Women.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings include 1978 “hazing” case.
Box 13, Folder 1
Injuries, danger.
Scope and Content Note
Fact sheets, articles, notes, etc.
Box 13, Folder 2
List of contacts.
Scope and Content Note
HSW notes on individuals and organizations.
Box 13, Folder 3
Rough drafts.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous, including fact sheets.
Box 13, Folders 4-5
1973-78: Ellen Stern Harris material (2 Parts).
Scope and Content Note
Part 1) 1973-78
Part 2) 1977-78
Box 13, Folder 6
1978: LAFD backs legalization.
Box 13, Folder 7
1979: New legalization proposals defeated.
Box 13, Folder 8
1980: Moriarty-McGrath PR campaign fails.
Box 14, Folder 1
1981 January 1-August 27: Legalization fight shifts to state legislature.
Box 14, Folder 2
1981-8/28-12/30: Bill [SB 999] dies in committee.
Box 14, Folder 3
1982: Bill passes, Governor Brown vetoes it.
Box 14, Folder 4
1983: Dramatic drop in fires & injuries on Fourth.
Box 14, Folder 5
1984: Fire Commission favors state-wide ban.
Box 14, Folder 6
1985: Another big drop in holiday fires & injuries.
Box 14, Folder 7
1986: W. Patrick Moriarty goes to jail.
Box 14, Folder 9
1980-84: Chronology, bound photocopies.
Fireworks - W. Patrick Moriarty
Box 15, Folders 1-2
Chronology, [1985-1986]
Physical Description: (Bound photocopies)
Box 15, Folder 3
1981-83: “Elected officials get half-million.”
Box 15, Folder 4
1984: “Keith, key figure, is indicted.”
Box 15, Folder 5
1985: “Moriarty pleads guilty, fingers pals.”
Box 15, Folder 6
1986: “Moriarty gets 7 years, big repayment.”
Box 15, Folder 7
1987-89: “Moriarty serves his time.”
Box 16
Los Angeles Firefighter Chronology, 1985
Box 16, Folder 1
Paste-up of John D. Weaver article.
Box 16, Folder 2
September-October 1985 issue.
Physical Description: (Copies)
Box 16, Folder 3
Drafts, galleys, correspondence.
Box 16, Folder 4
Clippings.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
Towering Inferno program.
Box 16, Folder 5
1979: Bunker Hill Towers.
Box 16, Folder 6
1980: “LAFD takes a new look at the problem.”
Box 16, Folder 7
1980: M-G-M Grand Hotel, Las Vegas.
Box 16, Folder 8
1981: “County Grand Jury calls for Safety Plan.”
Box 16, Folder 9
1981: Las Vegas Hilton, Caesar's Palace.
Box 16, Folder 10
1982-85: Bunker Hill Towers again [1983].
Hillside & Cañon Associations, Federation of Aerial Firefighting
Box 16, Folder 11
General.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings include criticism of large planes.
Box 16, Folder 12
Bell Helicopter.
Scope and Content Note
LAFD favors 214B BigLifter.
Box 16, Folder 13
Public Hearing.
Scope and Content Note
U.S.-local government statements.
Box 16, Folder 14
Ronka, Robert advocates trial of Canadian SuperScooper.
Box 17, Folder 4
Allen, Mort, 1979.
Scope and Content Note
“Councilmanic race against Joel Wachs.”
Box 17, Folder 5
Alomar.
Scope and Content Note
“Sherman Oaks homeowners fight development.”
Box 17, Folder 6
Architects, 1963-64.
Scope and Content Note
AIA study of hillside development.
Box 17, Folder 7
Associations, 1970s-1980s.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 17, Folder 8
Bel-Air-Beverly Crest Plan.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings and 1975 background report.
Box 17, Folder 9
Homeowners fight 1960s development.
Box 17, Folder 10
Fight to preserve fossil area.
Box 18, Folder 1
Beverly Drive - Ridge.
Scope and Content Note
Highway link to The Valley defeated.
Box 18, Folder 2
Beverly Ridge.
Scope and Content Note
Homeowner's problems with city [Bob Johnson].
Box 18, Folder 3
Board & Care.
Scope and Content Note
Federation opposes state zone change.
Box 18, Folder 4
By-laws, 1963.
Scope and Content Note
Attested by HSW, Secretary.
Box 18
Briarcliff Association Sues Developer [Pohl file]
Box 18, Folder 5
[1] December 28, 1959-May 13, 1960.
Box 18, Folder 7
[3] June 3, 1960-April 16, 1963.
Box 18, Folder 8
Canyon Crier
Scope and Content Note
Hearst buys hill country paper, 1981.
Box 18, Folder 9
1959-67: Includes Bodine-Weaver Administrations.
Box 18, Folder 10
1968-69: Groelinger Administration.
Box 18, Folder 11
1970-74: Clippings, letter to Betty Dealing.
Box 18, Folder 12
1975-79: Includes Silver Anniversary, 1977.
Box 18, Folder 13
1980s: Clippings, Carole Stevens' leavetaking, 1986.
Box 18, Folder 14
City Government.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, handbook.
Box 19, Folder 1
1962-66: Grand Jury uncovers zoning scandal.
Box 19, Folder 2
1967 (January-June): Yorty-
Times clash over zoning probe.
Box 19, Folder 3
1967 (July-December): Yorty backs official who quits under fire.
Box 19, Folder 4
1968 (January-June): Two Yorty commissioners indicted.
Box 19, Folder 5
1968 (July-December): “Commission System on Trial”
Times.
Box 19, Folder 6
1969: Pulitzer prizes for
Times probe of scandals.
Box 19, Folder 7
1970: Planning officials speculate in Palmdale land.
Box 19, Folder 8
1971-79: As Mayor, Bradley would “restrict” lobbyists.
Box 19, Folder 9
Coastal.
Scope and Content Note
Zone maps, clippings.
Box 19, Folder 10
Correspondence.
Scope and Content Note
HSW and JDW on various matters.
Box 19, Folder 11
Council, 1960s & 1970s.
Scope and Content Note
Mostly clippings.
Box 19, Folder 12
County Government, 1970s.
Scope and Content Note
Official view.
Box 19, Folder 13
County Plan.
Scope and Content Note
Looking to 2000 AD from 1978-79.
Box 19, Folder 14
Hillsiders' problems: noise, planning.
Box 19, Folder 15
David Bradley, City Hall difficulties.
Box 19, Folder 16
Developments
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous.
Box 20, Folder 1
Environment.
Scope and Content Note
Wildlife & Plant Life clippings.
Box 20, Folder 2
Fences.
Scope and Content Note
Proposed change in height limitation.
Box 20, Folder 3
Flak.
Scope and Content Note
Blinderman newspaper, June 4-August l3, 1971.
Box 20, Folder 4
Goals Program.
Scope and Content Note
Broader citizen involvement sought.
Box 20, Folder 5
Historical, 1977.
Scope and Content Note
Brochure celebrates 25th anniversary.
Box 20, Folder 6
Housing.
Scope and Content Note
Low income homes, concern & controversy.
Box 20, Folder 7
Import-Export of Fill.
Scope and Content Note
Events leading up to 1971 city ordinance.
Box 20, Folder 8
1960-67: Federation tangles with insurance industry.
Box 20, Folder 9
1968 [January-September]: Drafting of FAIR Plan.
Box 20, Folder 10
1968 [September 26-27]: Assembly committee hearing in Santa Monica.
Box 21, Folder 1
1968 [October-December]: FAIR Plan gets mixed reviews.
Box 21, Folder 2
1969: Federation appeals to Governor Reagan.
Box 21, Folder 3
1970s-80s: Rates decline, but inflation boosts the cost.
Box 21, Folder 4
Landfills.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, 1970s, 1980s.
Box 21, Folder 5
General.
Scope and Content Note
Includes article: “Hills Came Tumbling Down.”
Box 21, Folder 6
Insurance.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, studies, poll of homeowners.
Box 21, Folder 7
1938-68: Includes local response to Bel-Air fire.
Box 21, Folder 8
1969: Fight for insurance, storm drains.
Box 21, Folder 9
1970-77: Insurance battle taken to Congress.
Box 22, Folder 1
1978 [January-March]: Heavy rains, homes lost, highways blocked.
Box 22, Folder 2
1978 [April-July]: Federation joins grading reform study.
Box 22, Folder 3
1978 [August-December]: Laguna's devastating slides.
Box 22, Folder 4
1979: Malibu, Mandeville, Palos Verdes slides.
Box 22, Folder 5
1980 [January-February]: Storms savage Sherman Oaks, Topanga.
Box 22, Folder 6
1980 [March-May]: “City neglect” cited in Stone Cañon disaster.
Box 22, Folder 7
1980 [June-December]: Text of city's Flood Hazard Management Plan.
Box 22, Folder 8
1981-82: Includes Federation's planning report.
Box 22, Folder 9
1983: Heavy rains, Malibu hit hard.
Box 22, Folder 10
1984-85: Slides in Studio City, plan for Encino.
Box 23
Briarcliff Association file, 1958-59 [Pohl].
Box 23, Folder 1
1970-71: “They said it couldn't be done, but we did it.”
Box 23, Folder 2
1975-76: Includes final EIR [March, 1975].
Box 23, Folder 3
Laurel wood-Home Savings.
Scope and Content Note
Briarcliff file, 1958-59 [Pohl].
Box 23, Folder 4
Blinderman on “inverse condemnation.”
Box 23, Folder 5
Kollsman Case, Federation backs city in lawsuit.
Box 23, Folder 6
Lot Averaging.
Scope and Content Note
Campaign against abuses of city law.
Box 23, Folder 7
1978.
Note
Jerome Daniel, president.
[Cf. COLLECTION no.1244, Box 10, for earlier minutes]
Box 23, Folder 8
1979.
Note
Joseph Greenberg, president.
Box 23, Folder 9
1980.
Note
Charles M. Melhorn, president.
Box 23, Folder 10
1981.
Note
Charles M. Melhorn, president.
Box 23, Folder 11
1982.
Note
Carole Stevens, president.
Box 23, Folder 12
1983.
Note
Carole Stevens, president.
Box 23, Folder 13
1984.
Note
Carole Stevens, president.
Box 24, Folder 1
1985.
Note
Brian Moore, president.
Box 24, Folder 2
1986-88.
Note
Brian Moore, president.
Box 24, Folder 3
Miscellaneous, 1970s.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, correspondence.
Box 23, Folder 4
Miscellaneous, 1980s.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, correspondence.
Box 24
Mulholland Scenic Corridor
Box 24, Folder 5
Clippings, brochures, etc.
Box 24, Folder 6
1967: Briarcliff opposes Spindler Tract [Pohl].
Box 24
Mulholland hotel plan [Pohl]
Box 24, Folder 7
1974-75: Letters, clippings, reports.
Box 24, Folder 8
1976: Letters, clippings, reports.
Box 24, Folder 9
1978-79: Letters, clippings, reports.
Box 25, Folder 1
Parking.
Scope and Content Note
Few scattered clippings.
Box 25
Parks, Santa Monica Mountain, [1960s-1980]
Box 25, Folder 2
1960s: Few scattered clippings.
Box 25, Folder 3
1971-74: Clippings, letters, press releases.
Box 25, Folder 4
1975-76: Clippings, Planning Department reply to state plan.
Box 25, Folder 5
1977: Clippings, letters, press releases.
Box 25, Folder 6
1978: Congress passes Recreation Area bill.
Box 25, Folder 7
1979: Includes Park Service Planning Workshop.
Box 25, Folder 8
1980s: “Good news” in Congressman's 1986 letter.
Box 25, Folder 9
1977-80: Briarcliff file supporting 1978 U.S. park act.
Box 25, Folder 10
Personalities.
Scope and Content Note
Blinderman, Bodine, Melograno, Michel
et alia.
Box 25, Folder 11
1960s: Includes fire safety factor in subdivision plans.
Box 25, Folder 12
1970s: “Monkey Business at City Hall” -- Blinderman.
Box 25, Folder 13
1980s: Clippings, including one on Studio City Plan.
Box 25, Folder 14
Public Works Department.
Scope and Content Note
Annual Report linked to El Pueblo's bicentenary.
Box 25, Folder 15
R.P.D.
Scope and Content Note
Residential Planned Developments attacked.
Box 25, Folder 16
R.P.D. Plan.
Scope and Content Note
City report and homeowner response.
Box 26, Folder 1
Schools in Mountains.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings reflect homeowner opposition.
Box 26, Folder 2
Sepulveda Basin.
Scope and Content Note
Coalition to save Basin splits homeowners.
Box 26, Folder 3
Loadstone.
Scope and Content Note
Slide and its aftermath.
Box 26, Folder 4
Community Plan.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Studio City and Toluca Lake.
Box 26, Folder 4
[Tract 23377, Stone Cañon-Deervale].
Box 26, Folder 5
1977: Oren's plan draws fire from SOHA.
Box 26, Folder 6
1978: Preparations for High Noon hearing.
Box 26, Folders 7-9
1978: Homeowners' Presentation.
Physical Description: 3 vol.
Box 26, Folder 10
1979-80: Photographs, notes, correspondence.
Box 26, Folder 11
1981: New response to Oren plan.
Box 27, Folder 1
Maps.
Scope and Content Note
Various renditions, with plan changes.
Box 27, Folder 2
SOHA.
Scope and Content Note
Sherman Oaks Homeowners' publication.
Box 27, Folder 3
Slope Density.
Scope and Content Note
Finn study leads to new grading formula.
Box 27, Folder 4
Taxes.
Scope and Content Note
Loss of homes through taxes seen in 1960s.
Box 27, Folder 5
Traffic & Freeways.
Scope and Content Note
Plans for Santa Monica Mountains.
Box 27, Folder 6
Trash Fees, 1979-80.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 27, Folder 7
Tree People (I).
Scope and Content Note
Materials relating to founding and growth.
Box 27, Folder 8
Tree People (II).
Scope and Content Note
Includes book,
Tree Boy.
Box 27, Folder 9
Vacation tips.
Scope and Content Note
Benedict Canñn's “Vacation Vigilantes.”
Box 27, Folder 10
Water, 1977-78.
Scope and Content Note
Conservation and return to normal.
Box 28, Folder 3
April, 1980-October, 1981.
Box 28, Folder 5
June, 1983-February 4, 1986.
Box 28, Folder 6
Clippings & letters. Mostly 1960s, few 1970s.
Box 28, Folder 7
Narvid, Ethel [Single family residence law].
Box 28, Folder 8
Santa Barbara commune [1980].
Harriett S. Weaver Civic Activities, [1973-82]
Box 29, Folder 1
City Fire Commission, HSW Recommendations for [1973-76].
Box 29, Folder 2
County-wide Citizens Planning Council, 1975-78.
Boxes 29-30
County Fire Services Commission, 1978-1982
Box 29, Folder 3
Formation of County Fire Services Commission.
Boxes 29-30
Chronology, April 1978-November 1978.
Box 29, Folder 5
July 26-September 20, 1978.
Box 29, Folder 6
September 21-December 20, 1978.
Box 29, Folder 7
January 3-February 27, 1979.
Box 30, Folder 3
August 16-December 18, 1979.
Box 30, Folder 5
May 2, 1980-May 22, 1981.
Box 30, Folder 6
May 26, 1981-November 17,1982.
Box 31, Folder 1
Fire Data Incorporated.
Scope and Content Note
Cities in Los Angeles County & Miscellaneous.
Box 31, Folder 2
Proposals for fire district services for cities.
Box 31, Folder 3
City Fire Commission [1981].
Box 31, Folder 6
Benedict Canyon [1982] and Federation of Hillside & Canyon Associations [1983].
Box 31, Folder 7
Cal-Nev Fire Council. Reno, Nevada. October 26-27, 1977.
Box 31, Folder 8
Wildlife Conference. Marinette, Wisconsin. October 10-13, 1978.
Box 31, Folder 9
Wildland-Urban Interface Part I. Marana, Arizona. April 13-15, 1979.
Box 32, Folder 1
Wildland-Urban Interface Part II. Marana, Arizona. April 13-15, 1979.
Box 32, Folder 2
Sierra Club Seminar: “Fire in the Santa Monica Mountains.” June 9, 1979.
Box 32, Folder 4
Brush notices and clearing.
Box 33
[No further description available].
Scope and Content Note
Also contains a 1978 videocassette of a documentary film on the Bel-Air fire and a 1979 audio cassette of Clete Roberts speaking
on brush problems.
Harriett S. Weaver Miscellaneous
Box 34, Folder 1
Peshtigo Fire [October 8, 1871].
Scope and Content Note
File folder with clippings, letters, maps and two books on worst fire in U.S. history.
Also, three unrelated fire books.
(Legal) Harriett S. Weaver Writings
Box 35, Folder 1
“Lush Harvest Of A Wet Winter” [in the]
West Magazine [of the]
Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1969.
Box 35, Folders 2-3
“Fire! The Home You Save May Be Your Own” [in the]
West Magazine [of the]
Los Angeles Times, September 12, 1971.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and correspondence.
[Duplicates of article in folder 3]
Box 35, Folder 4
“What To Do Until The Fireman Comes” [in]
New West Magazine, August 15, 1977.
Box 36, Folder 1
“Taking The Plunge” [in the]
West Magazine [of the]
Los Angeles Times, August 27,1972.
Box 36, Folder 2
“Taking The Plunge.”
Scope and Content Note
Notes, manuscript, and advance copy.
Box 36, Folder 10
Notes, correspondence, typescript.
Harriett S. Weaver Writings, [n.d.]
Box 37, Folder 4
“The Fire Next Time” [in]
New West, September 12, 1977.
Box 37, Folder 5
“Taking to the Hills?”
Scope and Content Note
Typescript, notes.
Box 37, Folder 6
“Native Vegetation in Southern California” (Letter) [in],
Los Angeles Times, May 28, 1997.
Box 37, Folder 7
“George Sand” Book review.
Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1978.
Boxes 38-39
California Museums (Unpublished)
Box 38, Folder 3
Northern California - General.
Scope and Content Note
Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Fort Ross etc.
Box 38, Folder 4
Monterey.
Scope and Content Note
Maps, brochures, clippings.
Box 38, Folders 5-6
San Francisco.
Scope and Content Note
Brochures, clippings, etc.
Box 38, Folder 7
Southern California - General.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Redlands, Palm Springs, Malik, Trolley etc.
Box 38, Folders 8-9
Los Angeles.
Scope and Content Note
Brochures, clippings, etc.
Box 39, Folder 1
Los Angeles.
Scope and Content Note
Brochures, clippings, etc.
Box 39, Folder 2
Maritime.
Scope and Content Note
[Includes 1977 proposal for San Pedro museum]
Miscellaneous Work, [1940-1978]
Box 39, Folder 4
“Red Alert” in
New West, January 30, 1978.
Box 39, Folder 5
“Los Angeles Deciphered” in
Travel & Leisure [with JDW], October 1978.
Box 39, Folder 6
Tree People article in
Westways, November 1978.
Box 39, Folder 7
Woman Alone.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished novel.
Box 39, Folder 8
And If I Laugh.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished novel.
Box 40, Folder 1
The Stray.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished short story.
Box 40, Folder 2
Follow a Shadow.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished short story.
Box 40, Folder 3
An American Vignette.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished novel.
Box 40, Folder 4
Don't Tell Man.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished story.
Box 40, Folder 5
Remembrance.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished novel.
Box 40, Folder 6
“God in Red Neon” in
Coronet, October 1940.
Scope and Content Note
Short story.
Box 40, Folder 7
“The Hollow Years” in
Tomorrow, May 1945.
Scope and Content Note
Short story.
Box 40, Folder 8
“How to Get Rid of Subdividers” in
McCall's, September 1964.
Scope and Content Note
Article.
Hillside & Cañon Associations, Federation of, [1958-1989]
Box 41, Folder 1
HSW notes for UCLA Collection 1244.
Box 41, Folder 2
History.
Physical Description: [Duplicates]
Box 41
Minutes and notes, 1958-89
Box 41, Folder 7
1983-89.
Physical Description: [Incomplete]
Box 41, Folder 8
Wood roofs, 1989.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 41, Folder 9
Brush fires, 1986-87.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 41, Folder 10
Brush fires. 1988-89.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 41, Folder 11
Brush clearance, 1974 & 1989.
Box 41, Folder 12
High-rise fire, May 5, 1988.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 41, Folder 13
“Los Angeles Against the Mountains.” A two-part article by John McPhee in
The New Yorker, September 26-October 13, 1988.
Box 41, Folder 14
“Dike,” firefighters' usage defined, 1972.
Harriett S. Weaver Personal, [n.d.]
Box 42
Scrapbook (vol.1-2) of a commonplace book of verses, epigrams, observations and comments.
Harriett S. Weaver Death (23 November 1988)
Box 44, Folder 1
Death certificate, other mortuary documents.
Box 44, Folder 2
Obituary in
Los Angeles Times.
Box 44, Folder 4
Effects, donation to homeless women.
Box 44, Folder 5
JDW cancellation of New York trip.
Box 44, Folder 11
Firefighters report on the ceremony.
Box 46, Folder 6
HSW Trust Fund For The Medical & Educational Needs Of The Children Of Deceased & Disabled Firefighters.
[Legal] Harriett S. Weaver, [1979-1985]
Box 47
Original Frank Miller drawings for JDW fireworks chronology in
Los Angeles Firefighter, 1985.
Box 47
First brush clearance notice sent HSW, 1981 (decorated by LAFD).
Box 47
1979 tribute, National Wildlife Coordinating Group.
Box 47
1981 tribute, Los Angeles Board of Fire Commissioners.
Box 47
Los Angeles Times article on the Fire Commission tribute.
Box 47
1981 tribute, Los Angeles City Council.
Box 47
1983 tribute, Federation of Hillside and Cañon Associations.
Box 47
Two tributes, Los Angeles County [n.d.].
Box 47
Signed reproductions of two Paul Conrad cartoons dealing with brush fires & fireworks.
Box 48
International Association of Firefighters, 1977.
Box 48
Los Angeles Board of Fire Commissions, 1977.
Box 48
In Memoriam [Obituary, tributes, condolences].
Box 48
“A tribute to Harriett” from
Los Angeles Firefighter, 1989.
Box 48
Photograph of Captain James Perry, HSW and JDW, signed.
Box 48
Original Paul Conrad cartoon dealing with the city's grading ordinance, signed.
Robert Cunningham's original crayon cartoon showing the transformation of the Leaning Tower of Pisa following HSW's visit.
Note
[Missing, January 1997]
Mayor Bradley's congratulatory scroll on 50th wedding anniversary, May 28, 1987.
Note
[Missing, January 1997]
HSW's Phi Beta Kappa key and credentials, along with her diploma from the University of Kansas, Class of 1934.
Note
[Missing, January 1997]