Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Eshref Shevky papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1970
Collection number: 1279
Creator:
Shevky, Eshref
Extent:
8 document boxes (4 linear ft.)
Abstract: Eshref Shevky served in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of California Los Angeles. He contributed
to dozens of research studies related to California land use policy and social area analysis, including the Central Valley
Project prepared for the California Housing and Planning Association, and the "Los Angeles Neighborhood Study" prepared for
the American Council of Race Relations and the Haynes Foundation. The collection consists of materials related to his extensive
research about population, crime, employment and housing in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s, including research files,
drafts of his written work, census analysis and land use maps, and meeting minutes and planning documents from the Committee
for the Study of Intercultural Tensions and the California Housing and Planning Association.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Professor Leonard Broom, March 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Eshref Shevky papers (Collection 1279). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Eshref Shevky served in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of California Los Angeles. He contributed
to dozens of research studies related to U.S. domestic and foreign policy, as well as California land use policy and social
area analysis. He worked on the Central Valley Project (exploring water reclamation, flood control and the impacts of the
Shasta and Friant dams on local communities) prepared for the California Housing and Planning Association, and on the "Los
Angeles Neighborhood Study" prepared for the American Council of Race Relations and the Haynes Foundation. He served on the
"Mayor's Special Committee on the Housing Emergency" in 1945 and conducted extensive research about population, crime, employment
and housing in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s. His published books include "The Social Areas of Los Angeles: Analysis
and Typology" (1949), "Your Neighborhood, A Social Profile of Los Angeles" (1949) and "Social Area Analysis: Theory, Illustrative
Application and Computational Procedures." (1955). Collection includes his research files, drafts of his written work, and
journals and periodicals related to methodology and the study of anthropology.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of research materials, mostly regarding the socio-economic history of Los Angeles and the Central Valley
of California, drafts of his written work, correspondence, meeting minutes, and several maps and area studies he produced.
Includes research materials and manuscripts related to his work with the Central Valley Project (exploring water reclamation,
flood control and the impacts of the Shasta and Friant dams on local communities) prepared for the California Housing and
Planning Association, minutes and papers from his work with the Committee for the Study of Intercultural Tensions, and research
materials and manuscript drafts related to the "Los Angeles Neighborhood Study" prepared for the American Council of Race
Relations and the Haynes Foundation. Also includes journals and periodicals related to the study of anthropology, and articles
and clippings about foreign affairs.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Shevky, Eshref--Archives.
McWilliams, Carey, 1905- .
John Randolf Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation--Officials and employees--Archival resources.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions.