Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: California Library Association Library History Committee Records,
Date (inclusive): 1890-1966
Collection number: 873
Creator: California Library Association - Library History Committee
Extent: 7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
4 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The Library History Committee of the California Library Association assumed responsibility for collecting historical materials
on California libraries beginning in 1965. The collection consists of correspondence, typescript histories of individual libraries,
reports and surveys, tape recorded interviews and transcripts, microfilm copies of
California Public Library Reports (1909-55), and a photocopy of the book,
The California county library.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. 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.
Restrictions on Access
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 Library Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library 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
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], California Library Association Library History Committee Records (Collection 873). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709557
Biography
The Library History Committee, California Library Association, assumed responsibility for collecting historical materials
on California libraries and designated the UCLA Library as the repository for the collection in 1965.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of typescript histories of individual libraries, reports and surveys. Includes correspondence between
members of the California Library Association's California History, Archives and Bibliography Committee. Also contains tape
recorded interviews and transcripts, microfilm copies of
California Public Library Reports, 1909-55, and a photocopy of the book,
The California county library.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Histories of individual libraries, and reports and surveys (Boxes 1-4).
- Correspondence (Box 5).
- Tape recorded interviews and transcripts (Boxes 6-7).
- Microfilm of California Public Library Reports, 1909-55 (Boxes 8-10).
-
The California county library--photocopy (Box 11).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
California Library Association--Library History Committee--Archives.
Libraries--California--History--Archival resources.