Finding Aid for the Frederick Baker Collection of Avalon City Council Minutes, 1913-1942
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Finding Aid for the Frederick Baker Collection of Avalon City Council Minutes, 1913-1942
Collection number: 805
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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- Manuscripts Division staff
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- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, October 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Frederick Baker Collection of Avalon City Council Minutes,
Date (inclusive): 1913-1942
Collection number: 805
Creator:
Baker, Frederick
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Frederick Baker served as city attorney for the city of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California. The
collection consists of an incomplete set of copies of Avalon city council meeting minutes for 1913-1942.
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.
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
[Identification of item], Frederick Baker Collection of Avalon City Council Minutes (Collection 805). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Frederick Baker served as city attorney for the city of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California; the
successful incorporation election for the city was held June 19, 1913; the first meeting of the city's Board of Trustees (later
the City Council) was held June 26, 1913; it was incorporated as a municipality of the 6th class by the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors, June 23, 1923.
Collection consists of an incomplete set of copies of city council meeting minutes from Avalon, California for June 26, 1913-May
4, 1942; July 1924-1929 (except November 18 & 25, 1929), and 1934-1941 are missing. The file of the minutes belonged to the
city attorney for Avalon, Frederick Baker, and contains notes addressed to him and a few holograph corrections of the minutes.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Baker, Frederick--Archives.
Avalon (Calif.). Board of Trustees--Archives.
Avalon (Calif.)--Politics and government.
Container List
Minutes, June 26, 1913-May 4, 1942
Creator/Collector: Avalon, Calif. City Council
Physical Description: (ca. 3000 leaves in 3 boxes, typescript copies)
Scope and Content Note
An incorporation election for the City of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California was held June 19,
1913; and it was incorporated as a municipality of the 6th Class by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, June 23,
1923. The first meeting of the City's Board of Trustees (later the City Council) was held June 26, 1913.
This file of the minutes belonged to Frederick Baker, City Attorney for Avalon and contains notes addressed to him and a few
holograph corrections of the minutes.
Minutes for July 1924-1929 (except November 18 & 25, 1929); and 1934-1941 are missing.