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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Preferred Citation
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Information
  • Biography/History
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement
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  • Title: Harriett Weaver papers
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1246
    Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 2.8 linear feet (7 document boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1972-1979
    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, reports, minutes, correspondence, and proceedings related to the Los Angeles Countywide Citizens' Planning Council during her term of service on it.
    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.
    Creator: Weaver, Harriett S., 1913-1988

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging 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.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Harriett Weaver papers (Collection 1246). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233964 

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Harriett Weaver, December 1979.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Virginia Espino in 2013 in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT)  with the assistance of Jillian Cuellar.

    Biography/History

    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 Hillside and Canyon Associations; served on the Los Angeles Countywide Citizens' Planning Council (1972-79); died November 23, 1988.

    Scope and Content

    The Harriett Weaver papers illustrate civic participation around land use and urban planning questions in Los Angeles during the period, 1972-1979. The collection focuses on the implementation of the Los Angeles General Plan and consists of writings, reports, minutes, correspondence, and proceedings related to the Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning and the Los Angeles Countywide Citizens' Planning Council during Weaver's term of service on it.

    Organization and Arrangement

    This collection has been arranged in the following series:
    • Series 1: Los Angeles Countywide Citizens' Planning Council, 1974-1979
    • Series 2: Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning, 1972-1979
    • Series 3: Other urban planning materials, 1974-1979

    Related Material

    Harriett Weaver collection about residential development and fire, flood, and landslide management in the Santa Monica Mountains (Collection 1447).   Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Los Angeles Countywide Citizens' Planning Council.
    Weaver, Harriett S., 1913-1988 -- Archives
    City planning--California--Los Angeles--Archives.
    City planning--Citizen participation--Archives