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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
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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.
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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.
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[Identification of item], Harriett Weaver papers (Collection 1246). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harriett Weaver, December 1979.
Processing Information
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
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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