Finding Aid for the Fred B. Wood Papers, 1940-1958
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1998
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
Social Sciences --Law
Social Sciences --Political Science --State
Government
History --History,
California --General
Geographical (By Place) --California
Finding Aid for the Fred B. Wood Papers, 1940-1958
Collection number: 245
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of 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
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, 1998
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, December 2002
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Fred B. Wood Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1940-1958
Collection number: 245
Creator:
Wood, Fred B. (Frederick Bertram), 1888-1961
Extent:
32 boxes (16 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Fred B. Wood (1888-1961) served on the state legislative council of California (1927-50), was a member of the state personnel
board (1934-39), a justice of the California District Court of Appeals, District 1 (1950), and a member of the California
Commission on Uniform State Laws. The collection consists of Wood's alphabetical files, notes, publications, clippings, photographs,
legal papers, and memorabilia.
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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 Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of 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
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alice Wood, 1963.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fred B. Wood Papers (Collection 245). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Wood was born on June 15, 1888 in Tecumseh, Michigan; AB (1910), J.D. (1912), Stanford University; admitted to California
bar in 1912; served on state legislative council of California, 1927-50; member, state personnel board, 1934-39; became justice
of the California District Court of Appeals, District 1, in 1950; member of the California Commission on Uniform State Laws;
he died in 1961.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of alphabetical files, notes, publications, clippings, photographs, legal papers, and memorabilia of lawyer
and judge Wood. Includes material relating to his service on the state legislative council of California.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Senate and Assembly bills - scrapbook analysis (Boxes 1, 13).
- Legislative Council - Miscellaneous subjects (Boxes 2, 12, 14-15).
- Alphabetical files (Boxes 3, 5-11, 19, 26).
- Memorabilia (Box 4).
- Bound decisions, briefs, notebook (Boxes 16, 21).
- Correspondence (Boxes 17, 24-25, 27-28, 30-32).
- Files (Box 18).
- Publications (Boxes 20, 29).
- Judicial appointment (Box 20).
- Miscellaneous (Boxes 22-23).
- Speech material, biographical material, clippings (Box 27).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Wood, Fred B. (Frederick Bertram), 1888-1961--Archives.
Judges--California--Archival resources.
Box 1
Senate and Assembly bills - Scrapbook analysis.
Box 2
Legislative Council - Miscellaneous subjects.
Box 12
Legislative Council - Miscellaneous subjects.
Box 13
Senate & Assembly bills - Scrapbook analysis.
Boxes 14-15
Legislative Council - Miscellaneous subjects.
Box 20
Publications - Miscellaneous.
Box 27
Correspondence - Miscellaneous.
Box 28
Correspondence, 1944-1952 - Bound letters.
Box 30
Correspondence, 1957-1958 - Bound letters.
Box 32
Correspondence: A - G, 1940.
