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Inventory of the Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch of the University Administrative Files, 1922-1926
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Title: Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch of the University Administrative Files
Date (inclusive): 1922-1926
Record Series number: 3
Creator: University of California, Los Angeles.
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections. University Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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, University Archives Reference Desk for paging information.
The Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch of the University was formed in 1923 by Regent Edward A. Dickson to assist
the U.C. Regents ins ecuring a new site for the campus. The committee consisted of 17 members of the greater Los Angeles community,
and it considered over 100 proposed sites between Santa Barbara and San Diego before settling on the current Westwood site
in 1926.
Includes committee rosters, minutes, and reports; correspondence; invitations for
poroposals and the proposals themselves; publicity statements released to local news
services; telegrams; and prospective enrollment statistics--all pertaining to the choice of site for the Southern Branch of
the University of California.