Inventory of the Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch of the University Administrative Files, 1922-1926
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Descriptive Summary
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.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Transfer, [ca. 1967].
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch of the University Administrative Files (Record Series
number 3). Department of Special Collections, University Archives, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
History
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
Addresses, speeches regarding bonds for Southern Branch
1925
Box 1, Folder 2
Agricultural Faction - Senate Committee
1925
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 5
Beverly Hills - In opposition to Beverly Site
1925
Box 2, Folder 12
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other California cities
1924-1926
Box 3, Folder 2
Newspaper officials
1925-1926
Box 6, Folder 9
Sproul, Robert G.
1925-1926
Box 2, Folder 2
Appointment of Citizens
1924
Box 2, Folder 5
Bell's Property
1925-1926
Box 2, Folder 6
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
1925-1926
Box 2, Folder 11
Legal Documents - Agreements, Guarantees, etc.
1922-1926
Box 3, Folder 3
Opposition - Circulars, clippings and form letters
1925
Box 3, Folder 4
Pacific Electric Railway
1925
Box 3, Folder 5
Petitions, Beverly Hills
1925
Box 3, Folder 8
Los Angeles Campaign
1925
Box 3, Folders 9-10, Box 4, Folders 1-3
Box 5, Folder 1
Los Angeles Organizations
1925
Box 5, Folder 3
Senate Bills 484, 816
1925
Box 5, Folder 6
Beverly Hills Requirements
1925
Box 5, Folder 14
Description of 17 Sites
1925
Box 5, Folder 18
Los Alisos Ranch
1924-1925
Box 6, Folder 5
Schiappa Pietra Ranch
1925
Box 6, Folder 7
Westwood Recommendations
1925
Box 6, Folder 10
Student Distribution Statistics
n.d.
Box 6, Folder 12
Taxes - Beverly Site
1925-1926
Box 6, Folder 14
Los Angeles Campaign
1924-1926
Box 6, Folder 15
Senate Bill 816 and Agricultural Faction
1925
