Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- University of California, Los Angeles. Hershey Hall.
- Abstract:
- Record Series 674 contains photographs and materials generated by UCLA's Hershey Hall.
- Extent:
- 3 linear ft. (3 oversize boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Hershey Hall. Materials and photographs (Record Series number 674). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Record Series 674 contains photographs and materials generated by UCLA's Hershey Hall. Files include black and white and color photographs and negatives of Hershey Hall residents, staff, daily life, events, and Hershey Hall. Also included in this collection are handbooks, certificates, and records.
This is an inactive record series; no additional University records are expected to be added.
- Biographical / historical:
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The first building at UCLA dedicated to housing was Hershey Hall, named after Almira "Mira" Hershey who donated $300,000 in the 1930s to have the dorm built. Beginning as a womens' dorm in 1931, Hershey Hall provided housing and socialization to students for nearly seven decades. In 1959 Hershey Hall was expanded with the addition of a West Wing, which would become the boys' wing when the Hall became graduate coed housing in 1969. 1998 saw Hershey Hall converted for academic uses, providing offices and classrooms. The West Wing was demolished in 2006 to make way for the Terasaki Life Sciences Building, while the original building remains as a historic location.
Mira Hershey was a relative of Milton S. Hershey, founder of the Pennsylvania chocolate empire, and the daughter of Benjamin Hershey, who amassed a fortune in the lumber and banking industries. Mira inherited a substantial sum when her father died and she relocated from Muscatine, Iowa to Los Angeles in the 1890s.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright of portions of this collection is held by The Regents of the University of California. The UCLA University Archives can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote must be submitted in writing to the UCLA University Archivist.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Hershey Hall. Materials and photographs (Record Series number 674). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- 310-825-4988