Calvin S. Hamilton Papers, 1959 - 1990

Summary

Creators:

Hamilton, Calvin S.

Abstract:

This collection contains professional papers generated by Calvin S. Hamilton during his tenure as planning director for the City of Los Angeles from 1960 to 1985.

Extent:

Approximately 842 items.

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains professional papers generated by Calvin S. Hamilton during his tenure as planning director for the City of Los Angeles. The papers were organized into two series: 1) Bound Volumes Series 2) Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Series.

The Bound Volumes Series contains 45 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on subjects such as Calvin S. Hamilton and planning issues related to Los Angeles during the period of 1964 to 1986. This series also contains an area plan of Los Angeles (1963 to 1975), land use community plan, City of Los Angeles employees’ telephone directory, and a zoning code book.

The Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Series contains a range of unbound materials that were generated by Hamilton. Most prominently are periodicals that featured Hamilton and the City of Los Angeles’s planning endeavors and projects, various planning reports, transcripts of speeches given by Hamilton, and subject files on earthquake preparedness and Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California.

The Los Angeles City Archives also holds a large collection of Calvin S. Hamilton’s professional papers.

Acquisition information:

The Calvin S. Hamilton Papers were donated by Glenda Hamilton in 1997.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in the following two series:

• Series I. Bound Volumes Series
• Series II. Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Series

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Note:

Finding aid last updated on April 22, 2014.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

City planning--California--Los Angeles.
City planning--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Housing policy--California--Los Angeles.
Land use --California --Los Angeles --Planning.
Landscape architecture.
Neighborhood planning--California--Los Angeles.
Zoning--California--Los Angeles.
Reports.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches (documents).

Location of this collection:

Huntington Library, Architecture Collections

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108, US

Contact:

(626) 405-2129

reference@huntington.org

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