City Hall and Navy Base Records, 1927-2010

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Summary

Creators:
City of Long Beach
Abstract:
Extent:
Approximately 60 linear ft.
Language:
Preferred citation:

City Hall and Navy Base Records. Historical Society of Long Beach

Background

Scope and content:

The City Hall and Navy Base Records collection contains materials from the City and Port of Long Beach from 1927-2010, with significant emphasis on the Navy Base, Shipyard, and Hospital closure and reuse. The materials include documents, correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, ledgers, photographs, 35mm slides, maps, and a few objects. The City Hall & Navy Base Records Collection is arranged in six series and collated into a single index list. Series 1: 2019.033 Letter size documents from the City of Long Beach Clerk’s Office. Includes materials related to: Alameda Corridor and transportation, Long Beach Naval Complex closure/reuse, Naval Hospital, Boeing, Los Altos Shopping Center, Ice Dogs professional hockey team, Omar H. Hubbard building, Roosevelt Base Historic American Building Survey materials, Los Angeles River, Solid Waste Management, Grand Prix, Public Health, Public Works, Subsidence, municipal infrastructure, and more. 22 Boxes. Series 2: 2019.033 Legal size documents from the City of Long Beach Clerk’s Office. Includes materials related to: Dominguez Water Corporation, Southern California Water Company, Western Union Telegraph, Public Utilities Commission, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Planning Division, Grand Prix, Police Pistol Range, Lawsuits, Cabrillo Savannah, North Long Beach Redevelopment, Legislative Strategy Committee, Leased Housing Program, Ordinances, Transportation Companies, and more. 9 Boxes. Series 3: 2019.033 Includes oversized items, photographic images related to Redevelopment, Mitigation, Environmental Management, aerial maps, Planning Division, Spruce Goose, Harbor Operations, and more. 4 Boxes. Series 4: 2019.029 from the City of Long Beach Development Services, Planning Bureau. Includes: Interior Floor Plan of City Hall, zoning map, elevation plan of Anaheim and Linden, Victory Park blueprint, circulation element map, blueprints of Meeker Baker Building. Various Containers. Series 5: 2019.023 from the City of Long Beach Office of the City Auditor. Includes: 5 books and a report related to municipal operations. 1 Box. Series 6: 2019.022 From the City of Long Beach Department of Public Works. Includes: Aerial photographs of Long Beach during the 1960s and early 1970s, downtown street view photographs. 1 Box.

Biographical / historical:

First incorporated in 1888, the City of Long Beach is the 42nd-most populated city in the United States. It is located in Los Angeles County on San Pedro Bay. It has an area of nearly 52 square miles. Long Beach is a charter city governed by nine council members elected by district, and a Mayor elected at large. Its population is among the most racially and ethnically diverse in the nation. The City has its own health, police, and fire departments along with municipal water, sewage, gas, sanitation, and animal care services. Its port is one of the busiest container ports in the country and one of the largest shipping ports in the world.

Acquisition information:
The collection arrived at the Historical Society of Long Beach in approximately five different donations in 2019, some sections were well organized in boxes while other items were not in boxes. Once at the Historical Society of Long Beach, the materials were sorted into six series’ and rehoused in acid-free folders and boxes. Some processing was done at the item level, others at the folder level, and others at the box level. Rehousing and cataloging of the collection was led by HSLB staff member Alan Scardera with help from Jen Malone, and volunteers Joseph Vanderhorst, Tristan Willenburg, James Matthis, Samantha Jovanovic, Janine White, Amara Ly, Caitlin Fisher, and Mitchell Tanaka. This finding aid was prepared by Alan Scardera and Julie Bartolotto in 2023. The processing of this collection and creation of this finding aid were made possible by a generous grant from the Long Beach Navy Memorial Heritage Association. The promotion of the collection was sponsored by the Port of Long Beach.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
35mm Slides
Aerial Photographs
Aerial Views
Air Quality
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority
Beach Erosion
BRAC Closures
Budget
California House of Representatives
California State Senate
City of Hawaiian Gardens
City of Lakewood
City of Long Beach
City of Los Angeles
City of Signal Hill
City Planning
Construction
Demolition
Department of Urban Affairs
Development
Dominguez Water Corporation
Energy Production, Conservation, and Management
Entertainment Facilities and Groups (Ie Dogs, Grand Prix, Civic Light Opera, etc.)
Harbor
Highway Infrastructure
Highways
Housing
Independent Cities Association
Lawsuits
League of Cities
Long Beach Airport
Long Beach General Hospital
Long Beach Redevelopment Agency
Long Beach, Calif.
Los Angeles County Development Authority
Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Los Angeles River
Los Angeles, Calif.
Maps
McDonnell Douglas
National League of Cities
Naval Base
Naval Hospital Property
Naval Shipyard
Oil Subsidence
Photography
Port of Long Beach
Public and Private Transportation Networks
Public Health
Public Works
Redevelopment, Urban
Roosevelt Navy Base
Solid Waste Management
Southern California Association of Governors
Southern California Water Company
Spruce Goose
Streets
Tax Reform
United States Navy
Urban Planning
Water/River Management
Western Union
Names:
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority
California House of Representatives
California State Senate
City of Hawaiian Gardens
City of Lakewood
City of Long Beach
City of Los Angeles
City of Signal Hill
Department of Urban Affairs
Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (Long Beach, Calif.)
Los Angeles County Development Authority
Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Port of Long Beach
United States Navy
Places:
Long Beach, Calif.
Los Angeles, Calif.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish photographs or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Historical Society of Long Beach. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Historical Society of Long Beach as the owner of the physical items and does not include permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

City Hall and Navy Base Records. Historical Society of Long Beach

Location of this collection:
4260 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90807, US