Coffey (Helen) Papers, 1974-1981

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Scope and content:: These papers consist of photocopies of Helen Coffey’s column "Coffey Time" in the Newporter/Costa Mesa News from 1974 to 1979 and in the Santa Ana Register's social section "Biarritz" from June to August 1979. Additionally, the collection includes copies of "Showcase: The Orange County Register's Magazine for Orange County People" for the years 1980 and 1981. Each issue is accompanied by photographs of the people and settings referred to in Coffey's article in that issue. An alphabetical index of these people is included. There is a box of miscellaneous photographs, some including their negatives, of mostly unidentified social events from 1975-1980.
Biographical / historical:: Helen Coffey was a society editor at newspapers in Newport Beach/Costa Mesa, as well as in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs. She lived on Lido Isle in Newport Beach.
Acquisition information:: The collection was donated to Sherman Library by Helen Coffey in 1983.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Sherman Library and Gardens staff.
Date Prepared:: 1974-1981
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: These papers are open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the Sherman Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The Sherman Library do not hold the copyright.

Location of this collection:: Sherman Library and Gardens

614 Dahlia Ave.

Corona del Mar, CA 92625, US