Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Helen Coffey Papers
Dates: 1974-1981
Collection Number: 2017_12
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 linear foot, 7 inches; 4 archives boxes.
Repository:
Sherman Library and Gardens
Corona del Mar, California 92625
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material: English
Access
These papers are open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
Helen Coffey Papers. Sherman Library and Gardens
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to Sherman Library by Helen Coffey in 1983.
Biography/Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
