Westwood Hills Property Owners Association. Records., 1963-2002

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Summary

Title:
Westwood Hills Property Owners Association. Records.
Dates:
1963-2002
Creators:
Westwood Hills Property Owners Association.
Abstract:
Record Series 813 contains the collected records of the Westwood Hills Property Owners Association, covering a period from the early seventies to 2002. Included are environmental impact reports and development plans created by UCLA throughout this time, as well as correspondence, organizational materials, and newspaper clippings.
Extent:
4.0 linear ft. (10 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Westwood Hills Property Owners Association. Records (University Archives Record Series 813). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Record Series 813 represents the files of the Westwood Hills Property Owners Association from roughly 1975 to 2002, as collected by its then president, Harriet Miller. The Westwood Hills Property Owners Association lobbied against UCLA’s construction of several new facilities, including residence halls and an athletic complex. In 1977, Miller and the WHPOA sued the UC Regents over their plan to construct a new residence hall against the wishes of the Association. They were also active in efforts to stop construction of an $84 million retail-theater complex in Westwood Village during the mid-nineties by real estate developer Ira Smedra. The contents of this collection comprise notes, clippings, correspondence, and other organizational materials of the WHPOA, as well as numerous environmental impact reports, studies, and plans created by UCLA and then passed on to WHPOA for review.

Biographical / historical:

Established in 1958, the Westwood Hills Property Owners Association (WHPOA) is a volunteer neighborhood organization which has been dedicated to protecting homeowners' interests in and around Westwood, monitoring such issues as housing, noise, transportation, and local business.

Arrangement:

Materials are arranged chronologically in four series – 1. studies and reports, 2. development plans, 3. correspondence, and 4. clippings and organizational materials.

Within each series, materials are organized chronologically and according to material type at the file level, except for series 1.2 – “Environmental impact reports/assessments” and series 2.1 – “Long-range development plans” - which are organized at the item level.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Emily Coxe and Erin Hurley with supervision by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2015 June; machine-readable finding aid created by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2016 July.
Date Prepared:
©2015 June
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-07-28T09:36-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

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:

Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA University Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Copyright of this record series is held by Westwood Hills Property Owners Association.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Westwood Hills Property Owners Association. Records (University Archives Record Series 813). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
310-825-4988
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