Los Angeles County Medical Association minute books, 1871-1970

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Summary

Title:
Minute books of the Los Angeles County Medical Association
Dates:
1871-1970
Creators:
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Abstract:
The collection contains the minute books of the Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) from 1871 to 1970.
Extent:
41 volumes
Language:
The records are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Minute books of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains forty-one (41) volumes of minute books of the Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) from 1871 to 1970. Most of the volumes are typewritten, but some are handwritten.

The collection consists of three series:

  • 1. Four initial minute books from meetings of the association from its beginning in 1871 to 1905.
  • 2. 28 volumes of minutes from LACMA’s Board of Councilors from 1905 to 1970.
  • 3. Nine volumes of the minutes of LACMA’s Board of Trustees from 1920 to 1966.

The volumes are labeled Volume 1–41; each series is arranged in chronological order.

Biographical / historical:

The Los Angeles County Medical Association began in 1878, a professional institution designed to regulate and encourage the development of the medicine in Los Angeles. Since then, the organization has established itself as an important institution in the profession. The Association's library quickly became an archive for the medical history of California and an invaluable research resource for physicians.

Acquisition information:
On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, June 9, 2011.
Date Prepared:
© 2016
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Laura R. Rips in January 2016

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Minute books of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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