Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hammond, Lauren R., 1955-
- Extent:
- 25 linear feet (24 boxes, 6 artifacts)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Lauren Hammond papers, CTY0010 Center for Sacramento History.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection documents the civic activities of Sacramento City Councilwoman Lauren Hammond, with a small amount of personal items and awards from her office. Material dates from 1973 to 2010, with the bulk from 1993 to 2010. Originally, Hammond’s files were loosely arranged in alphabetical order. For ease of use, they have been organized into four series based on the organizations, boards, and committees she was involved in; her projects; her personal papers and awards; and audiovisual material.
Material includes correspondence mostly in the form of printed emails; notes, agendas, and handouts from meetings; designs and blueprints for redevelopment projects; awards and certificates; reports; presentation posters; petitions; Polaroid photographs; VHS tapes; CDs; DVDs; and artifacts.
Most material pertains to Sacramento’s District 5. Topics and subjects included in the collection are redevelopment, civic issues, public transportation, housing, waste, public parks and spaces, small business, schools, local legislation, 2000 Census redistricting, predatory lending, vehicles, and the former Western Pacific/Union Pacific Railyard.
Most awards, plaques, and other non-paper or non-machine-readable items were photographed onto archival paper. Papers from binders often take up multiple folders, with the first and last folders containing the contents of the side pockets.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lauren R. Hammond was the first African American woman to be elected to Sacramento City Council. She was born in 1955 and is a graduate of C. K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento City College, and California State University, Sacramento. Hammond was elected to Sacramento City Council, District 5, on March 4, 1997, and served until November 2010.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred from the City of Sacramento Council District 5 Office in 2005 and 2011 (accession numbers 2005/086 and 2011/023).
- Processing information:
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Processing and finding aid by Jason Bowman, Nathan Heilmann, Michael Jasinski, and Shelby Kendrick, 2015. Finding aid edited by Nicholas Piontek and Kim Hayden, 2020.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged into 4 series:
- Series 1. Organizations, boards, and committees, 1993-2010
- Series 2. Project files, 1984-2010
- Series 3. Awards and personal items, 1993-2010
- Series 4. Audiovisual and digital media, 1973-2009
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research use.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH 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 by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Lauren Hammond papers, CTY0010 Center for Sacramento History.
- Location of this collection:
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551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.Sacramento, CA 95811, US
- Contact:
- (916) 808-7072