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Title: Lauren Hammond papers
Dates: 1973-2010
Bulk Dates: 1993-2010
Collection number: CTY0010
Creator:
Hammond, Lauren R., 1955-
Collection Size:
25 linear feet
(24 boxes, 6 artifacts)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research use.
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.
[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Lauren Hammond papers, CTY0010 Center for Sacramento
History.
Transferred from the City of Sacramento Council District 5 Office in 2005 and 2011 (accession numbers 2005/086 and 2011/023).
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.
Biography / Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
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
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Sacramento (Calif.)
Sacramento (Calif.). City Council
Sacramento (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.
African American politicians.
Related collections at CSH include other City of Sacramento Council District 5 records (2005/085 and 2005/087) and City of
Sacramento City Clerk's Office Records (2011/020).