The Finding Aid of the Nan and Elmer Carlson Collection of the Malibou Lake Mountain Club 0168
Reilly Saint Amand
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
April 2019
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA, 90263-4786
kelsey.knox@pepperdine.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: Nan and Elmer Carlson Collection of the Malibou Lake Mountain Club
Identifier/Call Number: 0168
Physical Description:
15 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1922-2011
Abstract: This resource contains the collection of Nan and Elmer Carlson, long-time residents of Malibou Lake Mountain Club. The collection
focuses on the history of the club and its surrounding region, the Santa Monica Mountains. Materials include bulletins, newspaper
clippings, official club publications, reports, memorabilia, maps, and photographs, as well as Nan's notes and research on
various topics of club history.
Conditions Governing Access
Advanced notice required for access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives by Sande Alessi Craft, a family friend of the Carlsons who currently lives in their former home at Malibou Lake.
Biographical / Historical
The Malibou Lake Mountain Club is a private, member-owned community founded in 1922 and located in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Nan and Elmer Carlson moved to Malibou Lake in 1970, and quickly became active members in the community. Elmer joined the
Board of Directors in 1972, and served two terms as Board President from 1981-1983. The Carlsons and their children were also
enthusiastic members of the Malibou Lake Sailing Club. Nan developed an interest in the history of Malibou Lake, and what
started as curiosity about the history of the Carlsons' cabin (one of the first built in the 1920s) grew to encompass both
the Malibou Lake Mountain Club and its surrounding region. As Nan researched and collected materials from the club's past,
she became the club's semi-official historian, serving as chair of the History Committee, and creating a booklet to celebrate
the club's 60th anniversary. Nan reached out to other members, both current and former, asking for their stories and related
materials. She collected newspaper clippings, bulletins, president's reports, memorabilia, photographs, and anything else
she considered relevant. Perhaps most importantly, Nan sought to dispel some of the myths that had spread about the club's
origin, specifically that it had been founded by Cecil B. DeMille and other Hollywood celebrities. Nan continued to collect
club materials until she moved from Malibou Lake in 2011. Her collection complements and provides social context for the more
business-related documents found in the Malibou Lake Mountain Club Records.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Nan and Elmer Carlson Collection of the Malibou Lake Mountain Club, Collection no. 0168, Malibu
Historical Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
Processing Information
This collection was arranged and described by Reilly Saint Amand, April 2019.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials collected by Nan and Elmer Carlson related to the Malibou Lake Mountain Club, including
bulletins, by-laws, club rules, presidents' reports, financial reports, legal documents, maps, promotional material, newspaper
clippings, memorabilia and board meeting minutes. Also included are Nan's notes and research into club history, on topics
such as cabin and lot transfers, stock transfers, natural disasters, and Santa Monica Mountains history. This collection also
contains many photographs, including large panoramic prints of the club grounds, event photos from the 1920s through 1980s,
Sailing Club albums, flood aftermath photos, and various images depicting club members, the clubhouse and grounds, and Malibou
Lake.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Related Materials
Malibou Lake Mountain Club Records, Collection no. 0158, Malibu Historical Collection, Special Collections and University
Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following three series: 1. Chronological Files, 2. Subject Files, 3. Photographs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Black-and-white photography
Brochures
By-laws
Correspondence
Financial records
Maps
Newsletters
Newspapers
Photographs
Photograph albums
Sailing -- California -- Malibu
Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.)
Reports
box 1
Series 1:
Chronological Files
1922-2011
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials pertaining to the history of the Malibou Lake Mountain Club. Earlier folders largely only contain
issues of the bulletin. From the 1960s onward, folders contain president's reports, board meeting minutes, and other various
documents in addition to bulletins. The Carlsons moved to Malibou Lake in the late 1970s, and Elmer Carlson served on the
Board of Directors through the early 1980s, so these years contain the most dense amount of materials pertaining to club leadership.
The 1980s onward additionally feature flyers promoting various club events. Some of the information found in this series might
replicate or supplement information found in the Subject Files.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically by year. Within each file, bulletins have been grouped together separately from other
materials. Original order has been maintained, although oversize items have been separated for preservation concerns.
box 21, folder 4
1952-1954 (Oversize Bulletins)
box 7, folder 1
1978-1982 (Elmer's Presidential Files)
box 9, folder 5, box 10, folder 1-2
box 11, folder 7, box 12, folder 1
box 12, folder 6, box 13, folder 1
Series 2:
Subject Files
Scope and Contents
This series contains folders for subject areas of Nan Carlson's interest, mostly concerning Malibou Lake Mountain Club history.
Most are named according to Carlson's own folder names, but some were artificially created by the processing archivist. Materials
include official club publications such as by-laws, member directories and brochures, maps, memorabilia, newspaper clippings,
Nan's research and hand-written notes on Club history, and materials related to Elmer Carlson's four years on the club's Board
of Directors. Some of the information contained in this series may replicate or supplement information found in the Chronological
Files.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
box 13, folder 6
60th Anniversary Booklet
1982
box 13, folder 7
85th Anniversary Event
2006 December - 2007 March
box 26
Aerial Maps
1974 February
box 13, folder 8
Ahmanson Land Brochure
2001
box 13, folder 9
Amity Charitable Estates
1974 March - 1980 July
box 13, folder 10
Anniversary Bulletin
1925 November
box 21, folder 5
Anniversary Bulletin Negatives
1925
box 26
Assessor's Map Books (2063-4462)
1960 - 1980s
box 26
Assessor's Map Books (4464-4465)
1980s
box 13, folder 11
Board Meeting Minutes
2010 March- 2011 February
box 14, folder 1
Bowers Cabin (Tract A)
1996 May
box 14, folder 2
Burgess, Liz (newspaper articles)
1957 January - 1973 July
box 14, folder 3
By-Laws, 1949-1959
1949 March - 1959 February
box 14, folder 4
By-Laws, 1960
1960 April 2
box 14, folder 5
By-Laws, 1968
1968 January
box 14, folder 6
By-Laws, 1972
1972 January - 1972 June
box 14, folder 7
By-Laws, 1981
1981 January - 1989 November
box 14, folder 8
By-Laws, 1990
1990 December 13
box 14, folder 9
By-Laws, 1991
1991 January - 1991 September
box 14, folder 10
By-Laws, 1992
1992 January - 1993 January
box 14, folder 11
By-Laws, 1994
1994 February
box 14, folder 14
By-Laws, 2002
2002 January
box 14, folder 19
By-Laws & Club Rules, Undated
1950s-1960s
box 15, folder 1-3
Carlson, Elmer - Board of Directors Materials
1979 December - 1984 December
box 15, folder 4
Carlson, Elmer - Projects
1970s - 1990s
box 15, folder 5
Chambers, Harold (manager)
1980 January - 1982 December
box 15, folder 6
Club Brochures
1920s - 2000s
box 15, folder 7
Club Conservation
1960s - 1970s
box 16, folder 1
Club Correspondence - Easements, etc.
1997 April - 1997 May
box 16, folder 2-3, box 21, folder 6
Club Member Directories
1944 May - 2011
box 16, folder 4
Club Member Obituaries
1960s - 2009 September
box 16, folder 5
Club Members in the News
1970s - 2011 June
box 16, folder 6
Club Memorabilia
1922 - 2005
box 16, folder 7
Club Organization Manual
1949 March 20
box 16, folder 8
Club President's Report
1929 March
box 16, folder 9
Club Rules, 1970s
1970 September - 1979 April
box 16, folder 10
Club Rules, 1980s
1980 August - 1985 May
box 16, folder 11
Club Rules, 1990s
1991 April - 1994 September
box 16, folder 12
Club Rules, 2007
2007 April
box 16, folder 13
Clubhouse Bookings
1980 February - 1981 December
box 16, folder 14
Cornell Preservation Organization
2000 January - 2003 April
box 16, folder 15
Correspondence about Malibou Lake Mountain Club History
1978 May - 2002 April
box 16, folder 16
County Property Tax Theft
1996 August 3
map-case 6
Dayton Canyon Fire Map
1982 October 9
box 16, folder 17
DeLuca, Tract C, Lot 19
1995 November - 1995 December
box 17, folder 1
Exelby, Dr. P. B. (Tract C, Lot 50)
1923 December - 1945 March
box 17, folder 2
Easement, Lot 42-43
1956 April - 1993 July
box 17, folder 3
Fabridam
1967 November - 1970
box 17, folder 5
Filming at Malibou Lake
1931 - January 1964
box 17, folder 7
Guiberson's Stock
1975 November - 1999 May
box 17, folder 8
Kellogg, Arthur, cabin (now E-38)
1930 February - 1930 June
box 17, folder 9
Bertram Lackey's Letter
1927
box 17, folder 10
Lake Management
1980 June - 2009 August
box 17, folder 11
Las Virgenes Unified School District Citizens Advisory Committee on Business Practices
1974 January 10
box 17, folder 12
Leaf Lot Access, Tract E, 28-30
1943 October - 1995 August
box 17, folder 13
Libraries
1983 June - 2001 August
box 17, folder 14
Malibou Lake Homeowners Group
1975 October - 1997 June
box 26
Malibou Lake Mountain Club Maps
1944
map-case 6
Malibou Lake Mountain Club Map with Code of Old Block Numbers
1940s
box 26
Malibou Lake Mountain Club Map with list of Members & Lots
1950s
box 17, folder 15
Malibu State Park
1980s - 2000s
box 17, folder 16
Martin, Strother
1980 August - 1981 April
box 18, folder 1
McCarty, Jeannette
1985 January - 2012 January
box 18, folder 2
Mike Murphy's Letter to Members
2008
box 18, folder 3
Mining Permit - Los Angeles County
1988 September
box 18, folder 4
Mulholland Scenic Corridor Citizen's Advisory Committee Report
1975 May
box 18, folder 5
Mystery of the Black Canon
1899
box 18, folder 6
Nan Carlson's Research - Board of Directors
1926 - 1983
box 18, folder 7-8
Nan Carlson's Research - Bulletins
1980s - 2000s
box 18, folder 9
Nan Carlson's Research - Corporation History
1960s - 1980s
box 18, folder 10
Nan Carlson's Research - Lots
1980s - 1990s
box 18, folder 11, box 19, folder 1-2
Nan Carlson's Research - Lot Transfers
1980s - 2000s
box 19, folder 3
Nan Carlson's Research - Malibou Lake Mountain Club History
1980s - 1990s
box 19, folder 4
Nan Carlson's Research - Notes from 2010-2011
2010 - 2011
box 19, folder 5
Nan Carlson's Research - Santa Monica Mountains
1970s - 2009
box 21, folder 7
Nan Carlson's Research - Stocks
1950s - 2004
box 19, folder 6
New Member Welcome Brochure
2000 May
box 19, folder 7
Newspaper Clippings - Fire
1993 September - 2008 October
box 19, folder 8-9
Newspaper Clippings - Malibou Lake
1923 July - 2010 January
box 20, folder 1
Newspaper Clippings - Real Estate
1993 - 2011
box 20, folder 2
Newspaper Clippings -Santa Monica Mountains
1982 December - 2011 June
box 20, folder 3
Paramount Ranch Special Use Permit (Dredge Removal)
1983
box 20, folder 4
Parties - 1920s Theme
1980 September - 1980 December
box 20, folder 5
Parties - Club
1980 January - 1999 April
box 26
Partition of the Rancho Las Virgenes
1950s
box 26
Photocopies of Surveyor's Maps
1920s
map-case 6
Proposed Triunfo Basins Map
1980 March 27
box 20, folder 6-7
Rand Lawsuit
1980 December - 1991 September
box 20, folder 8
Real Estate Committee
1960s
box 20, folder 12
Silt Removal
1992 November
box 20, folder 13
Spring Valley Road Retaining Walls - Structural Calculations
1988 September 13
box 26
Surveyor's Map of Rancho Las Virgenes
box 20, folder 14
Ron Swearinger's Letter
1981 November - 1998 September
box 20, folder 15
Tax Assessment Roll Los Angeles County
1986 July 17
box 21, folder 8
Trust Deed - Letter to Stockholders
1948 June 23
box 21, folder 1
Unsignalized Intersections Report (Highway Capacity Manual)
1985
box 21, folder 3
Water System Report
1964 February 6
box 22, folder 1
1920s Photographs and Negatives
1920s
box 22, folder 2
1920s Photographs - Proof Sheets and Prints
1920s
box 22, folder 6
Aerial Photographs
1965 - 1998
box 25
Carlson Family Photograph Cases
box 22, folder 9
Club Members and Other Individuals
1930s - 1992
box 22, folder 10
Club Parties and Events
1924 - 1970s
box 22, folder 11
Film Sets at Malibou Lake
1920s - 1940s
box 23, folder 2
Frank Benson's Photographs
1923 - 1940s
box 25
Halloween Dance
1924 November 1
box 23, folder 3
Hathaway Family
1923 - 1985
box 23, folder 5
Las Virgenes Library Photocopies
1990s
box 23, folder 6
Les Ingham's Photographs
1930s - 1960s
box 23, folder 7-8
Jack and Louise Jackson's Album
1920s - 1970s
box 23, folder 9
Malibou Lake and Creeks
1946 - 1996
box 25
Malibou Lake Dam
1930s - 1940s
box 23, folder 10
Malibou Lake Panoramic Photographs
1930s
box 25
Malibou Lake Panoramic Photographs (Oversize)
1920s - 1930s
box 23, folder 11, box 25
Malibu Lakeside Homesites
1920s
box 23, folder 13
Photos of Photos - Lake and Club Grounds
1930s
box 25
Photocopies with Nan Carlson's Notes
box 24, folder 1
Proof Sheets and Negatives (Photos of Photos of Malibou Lake)
1980s
box 24, folder 2, box 25
Sailing Club
1950s - 1970s
box 24, folder 3
Sailing Club Album #1
1970s
box 24, folder 4
Sailing Club Album #2
1970s
box 24, folder 5
Santa Monica Mountains Area
1950s - 1980s
box 25
Santa Monica Mountains Area (Oversize)
1963 - 1976
box 24, folder 6
Starbird Photographs
1940s - 1950s
box 24, box 7
Tract E Lot (Rohan's Empty Lot)
1940s - 1950s
box 24, folder 9-10
Tree Report by Nan Carlson
1979
box 21, folder 9
Views of Malibou Lake
1920s
