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Miraloma Park Improvement Club Records
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Series 1 Legal Files 1935-2016

Scope and Contents

Contains the club's governing papers and documents regarding the clubhouse and parking lot.
 

Articles of Incorporation 1940-1989

box 1, folder 1

1940

 

Tax-Exempt Status

box 1, folder 2

1940-1977

box 1, folder 3

1975

 

Bylaws 1935-1993

box 1, folder 4

1935

box 1, folder 5

1945

box 1, folder 6

1945-1965

box 1, folder 7

1964

box 1, folder 8

1965-1976

box 1, folder 9

1973

box 1, folder 10

1976

box 1, folder 11

1979

box 1, folder 12

1986

box 1, folder 13

1992

box 1, folder 14

1993

 

Clubhouse Property and Parking Lot 1942-2016

box 1, folder 15

Deed to Block 2944-A 1942

 

Parking Lot Lease (with City)

box 1, folder 16

1942

box 1, folder 17

1943

box 1, folder 18

1975

box 1, folder 19

1989-1990

box 1, folder 20

2016

box 1, folder 21

Permit Lawsuit: Lindell Company 1943

 

Series 2 Board and Membership Files 1926-2017

Arrangement

Organized chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes, membership records, correspondence, and committee and subject files.
 

Subseries 2A Minutes 1930-2017

Scope and Contents

Minutes begin with the first meeting of a proposed improvement club for the Miraloma Park district, on Aug. 22, 1930. The club met and continues to meet monthly, with a break in the months of July and August.
Early items dealt with a temporary school and later permanent structure, clubhouse structure, neighborhood census, police service, and the city-wide tree planting campaign (in 1939.) Some membership information is included. Later topics include beautification of the clubhouse landscaping, graffiti, garden tour, and the club president resignation (in 1989). More recent subjects include clubhouse repairs, the proposed CVS store design, and the "D" grade received by Miraloma Park by the SF Park Alliance Playground (in 2012).
There are regular meeting minutes for the first eight years. From 1958 to 1992, there are Board of Directors minutes as well as general meeting meetings. From 1993 there are only board minutes.
Some gaps exist. Some years are incomplete, and there are no minutes for the years 1954-1957, 1978-1981, 1983, and 1986-1987. Beginning in 2013, the board began publishing minutes on its (private) website.

Arrangement

Organized chronologically. From 1958 to 1992, Board of Directors minutes are followed by general meeting meetings.
 

General Minutes 1930-1953

Missing Documents

There are no minutes from 1954 through 1957.
box 1, folder 22

1930-1939

box 1, folder 23

1939-1945

box 1, folder 24

1946-1953

box 1, folder 25

Meeting Notices 1938-1941

 

Board of Directors and Regular Membership Minutes 1958-1992

Missing Documents

There are no minutes for the years 1978-1981, 1983, and 1986-1987.

Arrangement

Organized chronologically, with general meeting minutes following board minutes.
box 1, folder 26

1958

box 1, folder 27

1959

box 1, folder 28

1960

box 1, folder 29

1961

box 1, folder 30

1962

box 1, folder 31

1963

box 1, folder 32

1964

box 1, folder 33

1965

box 1, folder 34

1966

box 1, folder 35

1967

box 1, folder 36

1968

box 1, folder 37

1969

box 1, folder 38

1970

box 1, folder 39

1971

box 1, folder 40

1972

box 1, folder 41

1973

box 1, folder 42

1974

box 1, folder 43

1975

box 1, folder 44

1976

box 1, folder 45

1977

box 2, folder 1

1982

box 2, folder 2

1984

box 2, folder 3

1985

box 2, folder 4

1988

box 2, folder 5

1989

box 2, folder 6

1990

box 2, folder 7

1991

box 2, folder 8

1992

 

Board of Directors Minutes 1993-2017

box 2, folder 9

1993

box 2, folder 10

1994

box 2, folder 11

1995

box 2, folder 12

1996

box 2, folder 13

1997

box 2, folder 14

1998

box 2, folder 15

1999

box 2, folder 16

2000

box 2, folder 17

2001

box 2, folder 18

2002

box 2, folder 19

2003

box 2, folder 20

2004

box 2, folder 21

2005

box 2, folder 22

2006

box 2, folder 23

2007

box 2, folder 24

2008

box 2, folder 25

2009

box 2, folder 26

2011

box 2, folder 27

2012

box 7, folder 1

2014-2017

box Mixed Photos, folder A

[Safety Night?] Photograph [Nov. 16, 1995?]

 

Attendance Record 1954-1988

box 2, folder 28

1954-1959

box 2, folder 29

1977-1988

 

Subseries 2B Membership Files 1979-1986

Scope and Contents

Has member lists and records of payments. Originally $1 per member, the dues are now $15.
box 2, folder 30

1978

box 2, folder 31

1979

box 2, folder 32

1980

box 2, folder 33

1981

box 2, folder 34

Form Letters and Cards 1986

 

Subseries 2C Correspondence 1959-1999

Scope and Contents

Contains letters to and from the board. Subjects include Sunnyside Playground development, speeding on Teresita Boulevard, traffic signals, and multiple dwelling units and apartment houses.
box 2, folder 35

Traffic Channels/Portola Drive 1959-1961

 

General 1965-1999

box 2, folder 36

1965

box 2, folder 37

1966

box 2, folder 38

1967

box 2, folder 39

1968

box 2, folder 40

1970

box 2, folder 41

1971

box 2, folder 42

1972

box 2, folder 43

1973

box 2, folder 44

1974

box 2, folder 45

1975

box 2, folder 46

1976

box 2, folder 47

1977

box 2, folder 48

1978

box 2, folder 49

1979

box 2, folder 50

1982

box 2, folder 51

1983

box 2, folder 52

1984

box 2, folder 53

1985

box 2, folder 54

1986

box 3, folder 1

1987

box 3, folder 2

1988

box 3, folder 3

1989

box 3, folder 4

1990

box 3, folder 5

1992

box 3, folder 6

1994

box 3, folder 7

1995

box 3, folder 8

1996

box 3, folder 9

1997

box 3, folder 10

1998

box 3, folder 11

1999

box 2, folder 50-54

1982-1986

box 3, folder 1-4

1987-1990

box 3, folder 6-11

1994-1999

 

Subseries 2D Committee and Subject Files 1926-1990

Arrangement

Organized chronologically, then alphabetically within years.

Scope and Contents

Has committee documentation and research files. Topics include the Garden Club, Beautification Committee, Streets and Transportation Committee, residential zoning, open space, and airplane noise. Drafts of the Residential Design Guidelines for Miraloma Park, written by the club and approved by the City in 1999, are also found here.
The Garden Club met for sixty years beginning in 1932. The club sponsored a flower show, photo contest, garden talks and a card party.
box Mixed Photos, folder B

Groger Garden Photographs 1929-1938

box 3, folder 12

Garden Club 1938-1939

box 3, folder 13

MPIC News Articles 1926-1941

box 3, folder 14

Molimo Street Expansion [1949?]

box 3, folder 15

Miraloma Park Subdivision Maps 1927-1959

box Mixed Photos, folder C

Miraloma School and St. Brendan's Class Photographs 1955-1959

box 3, folder 16

Developer's Declarations 1926-1959

box 3, folder 17

Clubhouse Landscape Layout 1962

box 3, folder 18

Beautification Committee 1970-1971

box 3, folder 19

Fair Housing Report 1973

box 3, folder 20

Flea Market 1974

box 3, folder 21

Merchants Night 1975

box 3, folder 22

San Francisco Twin Bicentennial 1974-1976

box 3, folder 23

Balboa Reservoir: Bus Yard 1976

box 3, folder 24

Streets and Transportation Committee 1973-1978

box 3, folder 25

Landslide Hazard Areas 1980

box 3, folder 26

Mt. Davidson Article 1980

box 3, folder 27

Residential Zoning Study 1974-1984

box 3, folder 28

Airplane Noise 1987

box 3, folder 29

Cresta Vista Development Opposition 1989

box 3, folder 30

Open Space 1980

box 3, folder 31

Zoning 1989-1990

box 3, folder 32

Curbside Recycling 1990

box 3, folder 33

Urban Forest 1990

box 3, folder 34

Mt. Davidson Cross 1989-1996

box 3, folder 35

Clubhouse Landscaping 1993

box Mixed Photos, folder D

Photos [1993?]

box Mixed Photos, folder E

Holiday Cook-off [1993-1994]

box 3, folder 36

Newspaper Articles 1972-1994

box 3, folder 37

Graffiti 1995

box Mixed Photos, folder F

Sunnyside Conservatory Photos [1995]

box 3, folder 38

Bus Service 1939-1997

box 3, folder 39

Neighborhood History [19--]-1997

box 3, folder 40

Neighborhood Garden Project 1998

 

Residential Design Guidelines 1979-1999

box 3, folder 41

City Planning Brochure 1979

box 3, folder 42

Miraloma Park Drafts 1994-1995

box 3, folder 43

Miraloma Park, Height Limits 1995

box 3, folder 44

Miraloma Park 1996

box 3, folder 45

Miraloma Park 1999

box 3, folder 46

Maps [19--]

box 3, folder 47

Stationery [19--]

box 3, folder 48

Meyer Bros. Brochure [19--]

box Mixed Photos, folder G

Mt. Davidson and O'Shaughnessy Hollow Photographs [199-?]

 

Series 3 Miraloma Life Newsletter 1951-2020

Scope and Contents

Has club's official publication which began publishing in March 1951, with the purpose of disseminating information about the activities, endorsements and business of the organization. The monthly publication continues to be printed and delivered to all residents of the neighborhood, free of charge. The paper takes a break during the months of July and August. Some newsletters are missing.
News items covered club activities such as the Christmas Party and Merchants Night, as well as activities of the Miraloma Church, Miraloma School, and area clubs including folk dancers, Scouts, Campfire Girls. Topics included objection to the moving of two homes on Portola Drive to the neighborhood; the successful negotiation of a proposed 2-family dwelling to a single-family house; and amnesty of in-law units.

Related Materials

See also the San Francisco History Center's periodicals collections for the most recent two years of Miraloma Life. The newsletter is available on the organization's website for issues beginning January 2005; see http://www.miralomapark.org/category/miralomalife/ .
box 4, folder 1

Guidelines and Advertising [1951?]-1989

 

Publication 1951-2020

box 4, folder 2

1951-1953

box 4

1954-1968

box 5

1969-1990

box 6

1990-2007

box 7

2008-2020

Collection Contents
Legal Files
Board and Membership Files
Minutes
Membership Files
Correspondence
Committee and Subject Files
Miraloma Life Newsletter
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