Kalil Family papers, 1896-1998

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Summary

Title:
Kalil Family papers
Dates:
1896-1998
Creators:
Charles and Violet Kalil
Abstract:
This collection consists of the family papers of Charles and Violet Kalil, who moved to California in the late 1930s. It includes photo albums, greeting cards, postcards, letters, clippings, keepsakes and a scrapbook.
Extent:
2 letter size document boxes (1 linear ft.) 2 flat boxes
Language:
Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kalil Family papers (Collection 1930). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of family photographs, keepsakes, letters, cards and postcards. There are six photo albums in total and one scrapbook. The majority of the letters, cards and postcards were received by Violet Kalil, though a number of letters received by Charles Kalil are included. The photographs were taken in a variety of locations in New Jersey and New York, as well as California including: Albany, Catalina, Central Park, Griffith Park, North Arlington, Rockaway Beach, San Francisco, and Yosemite. The scrapbook contains keepsakes and menus from a number of landmark Los Angeles restaurants, some of which no longer exist including: Sardi’s, the Brown Derby, Jerry’s Joynt, El Cholo and the Union Pacific Challenger dining car. Also included are keepsakes from 1939 Tournament of Roses, as well as from Charles’s naval days.

Biographical / historical:

Charles and Violet were a married couple residing in Northridge, California. Charles Moore Kalil (October 28, 1905-January 19, 1985) was born in Maryland. His father was the proprietor of a restaurant, Kalil’s Cafeteria, where Charles would eventually work as a manager before he moved to California. Violet Marguerite Morris (June 22, 1907-May 8, 1999) was born in New Jersey. Her parents were from England and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1890s, where her father worked as a milkman. Charles and Violet were married on May 21, 1938 at the Wilshire Wedding Chapel in Los Angeles and settled in California. Charles served in the U.S. Navy during WWII from October 28, 1942 to February 8, 1945 and was stationed on the U.S.S. Anzio (CVE-57), U.S.S. Edwards (DD 619), and U.S.S. De Grasse (AP 164). The two resided in Northridge, California. Charles and Violet Kalil are both buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery.

Processing information:

Processed by Yasmin Damshenas in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Lilace Hatayama, March 2012.

Arrangement:

The materials have been arranged primarily by material type and also with consideration for size. Box 1 contains mostly photographs and some keepsakes, all organized chronologically. Box 2 is primarily devoted to postcards, greeting cards and letters, organized chronologically. Boxes 3 and 4 contain oversize photo materials and a scrapbook.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Photographs.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Yasmin Damshenas in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Lilace Hatayama, March 2012; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2012
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from finding aid processed using the Archivists' Toolkit, encoding added via Archivists' Toolkit, Notetab Pro, and Oxygen. Date of source: December 2012 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kalil Family papers (Collection 1930). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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