Archives of the Committee For the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California Collections, 1941 December - 1942 June

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Summary

Title:
Archives of the Committee For the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California Collections
Dates:
1941 December - 1942 June
Creators:
McRae, Edgar L. and Committee For the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California Collections
Abstract:
The Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California (CCCRSC) was one of the state branches of the national Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Resources, a part of the National Resources Planning Board during World War II. Main goals were to strategize the protection of area cultural materials from enemy attack both in their current repository and possibly also in storage at some safer place. Materials in this collection include correspondence, bulletins no. 1-16, articles, and administrative records for the Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California Collections from December 1941 to about June 1942.
Extent:
0.7 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Archives of the Committee For the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California Collections, 1941-1942, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.638; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Background

Scope and content:

Materials in this collection include correspondence, bulletins no. 1-16, articles, and administrative records for the Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California Collections from December 1941 to about June 1942. Administrative records include financial records, letters of solicitation, meeting minutes, membership information, and questionaries.

Biographical / historical:

The Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California (CCCRSC) was one of the state branches of the National Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Resources, a part of the National Resources Planning Board during World War II. CCCRSC first met on December 26, 1941 answering a call by Southwest Museum director Frederick Webb Hodge. Edgar L. McRae of the Works Progress Administration was elected chairman, and Southwest Museum curator Mark Raymond Harrington was named secretary-treasurer. Main goals of the CCCRSC were to protect area cultural materials, or at least discuss and coordinate their protection, from enemy attack both in their current repository and possibly also in storage at some safer place. As attack did not materialize, interest and the necessity for such precautions waned.

Processing information:

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 25, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Holly Rose Larson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-07-28 17:58:04 +0000 .

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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Archives of the Committee For the Conservation of Cultural Resources for Southern California Collections, 1941-1942, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.638; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448
rroom@theautry.org
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