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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Palos Verdes Library District, Peninsula Center Library. Local History Center.
Title: Collection of Materials Related to the City of Rolling Hills Estates
Creator:
Hopkins, Jack, (1915-1997)
Identifier/Call Number: 038
Physical Description:
3.5 Cubic Feet
7 legal document boxes
Date (inclusive): 1933; 1957-1998
Abstract: Collection of records relating to the City of Rolling Hills Estates. The bulk of the collection covers Jack Hopkins tenure
as Mayor (September 1957 – April 1959, May 1965 –April 1966), Vice Mayor (April 1967 – April 1968), and Council Member (1959-65,
1966-1972).
Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the Local History Center for access information.
The collection is open for research use.
[Name of item], Collection of Materials Related to the City of Rolling Hills Estates (Collection #38). Local History Center,
Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.
Rolling Hills Estates was founded on September 10th, 1957 with 1.4 square miles of land and a population of 3,600. It was
the 60th city formed in Los Angeles County and the 3rd on the Peninsula. The city formed out of a need to maintain local rule
during annexation attempts by the cities of Torrance and Lomita.
Jack Hopkins, chairman of the Peninsula Citizens' Committee, led the drive to get unincorporated areas on the Peninsula into
the new city proposal. He became the city's first mayor.
Arranged into two series: 1. Subject files for former Mayor and Council Member Jack Hopkins, 1933; 1958 – 1972; and 2. City
of Rolling Hills Estates records, 1957 – 1998; arranged alphabetically by folder title, thereunder chronologically. Undated
materials filed after dated materials.
Collection includes city administrative documents (meeting minutes, agendas, ordinances, etc.) and personal documents related
to Jack Hopkins. Records include newsletters, clippings, informational mailers, brochures, election material, court filings,
blueprints, petitions, rosters, handbooks, and photographs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by donations, collected and assembled by the Local History Center.
Initial rehousing and stabilization of materials by Local History Center volunteers. Final arrangement and description by
Lulu Zilinskas, 06/10/2019. Folders with bracketed titles are subject files created during processing.
For photographs of the City of Rolling Hills Estates see the Rolling Hills Estates photo collection on the Palos Verdes Library
District's digital respository,
www.palosverdeshistory.org
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Minutes (Records)
Newsletters
Rolling Hills Estates (Calif.)
Municipal ordinances
Annual reports