Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Charline Abernathy papers
- Dates:
- 1975-1983
- Creators:
- Abernathy, Charline
- Abstract:
- Charline Abernathy is a lifelong public servant who is active in Northeast Los Angeles. She was the secretary of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce as well as the President of the Highland Park Ebell Management Company Inc. Dedicated to neighborhood development and youth programming, the collection documents her accomplishments and public recognitions.
- Extent:
- 0.4 Linear Feet (1 document box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Charline Abernathy Papers (Collection 2161). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection includes articles and plaques recognizing the public service of Charline Abernathy to the community of northeast Los Angeles.
- Biographical / historical:
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Charline Abernathy is a lifelong public servant active in Northeast Los Angeles. She owns a mini farm in the San Pascual Valley and in an effort to be ecologically conscious raises and preserves her own food. She worked as a building contractor in the Los Angeles area for many years. She was also a welder on aircrafts and ships during World War II and won an award from Rocketdyne in 1958 for "most suggestions." She was the Vice President of the Highland Park Improvement Association, a member and Secretary of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce and served on the Board of Directors for North East Youth Foundation. She now serves as the President of the Highland Park Ebell Management Company Incorporated.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown (circa 1998). This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the UCLA Library.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Stacy Wood, 2012. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sarah Johnson and Sabrina Ponce in 2017.
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Abernathy, Charline
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-11-30 12:05:46 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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:
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[Identification of item], Charline Abernathy Papers (Collection 2161). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988