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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: First Century Families records
Creator:
Shirley, Christine
Creator:
First Century Families of California (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 0298
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/301
Physical Description:
22.19 Linear Feet
20 boxes
Physical Description:
22.4 Gigabytes
71 computer files
Date (inclusive): 1937-2009
Date: 2013
Date: 2015
Date (inclusive): 2017 – 2022
Abstract: The collection contains records of the activities of the First Century Families, especially centered on the planning and implementation
of the group's annual luncheon. Considerable genealogical and biographical material is also contained herein. The collection
also includes 22.4 gigabytes of audio and video files.
Language of Material:
English
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The First Century Families is an organization with membership made up of descendants of Los Angelenos who arrived in the city
during its first one hundred years (1781-1881). It holds annual luncheons for the purpose of recounting and recording the
city's early days.
The collection contains records of the activities of the First Century Families, especially centered on the planning and implementation
of the group's annual luncheon. Much of the material was preserved and collected by Christine Shirley, the organization's
historian; there is also correspondence between Shirley and members of the organization. The collection contains general administrative
files, including correspondence with members; programs, photographs, slides, and typescripts of presentations of, and planning
documents for, many of the organization's annual luncheons; books, clippings, typescripts and other materials on the history
of early Los Angeles families and aspects of Los Angeles history; and clippings documenting the organization's annual luncheons.
The collection also includes 22.4 gigabytes of audio and video files.
Advance notice required for access. Some of the materials described in this finding aid are digital computer files. The files
are saved in the USC Digital Repository and are not publicly accessible online. Researchers wishing to request access should
email specol@usc.edu.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder# or item name], First Century Families records, Collection no. 0298, Regional History Collections, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Physical collection material housed in boxes were donated by Missy Crahan on September 11, 2014.
Claude Zachary, University Archivist, began preserving the digital files in this collection in 2008. Description of the digital
files in ArchivesSpace began in 2021.
The collection was rehoused and a preliminary inventory created by John Fowler in 2006. In 2012, Sue Luftschein organized
the collection, rehoused and described the remainder of the collection, and produced this finding aid.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
History -- Societies, etc. -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Genealogy -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Pioneers -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources
Social history -- Societies and clubs -- Social aspects -- Archival resources
Audiotapes
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Invitations
Moving images
Photographs
Programs (documents)
Scrapbooks
Sound recordings
Transcripts
Videotapes
Shirley, Christine -- Archives
First Century Families of California (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives
First Century Families of California (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History