Haas (Charles E.) Papers, ca. 1884-1957

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Title:: Charles Edmund Haas Papers,
Dates:: ca. 1884-1957
Creators:: Haas, Charles E. (Charles Edmund), 1873-1960
Abstract:: Charles Edmund Haas (1873-1960) was a clerk in the U.S. State Department (1905-06), Los Angeles deputy city attorney (1907-13), deputy county counsel (1913-18), judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court (1926-31) and later a presiding judge (1948), Los Angeles Superior Court. The collection consists of biographical materials on Judge Haas, several articles written by him and a bound typescript of his autobiography, California Reverie.
Extent:: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Charles Edmund Haas Papers (Collection 1051). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of biographical materials about former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles Edmund Haas and several manuscripts of articles written by Judge Haas. Includes a bound typescript of his autobiography, California Reverie.
Biographical / historical:: Haas was born April 15, 1873 in California, Missouri; BA, Stanford University, 1898; LL.B., DGS, George Washington, P.G. Olympic, 1931; high school teacher (1895-1905); clerk, U.S. State Department (1905-06); Los Angeles deputy city attorney (1907-13); deputy county counsel (1913-18); judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court (1926-31); became a judge, and later a presiding judge (1948), Los Angeles Superior Court; president, Avocado-Citrus Company; vice president, Dell-Osso Mining and Milling Company; lecturer on law, radio stations KFI and KECA; lecturer on California history, KRKD; wrote a book, Lawyers I Have Known and Their Cases (1953?) and an autobiography entitled, California Reverie; died in 1960.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Subjects:: Judges--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Authors, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Names:: Haas, Charles E. (Charles Edmund), 1873-1960--Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Saundra Taylor; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 2002
Date Encoded:: Text rekeyed by Lilace Hatayama from in-house card file. Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. 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], Charles Edmund Haas Papers (Collection 1051). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US