Lyon (Charles W.) Papers, 1914-1960

Printable guide [HTML]

Request items

Title:: Charles Wesley Lyon Papers,
Dates:: 1914-1960
Creators:: Lyon, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1887-1960
Abstract:: Charles W. Lyon (1887-1960) practiced law until 1955, and served as a state assemblyman and state senator. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, speeches, and awards related to Charles W. Lyon while serving as a California state senator and as a Speaker of the California State Assembly.
Extent:: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Charles Wesley Lyon Papers (Collection 853). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, speeches, and awards related to Charles W. Lyon, a California state senator and Speaker of the California State Assembly. Includes two letters (1945-47) from Earl Warren.
Biographical / historical:: Lyon was born September 13, 1887 in Los Angeles, California; admitted to the California bar in 1910 and practiced law until 1955; city attorney, Venice, California, 1911-14; California state assemblyman, 1914-18; California state senator, 1918-26; returned to California State Assembly, 1932-46; speaker of the California State Assembly, 1942-46; re-elected to the California State Assembly, 1950-54; married Nancy Player in Los Angeles, California, on September 21, 1911; died in Beverly Hills, California, on July 20, 1960.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Lyon, 1964.
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:: Legislators--California--Archival resources.
Names:: California. Legislature. Assembly.
Lyon, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1887-1960--Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Saundra Taylor; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:: © 2002
Date Encoded:: Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

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 Wesley Lyon Papers (Collection 853). 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