Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records, ca. 1920-1949

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Summary

Title:
Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records,
Dates:
ca. 1920-1949
Creators:
Herbert M. Baruch Corporation
Abstract:
Collection consists of photographs relating to buildings and properties constructed by Herbert M. Baruch Corporation of Los Angeles during the 1920s and 1940s.
Extent:
5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records (Collection 1512). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of 8 x 10 inch photographs and promotional materials documenting buildings and properties constructed by the Herbert M. Baruch Corporation of Los Angeles. Photographs showing completed buildings and in various stages of construction include the Hollywood Bowl, Philharmonic Auditorium, Mayfair Hotel, Mira Hershey Hall at UCLA, and many local high schools and junior high schools.

Biographical / historical:

The Herbert M. Baruch Corporation was a Los Angeles-area general construction contracting firm, active from the early 1920s to the late 1940s.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Rosemary B. Baruch, care of Mr. Robert Triest, 1956.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Project files, ca. 1920-1949 (boxes 1-5).
  2. Promotional materials, 1924-1939 (box 5).

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.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Liron Elkan with assistance from Laurel McPhee as part of the CFPRT project, 2005; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala, Caroline Cubé, Laurel McPhee and Amy Shung-Gee Wong.
Date Prepared:
© 2003
Date Encoded:
Original online finding aid generated by Caroline Cubé who rekeyed the text from the in-house card file, October 2003 . Collection was reprocessed. Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro by Caroline Cubé. Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala, Caroline Cubé, Laurel McPhee and Amy Shung-Gee Wong. Date of source: May 2005 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

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], Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records (Collection 1512). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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