Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
History
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1920-1949
Collection number: 1512
Creator: Herbert M. Baruch Corporation
Extent: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)1 oversize box
Abstract: Collection consists of photographs relating to buildings and properties constructed by Herbert M. Baruch Corporation of Los
Angeles during the 1920s and 1940s.
Language:
English
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Rosemary B. Baruch, care of Mr. Robert Triest, 1956.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records (Collection 1512). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
History
The Herbert M. Baruch Corporation was a Los Angeles-area general construction contracting firm, active from the early 1920s
to the late 1940s.
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.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Project files, ca. 1920-1949 (boxes 1-5).
- Promotional materials, 1924-1939 (box 5).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Herbert M. Baruch Corporation--Archives.
Construction industry--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs.