Finding Aid for the Charles Frank Stern Papers, 1909-1943
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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Charles Frank Stern Papers, 1909-1943
Collection number: 756
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
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- Alight Tsai
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- Caroline Cubé
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- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2003
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Frank Stern Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1909-1943
Collection number: 756
Creator:
Stern, Charles Frank, 1880-1960
Extent:
8 boxes (4.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Charles Frank Stern (1879-1960) was a member of the California Highway Commission (1914-18), and later served as the Superintendent
of Banks (1918-20), the vice president of the First National Bank of Los Angeles. He was also a partner with Ed Fletcher in
the Cuyamaca Water Company in San Diego. The collection consists of Stern's correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and related
printed material.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative 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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of William W. Stern, 1961.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charles Frank Stern Papers (Collection 756). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Stern was born in 1879 in Arcata, California; he became a member of the California Highway Commission, helping to organize
the drive for the use of convict labor on the highways, 1914-18; he served as Superintendent of Banks, 1918-20; became vice
president of the First National Bank of Los Angeles; became a partner with Ed Fletcher in the Cuyamaca Water Company in San
Diego; was a friend of Hiram Johnson and William Stephens; he died on May 10, 1960.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and related printed material of Charles F. Stern concerning
his career as a member of the California State Highway Commission, Superintendent of Banks, Vice President of the First National
Bank of Los Angeles and co-owner of the Cuyamaca Water Company, San Diego.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-2, 4-6).
- Clippings (Boxes 1-3, 7).
- Tenth and Eleventh Annual Report of the Superintendent of Banks, miscellaneous deeds, certificates, and policies (Box 8).
- Volume 5 of the
News of the Los Angeles-First National (Box 9).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stern, Charles Frank--Archives.
Businessmen--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Report of the Superintendent of Banks. v.d.
Box 8
Tenth Annual Report. 1919.
Box 8
Eleventh Annual Report. 1920.
Box 6
Ephemera.
ca. 1916-1919.
Scope and Content Note
programs, membership cards, brochures, etc.
Box 5
History of Highway Evolution in California. 1943.
Box 8
Miscellaneous deeds, certificates, policies etc.
Box 9
vol.5
News of the Los Angeles - First National.
Note
[Box added and sent to SRLF, August 22, 1988]
