Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations Records, 1963-

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Summary

Creators:
Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations
Abstract:
The Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations was founded by residents of the Santa Monica Mountains during the winter storms of 1952 to protect, promote and further the interests and welfare of residents and property owners, to preserve and enhance property values, to encourage architectural and horticultural improvement and development, and to maintain building and zoning restrictions. The collection consists of alphabetical subject files of former Federation president, Betty Dearing. Subjects include air pollution, billboards and signs, and Federation business records.
Extent:
24 boxes (12 linear ft.)
Language:
Finding aid is written in English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of alphabetical subject files of former Federation president, Betty Dearing, as assembled by Nancy Pohl and organized by Harriett S. Weaver. Subjects include air pollution, billboards and signs, and Federation business records.

Expanded Scope and Content Note

The Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations was founded in the tempest-tossed winter of 1952 “to protect, promote and further the interests and welfare of residents and property owners” in the Santa Monica Mountains. By the mid-1980s this nonprofit umbrella organization had grown to more than forty local homeowner organizations, representing a constituency of some 200,000 households concerned with such mutual problems as fire, flood, landslides, traffic congestion, noise, waste disposal and zoning abuses.

Collection no.1244, encompassing the files left by former Federation president Betty Dearing, covers the period, 1963-79. The material was assembled by her Briarcliff friend and neighbor, Nancy Pohl, and organized by the Federation's Fire Committee Chairman, Harriett S. Weaver. ( Cf. her collection, no.1447.)

Biographical / historical:

The Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations was founded by residents of the Santa Monica Mountains during the winter storms of 1952 to protect, promote and further the interests and welfare of residents and property owners, to preserve and enhance property values, to encourage architectural and horticultural improvement and development, and to maintain building and zoning restrictions; by the mid-1980s the nonprofit umbrella organization had grown to more than 40 local homeowner organizations, representing a constituency of some 200,000 households concerned with such mutual problems as fire, flood, landslides, traffic congestion, noise, waste disposal and zoning abuses.

Acquisition information:
Gift of John D. Weaver, 1979. Gift of Harriett S. Weaver, 1986. Gift of Alan Kishbaugh, 1997- .
Arrangement:

Collection arranged alphabetically by subject.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

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