Calif. Library Assn. Library History Committee Records, 1890-1966

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Summary

Title:
California Library Association Library History Committee Records,
Dates:
1890-1966
Creators:
California Library Association - Library History Committee
Abstract:
The Library History Committee of the California Library Association assumed responsibility for collecting historical materials on California libraries beginning in 1965. The collection consists of correspondence, typescript histories of individual libraries, reports and surveys, tape recorded interviews and transcripts, microfilm copies of California Public Library Reports (1909-55), and a photocopy of the book, The California county library.
Extent:
7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.) 4 oversize boxes
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Library Association Library History Committee Records (Collection 873). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of typescript histories of individual libraries, reports and surveys. Includes correspondence between members of the California Library Association's California History, Archives and Bibliography Committee. Also contains tape recorded interviews and transcripts, microfilm copies of California Public Library Reports, 1909-55, and a photocopy of the book, The California county library.

Biographical / historical:

The Library History Committee, California Library Association, assumed responsibility for collecting historical materials on California libraries and designated the UCLA Library as the repository for the collection in 1965.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Histories of individual libraries, and reports and surveys (Boxes 1-4).
  2. Correspondence (Box 5).
  3. Tape recorded interviews and transcripts (Boxes 6-7).
  4. Microfilm of California Public Library Reports, 1909-55 (Boxes 8-10).
  5. The California county library--photocopy (Box 11).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; 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 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], California Library Association Library History Committee Records (Collection 873). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

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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