American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California records, circa 1935-1985
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 736 linear feet (1513 boxes, 3 oversize boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Records (Collection 900). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of legal, educational, and organizational files of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Includes minutes, correspondence, memoranda, clippings, case files, and briefs. Topics covered in case files include the right to counsel, women's rights, Japanese-American relocation during WWII, blacklisting in the film industry, and Crawford vs. LA Unified School District. Also contains materials related to the local and national organizations of the ACLU.
- Biographical / historical:
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was established in 1920. It originally began as the American Union Against Militarism in 1915 and later became the National Civil Liberties Bureau in 1917. The ACLU of Southern California was established in Los Angeles in 1924.
- Acquisition information:
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Gift of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, 1967. Accruals from the ACLU of Southern California were transferred to UCLA Library in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1990, and 1991.
Gift of Eason Monroe, 1966-69.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Special Collections Manuscripts Division staff. Boxes 1-62 reprocessed by Amy Wong, 1995. Boxes 63-101 reprocessed by Piyapong Phongpatanakhun, 2003.
Partially filled boxes were consolidated during reprocessing, so now boxes 102-110 no longer exist.
Final processing for boxes 419-1525 completed by Preksha Ambrish in consultation with Kelly Besser, 2023.
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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:
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[Identification of item], American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Records (Collection 900). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988