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Pioneer Alumni Association. Records.
UARC.0042
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Pioneer Alumni Association. Records.
Creator:
Pioneer Alumni of UCLA
Identifier/Call Number: UARC.0042
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1966-1969
Abstract: Record Series 42 contains records generated by the Pioneer Alumni Association at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Language of Material:
English
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9935212053606533
[Identification of item], Pioneer Alumni Association. Records (University Archives Record Series 42). UCLA Library Special
Collections, University Archives.
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The Pioneer Alumni Association was created in 1959 by Alexander (Jake) Hamilton and several other UCLA alumni from the 1930s.
Membership is granted only to those persons who had attended the university when it was know as the Southern Branch and located
on Vermont Avenue. The purpose of the associated was to create a forum in which students from the 1930s could share memories
of their university experiences. Hamilton was president of the association until 1968 when he was succeeded by Charles Walter.
Record Series 42 contains records generated by the Pioneer Alumni Association at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Files include correspondence, photographs, issues of UCLA student newspapers, and memorabilia. Correspondence files feature
correspondence primarily to Alexander (Jake) Hamilton as a part of a project to acquire materials and memorabilia from UCLA
graduates who had attended the Vermont Campus. Other notable correspondents include William Ackerman, Elizabeth (Hough) Doughty,
Theresa Long, and Gjertrud (Hjorth)Smith. Additionally, files include Hamilton's correspondence to James Mink, UCLA University
Archivist from 1952 to 1983.
Detailed container list available in hard copy at the UCLA University Archives.
This is an inactive Record Series; no additional University records are expected to be added.