Finding aid for the University of California (System). Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch records UARC.0003
Finding aid prepared by Dylan Karlsson, 2018.
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Online finding aid last updated 2019 January 4.
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Language of Material:
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: University of California (System). Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch records
Creator:
University of California (System). Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch
Identifier/Call Number: UARC.0003
Physical Description:
4.0 Linear Feet
(10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1921-1926
Abstract: Record Series 3 contains the administrative files of the Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch of the University of California
(now called University of California, Los Angeles), with maps and photographs of potential sites. The Committee on Sites for
the Southern Branch was created by UC Regent Edward A. Dickson to help select the permanent campus of the University of California's
Southern Branch. On December 2, 1924 UC President W. W. Campbell appointed seventeen citizens of the Los Angeles area to serve
on this committee. Out of more than 100 proposed sites, on March 21, 1925 the Board of Regents voted to select the Beverly
Site (now Westwood) for the permanent campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], University of California (System}. Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch records (University
Archives Record Series 0003). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer; circa 1988.
Processing Information
Processed by University Archives staff, S. Roud, Alva Moore Stevenson, 1988 November; further processing by Katharine A. Lawrie,
2013. Reprocessing by Dylan Karlsson in the
Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) under the supervision of Lori Dedeyan, 2018.
Record series 3 includes the contents of former University Archives record series numbers 4 and 7, which were retired after
their contents were merged into this record series in November 2018.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biographical / Historical
The Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch was created to serve the University of California (UC) Board of Regents in
an advisory capacity. In 1923, Regent Edward A. Dickson proposed the creation of the committee to help select the site for
the permanent campus of the University of California, Southern Branch (now known as University of California, Los Angeles).
On December 2, 1924, UC President W. W. Campbell appointed seventeen citizens of the Los Angeles area to serve on this committee.
The Committee consisted of: Henry W. O'Melveny, James R. Martin, Harry Chandler, W. E. Dunn, Guy C. Earl, Jr., Meyer Elsasser,
William M. Garland, Edward D. Lyman, Maynard McFie, Henry S. McKee, Clinton E. Miller, Irwin J. Muma, Henry M. Robinson, Joseph
Sartori, Charles F. Stern, Walter K. Tuller, and W. L. Valentine.
Although more than 100 possible sites were suggested to the Regents and the Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch, only
seventeen were formally presented by site proponents at an open meeting. Among these sites were: Schiappa Pietra, Chino-Spadra,
San Fernando, Burbank, Whittier, Covina, San Diego, Riverside, the Bradbury Ranch, Palos Verdes, the Tri-City site (Alhambra,
Pasadena, South Pasadena), Dark Canyon, Fullerton, and Owensmouth. On February 1, 1925 four of the seventeen sites presented
were recommended by the committee for further consideration. These sites were the Beverly site (the current Westwood location),
the Burbank site, the Fullerton site, and the Palos Verdes site. On March 21, 1925 the Board of Regents voted to select the
Beverly site for the permanent campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.
The Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch is also known as the Citizens Committee on Sites and the Committee of 17.
Scope and Contents
Record Series 3 contains the administrative files, maps and photographs of the Regent's Committee on the Southern Branch of
the University of California. Administrative files contain committee documentation, correspondence, meeting documentation,
site records, and publicity documents. Records also include maps of proposed sites for the University of California, Southern
Branch: the current Beverly site, as well as sites in Bell, Chino, Palos Verdes, and other parts of Los Angeles. Additional
materials relate to the bonds for purchase of the chosen site and proposed architectural styles.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Administrative files, 1922-1926
- Series 2: Maps, 1921-1926
- Series 3: Photographs, 1924-1925
Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject within each series.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
School sites -- California
Campus planning -- California
Maps
University of California (System). Committee on Sites for the Southern Branch -- Archives
Series 1
Administrative files
1922-1926
Scope and Contents
Series 1 contains the administrative files of the Regent's Committee on the Southern Branch of the University of California.
Files contain documentation of committees, correspondence, meeting documentation, site records, and publicity documents.
box 1, folder 1
Addresses, speeches regarding bonds for Southern Branch
1925
box 1, folder 2
Agricultural faction - Senate committee
1925
box 1, folder 3
Bell, A.E. correspondence
1925-1926
box 1, folder 4
Beverly Hills correspondence
1925-1926
box 1, folder 5
Beverly Hills correspondence in opposition to Beverly site
1925
box 1, folder 6
Campbell, W.W. correspondence
1924-1926
box 1, folder 7
Circulars: Beverly Hills
1925
box 1, folder 8
Circulars: Los Angeles
1925
box 1, folder 9
Circulars: Santa Monica
1925
box 2, folder 2
Committees: appointment of citizens
1925
box 2, folder 3
Committees: Beverly Hills
1925
box 2, folder 4
Committees: Santa Monica
undated
box 2, folder 5
Deeds, Bell's property
1925-1926
box 2, folder 6
Deeds, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
1925-1926
box 2, folder 10
Land conveyance correspondence
1925
box 2, folder 11-12
Legal documents - agreements, guarantees
1922-1926
Scope and Contents
Includes title guarantee, tract map and plot.
box 2, folder 13-14
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other California cities
1924-1926
box 3, folder 2
Newspaper officials - correspondence
1925-1926
box 3, folder 3
Opposition - circulars, clippings, and form letters
1925
box 3, folder 4
Pacific Electric Railway
1925
box 3, folder 5
Petitions, Beverly Hills
1925
box 3, folder 8
Publicity - Los Angeles Campaign
1925
box 3, folder 9-10
Publicity - newspaper articles
1925
box 4, folder 1-3
Publicity - newspaper articles
1925
box 4, folder 6
Resolutions - Beverly Hills
1925
box 5, folder 1
Resolutions - Los Angeles Organizations
1925
box 5, folder 2
Resolutions - Santa Monica
1925
box 5, folder 3
Resolutions - Senate Bills 484, 816
1925
box 5, folder 4
Resolutions - Venice
1925
box 5, folder 5
Santa Monica correspondence
1925-1926
box 5, folder 6
Sites - Beverly Hills requirements
1925.
box 5, folder 7
Sites - Bradbury Estate
1925
box 5, folder 10
Sites - Chino Spadra
1925
box 5, folder 11
Sites - college acreage
1925
box 5, folder 14
Sites - description of 17 sites
1925
box 5, folder 15
Sites - Elysian Park
1925
box 5, folder 16
Sites - Fullerton
1924-1925
box 5, folder 17
Sites - Hastings Ranch
1925
box 5, folder 18
Sites - Los Alisos Ranch
1924-1924
box 5, folder 19
Sites - minutes of meeting
1925 January 15
box 5, folder 22
Sites - Palos Verdes
1924-1925
box 6, folder 2
Sites - San Diego
1924-1925
box 6, folder 3
Sites - San Fernando Valley
1925
box 6, folder 4
Sites - Santa Barbara
1925
box 6, folder 5
Sites - Schiappa Pietra Ranch
1925
box 6, folder 7
Sites - Westwood recommendations
1925
box 6, folder 9
Sproul, Robert G. correspondence
1925-1926
box 6, folder 10
Student distribution statistics
undated
box 6, folder 12
Taxes - Beverly site
1925-1926
box 6, folder 13
Telegrams - Beverly Hills
1924-1926
box 6, folder 14
Telegrams - Los Angeles campaign
1924-1926
box 6, folder 15
Telegrams - Senate Bill 816 and Agricultural Faction
1925
box 6, folder 16
Venice correspondence
1925-1926
Series 2
Maps
1921-1926
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains maps of the Regent's Committee on the Southern Branch of the University of California. Files include maps
of proposed sites for the University of California, Southern Branch. Sites include the current Beverly site, as well as sites
in Bell, Chino, Palos Verdes, and other parts of Los Angeles.
box 7, folder 1
E.M. Bell's proposed 100 acres
undated
box 7, folder 2
E. M. Bell's proposed 100 acres and James Martin's revisions
undated
box 7, folder 3
E. M. Bell's purchase from Holmby Estate
1926
box 7, folder 4-5
Beverly site
1926; undated
box 8, folder 1
Beverly site - Bel-Air Allotment
1925
box 8, folder 2
Beverly site - Large Scale
1924
box 8, folder 3
Beverly site - Recorded Site
1925
box 8, folder 4
Beverly site - Roads Outlining Site
undated
box 8, folder 5
Beverly site - Tract 7656 - Lookout Avenue, A.E. Bell.
undated
box 8, folder 7
Founders Rock, Location of
1926
box 8, folder 9
Los Angeles, City of
1925
box 8, folder 10
Los Angeles Mountain Park Company Property
undated
box 8, folder 11
Marblehead Land Company Property
undated
box 9, folder 2
Proposed University Sites
1925
box 9, folder 3
Rodeo Land and Water Company Property
undated
box 9, folder 4
San Fernando Site
undated
box 9, folder 6
Western Los Angeles
undated
box 9, folder 7
Western Los Angeles and Santa Monica Bay
undated
Series 3
Photographs
1924-1925
Scope and Contents
Series 3 contains drawings of prospective architectural styles and black-and-white photographs of potential sites for the
permanent campus of the Southern Branch of the University of California (now called University of California, Los Angeles),
as well as portraits of Regent's Committee members. Photographed sites include San Diego and San Fernando Valley.
box 10, folder 1
Architectural styles, proposed
1925
box 10, folder 4
San Fernando Valley site
undated
