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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Stevens House records
Creator:
Stevens House
Identifier/Call Number: UARC.0504
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
(3 cartons, 2 boxes, 1 half box)
Date (inclusive): 1949-1993
Abstract: Record Series 504 contains the administrative and financial records of Stevens House, a cooperative residence that offered
affordable housing for women, particularly women of color, studying at UCLA. Materials include correspondence, Stevens House
Board and student council meeting minutes, financial records, resident applications and contracts; and other materials documenting
the daily operations and activities of the House, its House Directors, and its residents.
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.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Boxes 4-6 of this collection are closed due to the presence of student records, in accordance with the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act.
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant
permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. Commercial use may require additional rights that must
be determined and obtained by the researcher. All requests for copyright permission to publish must be submitted in writing
to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of
the UCLA Library Special Collections.
[Identification of item], Stevens House records (University Archives Record Series 504). UCLA Library Special Collections,
University Archives, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred by Stevens House, 1993.
Processed by University Archives staff, Vivian Wong, 1997; reprocessed by Lori Dedeyan, 2019.
Reprocessing included enhancing description; further arrangement; and deaccessioning of some financial documents, such as
checks and petty cash receipts, in order to comply with the UC Records Retention Schedule.
Record Series 504 includes the contents of Record Series 505 (Stevens House Financial Records), which was merged into this
record series in October 2019.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3467053
Stevens House was founded in 1948 as a low-cost cooperative residence for UCLA undergraduate women and dedicated to the memory
of Bishop William Bertrand Stevens, the head of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles from 1928 to 1947. It was
an undertaking of the Intercultural Committee of the University Religious Conference at UCLA, where Bishop Stevens served
as President. Its purpose was to provide housing to women, particularly women of color, who could not find campus housing
elsewhere. It was one of the first institutions in Los Angeles to practice integration in education.
The first Stevens House was located at 1411 South Westgate Avenue in Los Angeles. The UCLA University Religious Conference
operated the house until 1958; in 1959, it sold the property to the non-profit Stevens House Corporation who operated the
house through its Board of Directors. In 1959, the house moved to 820 Levering Avenue in Westwood. In 1972, it relocated to
638 Landfair Avenue. In 1992, the Board voted to close Stevens House and donated the profits from its sale to the UCLA Foundation
to establish the Stevens House Scholarship.
Record Series 504 contains administrative records, such as correspondence, Stevens Board and student council meeting minutes,
and the House Director's notebooks; resident applications and contracts; financial records; publications; and other materials
documenting the daily operations and activities of the house and its residents.
Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1. Administrative records and publications
- Series 2. Financial records
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Housing, cooperative -- United States
Student housing -- United States
Stevens House -- Archives