Plummer (Edna C.) papers, 1918-1984

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Summary

Title:
Edna Covert Plummer papers
Dates:
1918-1984
Creators:
Plummer, Edna Covert
Abstract:
Edna Covert Plummer (1907-1972) was the organizer of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank (Eureka, Nevada), the co-founder of the Legal Aid Foundation, and the nation's first woman district attorney. The collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, yearbooks, memorandum book, articles, and a narrative relating to Edna Covert Plummer.
Extent:
0.6 Linear Feet (1 box, 3 flat boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Edna Covert Plummer papers (Collection 361). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, yearbooks, memorandum book, articles, and a narrative relating to Edna Covert Plummer. Includes a Northeastern Nevada Historical Society pamphlet on Plummer, a Texas Rotary article on her, letters received from Alexandra Tolstoy relating to the Tolstoy Foundation, and a narrative of Georgia by Prince Serge Mdivani. Also includes scrapbooks for the Serge and David Mdivani trial and the Los Angeles Women's Health Club, and three high school yearbooks.

Biographical / historical:

Plummer was born in 1907; she was the organizer of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Eureka, Nevada; cofounder of the Legal Aid Foundation; first woman trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; an active member of many public service organizations; and the nation's first woman district attorney; she died in 1972.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Jewell Fraley, 1995.
Processing information:

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Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, June 1995.

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

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Division staff, June 1995; machine-readable finding aid created by Amy Shung-Gee Wong.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-08-11 10:43:00 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Edna Covert Plummer papers (Collection 361). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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