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Title: Anthony C. Beilenson Papers
Date (inclusive): 1963-1997
Collection number: 391
Creator:
Beilenson, Anthony C.
Extent:
296 boxes (84 linear ft.)
39 cartons (39 linear ft.)
4 oversize boxes.
Abstract: Anthony Charles Beilenson was born on Oct. 26, 1932 in New Rochelle, NY; BA, Harvard Univ., 1954; LL.B, Harvard Univ. Law
School, 1957; admitted to CA bar in 1957, and began practice in Beverly Hills; worked as counsel, CA State Assembly Committee
on Finance and Insurance, 1960; served in CA State Assembly, 1963-66; served in CA State Senate, 1967-76, where he chaired
the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare (1968-74) and the Senate Finance Committee (1975-76); authored more than 200 state
laws, including the Therapeutic Abortion Act of 1967, the Auto Repair Fraud Act of 1971, and the Funeral Reform Act of 1971;
served as a Democrat in the US House of Representatives, 1977-97; became chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence (1989-90), and served on the House Budget Committee (1988-94), and the House Rules Committee; did not stand as
a candidate for re-election in 1996.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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publication is given on behalf of the Dept. of Special Collections.
[Identification of item], Anthony C. Beilenson Papers (Collection Number 391). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Anthony Charles Beilenson was born on Oct. 26, 1932 in New Rochelle, NY; BA, Harvard Univ., 1954; LL.B, Harvard Univ. Law
School, 1957; admitted to CA bar in 1957, and began practice in Beverly Hills; worked as counsel, CA State Assembly Committee
on Finance and Insurance, 1960; served in CA State Assembly, 1963-66; served in CA State Senate, 1967-76, where he chaired
the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare (1968-74) and the Senate Finance Committee (1975-76); authored more than 200 state
laws, including the Therapeutic Abortion Act of 1967, the Auto Repair Fraud Act of 1971, and the Funeral Reform Act of 1971;
served as a Democrat in the US House of Representatives, 1977-97; became chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence (1989-90), and served on the House Budget Committee (1988-94), and the House Rules Committee; did not stand as
a candidate for re-election in 1996.
Boxes 1-168 and 4 oversize boxes include legislative bill files, correspondence, memos, newsclippings, campaign materials,
reports, and videotapes relating to Beilenson's political career as a CA state assemblyman, state senator, and member of the
US House of Representatives.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Beilenson, Anthony C. --Archives.
Legislators --California --Archival resources.
Legislators --United States --Archival resources.
Securing liberal legislation during the Reagan administration [oral history transcript] / Anthony C. Beilenson, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, c1982. Available at
the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Oral history interview with Anthony C. Beilenson [oral history transcript] 1997-1998 / by Susan Douglass Yates. [1998] UCLA Oral History Program. 2 vols. Available at the
Department of Special Collections, UCLA .