Finding Aid of the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park records 0320

Police Academy

Scope and Content

The Los Angeles Police Department established a Police Academy in Elysian Park in the mid 1920s. What began as a private shooting range for officers evolved into the LAPD's main training campus. Since the late 1960s, the CCSEP has been involved in several battles to preserve the Park from the physical expansion of the Police Academy as well as related activities such as terminating the illegal use of Elysian Park for the training of police helicopter pilots, challenging in court the building of a police firing simulator range in the park, challenging the building of police classrooms adjacent to the park, etc. This series contains court transcripts, information on propositions and bonds, environmental impact reports, and ephemera related to the Committee's involvement with the Police Academy and the LAPD.

Propositions and Bonds

Box 1, Folder 1-2

General 1967-1974

Box 1, Folder 3

Proposition U, Proposition BB 1972, 1976

Box 1, Folder 4

No on Proposition U 1972

Box 1, Folder 5-6

Proposition U -Miscellaneous 1971-1972

Box 1, Folder 7

Proposition 2 1989

Box 1, Folder 8

Proposed Charter Amendment 1972

Court Cases

Box 1, Folder 9

C 38034 -Charter Amendment 1972

Box 1, Folder 10

Relocation of Police Academy 1972

Box 1, Folder 11

Firearms Training Simulator 1976

Box 1, Folder 12

Firearms Training Simulator -Appeal 1976

Box 1, Folder 13

Firearms Training Simulator Building (CPC 8404) 1975-1976

Box 1, Folder 14

Grand Jury Final Report 1992-1993

Box 1, Folder 15

C 44053 -Reporter's Transcript on Appeal 1975

Box 1, Folder 16

C 44053 -Clerk's Transcript, Vol. I 1976

Box 1, Folder 17

C 44053 (Nullify Proposition U) 1972-1976

Box 1, Folder 18

C 55571 1975

Box 1, Folder 19

C 55571, CPC 8404 -Appeals Against 1973

Box 1, Folder 20

C 136378 1975

Box 1, Folder 21-22

2nd Civil 48044 (C 44053) 1976

Box 1, Folder 23

2nd Civil 43747

Box 2, Folder 1

2nd Civil No. 49516

Box 2, Folder 2

2nd Civil C 217020 1978

Box 2, Folder 3

2nd Civil 55574 (C 217020) 1979

Box 2, Folder 4-5

CPC 8404 1977

Box 2, Folder 6

City Plan Case #8404 + C 55571

Box 2, Folder 7

CPC 8404 -C 1976

Box 2, Folder 8

CPC 8404 1976-1977

Box 2, Folder 9-11

CPC 24046 (Conditional Use Permit) 1972

Box 2, Folder 12

CPC 25626 (Conditional Use Permit) -Transcript 1977

Box 2, Folder 13

CPC 29725 (Explosives Stored Near Park) 1981

Box 2, Folder 14

Notes and Clippings 1972-1976

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Reports

Box 2, Folder 15

Police Training Facility 1972

Box 2, Folder 16

Gift for Relocatable Police Training Facility 1973

General

Box 2, Folder 17

Bond Program 1992

Box 2, Folder 18-19

Combined LAPD & LACSD Training Facility

Box 2, Folder 20-24

Expansion 1987-1991

Box 2, Folder 25

Miscellaneous Documents

Box 2, Folder 26

New Construction 1991-1994

Box 2, Folder 27

Police Brutality

Box 2, Folder 28

Police Facilities Study 1996

Box 3, Folder 1

Traffic and Parking Study -Draft 1992

Box 3, Folder 2-3

Training Academy Summary of Resources 1991

Box 3, Folder 4

Property Ownership

Box 3, Folder 5

Editorials and Articles

Environmental Impact Reports

Box 3, Folder 6

Revised Proposal 1991

Box 3, Folder 7

Notes and Ephemera 1992

Box 3, Folder 8

Police Bond Program - Draft 1992

Box 3, Folder 9-10

Police Bond Program - Police Training Academy - Draft 1992

Box 3, Folder 11-13

Police Bond Program - Police Training Academy - Final 1993

Box 3, Folder 14

Noise Impact Assessment 1992

Roads and Highways

Scope and Content

This series chiefly concerns CCSEP's objection to a proposal to take away parkland for the widening of the Pasadena Freeway between the Golden State Freeway and Hill Street. The plan would require demolition of natural landscape as well as an eight-foot wide walkway which runs parallel to the freeway with several stairways. The series contains petitions, court documents, correspondence, and ephemera regarding the freeway-widening proposal and tree-planting issues.

Box 3, Folder 15

Industrial Freeway 1966-1971

Box 3, Folder 16-21

Caltrans 110 Freeway Widening Project 1994-1999

Box 4, Folder 1-5

Caltrans 110 Freeway Widening Project 1999

Box 4, Folder 6

Route 2 (Beverly Hills Freeway) 1972

Box 4, Folder 7

Stadium Way Extension 1966 - 1978

Box 4, Folder 8

Stadium Way Extension 1966 -1978

Box 4, Folder 9

Stadium Way Extension 1966 - 1967

Box 4, Folder 10

Stadium Way Extension 1966 -1969

Box 4, Folder 11

Stadium Way Extension 1966 -1998

Dept. of Water and Power

Scope and Content

Beginning in the 1980s, the CCSEP began a decades-long battle with the Department of Water and Power (DWP) over several issues documented in this series. One was the DWP's proposal to cover up the 55-million gallon Elysian Reservoir with an aluminum roof as part of a water quality improvement project. The series consists of environmental impact reports, petitions, and court documents related to the reservoir roof project, as well as documents concerning the DWP's proposal to take over a portion of the former Buena Vista reservoir site for a pumping and chlorination station.

Buena Vista Pumping Station

Box 4, Folder 12

Project Background 1972-1984

Box 4, Folder 13

Project Report 1981

Box 4, Folder 14

Environmental Impact Report - Notice of preparation 1981 -1982

Box 4, Folder 15

Environmental Impact Report - Draft 1983

Box 4, Folder 16-18

Environmental Impact Report - Final 1983

Box 4, Folder 19

Articles and Letters 1985

Box 4, Folder 20

G.G. Baumen Law Offices 1984

Box 4, Folder 21

Correspondence 1980-1984

Box 4, Folder 22

Petitions 1984

Box 4, Folder 23

Phase II 1989 -1991

Box 4, Folder 24

Miscellaneous 1977-1981

Box 5, Folder 1-5

Miscellaneous 1980-1984

Box 5, Folder 6-8

Reservior Roof Project 1983-1990

Box 5, Folder 9

Solano Canyon Redevelopment 1985

Oil Lease

Scope and Content

While the CCSEP was challenging the building of a convention center in Elysian Park, they were also opposing the leasing of 77 acres of park land for oil exploration by Occidental Petroleum. In a 1965 petition to City Council (Box 5), Grace E. Simons (for CCSEP) compared the plight of Elysian Park to that of other parks which had suffered from recent development such as Hancock Park with the erection of L.A. County's art museum. A copy of the oil lease is also in this box along with the Superior Court document of the lawsuit between Grace E. Simons et al, and the City of Los Angeles, Occidental Petroleum, and a host of individuals and government entities. The result of the litigation process was that Occidental Petroleum cancelled its plans to drill for oil in the park. The four folders in this series consist of the court documents, correspondence, and ephemera related to this case.

Box 5, Folder 10

Correspondence 1965 - 1966

Box 5, Folder 11

Lawsuits 1965

Box 5, Folder 12

Oil wells 1965

Box 5, Folder 13

Documents 1965

Convention Center and Oil Lease

Scope and Content

In 1965 and 1966, the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park were fighting two battles simultaneously: the city's proposal to build a convention center on park land, and the plans by Occidental Petroleum to drill for oil. This series contains ephemera, newsletters, and signed petitions regarding both issues at the same time.

Box 5, Folder 14

Petitions 1966

Box 5, Folder 15

Proposal Material 1965

Convention Center

Scope and Content

This series documents the newly-formed CCSEP's efforts to block the City Council's proposal to build a new Los Angeles Convention Center in the heart of Elysian Park near the corner of Stadium Way and Scott Avenue. The plan, backed by then-Mayor Sam Yorty, would have cost $10 million dollars and taken away 63 acres of the park-- in addition to contributing to the noise and congestion already supplied by nearby Dodger Stadium. The CCSEP rallied public support by mailing letters to City Hall, publicizing the plight of the park in the media, and receivng a visit from Supreme Court Justice William Douglas who urged his support for retaining the site for recreation. In August of 1966, the CCSEP claimed victory, and the City selected 31 acres at Pico and Figueroa as the convention center's new home. Contained in this series are sixteen folders of letters, legal documents, petitions, press clippings, and other papers related to the proposed building of the convention center in Elysian Park. There is some overlap of issues and types of materials with the preceding series which also deals with the oil lease battle.

Box 5, Folder 16

Diane Schroerwke's Letter to City Council Members 1965

Box 5, Folder 17-24

Documents 1965

Box 5, Folder 25

Editorials 1965 - 1966

Box 5, Folder 26

Form Letters 1965 -1966

Box 5, Folder 27

Legal Issues 1965

Box 5, Folder 28

Letters Of Appeal 1965-1966

Box 5, Folder 29

Speaker Statements and Resolutions 1965

Box 5, Folder 30

Summary Report on Proposal 1965

Charter Amendment

Scope and Content

The five files in this series document the Committee's battle to defeat several amendments between 1969 and 1977 that would revise L.A.'s city charter and centralize power in the City Council. Beginning in 1969, the CCSEP opposed a ballot measure that would (1) place independent city departments under the control of the Council and the Mayor; and (2) reduce the commissions from policy-making to advisory bodies. The fear was that Elysian Park and other parks and recreation areas would no longer be protected by the charter and would be demoted to the status of "surplus land." The series contains correspondence, clippings, ephemera on various ballot measures ("no on 4," no on "U," "no on 1," etc.), and articles.

Box 6, Folder 1-5

Miscellaneous 1968-1970

Chavez Ravine

Scope and Content

The two folders in this series contain information on the Chavez Ravine Arboretum and the proposal for the Chavez Ravine Memorial project. The folder on the arboretum has information on the trees in Elysian Park as well as a short history of the arboretum. The folder on the proposed memorial has a color print-out of Stephen Farley's proposed memorial and a videotape sent to Sallie Neubauer (2000) from Sherilyn Mentes regarding a similar memorial wall in Tucson.

Box 6, Folder 6

Arboretum

Box 6, Folder 7

Memorial Proposal

Day Care Center

Scope and Content

The three folders that comprise this series contain information regarding the proposed plan to convert the Elysian Park Recreation Center into a child care center administered by the Board of Education. The CCSEP asked that the Board rescind its decision to make available the Center as a day care center for children of City employees, inasmuch as neighborhood children--many of whom having working mothers and are members of minority races-- would be excluded. The materials in this series consist of much correspondence between Grace E. Simons and city council members and other relevant entities, articles, and newsletters.

Box 6, Folder 8-10

Miscellaneous 1971 - 1972

Dodger Stadium

Scope and Content

This series consists of agreements, payment schedules, and memorandums between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the city of Los Angeles regarding the transfer of 300 acres of park land for the stadium in 1959, and subsequent agreements related to a 40-acre parcel adjacent to Dodger Stadium which the Dodgers later turned into a parking lot.

Box 6, Folder 11

Payments 1970 - 1980

Irrigation

Scope and Content

This series concerns the topic of an irrigation system in Elysian Park and the necessity of budgeting funds for it. Much of the material in this series consists of correspondence between Grace E. Simons and various local officials and councilmen, newsletters, articles, and newspaper clippings of fires in the area.

Box 6, Folder 12

Petitions 1984

Box 6, Folder 13-14

Documents 1969-1970

Stolport 1969

Scope and Content

This series documents the Committee's successful efforts to prevent a STOLport (Short-Takeoff-and-Landing) from being built at or near Elysian Park. Materials include correspondence among and between CCSEP and the organizations involved in the proposal of the STOLport including the Federal Aviation Administration, the 13th district Councilman, then-councilman Thomas Bradley, the Board of Recreation and Parks commissioners, the Los Angeles Police Department, and an acoustical engineer. This series also documents a related topic from around the same time period: the LAPD's plans for a heliport for the training of police helicopter pilots. In their research into both of these projects, the CCSEP kept a large file of correspondence and articles just on noise pollution, also part of this series.

Box 6, Folder 15-17

Miscellaneous 1969

Box 6, Folder 18

Noise Pollution

Proposition A Funding 1988-1993

Scope and Content

This small series concerns Proposition A, the Safe Neighborhood Park Acts of 1992 for the acquisition of various properties and grants to non-profit organizations throughout Los Angeles County. The CCSEP was in support of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy's efforts to apply for funding for several different projects including enhancing land along the Los Angeles River. Part of the funds would go towards developing a connecting trail between the historic Pueblo de Los Angeles, Elysian, and Griffith Parks-- a route that most likely was traced by explorers Portola and de Anza. Materials include correspondence, memorandums, articles, and a proposal coordinated by the National Park Service titled, The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. Original letters of support include those of County Board of Supervisors Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Gloria Molina, and Michael D. Antonovich.

Box 6, Folder 19

De Anza Trail 1988 - 1989

Box 6, Folder 20

De Anza Trail 1988 - 1989

Tule Elk

Scope and Content

The two folders of this series contain newsletters, correspondence, and ephemera concerning the tule elk, including correspondence from the Committee for the Preservation of the Tule Elk. There is a good deal of information conerning a joint resolution to establish the Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge. The goal was to raise the number of Tule Elk in the Owens Valley to 2000 (from around 300) and to "enhance the recreational opportunities of the area which are compatible with pure water and watershed protection." Materials consist of correspondence, articles, reports, and ephemera.

Box 6, Folder 21-22

Miscellaneous 1967-1973

Elysian Park Centennial 1986

Scope and Content

The four files in this series document the activities surrounding Elysian Park's centennial celebration in 1986. A Centennial Committee was formed in 1984; its minutes, correspondence, and notes of proposed activities were saved and comprise the first folder. Other materials in this series consist of publicity materials, historical articles on Elysian Park, correspondence with the artist of the brochures, and samples of the brochure, and information on the 1986 Firecracker 10K Run through Chinatown.

Box 7, Folder 1

Centennial Committee 1986

Box 7, Folder 2

Publicity and Brochures 1986

Box 7, Folder 3

Firecracker 10K Run (Chinatown) 1986

Box 7, Folder 4

Miscellaneous 1986

Public Events

Scope and Content

This series consists of ephemera related to various CCSEP events, such as the annual Tree Dedication and Planting. Each fall, CCSEP members and friends, in cooperation with the Los Angeles City Recreation and Parks Department, purchase and plant trees as memorials to the living and dead. Photographs of the events are in the Photographs series.

Box 7, Folder 5

That Was the Park That Was 1966

Box 7, Folder 6

Tree Plantings and Dedications

Box 7, Folder 7

Various

Miscellaneous

Scope and Content

This series consists of specific topics for which CCSEP kept individual files such as the Firecracker 10K run through Chinatown (for Chinese New Year), the Soledad Canyon Sculpture Garden Project, a file on Elysian Park history, the Grace E. Simons Lodge, etc. Series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Box 7, Folder 8

Asian Cultural Center

Box 7, Folder 9

Bishops Canyon

Box 7, Folder 10

Community Planning Flow Chart

Box 7, Folder 11

Elysian Park History and Maps

Box 7, Folder 12

Firecracker 10K Run (Chinatown)

Box 7, Folder 13

Frank Glass (Will) 1989

Box 7, Folder 14

Grace E. Simons Lodge

Box 7, Folder 15

Grace E. Simons Memorial Service and Eulogies

Box 7, Folder 16

Peter Shire Memorial to Grace E. Simons and Frank Glass, Angel's Point

Box 7, Folder 17

Housing Project

Box 7, Folder 18

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project 1993

Box 7, Folder 19

Los Angeles Public Library

Box 7, Folder 20

Radio Hill

Box 7, Folder 21

Soland Canyon Sculpture Garden Project 1999

Box 7, Folder 22

Treasure Hunting History

Box 7, Folder 23

Century City West

Publicity

Box 7, Folder 23

Sunset Lane Magazine Article 1965

Box 7, Folder 24-25

Speeches 1965

Box 7, Folder 26

General Articles

Box 7, Folder 27

KNX / KNXT Editorials 1965 - 1966

Box 7, Folder 28

Newspaper Articles - Photocopies 1965 - 1972

Box 7, Folder 29

Newsletters 1965-2002

Box 7, Folder 30

Press Clippings - Mostly Convention Center

Box 7, Folder 31-32

Press Clippings 1965

Box 7, Folder 33

Press Releases 1965-1966

Scope and Content

The eleven folders in this series contain newspaper clippings, press releases, speeches, newsletters, and ephemera publicizing the concerns and activities of the CCSEP. Though the CCSEP Newsletter is represented all the way to 2002, the bulk of these materials date to the 1960s and 1970s. The CCSEP Newsletter is possibly the best overall instrument in the collection for studying the history of the CCSEP over time, as there is a fairly complete run of it from the mid-1960s to 2002 and it is all together in one folder, in chronological order. Another file of interest is that of the KNX and KNXT editorials-- copies of the broadcasts primarily from 1965 and 1966 when there was much public debate regarding the erection of a convention center in Elysian Park.

Clippings

Scope and Content

This series consists solely of newspaper clippings, primarily on two different topics. One folder--and the bulk of the series--contains dozens of newspaper clippings from the Los Angeles Times having to do with the 1965 Los Angeles riots in Watts. It is not clear why this particular file was saved with the CCSEP records, except that the topic evidently was of much interest to Grace Simons, who was the keeper of all the Committee's records until her death.

The other major topic represented in the clippings is the two fires that consumed approximately 300 acres of Elysian Park in the Buena Vista Reservoir area in 1981. There is only one newspaper story included in the file, along with a typed report of the fire prepared by Richard Ginevan, Chief Park Maintenance Supervisor, and a photostat of a "fire progress report" from September of that year. Because these items were kept together in their own folder, separate from other clippings, they were left that way in the processing of the collection.

The clippings file from the 1970s contains a few articles on issues very relevant to the concerns of the CCSEP: the Police Academy's presence in the Park, Mayor Sam Yorty vetoing a ban on oil drilling, etc.

The one clipping in the 1990s file is a "letter to the editor" (Los Angeles Times) from Sallie Neubauer, president of CCSEP at the time, concerning the issue of building an NFL stadium in Elysian Park.

Box 8, Folder 1

Fire 1981

Box 8, Folder 2

Watts Riots 1965

Box 8, Folder 3-4

Various September-October, 1965

Correspondence

Scope and Content

This series contains correspondence, chiefly from the 1960s, but also including up to 2000.

There is a folder of correspondence to and from Paul Bruce Dowling, executive director of the America the Beautiful Fund (1969).

The bulk of the series consists of correspondence between the CCSEP and other indiduals, organizations, and government entities on a variety of issues including fund-raising, the convention center proposal, membership, etc.

Box 8, Folder 5

Master Plan 1969

Box 8, Folder 6-8

Miscellaneous 1965

Publications

Scope and Content

This series consists of 23 folders of published materials-- magazines, serials, annual reports, booklets, and small flyers and leaflets. Several items are directly related to Elysian Park, such as the Sunset magazine from September 1965 with its article, The Forgotten Forest Retreat Right in Central L.A. or the California History Magazine's Where the Brake Fern Grows-- L.A.'s Elysian Park. Other publications are related to issues concerning the Park and the CCSEP such as Quality on Tap, a customer publication put out by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Box 8, Folder 9

Drafts

Box 8, Folder 10

Annual Report - Board of Park Commissioners, City of Los Angeles 1931

Box 8, Folder 11

Annual Report - Board of Park Commissioners, City of Los Angeles 1933

Box 8, Folder 12

California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society Fall 1983

Box 8, Folder 13

Cornell, Bridgers, and Troller A.S.L.A

Box 8, Folder 14

Cry California - The Journal of California Tomorrow Winter 1965 - 1966

Box 8, Folder 15

Cry California - The Journal of California Tomorrow Winter 1965 -1966

Box 8, Folder 16

Cry California - The Journal of California Tomorrow Summer 1967

Box 8, Folder 17

Cry California - The Journal of California Tomorrow Spring 1970

Box 8, Folder 18

Elysian Park Memorial Tree Plantings

Box 8, Folder 19

Elysian Park Must Be Saved For the People

Box 8, Folder 20

Geology of the Elysian Park - Repetto Hills Area, L.A. County, California 1970

Box 8, Folder 21

The Park That Was Preserved 1967

Box 8, Folder 22

Proposed Public Ownership Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area May 1979

Box 8, Folder 23

Quality on Tap 1989

Box 8, Folder 24

Recreation and Parks, City of Los Angeles, Annual Report 1963 - 1964

Box 8, Folder 25

Recreation and Parks in Los Angeles March, 1966

Box 8, Folder 26

Safeguarding a Vital Asset

Box 8, Folder 27

Sunset Magazine September, 1965

Box 8, Folder 28

Water for Los Angeles 1988

Box 8, Folder 29

Water, Power, and the Growth of Los Angeles 1988

Box 8, Folder 30-31

Flyers, Leaflets, and Pamphlets

Awards

Scope and Content

This series is comprised of actual awards and certificates as well as press coverage and other papers regarding the awards. One of the awards conferred upon Grace E. Simons in 1979 was the Sol Feinstone Environmental Award, presented annually by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Other awards which Simons received which are included in the collection are the Governor's Design Award of Exceptional Distinction (1966), a certificate of recognition from the Echo Park Community Coordinating Council (1983), a community leadership award from KABC-TV (undated), and an Honor Award from the California Conservation Council (1969).

Box 8, Folder 32

Feinstone 1979

Box 8, Folder 33

Governor's Award 1966

Box 8, Folder 34

Certificates 1966 - 1983

Administration of CCSEP

Scope and Content

This series is comprised of the files kept by the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park, including financial records, membership lists, meeting minutes, etc. See collection inventory for more comprehensive list of types of materials kept.

Box 8, Folder 35

Contributions

Box 8, Folder 36

Sallie Neubauer

Box 8, Folder 37

Correspondence 1965

Box 8, Folder 38-41

Financial 1965 - 1970

Box 8, Folder 42

Financial (Ledgers) 1965 - 1976

Box 9, Folder 1

Meetings and Hearings, Telephone Lists 1965

Box 9, Folder 2-3

Address Lists

Box 9, Folder 4-5

Agendas 1965 - 1970

Box 9, Folder 6

Committee Correspondence

Box 9, Folder 7-8

Meeting Minutes 1973 - 1982

Box 9, Folder 9-10

Steering Committee Minutes 1979 - 1998

Box 9, Folder 11

Master Plan 1971, 1986

Box 9, Folder 12

Park Plans

Box 9, Folder 13

Sponsors

Box 9, Folder 14

City Council Members

Box 9, Folder 15

Prototype Stationery

Photographs

Scope and Content

The Photographs series consists of a few professional photographs, but chiefly candid snapshots of Elysian Park activities, events, and people. Most of the photographs are undated and unlabeled, though some attempt was made to group "like" photos together based on location or estimated age of photo. There are a few slides and negatives included at the end of the series.

Box 9, Folder 16

1965 Protest 1965

Box 9, Folder 17-18

Buena Vista Pumping Station

Box 9, Folder 19

Buena Vista Resevoir 1974

Box 9, Folder 20-21

Caltrans 110 Freeway Expansion Lawsuit

Box 9, Folder 22-26

Citizens Committee 1970s

Box 9, Folder 27

Dedication of Grace E. Simons Lodge

Box 9, Folder 28

DWP Illegal Slurry BV Meadows

Box 9, Folder 29

Elysian Park Centennial 1986

Box 9, Folder 30

Event 1965

Box 9, Folder 31-36

Miscellaneous

Box 9, Folder 37

Little League Field

Box 9, Folder 38

Memorial Service 1985

Box 9, Folder 39

Photo Journalism by Joe Stermer

Box 9, Folder 40

Police Academy (Open House) 1973

Box 9, Folder 41

Police Academy (Little League) 1974

Box 9, Folder 42

Swim Lake

Box 9, Folder 43

Tree Planting 1987

Box 9, Folder 44

Slides

Box 9, Folder 45

Negatives

Maps

Box 10

Elysian Park Lodge Drawings 1978

Scope and Content

Four architectural drawings for the new Elysian Park lodge (later named Grace E. Simons Lodge), by Abrahamian & Pagliassotti.

Box 10

Project Description of Lodge 1978

Scope and Content

One-page project description of the new lodge described on stationery of Abrahamian & Pagliassotti.

Box 10

Memorandum 1978

Scope and Content

Memorandum to Grace [E. Simons] from Allen Habicht regarding schematic plans for the new lodge.

Box 10

Stone Quarry Hills Maps 1868

Scope and Content

Photocopy of 1868 map of Stone Quarry Hills, stamped by the city clerk in 1918. Also, the photocopy from which this photocopy was made-- by taping together several 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper, as the map was copied in sections.

Box 10

Los Angeles Map 1887

Scope and Content

Photocopy of a map of Los Angeles, showing Elysian Park.

Box 10

Ordinance

Scope and Content

Photocopy of an 1886 ordinance dedicating Elysian Park as a public park.

Box 10

Park in Quarry Hills 1886

Scope and Content

Photocopy of a recommendation by the Committee on Parks that the park in Quarry Hills be known as Elysian Park and that $200 be spent on plowing and planting of trees.

Box 11

Season's Greetings Drawings 1973-1975

Scope and Content

Two large drawings with the caption of "Season's Greetings"-- one for 1973-1974 and one for 1974-1975. One is a drawing of a church and canal in Leningrad; the other is described as "Imrpression Manaznillo, Mexico." Both say, "From A. Quincy Jones, FAIA, & Associates, Architects."

Box 11

Elysian Park Map 1917

Scope and Content

Large photocopy of a map of Elysian Park, 1917.

Box 11

Elysian Park Map 1931

Scope and Content

Photocopy of a map of Elysian Park, 1931.