Finding Aid for the Collection of Photographs from the 1971 Sylmar Earthquake, 1971
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and Myra Villamor
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1999
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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Finding Aid for the Collection of Photographs from the 1971 Sylmar Earthquake, 1971
Collection number: 143
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, December 1992
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Photographs from the 1971 Sylmar Earthquake,
Date (inclusive): 1971
Collection number: 143
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Photographs from the 1971 Sylmar Earthquake (Collection 143). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
Collection contains photographs and scrapbooks documenting the effects of the 1971 earthquake on the Sylmar, California area.
Photographs include Olive View Hospital, Foothill Medical Center and Nursing Home, Indian Hill Medical Center, Pacoima Lutheran
Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital, Veterans Hospital, Van Norman Dam, Jensen Filtration Plant, Sylmar Converter Station, Boys
Market, Howard Johnson's, Holiday Inn, North Oaks Shopping Center, Panorama Towers, schools, and freeway and railroad damage.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Earthquakes--California--San Fernando Valley--Photographs.
Container List
Box 1, Folder 3
Sylmar Converter Station.
Box 1, Folder 11
San Fernando Juvenile Hall.
Box 2, Folder 3
Indian Hill Medical Center.
Box 2, Folder 4
North Oaks Shopping Center.
Box 2, Folder 5
Pacoima Lutheran Hospital.
Box 2, Folder 7
West Los Angeles Parking Structure.
Box 3, Folder 2
Miscelaneous aerial views.
Box 3, Folder 8
Unidentified photographs.
Box 3, Folder 9
Olive View Elementary School.
