Police Academy 50950
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 50951
Box 1, Folder 3
Proposition U, Proposition BB 50954
1972, 1976
Box 1, Folder 4
No on Proposition U 50955
1972
Box 1, Folder 5-6
Proposition U -Miscellaneous 50956
1971-1972
Box 1, Folder 8
Proposed Charter Amendment 50959
1972
Box 1, Folder 9
C 38034 -Charter Amendment 50961
1972
Box 1, Folder 10
Relocation of Police Academy 50962
1972
Box 1, Folder 11
Firearms Training Simulator 50963
1976
Box 1, Folder 12
Firearms Training Simulator -Appeal 50964
1976
Box 1, Folder 13
Firearms Training Simulator Building (CPC 8404) 50965
1975-1976
Box 1, Folder 14
Grand Jury Final Report 50966
1992-1993
Box 1, Folder 15
C 44053 -Reporter's Transcript on Appeal 50967
1975
Box 1, Folder 16
C 44053 -Clerk's Transcript, Vol. I 50968
1976
Box 1, Folder 17
C 44053 (Nullify Proposition U) 50969
1972-1976
Box 1, Folder 19
C 55571, CPC 8404 -Appeals Against 50971
1973
Box 1, Folder 21-22
2nd Civil 48044 (C 44053) 50973
1976
Box 2, Folder 1
2nd Civil No. 49516 50976
Box 2, Folder 2
2nd Civil C 217020 50977
1978
Box 2, Folder 3
2nd Civil 55574 (C 217020) 50978
1979
Box 2, Folder 6
City Plan Case #8404 + C 55571 50981
Box 2, Folder 9-11
CPC 24046 (Conditional Use Permit) 50984
1972
Box 2, Folder 12
CPC 25626 (Conditional Use Permit) -Transcript 50987
1977
Box 2, Folder 13
CPC 29725 (Explosives Stored Near Park) 50988
1981
Box 2, Folder 14
Notes and Clippings 50989
1972-1976
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Reports 50990
Box 2, Folder 15
Police Training Facility 50991
1972
Box 2, Folder 16
Gift for Relocatable Police Training Facility 50992
1973
Box 2, Folder 18-19
Combined LAPD & LACSD Training Facility 50996
Box 2, Folder 20-24
Expansion 50998
1987-1991
Box 2, Folder 25
Miscellaneous Documents 51003
Box 2, Folder 26
New Construction 51004
1991-1994
Box 2, Folder 28
Police Facilities Study 51006
1996
Box 3, Folder 1
Traffic and Parking Study -Draft 51009
1992
Box 3, Folder 2-3
Training Academy Summary of Resources 51010
1991
Box 3, Folder 5
Editorials and Articles 82983
Environmental Impact Reports 83264
Box 3, Folder 6
Revised Proposal 83265
1991
Box 3, Folder 7
Notes and Ephemera 83266
1992
Box 3, Folder 8
Police Bond Program - Draft 83267
1992
Box 3, Folder 9-10
Police Bond Program - Police Training Academy - Draft 83268
1992
Box 3, Folder 11-13
Police Bond Program - Police Training Academy - Final 83270
1993
Box 3, Folder 14
Noise Impact Assessment 83273
1992
Box 12, Folder 2
Phone Lists for Police Academy/ EIR Notification Hearing
1983-2003
Box 12, Folder 3
Police Academy Renovation
1987-2012
Roads and Highways 51022
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 51023
1966-1971
Box 3, Folder 16-21
Caltrans 110 Freeway Widening Project 51024
1994-1999
Box 4, Folder 1-5
Caltrans 110 Freeway Widening Project 54539
1999
Box 4, Folder 6
Route 2 (Beverly Hills Freeway) 82989
1972
Box 4, Folder 7
Stadium Way Extension 54546
1966 - 1978
Box 4, Folder 8
Stadium Way Extension 54547
1966 -1978
Box 4, Folder 9
Stadium Way Extension 54548
1966 - 1967
Box 4, Folder 10
Stadium Way Extension 54549
1966 -1969
Box 4, Folder 11
Stadium Way Extension 54550
1966 -1998
Box 12, Folder 4
Caltrans 110 Freeway Widening Project
1999-2000
Box 12, Folder 5
Federal Lawsuit vs Caltrans
2001-2003
Dept. of Water and Power 54551
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 54562
Box 4, Folder 12
Project Background 82990
1972-1984
Box 4, Folder 13
Project Report 54563
1981
Box 4, Folder 14
Environmental Impact Report - Notice of preparation 54564
1981 -1982
Box 4, Folder 15
Environmental Impact Report - Draft 82991
1983
Box 4, Folder 16-18
Environmental Impact Report - Final 82992
1983
Box 4, Folder 19
Articles and Letters 82995
1985
Box 4, Folder 20
G.G. Baumen Law Offices 54589
1984
Box 4, Folder 21
Correspondence 82996
1980-1984
Box 4, Folder 23
Phase II 54588
1989 -1991
Box 4, Folder 24
Miscellaneous 82997
1977-1981
Box 5, Folder 1-5
Miscellaneous 82999
1980-1984
Box 5, Folder 6-8
Reservior Roof Project 54593
1983-1990
Box 5, Folder 9
Solano Canyon Redevelopment 78285
1985
Box 12, Folder 6
Elysian Reservoir
1987-2010
Oil Lease 78288
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 78289
1965 - 1966
Convention Center and Oil Lease 78303
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 15
Proposal Material 78305
1965
Convention Center 78307
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 78309
1965
Box 5, Folder 25
Editorials 78318
1965 - 1966
Box 5, Folder 26
Form Letters 78319
1965 -1966
Box 5, Folder 28
Letters Of Appeal 78321
1965-1966
Box 12, Folder 8
Skit: "That Was the Park That Was"
1966
Box 5, Folder 29
Speaker Statements and Resolutions 78322
1965
Box 5, Folder 30
Summary Report on Proposal 78323
1965
Charter Amendment 78327
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 78328
1968-1970
Chavez Ravine 83014
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.
Day Care Center 78336
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 78337
1971 - 1972
Dodger Stadium 78339
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 78340
1970 - 1980
Box 12, Folder 10
Football Stadium Proposal
Irrigation 78341
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 13-14
Documents 78343
1969-1970
Stolport 78345
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.
Proposition A Funding 78353
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 78354
1988 - 1989
Box 6, Folder 20
De Anza Trail 78355
1988 - 1989
Tule Elk 78356
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 78358
1967-1973
Elysian Park Centennial 83026
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 83027
1986
Box 7, Folder 2, Box 12, Folder 11
Publicity and Brochures 83028
1986
Box 7, Folder 3
Firecracker 10K Run (Chinatown) 83029
1986
Public Events 83031
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 83032
1966
Box 7, Folder 6
Tree Plantings and Dedications 83033
Miscellaneous 83035
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 83036
Box 7, Folder 10
Community Planning Flow Chart 83044
Box 7, Folder 11
Elysian Park History and Maps 83045
Box 7, Folder 12
Firecracker 10K Run (Chinatown) 83046
Box 7, Folder 13
Frank Glass (Will) 83047
1989
Box 7, Folder 14
Grace E. Simons Lodge 83048
Box 7, Folder 15
Grace E. Simons Memorial Service and Eulogies 83049
Box 7, Folder 16
Peter Shire Memorial to Grace E. Simons and Frank Glass, Angel's Point 83055
Box 7, Folder 18
Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project 83057
1993
Box 7, Folder 19
Los Angeles Public Library 83058
Box 7, Folder 21
Solano Canyon Sculpture Garden Project 83060
1999
Box 7, Folder 22
Treasure Hunting History 83061
Box 12, Folder 12
Articles on Elysian Park; Letters to the Editor
2002
Box 13, Folder 1-2
Barlow Hospital Redevelopment Project
2006-2012
Box 13, Folder 3-4
Bishops Canyon/ Little League Field
1995-1999
Box 13, Folder 5
Bishops Canyon/ LIttle League-- Little League Contract
1997
Box 13, Folder 6
Bishops Canyon/ Little League-- Field Lights
1997-2002
Box 13, Folder 7
Buena Vista de Los Angeles Project
2000
Box 13, Folder 8
Cellular Installations on Park Property
1998-2002
Box 13, Folder 9
Chinatown Cornfields
2001
Box 13, Folder 10
Frank Hotchkins Beautification Project
2002
Box 14, Folder 1
Frank Hotchkins Beautification Project-- Neighborhood Matching Fund
2000-2001
Box 14, Folder 3
Geneva Williams Memorial Materials
2002
Box 14, Folder 4
City Council Meeting/ Tribute to Geneva Williams (Videotape)
2002 October 15
Box 14, Folder 5
Grace E. Simons (Videotape)
Box 14, Folder 6
High Speed Train Proposal
2004
Box 14, Folder 7
Mountain Bikes (Part 1)
1991-2002
Box 15, Folder 1
Mountain Bikes (Part 2)
1991-2002
Box 15, Folder 2
Mountain Bikes-- Petitions
2000
Box 15, Folder 3
Park Ranger Security Services
2005
Box 15, Folder 4
Proposal for Land Transfer to Private Property
2001
Box 7, Folder 23
Sunset Lane Magazine Article 78363
1965
Box 7, Folder 27
KNX / KNXT Editorials 78366
1965 - 1966
Box 7, Folder 28
Newspaper Articles - Photocopies 78367
1965 - 1972
Box 7, Folder 29
Newsletters 83063
1965-2002
Box 7, Folder 30
Press Clippings - Mostly Convention Center 78368
Box 7, Folder 31-32
Press Clippings 78369
1965
Box 7, Folder 33
Press Releases 83073
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 83074
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 3-4
Various 83076
September-October, 1965
Correspondence 83080
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.
Publications 78377
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 10
Annual Report - Board of Park Commissioners, City of Los Angeles 78379
1931
Box 8, Folder 11
Annual Report - Board of Park Commissioners, City of Los Angeles 78380
1933
Box 8, Folder 12
California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society
78381
Fall 1983
Box 8, Folder 13
Cornell, Bridgers, and Troller A.S.L.A
78382
Box 8, Folder 14
Cry California - The Journal of California Tomorrow
78383
Winter 1965 - 1966
Box 8, Folder 15
Cry California - The Journal of California Tomorrow
78384
Winter 1965 -1966
Box 8, Folder 16
Cry California - The Journal of California Tomorrow
78385
Summer 1967
Box 8, Folder 17
Cry California - The Journal of California Tomorrow
78386
Spring 1970
Box 8, Folder 18
Elysian Park Memorial Tree Plantings
78387
Box 8, Folder 19
Elysian Park Must Be Saved For the People
78388
Box 8, Folder 20
Geology of the Elysian Park - Repetto Hills Area, L.A. County, California
78390
1970
Box 8, Folder 21
The Park That Was Preserved
78391
1967
Box 8, Folder 22
Proposed Public Ownership Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
78392
May 1979
Box 8, Folder 23
Quality on Tap
78394
1989
Box 8, Folder 24
Recreation and Parks, City of Los Angeles, Annual Report
78395
1963 - 1964
Box 8, Folder 25
Recreation and Parks in Los Angeles
78396
March, 1966
Box 8, Folder 26
Safeguarding a Vital Asset
78404
Box 8, Folder 27
Sunset Magazine
78398
September, 1965
Box 8, Folder 28
Water for Los Angeles
78399
1988
Box 8, Folder 29
Water, Power, and the Growth of Los Angeles
78419
1988
Box 8, Folder 30-31
Flyers, Leaflets, and Pamphlets 78401
Box 15, Folder 6
Elysian Park Committee Notes
2009-2010
Box 15, Folder 7
Intergovernmental Cooperation in Public Personnel Administration in the Los Angeles Area
1944
Author
Judith Norvell Jamison, Research Assistant (UCLA)
Awards 83280
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 33
Governor's Award 83275
1966
Box 8, Folder 34
Certificates 83276
1966 - 1983
Administration of CCSEP 83281
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 37
Correspondence 83283
1965
Box 8, Folder 38-41
Financial 83284
1965 - 1970
Box 8, Folder 42
Financial (Ledgers) 83288
1965 - 1976
Box 9, Folder 1
Meetings and Hearings, Telephone Lists 83289
1965
Box 9, Folder 4-5
Agendas 83292
1965 - 1970
Box 9, Folder 6
Committee Correspondence 83294
Box 9, Folder 7-8
Meeting Minutes 83295
1973 - 1982
Box 9, Folder 9-10
Steering Committee Minutes 83297
1979 - 1998
Box 9, Folder 11
Master Plan 83299
1971, 1986
Box 9, Folder 14
City Council Members 83304
Box 9, Folder 15
Prototype Stationery 83305
Box 15, Folder 8
Constitution and Bylaws
2003
Box 15, Folder 9
Elysian Park Master Plan
2003-2005
Box 15, Folder 10
Judith Jamison Memorial Material
2000
Box 15, Folder 11
Marion L. Siu/ Yet M. Siu-- Archives
1971-2003
Box 15, Folder 12
Meeting Minutes
1995-2000
Box 15, Folder 13
Meeting Notes (Ledger)
1984-1986
Photographs 83308
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 17-18
Buena Vista Pumping Station 83312
Box 9, Folder 19
Buena Vista Resevoir 83314
1974
Box 9, Folder 20-21
Caltrans 110 Freeway Expansion Lawsuit 83316
Box 9, Folder 22-26
Citizens Committee 83318
1970s
Box 9, Folder 27
Dedication of Grace E. Simons Lodge 83326
Box 9, Folder 28
DWP Illegal Slurry BV Meadows 83388
Box 9, Folder 29
Elysian Park Centennial 83389
1986
Box 9, Folder 37
Little League Field 83396
Box 9, Folder 38
Memorial Service 83397
1985
Box 9, Folder 39
Photo Journalism by Joe Stermer 83398
Box 9, Folder 40
Police Academy (Open House) 83399
1973
Box 9, Folder 41
Police Academy (Little League) 83400
1974
Box 10
Elysian Park Lodge Drawings 99079
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 99084
1978
Scope and Content
One-page project description of the new lodge described on stationery of Abrahamian & Pagliassotti.
Box 10
Memorandum 99085
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 99091
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 99092
1887
Scope and Content
Photocopy of a map of Los Angeles, showing Elysian Park.
Box 10
Ordinance 99093
Scope and Content
Photocopy of an 1886 ordinance dedicating Elysian Park as a public park.
Box 10
Park in Quarry Hills 99094
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 99106
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 99152
1917
Scope and Content
Large photocopy of a map of Elysian Park, 1917.
Box 11
Elysian Park Map 99153
1931
Scope and Content
Photocopy of a map of Elysian Park, 1931.
Box 15, Folder 15
Clippings About Elysian Park
1965-1967
Box 15, Folder 17
"Sequoia National Park" by Erle Stanley Gardner
Box 16, Box 17, Box 18, Box 19, Box 20, Box 21, Oversize-folder 1
Marian Harlow Memorial Grove photograph album, CCSEP membership lists, Elysian Park Memorial Tree Plantings, and other material
donated in January, 2020 [minimally processed]
Scope and Contents
The materials added to the collection in January of 2020 include:
- Photograph album labeled: "Marian Harlow Memorial Grove"
- Negatives and photographic prints of the park
- 1990 environmental impact report drafts for potential development projects in the area
- Brochures and clippings re: Elysian Park and CCSEP
- A compact disc (CD) containing documents
- Committee Correspondence and with Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners
- Correspondence re: monuments, memorial events, park maintenance, permits, Barlow Respiratory Hospital, fundraising
- Historic Resources Inventory
- Los Angeles Superior Court proceedings from 2001
- Copies of 2005 Elysian Park Master Plan
- CCSEP membership lists
- Awards and City of Los Angeles Certificates of Appreciation
- Printouts from CCSEP's Facebook page
- Elysian Park Memorial Tree Plantings – brochures, maps, clippings
- CCSEP newsletters
- CCSEP meeting minutes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Daniel Reza, President of CCSEP, on January 8, 2020.
Box 22, Box 23, Oversize-folder 1
Elysian Park Master Plan, photographs, Elysian Park Centennial, Armitage Estate, certificates, and other material donated
in April, 2021 [minimally processed]
1965-2005
Scope and Contents
The materials added to the collection in April of 2021 include:
- Elysian Park Master Plan, 2005
- Elysian Park Centennial (1886-1986) stationery and notecards, printed March 1986
- A folder labeled "Armitage Estate" with materials dated 2001
- Two certificates relating to Elysian Park issued by the City of Los Angeles, 2005
- Various photographs of Elysian Park and CCSEP activities, 1965, 1979, 1983, 1986, undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Philip Murphy, Co-President, Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park, April 23, 2021 and April 30, 2021.