The first version of Guide to the Collections (1983) was written
by Dr. Leonard Pitt, Founding Director of the Urban Archives Project; Richard
Forman, Archivist; and Mildred Thomas, Assistant Archivist. Entries have been
revised, updated or added as collections have been accessioned, processed
and cataloged. Other contributors to the Guide have included grant project
assistants and student interns, who have worked in the Archives since it beginnings.
Web design of the Guide to the Collections was done by Elizabeth
Altman, Oviatt Library Web Master and Holly Wang, MILS Graduate Student Intern
from UCLA. We also express our gratitude to the countless individuals whose
invaluable work over the past twenty-six years has greatly contributed to
the Urban Archives Center.
Collection listings included in this edition of the Guide to the Urban Archives
Center contain the following information:
- Collection Title
- Organization/Personal Dates
- Accession Code
- Collection Code [....]
- Collection LC Call Number
- Inclusive Dates of Collection
- Size of Collection
- Processing Level
- Processed - descriptive finding guide available
- Semi-processed - inventory available, some restrictions on use
- Unprocessed - accession description only, not open for research use
at the present time
- Restriction Policy (if any)
- Link to full descriptive finding guide
- Biographical/Historical Summary
- Scope & Content Note
All collections acquired prior to January 2005 have been either listed or
described in the Guide. The entries provide the researcher with a brief historical
overview of the organization or biographical sketch of individual donors,
important subjects and personalities the collection covers and a general listing
of the types of material contained in the collections. More comprehensive
descriptive finding guides to each collection are available upon request in
Special Collections & Archives or through the Urban Archives Center's
web site.
