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Finding Aid for the Charles Frank Stern Papers, 1909-1943
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Charles Frank Stern Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1909-1943
    Collection number: 756
    Creator: Stern, Charles Frank, 1880-1960
    Extent: 8 boxes (4.0 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: Charles Frank Stern (1879-1960) was a member of the California Highway Commission (1914-18), and later served as the Superintendent of Banks (1918-20), the vice president of the First National Bank of Los Angeles. He was also a partner with Ed Fletcher in the Cuyamaca Water Company in San Diego. The collection consists of Stern's correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and related printed material.
    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

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of William W. Stern, 1961.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Charles Frank Stern Papers (Collection 756). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233824 

    Biography

    Stern was born in 1879 in Arcata, California; he became a member of the California Highway Commission, helping to organize the drive for the use of convict labor on the highways, 1914-18; he served as Superintendent of Banks, 1918-20; became vice president of the First National Bank of Los Angeles; became a partner with Ed Fletcher in the Cuyamaca Water Company in San Diego; was a friend of Hiram Johnson and William Stephens; he died on May 10, 1960.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and related printed material of Charles F. Stern concerning his career as a member of the California State Highway Commission, Superintendent of Banks, Vice President of the First National Bank of Los Angeles and co-owner of the Cuyamaca Water Company, San Diego.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-2, 4-6).
    2. Clippings (Boxes 1-3, 7).
    3. Tenth and Eleventh Annual Report of the Superintendent of Banks, miscellaneous deeds, certificates, and policies (Box 8).
    4. Volume 5 of the News of the Los Angeles-First National (Box 9).

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Stern, Charles Frank--Archives.
    Businessmen--California, Southern--Archival resources.
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