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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Associated Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley Collection
Creator:
Associated Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando
Valley
Identifier/Call Number: URB.ACCSFV
Extent:
4.59 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1955-1977
Abstract: The
Associated
Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley Collection
documents the expansion
of business, industry, and suburban consumer culture throughout the San Fernando Valley
during its post-war period of rapid growth from the 1950's through the 1970's.
Language of Material: English
The West Valley Associated Chambers of Commerce was organized in December 1927 by four West
San Fernando Valley chambers of commerce -- Canoga Park [formerly Owensmouth], Chatsworth,
Northridge [formerly Zelzah and North Los Angeles] and Reseda [formerly Marion]. The
chambers joined together to promote a spirit of cooperation among the West Valley's
business, residential and civic interests, and to advance the civic, commercial and
industrial welfare of the region through legislative action.
In 1928, Granada Hills became the fifth community chamber to join the Associated
Chambers.It was followed by Tarzana in 1930, Encino in 1931, West Van Nuys in 1956,
Sepulveda in 1960, Sherman Oaks in 1972, Greater Las Virgenes in 1974, and North Hollywood
in 1975. In 1966, the Associated Chambers changed their name to the present Associated
Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley to remove the impression that the members
were exclusively from the West Valley.
The collection of the Associated Chambers documents the expansion of business, industry
and suburban consumer culture in the San Fernando Valley during its post-war period of rapid
growth from the 1950's through the 1970's.
The
Associated Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley
Collection
and its predecessor organization, the West Valley Associated Chambers of
Commerce, reveal the rapid growth of the organization during the post-war years and the
corresponding growth of the San Fernando Valley business community. The collection consists
of correspondence, minutes and agendas, by-laws, articles of incorporation, city planning
reports, resolutions, rosters of Chamber delegates and officers, printed brochures and
literature, newspaper clippings, newsletters and press releases. The materials help to
explain the history of commerce and community development in the San Fernando Valley since
1955. Gaps may exist in documentation of the Chamber's first twenty-five years [1927-1954]
as an organized body. The collection has been divided into five series:
Correspondence (1958-1976),
Minutes and Agendas
(1955-1978),
Administrative Records (1956-1976),
Issues and Topics (1958-1976), and
Publicity
Files
(1955-1976.)
Series I,
Correspondence, consists of letters and memoranda
exchanged between officers of the organization and officers of the various member Chambers.
The series also contains correspondence relative to the Associated Chambers' advocacy of
community development in the San Fernando Valley through legislation. Included are letters
from various local, state and federal government representatives and officials such as
United States Senators Thomas Kuchel and George Murphy, United States Congressmen Alphonzo
Bell and James Corman, California Governors Edmund Brown and Ronald Reagan, State Senators
Tom Carrell and Thomas Rees, Assemblymen Lou Cusanovich and Charles Conrad, Los Angeles
County Supervisors Warren Dorn and Kenneth Hahn, Los Angeles Mayors Tom Bradley and Sam
Yorty, and Los Angeles City Councilmen Ernani Bernardi and John Ferraro. All correspondence
in the series is arranged chronologically.
Series II,
Minutes and Agendas, documents the contributions of
the various member Chambers of the San Fernando Valley regarding the formulation of
administrative policy. Included are the minutes and agendas of the Associated Chambers'
Board of Directors and Executive Committee. The series is arranged in chronological
order.
Series III,
Administrative Records, consists of attendance
records, articles of incorporation, ballot propositions, by-laws and amendments, financial
records, reports, resolutions, senate and assembly bills, and rosters of Chamber delegate
committee members and officers. Also included in this series is a history of the ACCSFV,
which depicts the early phase of the organization (1927-1954). The files are arranged
alphabetically according to subject heading and chronologically within.
Series IV,
Issues and Topics, consists of printed information
published by various outside organizations. The material deals with issues and topics which
were of interest to the ACCSFV, as well as items which the Chamber kept on hand for their
own reference. Included are press releases, reports, subject files, and aerial street views
with assessment project estimates. The series provides information on a variety of topics
from city planning to California business trends to rapid transit. The series is arranged
alphabetically by subject.
Series V,
Publicity Files, consists of newspaper clippings.
Newspaper clipped articles, most of which were taken from issues of San Fernando Valley
newspapers like the
Valley News [now
Daily News
] and the
San
Fernando Valley Times,
document the civic and organizational activities of the
ACCSFV over a thirty year period. The articles provide a reliable source of information on
the recent history of the Association and the issues and events with which it was concerned
and are filed chronologically.
Series I: Correspondence, 1958-1976
Series II: Minutes and Agendas, 1955-1978
Series III: Administrative Records, 1956-1976
Series IV: Issues and Topics, 1958-1976
Series V. Publicity Files, 1955-1976
Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as
a part of the
San Fernando Valley History Digital Library.
Related Material
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Albert Zoraster, 1981
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Robert Freeman, October 1981
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents