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Descriptive Summary Title: Calvin S. Hamilton Papers Dates (inclusive): 1959-1990 Collection Number: 605981 Creator: Hamilton, Calvin S. Extent: Approximately 842 items. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Architecture Collections 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: reference@huntington.org URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection contains professional papers generated by Calvin S. Hamilton during his tenure as planning director for the City of Los Angeles from 1960 to 1985. Language: English. Note: Finding aid last updated on April 22, 2014. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Calvin S. Hamilton Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance The Calvin S. Hamilton Papers were donated by Glenda Hamilton in 1997. Biographical Note Calvin S. Hamilton (Dec. 12, 1924 May 27, 1997) was an American city planner and landscape architect based in Southern California. From 1964 to 1986, he served as director of the Department of City Planning in Los Angeles. Prior to that, Hamilton was the director of planning in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1960 1964) and Indianapolis, Indiana (1955 1960). Hamilton was born in 1924 in Lakeland, Florida. In 1931 his parents, Calvin Ralph and Francelia Hamilton, relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana, to seek better economic opportunities. After completing his high school education in Indianapolis, Hamilton was drafted in 1942 and worked in radio intelligence with the US Air Force. In 1946 Hamilton studied Fine Arts in Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois and graduated in 1949. From 1950 to 1952, he completed the Master of City Planning program at Harvard University. Hamilton s planning and landscape architecture career started in 1947 as a planning consultant in Indianapolis. Over the next eight years, he has held several planning positions in the private sector. In 1955 he was appointed director of Metropolitan Planning Department for the City of Indianapolis, one of the first planning agencies in the US. Hamilton developed several designation and rezoning programs for the metropolitan area s 24 cities and towns. In 1960 he left Indianapolis to become the planning director for the City of Pittsburgh. Hamilton was instrumental in the preparation of a master plan and developed a federally funded community renewal program, an urban simulation model to analyze the impacts of city-wide renewal efforts. He also initiated a citizen planning participation program and 13 urban renewal projects. In 1960 Hamilton left Pittsburgh to take up the post of planning director at the Department of City Planning in the City of Los Angeles. One of his major projects was the Goals Program, a participatory planning project that involved more than 80,000 Angelenos in formulating goals for the general plan. In addition, in 1970, Hamilton prepared Concept Los Angeles, the first citywide general plan that set long-range policy for the social, economic, and physical aspects of Los Angeles. The plan also called for radical changes to Los Angeles s zoning system, such as creating business centers like Century City and Westwood in West Los Angeles and halting commercial development adjacent residential areas. Hamilton s tenure with the 605981 2
City of Los Angeles ended when he resigned in late 1985, after an eight-month investigation by the California Attorney General s Office found that he exercised questionable judgment but had not violated any law, as Hamilton was accused of using city staff and resources to promote a private firm that he had founded. After his resignation, Hamilton worked as a planning consultant for many years. In 1997 Hamilton passed away in San Diego, California. Scope and Content This collection contains professional papers generated by Calvin S. Hamilton during his tenure as planning director for the City of Los Angeles. The papers were organized into two series: 1) Bound Volumes Series 2) Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Series. The Bound Volumes Series contains 45 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on subjects such as Calvin S. Hamilton and planning issues related to Los Angeles during the period of 1964 to 1986. This series also contains an area plan of Los Angeles (1963 to 1975), land use community plan, City of Los Angeles employees telephone directory, and a zoning code book. The Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Series contains a range of unbound materials that were generated by Hamilton. Most prominently are periodicals that featured Hamilton and the City of Los Angeles s planning endeavors and projects, various planning reports, transcripts of speeches given by Hamilton, and subject files on earthquake preparedness and Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles City Archives also holds a large collection of Calvin S. Hamilton s professional papers. Arrangement The collection is arranged in the following two series: Series I. Bound Volumes Series Series II. Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Series Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects Hamilton, Calvin S. City planning--california--los Angeles. City planning--california--los Angeles--History--20th century. Housing policy--california--los Angeles. Land use --California --Los Angeles --Planning. Landscape architecture. Los Angeles (Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of City Planning. Neighborhood planning--california--los Angeles. Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Zoning--California--Los Angeles. Forms/Genres Reports. Scrapbooks. Speeches (documents). Series I. Bound Volumes 1963-1986. Physical Description: approximately 49 items. Arrangement The volumes in this series are arranged chronologically by date and described in the following format: Item Number. Author. Title. Date. Volume 1 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1964-1965. 605981 3
Series I. Bound Volumes 1963-1986. Volume 2 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1966. Volume 3 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1967. Volume 4 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1967. Volume 5 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1967. Volume 6 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1968. Volume 7 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1968. Volume 8 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1969. Volume 9 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1969. Volume 10 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1970. Volume 11 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1970. Volume 12 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1970. Volume 13 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1971. Volume 14 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1971. Volume 15 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1972. Volume 16 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1972. Volume 17 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1973. Volume 18 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1973. Volume 19 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1974. Volume 20 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1974. Volume 21 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1975. Volume 22 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1976. Volume 23 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1976. Volume 24 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1977. Volume 25 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1977. Volume 26 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1978. Volume 27 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1978. Volume 28 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1979. Volume 29 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1979. Volume 30 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1980. 605981 4
Series I. Bound Volumes 1963-1986. Volume 31 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1980. Volume 32 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1981. Volume 33 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1981. Volume 34 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1982. Volume 35 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1982. Volume 36 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1983. Volume 37 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1983. Volume 38 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1984. Volume 39 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1984. Volume 40 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1985. Volume 41 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1985. Volume 42 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. 1986. Volume 43 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks. Undated. Volume 44 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks -- TRAICE: history of legal troubles. Undated. Volume 45 Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of City Planning. Area plans -- Master plan, City of Los Angeles. 1963-1975. Volume 46 Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of City Planning. Community plans -- Land use element. 1979-1986. Volume 47 Los Angeles (Calif.). Telephone directory. 1985. Volume 48 Los Angeles (Calif.). Zoning code. 1986. Volume 49 Hamilton, Calvin S. Scrapbooks (oversize). 1960s. Series II. Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera 1959-1990. Physical Description: approximately 793 items. Box 1 Box 1, Folder 1 American Planning Association award -- Candidate evaluation. 1988. Box 1, Folder 2 Articles -- Chunichi Shimbun. 1975-03-18. Box 1, Folder 3 Articles -- Yomiuri Shimbun. 1975-03-19. Box 1, Folder 4 Brochures -- Los Angeles region Goals project. 1970s. Box 1, Folder 5 Correspondence. 1959, 1970 to 1971. Box 1, Folder 6 Institute for Participatory Planning -- Citizen participation handbook. 1981. Box 1, Folder 7 Maps -- Concept Los Angeles. 1970; 1973. Box 1, Folder 8 Memorandums -- Analysis of Los Angeles County regulation XV plan. 1990-05-28. Box 1, Folder 9 Memorandums -- Mulholland scenic parkway specific plan. 1986-01-22. Box 1, Folder 10 Miscellaneous documents. 1980s to 1990s. Box 1, Folder 11 News releases -- Mayor announces new plan to significantly reduce future city air pollution. 1988-01-04. Box 1, Folder 12 Newspaper clippings. 1973 to 1974. 605981 5
Series II. Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera 1959-1990. Box 1, Folder 13 Newspaper clippings. 1974-11 to 1974-12. Box 1, Folder 14 Newspapers -- Pittsburgh Press. 1963-01-15. Box 1, Folder 15 Periodicals. 1963 to 1983. Box 2 Box 2, Folder 1 Periodicals. 1969; 1988 to 1989. Box 2, Folder 2 Periodicals -- American Right of Way Association. 1973-09. Box 2, Folder 3 Periodicals -- Century City Centurion. 1967-08 to 1967-09. Box 2, Folder 4 Periodicals -- Church in Metropolis. 1967 Spring. Box 2, Folder 5 Periodicals -- Coast. 1972-04. Box 2, Folder 6 Periodicals -- El Pueblo. 1983-06. Box 2, Folder 7 Periodicals -- Impact in the News. 1968-03. Box 2, Folder 8 Periodicals -- Journal of the American Industrial Real Estate Association. 1971 to 1972. Box 2, Folder 9 Periodicals -- Landscape Architecture. 1960 Spring. Box 2, Folder 10 Periodicals -- Landscape Architecture. 1972-04. Box 2, Folder 11 Periodicals -- Los Angeles Magazine. 1965-02. Box 2, Folder 12 Periodicals -- Los Angeles Magazine. 1967-06. Box 2, Folder 13 Periodicals -- Los Angeles Times West. 1968-05-12. Box 2, Folder 14 Periodicals -- National Geographic. 1979-01. Box 2, Folder 15 Periodicals -- Newsweek. 1959-12-14. Box 2, Folder 16 Periodicals -- Presbyterian Life. 1967-07-01. Box 2, Folder 17 Periodicals -- Sigma. 1973 Winter. Box 2, Folder 18 Periodicals -- Town Hall Reporter. 1981-05. Box 2, Folder 19 Photos -- Hamilton, Calvin S. and city officials. 1979 to 1985. Box 2, Folder 20 Planning seminars. 1969. Box 3 Box 3, Folder 1 Press releases -- Density adjustment study. 1972-07-16. Box 3, Folder 2 Reports -- City planning study tour of German cities sponsored by West German Federal Foreign Office, Cultural Relations Division. 1971. Box 3, Folder 3 Reports -- Collective dimensions in interracial behavior. 1959 after. Box 3, Folder 4 Reports -- Density adjustment study. 1972-05. Box 3, Folder 5 Reports -- Draft baseline projection: subregional breakdown. 1986-12. Box 3, Folder 6 Reports -- El Pueblo de Los Angeles state historic park. 1981-08. Box 3, Folder 7 Reports -- Environmental impact reports and transportation, urban design, and historic preservation studies for the proposed community plan revision program. 1988-04-18. Box 3, Folder 8 Reports -- Housing plan: an element of the general plan, City of Los Angeles. 1985-01-01. Box 3, Folder 9 Reports -- The importance of the built environment to the quality of American life. 1980. Box 3, Folder 10 Reports -- Institutions for better urban growth. 1959-09. Box 3, Folder 11 Reports -- Land use development code: comprehensive zoning plan revision. 1971-08. Box 3, Folder 12 Reports -- Oikoumene, Los Angeles style. 1968-12-12. Box 3, Folder 13 Reports -- Outmigration study. 1986-11. Box 3, Folder 14 Reports -- Prevention, detection, and correction of corruption in local government. 1978-11. Box 3, Folder 15 Reports -- Population estimate and housing inventory for the City of Los Angeles. 1976 to 1988. Box 4 605981 6
Series II. Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera 1959-1990. Box 4, Folder 1 Reports -- Population estimate and housing inventory for the City of Los Angeles. 1978; 1985. Box 4, Folder 2 Reports -- Population estimate and housing inventory for the City of Los Angeles. 1979 to 1984. Box 4, Folder 3 Reports -- Population estimate and housing inventory for the City of Los Angeles. 1983; 1985. Box 4, Folder 4 Reports -- Preliminary geo-economic analysis of alternative concept plans. 1968-03. Box 4, Folder 5 Reports -- Progress of the rebuilding and restoration sub-committee. 1985-10-08. Box 4, Folder 6 Reports -- Public transportation and land use policy. 1970s c.. Box 4, Folder 7 Reports -- Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historical Monument plan. 1984-09. Box 4, Folder 8 Reports -- Regional growth and infrastructure. 1986-02. Box 4, Folder 9 Reports -- Social, economic, and demographic statistics. 1985. Box 4, Folder 10 Reports -- Statistical areas of the City of Los Angeles. 1982-02-18. Box 4, Folder 11 Reports -- Tujunga Valley business park and homes. 1970s or after. Box 4, Folder 12 Reports -- Zone change, height district change, and plan amendment. 1986. Box 4, Folder 13 Resumes. 1980s. Box 4, Folder 14 School integration. 1976 to 1977. Box 5 Box 5, Folder 1 Southern California Association of Governments -- 208 programs. 1970s. Box 5, Folder 2 Southern California Association of Governments -- Response to the conditions of designation for 208 Agency as proposed by the State Water Resources Control Board's action. 1976-04-21. Box 5, Folder 3 Southern California Association of Governments -- SCAG Section 208 areawide waste treatment management planning: grant application and work plan outline. 1970s. Box 5, Folder 4 Speeches. 1963-10-10 to 1964-01-17. Box 5, Folder 5 Speeches. 1964-02. Box 5, Folder 6 Speeches. 1964-04-25 to 1964-09-24. Box 6 Box 6, Folder 1 Speeches. 1964-10-08 to 1965-01-27. Box 6, Folder 2 Speeches. 1966-09-30 to 1966-10-30. Box 6, Folder 3 Speeches. 1967-01-31 to 1967-03-20. Box 6, Folder 4 Speeches. 1967-03-27 to 1967-07-26. Box 6, Folder 5 Speeches. 1967-08-01 to 1967-10-08. Box 7 Box 7, Folder 1 Speeches. 1968-06-08 to 1969-03-19. Box 7, Folder 2 Speeches. 1969-04-08 to 1969-09-30. Box 7, Folder 3 Speeches. 1970 to 1973-11-16. Box 7, Folder 4 Speeches. 1970; 1985 to 1989. Box 7, Folder 5 Speeches. 1973-12-12 to 1974-05-03. Box 8 Box 8, Folder 1 Speeches. 1974-09-20 to 1977-02-15. Box 8, Folder 2 Speeches. 1980-03-15 to 1981-10-13. Box 8, Folder 3 Speeches. 1981-10-16 to 1982-05-09. Box 8, Folder 4 Speeches. 1982-05-17 to 1982-11. Box 8, Folder 5 Speeches. 1982-11 to 1983-04-13. 605981 7
Series II. Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera 1959-1990. Box 9 Box 9, Folder 1 Speeches. 1983-05-11 to 1984-11-30. Box 9, Folder 2 Subject files -- Earthquake preparedness. 1981 to 1985. Box 9, Folder 3 Subject files -- Earthquake preparedness. 1982 to 1985. Box 9, Folder 4 Subject files -- Earthquake preparedness. 1982 to 1988. Box 10 Box 10, Folder 1 Subject files -- Earthquake preparedness. 1983 to 1988. Box 10, Folder 2 Subject files -- Earthquake preparedness. 1985. Box 10, Folder 3 Subject files -- Hollywood P.A.C. 1969 to 1989. Box 10, Folder 4 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1979 to 1988. Box 10, Folder 5 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1984 to 1985. Box 10, Folder 6 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1985 to 1987. Box 10, Folder 7 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1986. Box 11 Box 11, Folder 1 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1986 to 1987. Box 11, Folder 2 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1986 to 1987. Box 11, Folder 3 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1986 to 1987. Box 11, Folder 4 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1986 to 1987. Box 11, Folder 5 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1986 to 1988. Box 11, Folder 6 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1987 to 1988. Box 11, Folder 7 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1987 to 1988. Box 11, Folder 8 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1987 to 1988. Box 12 Box 12, Folder 1 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1987 to 1988. Box 12, Folder 2 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1988. Box 12, Folder 3 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1988. Box 12, Folder 4 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1988 to 1990. Box 12, Folder 5 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1980s. Box 12, Folder 6 Subject files -- Olvera Street. 1980s. 605981 8