Leon "Lee" Arnold collection

Collection

Identifier: NHM-ARC-0012

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is composed primarily of correspondence, as well as budget records, grant proposals, incident reports, meeting notes, floorplans and blueprints, and event invitations. The collection documents the activities of Assistant Director of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, Leon "Lee" Arnold from 191970-1986 and incldues correspondence regarding establishment of the African American Museum, specimen loans, capital building projects and Museum maintenance, the George C. Page Museum, Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann Initiative), and exhibitions development.

Dates

1962-1987

Biographical / Historical

Leon "Lee" Arnold served as Assistant Director of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum from 1970-1986.

Extent

10 Linear Feet (24 Full Hollinger Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Leon "Lee" Arnold collection documents the activities of Assistant Director of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum Leon "Lee" Arnold from 1970-1986 and is comprised primarily of correspondence, budget records, grant proposals, incident reports, meeting notes, floorplans and blueprints, and event invitations and incldues correspondence regarding establishment of the African American Museum, specimen loans, capital building projects and Museum maintenance, the George C. Page Museum, Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann Initiative), and exhibitions development.

Arrangement

Arranged in sixteen series:

Series 1. Agreements, contracts, and leases, 1970-1983. Series 2. Budget and financial information, 1975-1987. Series 3. Collections management, 1974-1986. Series 4. Building projects and construction, 1970-1986. Series 5. Correspondence, 1967-1987. Series 6. Ephemera, 1984. Series 7. Exhibitions, 1970-1986. Series 8. Gem and Mineral Hall, 1971-1980. Series 9. Grants, 1971-1980. Series 10. Hancock Park, 1974-1976. Series 11. Hart Ranch, 1962-1984. Series 12. Policies and procedures, 1961-1987. Series 13. Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann Initiative), 1978-1979. Series 14. Publications, 1969-1984. Series 15. Reports and meeting notes, 1967-1986. Series 16. Travel requests, 1976-1982.