Manuscripts

6.3. Elizabeth Erickson Edmonds Papers

Description

This subseries contains the papers of Elizabeth Erickson Edmonds who served as an employee of the Pacific Light and Power Company and later as a long-time clerical/secretarial employee of Southern California Edison. The subseries includes correspondence, ephemera, notes, photographs, and scrapbooks. Many of the items are not related to Ms. Edmonds' work with SCE.

Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Date

1900-1975

Call number

mssSCE

Creator

Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Edison International, August 2007.

Scrapbook, Elizabeth Erickson Edmonds

Manuscripts

The Southern California Edison Records consist of materials created, maintained, and collected by the company. The Southern California Edison Records contain books, catalogs, correspondence, journals, ledgers, log books, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, reports, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the history of the Southern California Edison (SCE) Company. The records cover the years 1848 to 1989 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1911 to 1965. The material is largely textual with the exception of a few non-paper items scattered throughout.

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Series 6. Personal Papers

Manuscripts

This series contains collections of personal papers created by various Southern California Edison employees. The series is divided into four subseries: the Dean E. Batchelder Papers, the Albert Chavannes Papers, the Elizabeth Erickson Edmunds Papers, and the David Hubbard Redinger Papers.

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5.3. Substations

Manuscripts

This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's distribution of electricity and includes employee examinations, log books, manuals, and other materials. Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

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6.2. Albert Chavannes Papers

Manuscripts

This subseries contains the papers of Albert Chavannes who served as Southern California Edison's corporate secretary from the 1930s to the 1960s. The subseries includes biographical information, clippings, correspondence, cost statements, flyers, indices, newsletters, organizational charts, pamphlets, reports, and other materials. Items reflect Chavannes' many roles, including those of SCE corporate secretary, member of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, and auditor in the Edison Comptroller's Department. The subseries includes materials created by Chavannes, as well as items collected by him. Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

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7.2. California Electric Power Company

Manuscripts

This subseries contains records documenting the California Electric Power Company and includes addresses, agreements, bulletins, bylaws, clippings, correspondence, handbooks, histories, pamphlets, press releases, programs, reports, and other materials. The subseries contains issues of the Calectric Bulletin, the employee bulletin of the California Electric Power Company, ranging in date from 1941 to 1963. Materials pertaining to employee strikes against the California Electric Power Company are also included. Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

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9.1. Edison Publications

Manuscripts

This subseries contains items published by Southern California Edison and includes articles, brochures, bulletins, maps, newsletters, pamphlets, reports, and other materials. Several employee newsletters are included such as Busy Buttons Bulletins, Edison Current Topics, Edison Facts, and Edison News. Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

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6.3. Elizabeth Erickson Edmonds Papers

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