Libertarian Party of California Historical Preservation Committee

The Libertarian Party of California Historical Preservation Committee (LPC HPC) was formed to oversee the preservation and publication of historical materials relating to the LPC. It serves a role similar to that of the national HPC, but with a focus on California.

Members

The current members of the LPC HPC are:

• Joe Dehn (Chair)
• Gail Lightfoot (Secretary)
• Bill Hajdu
• Kenneth Brent Olsen
• Jon Prosser

History

The LPC HPC was formed by action of the LPC Executive Committee in September 2018. Kenneth Brent Olsen was appointed Interim Chair, and additional members were then recruited. The new committee held its organizational meeting in January 2019.

Meetings

• 12 January 2019

Next scheduled meeting: 23 February 2019

Work Plan

The following charts outline the work being planned by the LPC HPC along with some notes about its status.

Tasks/Projects

Activities that the LPC HPC will undertake or recruit others to undertake.

locating/inventorying material where is it? what is it?	Need to reach out to people who may have material, make arrangements to look at it and make notes.
rescuing/moving things e.g., when in danger of being thrown out	Need to keep in touch with people who have things so we have warning of when they might be at risk.
scanning / digitizing material into formats that can archived/posted	Some of this might be done where the material already is, some would be better done by moving the material, and some might be better outsourced to a commercial service.
uploading material to LPedia text articles, PDFs, photos, audio/video files	Some people are already doing this. There are already structural pages for many of the subjects of interest to us.
interviewing long-time activists (or encouraging them to write articles)	Need to come up with a list of activists to contact. Then arrange a way to hear from them (e.g., one-on-one interview, presentation at a convention, telephone conference call).

Subjects of Interest

Subjects about which the LPC HPC will be seeking materials and information to be preserved/published.

activists (names, positions, other biographical information)
Executive Committee	members/terms
	meetings/minutes
other state-level committees
counties/regions/affiliates		Lpedia already has pages for most county-level groups but content for many is sparse/minimal
membership stats	dues-paying/CC
	registration
campaigns	federal/state
	local non-partisan
election results		most federal/state results already in LPedia local/non-partisan will require much work to track down
conventions
platforms
bylaws and rules
newsletters	state	Gail to construct list of state newsletters over time.
	local
outreach materials	press releases
	flyers/brochures
	buttons/signs

Types of Materials Relevant to Meetings

Things that could potentially exist for any convention or other type of meeting.

formal minutes

recordings (audio or video)

transcriptions

personal notes of participants

reports (e.g., back to regions, in newsletters)

Information Sources

Where historical material and information might be found.

official LP records (in custody of current "office" / officers)	current officers might have some things Brent's home now "official storage" much from Sacramento office still in Imhoffs' garage could be something in Monrovia
material in possession of national HPC (in Colorado storage room)	records moved from national office material sent by California activists
personal collections of physical material (papers, photos, recordings)	known to have significant collections: Mimi Robson (stuff given to her by Ted Brown) Joe Dehn (Santa Clara, misc.) Gail Lightfoot (LA, R67, central coast, photos used in newsletters) Dave Schrader (LA area)
institutional collections (e.g., at universities)	Hoover Institution
government records	Secretary of State: registration data, federal/state election results county registrars/clerks: registration data, local election results some counties might have info about elected central committee members or officers
traditional news media (e.g., newspaper archives)	major media with statewide coverage local/regional media
social media	Facebook, Twitter, etc. e-mail discussion lists, Yahoo groups, etc.
non-LP online archives	Wayback Machine, Wikipedia
early activists (writings, recollections)

Note: There may be some things we can start doing now to make it easier to find current material when it turns into "history", e.g. current online equivalents of what used to be known as "clipping services".

Other Resources

Things that might help the LPC HPC do its work.

scanning / digitization equipment	Mimi has: VHS, Betamax, 8mm and 16mm film Joe has: VHS, SuperVHS, various digital video Jon knows somebody in related industry
storage space
funds