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Revision as of 23:46, 24 July 2019

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:

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
  • 23 February 2019
  • 23 March 2019

Next meeting expected to take place after the state convention.

Reports

Past Members

Exhibits

CA 2019-04 LPCHPC-table.jpg

The LPC HPC had an exhibit table at the 2019 Convention in Concord. On the table was a display board which included lists of convention, state chairs, candidates for governor and US Senate, graphs of registered Libertarians and central committee members, a list of past state newsletters along with how many issues are online so far, and the "first two years" article from 1974. Also on the table were a notebook containing outreach material, some historical buttons and bumper stickers, and extra copies of The Libertarian Alternative. The backdrop consisted of two LPC banners used at past events. Also posted on the wall was an outreach poster produced by the LPSF.

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 extremely spotty records for many periods
registration statewide counts essentially done
campaigns federal/state
local non-partisan
election results federal/state most of these results already in LPedia
local/non-partisan these will require much work to track down
Libertarians in public office
conventions
platforms
bylaws and rules
newsletters state scanning/uploading in progress, see chart below
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"
box of documents from Sacramento office transferred from Imhoffs' garage to Joe Dehn
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)
Jeff Smith (regional newsletters)
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", archiving content of Facebook groups.

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

Status of Projects

Charts to track the progress of current projects.

State Newsletters

Publication # issues
published
# we have
in any form
# uploaded notes
CaLiber (1970s/1980s)
California Activist (1982-1984) 22 22 0 scanning in progress
California Libertarian News (c. 1986-1992) 78 (est.) approx 75 45 scanning in progress
Liberty Bell (1993-1994) 10 9 4 need large-format scanner
Libertarian Party of California News (1994-1996) 29 25 9 need large-format scanner
California Liberty (1994-1996) 18 16 0 need large-format scanner
LPC Monthly (1997-2003) 70-72 (est.) 70 70
California Freedom (2003-2009) 68 67 50 need large-format scanner

County / Region Organizations

In the following tables, "volunteer" means a person actively trying to gather/organize/post information about the area in question, while "sources" means people who may have material or personal knowledge relating to the history of the area but are not necessarily interested in doing work on HPC projects at this time.

Counties (current organizational struture)

# County Volunteer Sources Notes
1 Alameda Terry Floyd see also East Bay
2 Alpine see also El Dorado/Alpine
3 Amador see also Gold Country
4 Butte
5 Calaveras see also Gold Country
6 Colusa
7 Contra Costa Terry Floyd see also East Bay
8 Del Norte
9 El Dorado see also Ed Dorado / Alpine
10 Fresno Devin Harris see also Valley Libertarians
11 Glenn
12 Humboldt
13 Imperial
14 Inyo see also Mono / Inyo
15 Kern Kenneth Brent Olsen
16 Kings Kalish Morrow see also Valley Libertarians
17 Lake
18 Lassen
19 Los Angeles see also sub-county regions
20 Madera see also Madero / Mariposa, Valley Libertarians
21 Marin
22 Mariposa see also Madera / Mariposa, Valley Libertarians
23 Mendocino
24 Merced
25 Modoc
26 Mono see also Mono / Inyo
27 Monterey
28 Napa
29 Nevada
30 Orange
31 Placer
32 Plumas
33 Riverside
34 Sacramento
35 San Benito
36 San Bernardino
37 San Diego
38 San Francisco
39 San Joaquin
40 San Luis Obispo Gail Lightfoot
41 San Mateo
42 Santa Barbara Gail Lightfoot
43 Santa Clara Joe Dehn
44 Santa Cruz
45 Shasta
46 Sierra
47 Siskiyou
48 Solano
49 Sonoma
50 Stanislaus
51 Sutter see also Sutter / Yuba
52 Tehama
53 Trinity
54 Tulare Jon Prosser see also Valley Libertarians
55 Tuolumne see also Gold Country
56 Ventura
57 Yolo
58 Yuba see also Sutter / Yuba

Former Multi-County Regions

# Name Volunteer Sources Notes
1 East Bay Terry Floyd Alameda, Contra Costa
3 Gold Country Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne
20 Madera / Mariposa Madera, Mariposa
Mono / Inyo Inyo, Mono
North Coast Lake, Mendocino
Sutter / Yuba Sutter, Yuba
10 Valley Libertarians Kenneth Brent Olsen at various times Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare

Sub-Divisions of Los Angeles County

# Area Volunteer Sources Notes
61 LA - San Fernando Valley
62 LA - West
63 LA - Foothills / Glendale / Pasadena
64 LA - Central
65 LA - Southeast
66 LA - Long Beach / South Bay
67 LA - East San Gabriel
68 LA - Antelope Valley