Exhibition Object ChecklistCase 1: A Journalist’s BeginningsPhotograph of Jack Smith, ca. 1925.
Whittier YMCA. Photographs of Boys’ Department Wrestling Champs, 1930.
The Belmont Sentinel, Belmont High School, Los Angeles, September 22, 1933.
Photograph of Jack Smith in the newsroom of the
Los Angeles Daily News, ca. 1948.
Jack Smith. “The Black Dahlia,” corrected typescript,
Jack Smith’s L.A., New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.
S.S. Monterey. Passenger list, September 1, 1937; and dinner menu, September 4, 1937.
Photograph of Jack Smith, ca. 1935.
Case 2: War CorrespondentPhotograph of Jack and Denny Smith, at the Techau Cocktail Lounge, San Francisco, January or February 1945.
Jack Smith. Letter to Anna M. Smith, March 16, 1945.
U.S. Coast Guard. Photograph of Jack Smith and fellow Marines, March, 1945.
Jack Smith. Letter to Denny Smith, August 15, 1945.
Denny Smith. Letter to Jack Smith, November 9, 1945.
Map of Iwo Jima, 1945.
U.S. Department Defense, Fiftieth Anniversary of WWII Commemoration Committee. Bookmark, 1995.
Photograph of Jack and Denny Smith, 1945.
U.S. Marine Corps. Certificate of Honorable and Satisfactory Service for Jack Smith, February 5, 1946.
Case 3: The Smith FamilyPhotograph of the Smith family at home and at an amusement park, ca. 1949-1950.
Photograph of The Smith family, ca. 1958.
Photograph of Jack Smith and Fleetwood Pugsley, ca. 1980.
Jack Smith. “Dog House May Be Next,” copy of typescript for
Spend All Your Kisses, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
Fruit box label, “Airedale: Always a Winner,” facsimile, undated.
Jack Smith. Note card on Fleetwood Pugsley.
Jack Smith. “Don’t Leave Kisses Unspent,” 1977.
Ward Ritchie. Letter to Jack Smith, January 5, 1978.
Jack Smith. “Spend All Your Kisses,” printed with movable type on linen, undated but after 1977.
Case 4: Mt. WashingtonPostcard showing the Los Angeles & Mt. Washington Railway Co. station, ca. 1895.
Howard F. Mason. Letter to Jack Smith, June 24, 1976.
Friends of the UCLA Library. The Mt. Washington Eagle, April 9, 1973.
Jack Smith. “How Many Grackles Does It Take to Be an Expert?” January 16, 1990.
Ethel Averbach. Postcard to Jack Smith, March 19, 1973.
Mary Ellen Pereyra. Note cards depicting the California Common Grackle, presented by the Los Angeles Audubon Society, January 12, 1976.
Kenneth E. Stager. Letter to Jack Smith, November 20, 1970.
Michael LeRoy. Photograph of Jack Smith, ca. 1975.
Case 5: Landmarks of L.A.Robert Cameron. Photograph from
Above Los Angeles, San Francisco: Cameron and Co., 1990.
Jack Smith. Introduction for
Above Los Angeles, original typescript, 1990.
Jack Smith. Note cards, undated.
Jack Smith. Notebook, undated.
Jack Smith. “L.A. Landmarks: Then, Now and . . . Tomorrow?” August 8, 1990.
Views of Clifton’s, promotional booklet, 1956; and postcard depicting Clifton’s Cafeteria, undated.
Hollywood Hotel brochure, undated.
Francis J. Weber.
Hollywood, San Fernando: Junipero Serra Press, 1981.
Robert Lawrence Balzer. Letter to Jack Smith, December 26, 1974.
Case 6: Life in La-La LandJack Smith. Note card, undated.
La La Land address labels for Jack and Denny Smith.
Jack Smith.
Alive in La-La Land, New York: Franklin Watts, 1989.
Herb Caen. Letter to Jack Smith, April 5, 1977.
Jack Smith. “The Great Air Raid,” corrected typescript from
Jack Smith’s L.A., New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.
Alan Napier. Letter to Jack Smith, after April 8, 1975.
Mason Mallory.
Los Angeles, musical score, inscribed to Jack Smith, copyright 1967.
Jack Smith. “So Much Hot Air,” clipping from
Los Angeles Times Magazine, with a note to Smith from Byron Marshall, January 11, 1987.
Steve Brown.
The Big Orange, reproduction, 1976.
Sheila Ruth.
I’ll Take L.A. Over New York, reproduction, undated.
Case 7: The House in BajaRomulo Gomez Monroy. Home for the Smith family in Bocana de Santo Tomas, Baja, California, Mexico, December 4, 1968. List of expenditures.
Photograph of the Smith house in Santo Tomas, Baja, ca. 1970.
Jack Smith. Card containing notes for the introduction to
God and Mr. Gomez, 1974.
Photograph of Romulo Gomez and Jack Smith working on the house, ca. 1970.
Jack Smith. Baja Logbook, 1970-1977.
Jack Smith’s Greek fisherman’s hat.
Photograph of Jack Smith at a book signing for God and Mr. Gomez, 1974.
Jack Smith. “Baja Home in the Hands of God, Gomez,” November 24, 1988.
Steve Schapiro. Photograph of Jack Smith, with Baja house in background, ca. 1975.
Case 8: About Words
Grant Campbell.
Words: A Potpourri of Fascinating Origins, Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1992.
Jack Smith. Notebook, undated.
Jack Smith. “God Bless Profanity,” corrected typescript, undated.
Al Hudson. Letter to Jack Smith, March 8, 1982.
Robert M. W. Vogel. Letter to Jack Smith, July 12, 1982.
Charlton Heston. Letter to Jack Smith, March 22, 1988.
Photograph of Jack Smith, ca. 1980.
Case 9: Changing TimesJack Smith. “Global Skepticism,” clipping from the
Los Angeles Times Magazine, November 15, 1987.
Thomas R. Egan. Letter to Jack Smith, February 1, 1988.
Jack Smith. Note card, undated.
International Flat Earth Society of America. Card awarding Jack Smith an honorary membership, undated.
James E. Wade. Letter to Jack Smith, July 10, 1980.
George H. Plagens. Letter to Jack Smith, July 10, 1980.
John Abraham. Letter to Jack Smith, January 30, 1979.
Jack Smith. “Article. Diction,” computer printout, May 1, 1985.
Jack Smith. Floppy disks and a miniature data cartridge.
Flat Earth Research Society International. The Flat Earth Map: Real World, inscribed to Jack Smith by Charles K. Johnson, president, February 22, 1988.
Case 10: Community InvolvementRobert Newman. Letter to Jack Smith, July 10, 1980.
Photograph of Jack Smith speaking to the Friends of the Los Alamitos Public Library, early July, 1980.
Chuck Bernstein. Letter to Jack Smith, November 6, 1971.
Jack Smith. Commencement address for Occidental College, corrected typescript, June 9, 1979.
Craig Dietz. Photograph of Jack Smith with Occidental College president Richard C. Gilman, June 9, 1979.
Jack Smith. Untitled speech about volunteerism, corrected typescript, undated.
Photograph of Jack Smith reading to elementary school children, 1991.
Mikio Kimoto. Artist’s rendering of the Jack and Denny Smith Library and Community Center, Mount Washington Elementary School.
County of Los Angeles, Board of Supervisors. Proclamation recognizing the dedication of the Jack and Denny Smith Library and Community Center, April 16, 2004.
Photograph of Jack and Denny Smith, at the Historical Society of Southern California, ca. 1990.
In the Foyer (Exhibition Entrance)Photograph of Jack Smith with Jayne Mansfield and two unidentified men, ca. 1960.
Bruce Cox, for the
Los Angeles Times. Photograph of Jack Smith with runner Marsh Greenwood at the Downtown YMCA, before February 22, 1963.
Los Angeles Times. Photograph of Jack Smith, probably in 1964.
Los Angeles Daily News. Photograph of Jack Smith and other reporters at the Stompanato murder trial involving Lana Turner’s daughter, 1958.
John Gaines, for the
Los Angeles Times. Photograph of Jack Smith, March 10, 1965.
Amanda Blanco. Photograph of Jack Smith, ca.1980.