Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Father Ryan's poems
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Personal correspondence of Samuel Ryan Curtis, chiefly his letters to his brother Henry Barnes Curtis (1799-1885), a prominent Ohio lawyer. Included are: a 1828 letter from West Point, discussing the cadet life and national politics (including the presidential elections); letters recounting Curtis' service in the Mexican War (1846, July - 1847, Nov.), his political and professional activities in 1849 and 1857, the Civil War (including the battle of Pea Ridge), and post-war service
mssCU 1-83
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 33 items including 25 volumes of diaries and journals from 1910 to 1944 kept by Sallie Ryan. They describe her life in Seattle, Washington during World War I while three sons were in the service, the death from influenza of her fourth son Russell, and her life in Los Angeles, California, after 1919. There are also 2 letters, 2 telegrams, and a biographical sketch, with photographs, of Sallie Ryan.
mssHM 54325-54328