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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
California Spanish and Indian place names : their pronounciation, meaning and location
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Rare Books
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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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Rare Books
82011
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Manuscripts
Two boxes of index cards containing a typewritten copy of the bibliography for Erwin Gustav Gudde's "California Place Names: a Geographical Dictionary" published in 1949. The cards contain bibliographical items and additional footnotes which could not be accommodated in the printed book.
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Manuscripts
This collection contains the records of the Southern California chapter of the Index of American Design, which was a Federal Arts Project, 1933 to 1943. The collection consists of reports, correspondence, drawings, paintings, photographs, and ephemera, chiefly on California art and architecture within the 18th and 19th centuries, although other subjects and issues are also discussed. Subjects addressed within the collection include the history of African Americans in Los Angeles; Southern California history; California architecture, art and art history; California politics and government; the Federal Art Project; Native Americans in California; the history of California's material culture; old age pension plans in California; the history of Spaniards and Spanish Missions in California; and the United States Works Progress Administration in California.
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