Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Craftsmanship in Los Angeles, 1922-1947
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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
The manuscripts section contains 17 items. There is a list of the charter members of the Ebell club, including comments regarding the members, the minute books for the first six years of the club, an essay describing the mission of the club, and the architectural specifications for the Rest Cottage by architect Julia Morgan. The ephemera section contains event programs, monthly club schedules, pamphlets regarding the activities of the club, a Ebell Magazine from 1930, an itemized survey of documents and ephemera in the Ebell Club's possession in 1959, and a program for the Seventh Annual Meeting Los Angeles District C.F.W.C. There is also a scrapbook created by Mrs. Hazel Smith with Ebell Magazine clippings featuring key members from the late 1920s. The scrapbook also contains short notes regarding a few of the members and club events.
mssEbell club collection
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Manuscripts
This collection contains 42 items related to the Ebell Club of Los Angeles, California, chiefly dating from the late 1890s-early 1900s. The manuscripts section contains 17 items. There is a list of the charter members of the Ebell club, including comments regarding the members, the minute books for the first six years of the club, an essay describing the mission of the club, and the architectural specifications for the Rest Cottage by architect Julia Morgan. The ephemera section contains event programs, monthly club schedules, pamphlets regarding the activities of the club, a Ebell Magazine from 1930, an itemized survey of documents and ephemera in the Ebell Club's possession in 1959, and a program for the Seventh Annual Meeting Los Angeles District C.F.W.C. There is also a scrapbook created by Mrs. Hazel Smith with Ebell Magazine clippings featuring key members from the late 1920s. The scrapbook also contains short notes regarding a few of the members and club events.
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Rare Books
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Visual Materials
This collection contains photographs of the members and grounds of the Southern California beach and golf clubs that formed part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The clubs represented are the Santa Monica Athletic Club and Deauville Club (Items 1-16 and 74-83, 65-98); the Hermosa Beach Surf and Sand Club (Items 17-55, and 84); the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades (Items 56-65); and the Long Beach Pacific Coast Club (Items 66-73). The photographs, presumably created as promotional images, include images depicting clubhouse buildings and rooms, as well as members engaged in leisure activities such as sunbathing, swimming, beach volleyball, and golf. Nearly half of the photographs are close-up shots of beach-goers, often young women posing in swimsuits. One set of images depicts women in bathing suits posing for a 1932 Santa Monica Athletic Club fashion show, include two photographs of child actress Shirley Temple (Items 97-98). The items consist of 98 8 x 10 in. black-and-white copy prints with corresponding film negatives, as well as an additional box containing approximately 70 unidentified/unprinted negatives and 1 reel of 16mm film labeled "Jess Willard & strong man, LAAC roof 1933."
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Manuscripts
The Friday Morning Club records consists of materials created by the Club and its members, dating from the year the club started in 1891 to is closure in 2012. These records document the activities of the club such as: philanthropy and charity work; finances; fundraising; the various work of the club's committees on science, art, and other topics; the construction of their clubhouses in Los Angeles; and the meeting minutes of both regular meetings and the board. The collection is comprised of subject files, financial and business records, membership applications and cards, manuscripts and essays, and clippings (1770-2012); publications printed by the Friday Morning Club, including their monthly newsletter, and publications printed by other clubs (1850-1993); photograph albums, scrapbooks, and meeting minutes (1891-2012); photographs, certificates, awards, and some objects that belonged to the club, including the bronze plaque that hung at the clubhouse (1890-2000). The collection contains material by and about several prominent members and suffragettes, including Susan B. Anthony, Sarah Bixby Smith, Jessie Benton Frémont, Margaret Collier Graham, Olive Percival, Idah Strobridge, Louise Watkins, Charlotte LeMoyne Wills, and the club's founder Caroline Severance. The collection also contains material about other clubs, including the California Federation of Women's Clubs and California Women of the Golden West.
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