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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
By Richard Starr Untermeyer
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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
Manuscript and typewritten poems by David Starr Jordan. Includes 'The Bubbles of Saki' and 'Viverols,' as well as a collection of poems called 'To Barbara' (Jordan's daughter with his second wife Jessie Louise Knight) and which include 'A Castle in the Air,' 'A Castle in Spain,' When Man Shall Come,' 'Men Told Me, Lord,' and 'Altruism.'
mssHM 74118-74125
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Rare Books
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Manuscripts
Dr. Merritt Starr and his friend were hunting around Resurrection Bay when the 1964 Good Friday Alaska Earthquake hit. In this letter to his family, he recounts story of surviving the earthquake, landslide and resulting tsunami. The letter further recounts the immediate aftermath and the reconstruction in the weeks after the disaster.
mssHM 27959
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Manuscripts
King informs Bragdon that he has no available Tuesdays between November and March, so he must decline Bragdon's request. Letter is pasted to backing sheet with photograph of King and an unidentified woman. Also included with letter is a one-page printed clipping containing a short biography of King.
mssHM 29245