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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Sinn Fein : an illumination
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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
Enclosed: Xerox copies of material relating to the Griffith and Taplin families; photograph of Calvin Chesterfield Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Chesterfield Griffith, and Lydia M. (Sensibaugh) Griffith
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Rare Books
Traces the evolution of communal principles in such historic cooperative living situations as the Essenes, the early Church, the Shakers, and Brook Farm.
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Manuscripts
6 items: original brochure, "Corner Stone Laying - Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park (7/12/1934) ; memo from "Meredith" (staff writer) to "Mr. Hawke" (editor) defending an element that had been included in a story about the ceremony related to laying observatory cornerstone ; booklet, Griffith Observatory and Planetarium, Los Angeles, 5/1939 ; bio sheet (on onionskin paper), dated 10/20/1938, headed "Van M. Griffith" ; LAT article copy, 12/26/1967, "Donated in 1896, Griffith Park--the City's biggest Christmas gift."
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Visual Materials
Date built: 1925 Architect: Coate, Roland E. Description: Interior and exterior views of residence. Publication(s): Residence of F. W. Griffith, Los Angeles," The Architect, Vol. 12, p. 697, March 1929; "Residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Griffith," Architectural Digest, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 88.
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Manuscripts
1 item. Article tear sheet, New York (mag), 5/6/1974, "Punch Sulzberger: the evolution of a pleasant young man." Profile of Arthur O. Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times.
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Visual Materials
Date built: 1925 Architect: Kaufmann, Gordon B. Landscape Architect: Thiene, Paul G. Description: Interior and exterior views of residence. Publication(s): A California Garden," House Beautiful, Vol. 62, Aug. 1927, p. 137; "Eisner House," Architect and Engineer, Vol. 89, May 1927, p. 69; "Eisner House," California Southland, Vol. 9, Oct. 1927, p. 23; "Eisner House," in Residential Architecture in Southern California, ed. Paul R. Hunter and Walter L. Reichart (Los Angeles: Southern California Chapter, AIA, 1939), p. 14; "3. The Estate of Mr. I. Eisner in Los Angeles," California Arts and Architecture, Vol. 36, Sept. 1929, p. 34; "House for Mr. I. Eisner, Los Angeles," The Architect 7, Jan. 1927, pls. 79-89; "House for Mr. I. Eisner, Los Angeles," Architect and Engineer, Vol. 89, April 1927, p. 97; 'House for Mr. I. Eisner, Los Angeles,' in "Architectural Club of Los Angeles: Monthly Bulletin," California Southland, Vol. 8, July 1926, p. 23; "House of I. Eisner, Los Angeles," Architectural Digest, Vol. 6, No. 8, p. 81; "A House of Tuscan Inspiration," by Gordon B. Kaufmann, Arts and Decoration, Vol. 28, Feb. 1928, p. 37 & 95; "Estate of their Union," by Mark Morrison, InStyle magazine, May 2002, p. 400-409.
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