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Three unpublished poems by Louisa M. Alcott ... Fruitlands collection
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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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Manuscripts
Three letters written from Louisa Anthony in Denver, Colorado, to Jennie G. Pelton in Cleveland, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois. The letters express concerns with the operations of the Copper King Mine, including commentary on "trouble getting the ore moved" and that the teamsters are afraid of Indian attacks. Anthony also worries for her husband's health and financial well-being. The final letter encourages Jennie Pelton to come to stay in Colorado with Anthony until they could both leave for California. Anthony plans to travel by way of San Diego and tells Pelton that she would not like San Francisco because it is too cold. The letters also contain information on marriages and other domestic matters related to various friends and family members. With envelopes.
mssHM 72345-72348
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Autograph letter signed. Letter expressing concern about the perversion of the late John Quincy Adams' opinions by members of Congress; states that John Quincy Adams detested the idea of a military president, Mexican-American War. (4 pages) Likely recipient of letter identified by Judith Graham, Series Editor of the Louisa Catherine Adams Papers, 2009.
mssShapiro
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Typed, signed letter from David Starr Jordan at Stanford University to Los Angeles lawyer and writer, Arthur M. Ellis. In the letter, Jordan discusses biology, evolution, and literature by various evolutionists and naturalists including: Charles Darwin, J. Arthur Thomson, Stanford professor Dr. W. W. Thoburn, and Henry F. Osborn. The letter is accompanied by a pamphlet listing books by David Starr Jordan, and two printed poems by Jordan ("Unarmed and Unafraid" and "There Was A Man").
mssHM 83100
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This collection contains 59 pieces of correspondence and poems of American poet Robert Frost, chiefly consisting of handwritten poems and letters sent by Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (1835-1916), poetry editor for The Independent, from the mid 1890s to the 1910s. Items consist of: Thirty letters from Robert Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 7656, HM 25338-25366) Eighteen loose poems signed by Robert Frost (HM 7638-7646, HM 7648-7655, HM 7657) Two poems whose authorship was repudiated by Frost; apparently in the hand of Elinor M. Frost (HM 1201, HM 7647) A collection of 17 handwritten poems presented by Frost to Ward for Christmas 1911 (HM 7237) A letter from Robert Frost to William Hayes Ward, the editor of The Independent (HM 25337) Two letters from Elinor Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 25367-25368) Three letters from Frost to Huntington Library staff authorizing access to his papers (HM 10799, HM 47622, HM 48305) Two letters from Frost related to autographs (HM 13810, HM 59545)
mssHM 1201, etc.
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Visual Materials
A collection of 137 photographs from the life of Anita Baldwin, focused primarily on her mansion "Anoakia" built in 1913 in Arcadia, California. Baldwin inherited the land from her father, E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin, and built a 50-room Italian-Renaissance style mansion, seen in a set of 69 mounted photographs by Harold A. Parker, and snapshots. Photographs show wood-paneled rooms (one with murals by Maynard Dixon), Native American and Asian artifacts and decor, house and stables, a swimming pool and a Greek-revival style bathhouse. The collection also contains views of Baldwin's hunting lodge "Nid-ji-eh Wa-ri" at Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, showing interiors decorated with animal heads and hides, and one photograph of Baldwin on skis in the snow. Baldwin is also seen in portraits and on a trip to Egypt in 1925, posing on a camel with pyramids in the background. There are a few photographs related to her involvement in the American Red Star Animal Relief organization, including a parade and banquet scenes with soldiers. There are three photographs of the ruins of the Baldwin Hotel and Theatre in San Francisco after the fire that destroyed it in 1898.
photCL 356
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Manuscripts
Microfilm of a diary and genealogical and family record kept by May Hunt Larson. The diary, identified as Journal No.2, was kept at Snowflake, Arizona, from 1897-1907. In it May records her daily activities, her attendance of church and suffrage meetings, and news on family members and acquaintances. The second volume, identified as Journal No.1 and dated 1894, contains a detailed family history and genealogy. The family history includes a detailed memoir covering the years 1866-1896. It also includes a history of Jefferson Hunt, with references to his service in the Nauvoo Legion and Mormon Battalion, as well as copied biographies of various family members including John Hunt, Happylona Sanford Hunt, Sarah Jane Crosby Hunt, Belle Hunt Flake, Mons Larson, and Louisa Barnes Pratt. The genealogy in the volume goes through 1942.
MSS MFilm 00311