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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Theodore Parker : a series of letters
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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
A collection of 3,600 items from 1869 to 1942, it consists of letters, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, and clippings related to Lukens's business affairs; conservation; the study of local forests; commercial tree farming; and the establishment of the Mount Wilson Observatory. Correspondents in the collection include: Thomas Robert Bard, George Ellery Hale, Abbot Kinney, John Muir, Harrison Gray Otis, and Gifford Pinchot. The collection also includes personal papers, biographical material, diaries, and correspondence.
mssLukens
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Manuscripts
A collection of 3,600 items from 1869 to 1942, it consists of letters, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, and clippings related to Lukens's business affairs; conservation; the study of local forests; commercial tree farming; and the establishment of the Mount Wilson Observatory. Correspondents in the collection include: Thomas Robert Bard, George Ellery Hale, Abbot Kinney, John Muir, Harrison Gray Otis, and Gifford Pinchot. The collection also includes personal papers, biographical material, diaries, and correspondence.
mssLukens
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Manuscripts
The collection contains 69 items. There are three manuscripts, including an essay about horticulturist Theodore Payne and a poem read before the Illinois Association of Los Angeles, California. The 40 items in the correspondence section are arranged by author. Most of the correspondence is composed of replies to Ernest Braunton's inquiries regarding various horticultural statistic and facts. Other letters, including those from Walter Raymond, are in regard to the operation and dissolution of the Southern California Horticultural Society. The 26 items in the ephemera section are arranged alphabetically by type. The majority of the ephemera are records and documents of the Southern California Horticultural Society. There is also a pamphlet on Point Lomos, California. Subjects in the collection include: history of agriculture in California; Horticulturalists of California; and history of horticulture in California.
mssBraunton papers