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San Marino, CA 91108
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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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Rare Books
438144
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Rare Books
Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake was the final film produced and directed by Mary Ellen Bute (1906-1983), a pioneer in experimental film and animation. Passages, a film treatment of Finnegans Wake using Joyce's original language was largely a live-action piece, but incorporated animation, double exposures, and various other unconventional visual methods."--Bookseller's blurb.
647079
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Manuscripts
Two carbon copies enclosed, unsigned by either party; second copy is torn in half.
HM 41125
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of personal and business papers primarily related to the James De Barth Shorb family and their business ventures and estate settlements. There is also a substantial amount of material about Benjamin Davis Wilson and his business dealings in California. Topics covered in the collection include agriculture, land development in southern California, the history of the San Marino area, mining operations, water rights and irrigation, politics, society stories, and wills, court documents, and settlement papers related to the Shorb estate.
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