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Hair O' The Chine : a documentary film script
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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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Visual Materials
The 424 photographs document events and activities of the Southern California Division of the California Centennials Commission that commemorate California's centennial, 1948 to 1950. Included are images of parades, such as the centennials of Beverly Hills and Long Beach; the 1948 Tournament of Roses Parade that included centennial-themed floats; and Gold Rush and pioneer-related parades such as those held in Paso Robles, San Bernardino, Redlands, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Monica. Photographs that document celebrations commemorating historic events and places include the Fort Moore celebration held at the Hollywood Bowl and images of the Portola Trek reenactment. The collection also includes a large number of images of the dedication of the Commission's Historical Caravan, held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Speaking at that event was Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J. Knight. Other images of the Historical Caravan include pictures of the exhibits inside the van and the van on location in Sycamore Grove (the Highland Park area of Los Angeles), at the Pio Pico Adobe in Whittier, and at China Lake. The collection contains photographs of the Centennial Commission float at the Hollywood High School premiere of "California's Golden Beginnings"; and at the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the centennial of Los Angeles's first post office. Notable figures in California politics and culture appear in the photographs. These include Eldred L. Meyer, past Grand President of Native Sons of the Golden West and Walter N. Bailey, Grand President of the Native Sons of the Golden West at the opening of the gold mining exhibit in Pershing Square; Goodwin J. Knight, Lloyd D. Mitchell, Manager of the Southern California Division, and Governor Earl Warren. The collection contains photographs by Otto Rothschild, Coy Watson, J. Allen Hawkins, David F. Stevens, Lew Nichols, Louis, Gerhardt, Dick Whittington Studio, Inman Company, Woro Studios, Randolph Studios, Pacific Press Photos, Merriman Photo Art, Junis & Pearson Photo, and Frashers Inc.
photCL 400 volume 28
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Manuscripts
The plays, scripts, film treatments, and screenplays include multiple drafts in various formats (1963-2011); these drafts include notebooks, autograph, typewritten, photocopy, and computer generated. The drafts contain corrections and additions by Paul Theroux and other authors.
mssTheroux
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Manuscripts
The collection contains correspondence, film and television scripts, articles, and photographs related to the writings and interests of Stuart Lake. The letters make up the largest part of the collection (13 boxes), and correspondents include Wyatt Earp, Josephine Earp, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Eugene Cunningham, John Philip Clum and J. Frank Dobie. There is also a significant amount of correspondence between Lake and the Houghton Mifflin Company. The subject matter includes western personalities, motion pictures, and western places such as Tombstone, AZ, and Dodge City, KS. The collection contains a large amount of source material for the film, Wells Fargo (1937).
mssLake papers