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Broadside with exclusion orders for Japanese Americans living in the west downtown area of Los Angeles, an area roughly bordered by Pico Boulevard to the north, Washington Boulevard to the South, Vermont Avenue to the east and Arlington Avenue to the west by May 1, 1942. Orders "a responsible member of each family" as well as individuals living alone to report to the Civil Control Station at 2314 South Vermont, Los Angeles California between April 25 to April 26, 1942. Includes instructions on what individuals and families may or may not bring to the incarceration camps.
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Broadside instrucing Japanese American residents of the northern portion of Orange County north of Westminster Boulevard that they will not be permitted to remain in the designated area as of May 17, 1942. It also instructs "a responsible member of each family, and each individual living alone" to report to the Civil Control Station at 249 East Center Street, Anaheim, California between May 11 and May 12, 1942. Part of a series of proclamations posted prior to the mass incarceration of the Japanese population of the Orange county area.
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Broadside instructing Japanese American residents in the west downtown area of the City of Los Angeles that they will not be pernitted to remain in the designated area as of May 1, 1942. It also instructs "a responsible member of each family, and each individual living alone" to report to the Civil Control Station at 2314 South Vermont on April 25 and 26, 1942. Part of a series of proclamations posted prior to the mass incarceration of the Japanese population of the Los Angeles area.
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Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of Los Angeles author and gay activist Joseph Hansen and includes drafts of published and unpublished work; correspondence; manuscripts of works by some of Hansen's friends, family, and students; professional papers primarily related to publishing; and personal and family papers. The bulk of the material dates from the 1940s through the early 2000s. The collection includes works by Joseph Hansen, which consists of chiefly typescript drafts for most of Hansen's novels (including those published under the pseudonyms Rose Brock and James Colton), poetry, essays and articles, and television and play scripts. While there are some handwritten edits and corrections among the drafts and proofs, the majority do not have annotations. There are also two boxes with copies of various publications, primarily literary magazines and newspapers, containing Hansen's published work. There are two boxes with various manuscripts of work by friends and family of Hansen including poems by FrancEyE, and drafts of novels: In Search of Truth by Chris Gugas and People Talking to Themselves by Armine D. Mackenzie. There is also a ledger and manuscript by Belle Race from the early 1900s, who presumably was a relative of Hansen's wife Jane Bancroft Hansen. The correspondence in the collection includes both personal and professional letters sent and received by Hansen. There is a sizable amount of correspondence between Hansen and his publishers and agents including Collier Associates, Countryman Press; Holt, Rinehart & Winston; Harper & Row; the John Johnson Agency; Joan Kahn; and Penguin Books. In addition, there are also five folders of rejection letters sent to Hansen. Within Hansen's personal correspondence, notable correspondents include: British author Beryl Bainbridge, who befriended Hansen in the 1970s while Hansen was living in London; English composer and musician Richard Rodney Bennett; the publisher Brandon House, who put out Hansen's Colton books; gay filmmaker Arch Brown, who collaborated with Hansen on a playscript of Hansen's novel Backtrack, which was not produced; American crime fiction writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis, with whom Hansen corresponded regularly; poet, and girlfriend of Charles Bukowski, FrancEyE (aka Frances Dean Smith); American author Philip Gambone who published a profile of Hansen in Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers; poet and literary critic Diana Gioia; gay activist William "Billy" Glover, who worked at One magazine and after helped form the Homosexual Information Center in 1968; poet and literary critic William Harry Harding; gay activist Ross Ingersoll; poet Bill Mohr; critic Terry Teachout, who reviewed some of Hansen's novels; and crime writer Charles Ray Willeford. There are also insignificant pieces of correspondence from well-known individuals: James Blish, James Broughton, Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, George Plimpton, Julian Symons, and Andrew Vachss. Professional and personal materials include a variety of materials related to many different parts of Hansen's life, including business, publishing, and financial documents; miscellaneous ephemera, research materials; family papers, with writings and papers by Jane Bancroft Hansen as well as the Hansen's only child Daniel Hansen; press features on Hansen and reviews of his publications; materials related to Hansen's KFI radio program "Stranger from the Sea"; documents related to Hansen's teaching, chiefly at the UCLA extension school; miscellaneous materials related to Hansen's involvement with the gay community such as the Gay Community Services Center and the homosexual Information Center; and some materials related to his work on a 1970 issue of the literary magazine Beyond Baroque. The collection contains one box of photographs with images of Hansen throughout his life, as well as family members including Jane Bancroft Hansen and Daniel Hansen, and some friends and residences. The collection also contains approximately 70 drawings on paper presumably by Jane Hansen from the 1960s, of which many may have been created as part of art class.
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Visual Materials
Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 58,093 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums (spiral bound and mounted books of photographs created for clients); and 17 boxes of office records, dated 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architects Frank L. Anderson and Cliff May, and photographers André Kertész, Fred R. Dapprich, and Parker's assistant, Charles E. Yerkes. Parker's documentation of the work of architects and interior designers is extensive, and provides a comprehensive overview of the projects of many nationally-recognized figures as well as many lesser known firms and individuals, especially those working in and around California, Arizona, and Texas. See Architect/Designer/Builder Index for a complete list of individuals and firms represented in the archive. Parker's commissions for House Beautiful are well documented in the archive. Included is a comprehensive overview of the work of architects, landscape architects, and interior designers covered by, and promoted in, the magazine. Also included are examples of party and holiday decorations, decorative accessories, and housewares in domestic settings. Parker's non-residential work for the magazine documents home and garden exhibitions, hotels, and furniture in showrooms. Primary among these projects is the extensive documentation of the Arts of Daily Living Exhibition held at the 1954 Los Angeles County Fair. Parker also extensively documented House Beautiful's annual Pace Setter House series, residential work for a number of the magazine's editors and contributing staff, and residences across the country and in Mexico. Parker's projects created outside the scope of his House Beautiful commissions document both residential and non-residential work created for specific clients. See Client Index for a complete list of names and project numbers. Many projects do not have readily identifiable clients. These include the homes of many entertainers, movie directors, businessmen, writers and journalists, as well as model homes and housing developments including La Veta Woods in Orange, CA; a Kaiser Community Homes development; Lakewood Plaza in Long Beach, CA; Marlow-Burns & Company developments; and Olivewood Housing Project in National City, CA; as well as commercial buildings (retail and office spaces), hotels, restaurants, military bases, furniture showrooms, wallpaper, and jewelry. Geographically, Parker's photography covers much of the continental United States, Hawaii, and parts of Mexico and Canada. It is especially strong in depictions of residential and non-residential projects in California (specifically the greater Los Angeles area), Arizona (especially Phoenix and Tucson), and Texas, but also includes projects in at least 28 other states. Parker's office records consist of correspondence, notes, tear sheets, printed ephemera, logs, date books, and financial records created and received by Parker, Charles E. Yerkes, his photographic assistant, and Annie Parker, his wife and office assistant. These records describe the day-to-day business operations of Parker's photographic studio. The correspondence, primarily business in nature, consists of requests for commissions, instructions to Parker from clients, and other information about assignments. One significant aspect of these records is a folder of letters addressed to Parker from House Beautiful editor Elizabeth Gordon, dated 1942-1944, which details their business relationship and working methods.
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