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The collection contains approximately 2,400 items in 12 boxes. The correspondence (Parts 1 and 2) has been grouped together alphabetically by correspondent. The correspondence includes letters from a variety of astronomers from around the world as well as general astronomy questions from members of the public. The correspondence also deals with women in astronomy and in the Beverly T. Lynds folder is a list of women members of the Astronomical Association of America. The majority of the letters written by Swope are retained copies. The arrangement of her astronomical working papers, however, mirrors that of the collection when it was obtained by the Huntington. The folder titles for the working papers are, for the most part, those of Henrietta Swope herself. The majority of the working papers deal with Swope's research and work on the Milky Way, M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), variable stars, cepheids, Magellanic Clouds, and the Draco System (these folders include notes, photographs and charts.) There are also four black and white photographs that may be of Swope receiving the Annie Jump Cannon Prize in 1968 and several miscellaneous manuscripts, reprints, articles by Swope and others, journals, bulletins, notes, pieces of ephemera and several hundred IBM cards.
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Alexander the corrector's humble address and earnest application to our most gracious King, the Right Honourable the House of Lords, and the Honourable House of Commons; shewing the necessity of appointing a corrector of the people, ... With some account of Alexander the corrector
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Martin Eden : romanzo
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"'Martin Eden' rappresenta la chiave di tutta l'opera di Jack London, uno tra i più popolari scrittori di avventure. Nato a San Francisco nel 1876, egli si affermò presto come grandissimo narratore. Il suo primo romanzo, 'Il lupo del mare', apparve nel 1900 e si diffuse immediatamente in tutto il mondo. Qualche anno dopo, accolti dallo stesso successo, seguirono 'Il richiamo della foresta', 'Zanna bianca', eccetera, ma la sua più bella avventura è senz'altro quella della sua vita turbolenta che in 'Martin Eden' viene riassunta almeno in parte. Bisogna solo ricordare che London, insieme a Upton Sinclair, fu tra gli scrittori più giovani e romantici di quel periodo di progressismo che investi l'America dal 1904 al 1907, impersonato dalla figura del presidente Theodore Roosevelt. Egli fu socialista per istinto, nietzschiano e spenceriano, e se, con disinvoltura uni Carlo Marx al superuomo, con la stessa disinvoltura collegò Herbert Spencer con Shelley, l'astrologia con la filosofia. La storia di Martin Eden è simile dunque, a quella di London, figlio illegittimo di un avventuriero, che a quindici anni fece il pescatore di ostriche, a diciassette il marinaio, poi il girovago, il seguace dell'esercito di Coxey e il cercatore d'oro in Alaska. Arricchitosi finalmente con i suoi racconti, dilapidò vari patrimoni sempre sull'orlo di quella disperazione che di continuo affiora in 'Martin Eden' e che porta il protagonista, come alla fine Jack London, a togliersi la vita"--Back cover.
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Southern California Regional Planning Collection, (bulk 1920-1989)
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The Southern California Regional Planning Collection was donated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Department, George Marr, Edward Holden, Glen Blossom, Simon Eisner, and Glenda Hamilton to the Huntington Library in 1997. The Southern California Regional Planning Collection is organized into two series: 1) Published Planning Reports Series (organized by individual item numbers) 2) Internal Documents Series (organized by box and folder numbers).The Published Planning Reports Series contains 1,913 individual items that were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, and other planning agencies and organizations in Southern California. Type of reports include annual reports, area study, comprehensive planning reports, census, conference papers, general plans, guides to zoning and subdivision, planning proposals, traffic and environmental surveys, zoning ordinance, etc. The date range of this series is 1909 to 2003.The Internal Documents Series contains approximately 913 items in 14 Hollinger boxes. Similar to the Published Planning Reports Series, the majority of the documents were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission and Department of Regional Planning, followed by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. Type of documents include census reports, conference papers, maps, memorandums, minutes, photos, plans, reports, speeches, summaries, etc. The date range is 1924 to 2000.
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