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[Letter, Aug. 4, 1875, Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Col. D.G. Swain, J.A., U.S. Army]
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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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83171
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Zoë Akins (1886-1958). It includes correspondence with various literary, theatrical and motion picture figures of the first half of the twentieth century. There are also manuscripts of novels, plays, poems, short stories, outlines for plays, and articles. There is also correspondence related to her husband, Hugo Rumbold (d. 1932), and the Rumbold family. The collection also contains various photographs, manuscripts by others, and various business papers (including agreements, accounts, contracts, copyrights, and receipts). Correspondents represented in the collection include: Aline Barnsdall, Ethel Barrymore, Carlo Beuf, Billie Burke, Willa Cather, George Cukor, Patterson Greene, Sir Gerald Grove, William Harris, Carl Hovey, Jobyna Howland, Orrick Johns, George S. Kaufman, Alice Kauser, Sonya Levien, Anita Loos, Amy Lowell, W. Somerset Maugham, H.L. Mencken, Harry Moses, Kay Nielsen, George O'Neil, Max Pfeffer, Rosamond Pinchot, Una Pope-Hennessey, William Marion Reedy, Lady Etheldred Rumbold, Sir Horace Rumbold, Hugo Rumbold, David Selznick, Edward Sheldon, Sara Teasdale, Harriet Ware, Edith Wharton, John Hall Wheelock.
ZA 2886-2889.
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Manuscripts
Note: extensive insect damage with a large amount of lost text -- please do not remove from mylar.
HM 77621
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Text covers a description of various territories and fanciful state seals. Oregon Territory extends north to 54° 40'. Submap: Seat of the War in Mexico. Descriptive text and seals. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 442750.
442750
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Covers basically from the Rio Grande River to California with large central portion marked "Unexplored." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: New Mex Utah Congress map.
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