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Rare Books
The integrated school art program
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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
This collection contains professional papers generated by Calvin S. Hamilton during his tenure as planning director for the City of Los Angeles. The Bound Volumes Series contains 45 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on subjects such as Calvin S. Hamilton and planning issues related to Los Angeles during the period of 1964 to 1986. This series also contains an area plan of Los Angeles (1963 to 1975), land use community plan, City of Los Angeles employees' telephone directory, and a zoning code book. The Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Series contains a range of unbound materials that were generated by Hamilton. Most prominently are periodicals that featured Hamilton and the City of Los Angeles planning endeavors and projects, various planning reports, transcripts of speeches given by Hamilton, and subject files on earthquake preparedness and Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles City Archives also holds a large collection of Calvin S. Hamilton's professional papers.
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Manuscripts
The Leticia Quezada papers is a collection of personal and professional correspondence, documents, ephemera, and photographs related to her career in education, politics, and Mexican culture.
mssQuezadapapers
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Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Alexander Pope. The bulk of the materials are administrative in nature and format, such as letters, memos and reports. There is a considerable amount of political ephemera, legislation, litigation and published research documents, as well as photographs. The materials related to the implementation of Proposition 13 are the highlight of the collection.
mssPope papers
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Manuscripts
Approx. 12 items: LAT article and editorial page copies and LAT reprints, 1961 - 1972, related to racial prejudice, school integration, busing to achieve racially mixed schools, etc.
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Manuscripts
The Albert D. Wheelon papers primarily focus on his career at the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Hughes Aircraft Company, and his research on electromagnetic scintillation. The first series primarily comprises of correspondence from his time at school through his retirement years. There are also photographs and printed ephemera related to his marriages and travels. In relation to his career at HAC, there are booklets, newsletters, notes, and photographs related to artificial satellites. The post career files consist of correspondence, notes, and reference material related to a wide variety of topics concerning national security and advancements in space. The bulk of his research related to propagation of electromagnetic waves consists of notes and reprints. Please click on the link in this record to view the full version of the scope and content.
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