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Carr's dictionary of extra-ordinary English cricketers
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Austin A. Carr diary
Manuscripts
Diary kept while serving in Company F, 2nd New York State Militia - 82nd New York Volunteers Second Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac.
mssHM 31063
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Harry Carr letters to Jesse Lasky
Manuscripts
Carr wrote these letters to Jesse Lasky, pioneer motion picture producer and founder of Paramount Pictures. In the letters, Carr talks about the problems on the set of the film The Wedding March between director Erich von Stroheim, the producer, and others (Lasky was one of the film's producers). One is dated 1926, July 4, the other is only dated "Aug. 1."
mssHM 82427-82428
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Robert Van Carr letter to James Horsburgh
Manuscripts
In this letter, written to James Horsburgh of Sunset magazine, Carr describes his current writing project: a series of volumes about California for tourists and people moving to the state. Carr is looking for a publisher for these books. Accompanying the letter is a dummy of the first book Carr wrote entitled The Los Angeles book. Only the first chapter is printed (the rest of the book is made up of blank pages). The book was never published.
mssHM 68242-68243
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Jeanne C. Smith Carr papers
Manuscripts
A collection which consists of approximately 200 letters and manuscripts related to Jeanne C. Smith Carr and Ezra S. Carr and their interests; subjects include botany, agriculture, and education. There are materials related to the history and description of California (especially early Pasadena), botany, and gardening, the University of California and the University of Wisconsin. Persons represented in the collection include: Asa Gray, Helen Hunt Jackson, John Gill Lemmon, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Helena Modjeska, Charles Warren Stoddard, Fujimaro Tanaka, and Marshall Pinckney Wilder. The collection also includes one envelope of ephemera, a volume entitled "Eminent Persons," and two scrapbooks.
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