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Arman : [an exhibition of recent accumulations by Arman at Janis, May 8 - June 1, 1968]
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1855 May 8-1862 June 24
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A collection of 267 items from 1855 to 1864, which contains communications, letters, reports, general and special orders, petitions, addresses to the troops, and other military records accumulated by Stuart during his Civil War service; the bulk of the papers covers 1862 and 1863. Correspondents include Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, James Longstreet, and others. Also included in the collection are a few pre-war documents.
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Gonzales, Mrs. Philip (1968, Mar. 8). 1 item
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The collection contains Frank F. Latta's research material from his five decades of researching the history of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture and farming in the San Joaquin Valley, the development of agricultural machinery (combines, plows, reapers, scrapers, threshing machines, tractors and various types of harvesters), livestock, ranches, cattle, and crops, mostly wheat. Also covered are: early aviation, early automobiles, bears, crime, the Dalton Gang, the Donner Party, earthquakes, education and schools in the San Joaquin Valley, floods, freight and steamships on the San Joaquin River, gold mines, irrigation, canals and water rights in San Joaquin Valley, land grants, livestock, lumber, outlaws, pioneers, the Presbyterian Church in California, ranches, rivers, roads, saddlery, sheepherding in California, overland journeys to California and California politics, government and history. Also talked about are women, African Americans, Chileans, Chinese, Mormons, Native Americans and Jews in California. The collection contains roughly 180 oral interviews with people living in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s through the 1970s. One of the series contains drafts of the unpublished manuscript Sky Farmers and Mule Skinners with Something about Hay Muckers, Buckaroos, and Bindle Stiffs and a Sheepherder or Two. Frank F. Latta worked on this manuscript for five decades.
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May - June (1 of 2)
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Approx. 75 items - letters, memos, agendas, flyers and other material. Notable names and items include: Mario Soares (Pres. of Portugal) ; C. John Tupper (Pres.-elect, Amer. Med. Assn.) ; Samuel Skinner (U.S. Sec. of Transportation) ; William K. Reilly (EPA Administrator) ; Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz (Saudi Ambassador to U.S.) ; John Jacob (Pres., National Urban League) ; Lt. Gen. Vladimir Orlov (Soviet veterans official) ; Teddy Kollek (Mayor of Jerusalem) ; Thomas R. Pickering (U.S. Permanent Rep. to the U.N.) ; Timothy Wirth (Senator from CO) ; Antony Acland (Brit. Ambassador to U.S.) ; Amnesty International representative ; Samir Kafity (Episcopal Bishop of Jerusalem) ; Issays Afeworki (Eritrean People's Liberation Front) ; L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley ; Wolf Blitzer (Reuters news service) ; Abba Eban (Israeli diplomat) ; more. Split in two folders.
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Pediatric hospital exhibit 1 (June 2) (part a)
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This collection contains the papers of Gloria Molina, who was a Los Angeles County Supervisor of the First Supervisorial District from 1991 to 2014. This collection is mainly comprised of records created and accumulated during her years on the Board of Supervisors. These materials -- including correspondence, agenda, motions, reports, press clippings, notes, ephemera, site plans, photographs, audiovisual and electronic resources -- document a wide range of activities performed by Molina and her staff, such as project planning, legislation, lawsuits, redistricting, campaigning, and budget planning.
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President's report : California Cured Fruit Association, from Jany. 27, 1900 to June 1, 1901
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