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The UCLA Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Collection : through the eyes of James Davis & David S. Zeidberg

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    Murphy, Dr. Franklin

    Manuscripts

    1 item: 63-pp. transcript of interview with Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chairman of the Board of Times Mirror Co. Murphy discusses his life and careers, both as Chancellor at UCLA and at Times Mirror.

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    Murphy, James S. to James De Barth Shorb

    Manuscripts

    The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.

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    Davis, James E

    Manuscripts

    50+ items: collection of LAT news stories and editorials on police career of James E. Davis, Chief of Police for L.A. from 1926 until 1938. Davis retired from the LAPD in 1938. Material includes obituary for Davis, who died of a stroke in Montana in 1949 and a 2-pp. "Davis Index -- from 1926 to 1938," with dates and descriptions of stories on the Police Chief.

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    Agreement between DMCo. And B. Murphy, K. Sinnott, S. Sinnott, H.W. Kennedy & C.M. Weber, dated 10/31/41; also supplement agreement dated 1 /19/42

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of business records pertaining to the Dan Murphy Company and the Dan Murphy Foundation from 1876-2005.

    mssMurphy

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    Edward Cox Davis collection

    Manuscripts

    Collection contains materials related to composer Edward Cox Davis and his composition "Lincoln's Funeral March," including correspondence; a manuscript of the composition, probably 1909; a published sheet music copy, after 1888; and an image of Davis. Correspondence consists of two letters from Lincoln scholar and collector Clark Prescott Bissett (1875-1932) to fellow Lincoln scholar and collector Judd Stewart (1867-1919), 1914 May 9 and 1914 May 18; the May 18 letter has enclosure of Edward Cox Davis letter to Mrs. O.G. Stephenson, 1909 March 12, which provides some background on the funeral march and on Davis's career.

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    Edward Cox Davis collection

    Manuscripts

    Collection contains materials related to composer Edward Cox Davis and his composition "Lincoln's Funeral March," including correspondence; a manuscript of the composition, probably 1909; a published sheet music copy, after 1888; and an image of Davis. Correspondence consists of two letters from Lincoln scholar and collector Clark Prescott Bissett (1875-1932) to fellow Lincoln scholar and collector Judd Stewart (1867-1919), 1914 May 9 and 1914 May 18; the May 18 letter has enclosure of Edward Cox Davis letter to Mrs. O.G. Stephenson, 1909 March 12, which provides some background on the funeral march and on Davis's career.

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