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Rare Books
"This special collection was created to perpetuate the memory of Michael Jasper Gioia, the son of Dana and Mary Gioia, who died suddenly at the age of four months of crib death, a still mysterious syndrome...The aim of this collection is to gather all of the children's books published by Hastins authors and artists"--page 16.
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Visual Materials
Volume with typescript detailed narrative and 173 snapshots of camping trip to the Canadian Rockies by Baker, Huck, and Crisp. With a birthday inscription to Baker from Huck, December 1936. Includes several magazine photographs, brochure for Brewster's Rocky Mountain Ranch in Jasper, Alberta, and booklet The Geological Story of Jasper National Park, Canada by E. M. Kindle (National Parks of Canada, Department of the Interior) and a fold-out map of Jasper Park. Narrative includes a list of identified birds, mammals, butterflies, plants, trees, ferns, and shrubs. Leather binding stamped "Grabau."
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Manuscripts
3 items: business card for Michael Parks while he was LAT Moscow Correspondent, ca. 1973; single-sheet Biography from the Los Angeles Times for Parks, 9/1980; stack of LAT articles, printed off Nexis, dated 12/1986 through 1/1987, about the expelling of Michael Parks and other journalists from S. Africa - that government's decision was reversed 1/1987; .
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Manuscripts
Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, issues dated April 29, 1928; 1932 - July 10, 17, 24, 31; August 7, 21, 28; September 4, 11, 18, 25; October 2, 16; November 6, 13, 20, 27; December 11, and 18; 1933 - January 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 19, 26; March 5, 19; December 23, 1934 (one page); and June 30, 1935. Many from the Al Tennyson Collection.
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Manuscripts
Weekly issues of Ad Notes from the period August 28 - December 1987.
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Manuscripts
Los Angeles Times West Magazine issues dated September 1966 (prototype issue); December 15, 1968; January 26, 1969; July 20, 1969; January 31, 1971; March 7, 1971; April 18, 1971; May 23, 1971; June 20, 1971; June 27, 1971; July 18, 1971; July 25, 1971; September 19, 1971; October 3, 1971; October 31, 1971; January 23, 1972; February 27, 1972; April 2, 1972; August 20, 1972 (two copies). October 8, 1967 issue removed to conservation (adhesive) 11/1/2012 - CMD
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