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Wm. H. Brockenbrough's vindication
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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
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Manuscripts
Enclosure: 1897 December 4 letter had copy of letter from Central Pacific Railroad Co. to E.C. Wright, 1897 December 3; 1901 June 21 letter had copy of letter from William F. Herrin to Huntington, 1901 June 18. Enclosed in: 1901 January 28 letter was in letter from Charles E. Graham to Huntington, 1901 June 1. Also: letter from J.E. Foulds to Huntington, 1893 April 8; handwritten note about copies of the San Francisco Examiner; letter from Tweed to Huntington, 1901 October 15. Subjects: funding bill, San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., Southern Pacific Co., Colonel Crocker's death, Central Pacific Railroad, Collis P. Huntington's estate, Market Street Railway Co.
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Manuscripts
Personal journal that Charles Henry Alden kept while onboard of the Delaware. The journal, intended for his wife, consists of detalied and vivid accounts of the Delaware's voyages in South America and the Mediterranean, complete with watercolor and pencil illustrations, samples of the ship's logs, index and appendix consisting of clippings of Alden's newspaper articles. The manuscript opens with Alden's letter to his wife that recaps the events between his leaving home and the Delaware's departure for South America, followed by a copy of the letter from the Delaware officers to the departing Secretary of the Navy George Edmund Badger (Sep. 1841), an account of the day in port at Hampton Roads, and the detailed, illustrated description of the Delaware. The journal proper begins on p. 115. The entries include accounts of the life onboard; marine wildlife, encounters with other ships; an arrest of a slaver by the British Navy, sketches of South American landscape, sights, and peoples, including slaves; descriptions of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, including Alden's take on the revolution in Brazil, the battle of Arroyo Grande, and events leading to the Guerra Grande in Uruquay; and accounts of the Mediterranean, including Portugal, Spain, Minorca, and Italy.
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Visual Materials
This collection contains photographs, negatives, and some ephemera chiefly collected by California conservationist and editor William H. Thrall (1873-1963) for use in Trails magazine. Thrall served as managing editor of the publication from 1934 to 1939, which was produced to encourage the use of mountain trails and outdoor recreation in Los Angeles County. The collection includes approximately 1200 prints (Boxes 1-4); 68 glass negatives (Boxes 7-8); approximately 2300 film negatives; 150 slides; and miscellaneous documents and ephemera, and a folding pocket camera. The photographs primarily date from the 1930s, but also include copy prints (and some originals) of late 19th and early 20th photographs. The images depict mountain and forested landscapes and outdoor recreational activities including hiking, skiing, and camping, chiefly in the San Gabriel Mountains and surrounding mountains of Southern California. Many of the photographs include individuals involved in recreational activities as well images of historical mountain pioneers. The photographs chiefly consist of 4.5 x 2.75 inch snapshots and 8 x 10 and 6 x 10 inch prints, by photographers including Dan P. Alexander, Carl H. Bauer, Harlow Dormer, C. C. Vernon, and Thrall. There is also a group of glass plate negatives and film negatives, including a group of unprinted film negatives that appear to be personal photographs with views of nature, groups of people, family scenes, buildings, boating, and trips, in the 1930s-1950s (Box 15). The film negatives have handwritten numbers presumably assigned by Thrall. Many of the prints appear in Trails magazine, which was published quarterly by the Mountain League of Southern California from Winter 1934 to Spring 1939 (Volume 6, No. 1). In Autumn 1941, the Southern California Outdoor Federation began publishing a new edition of Trails Magazine (without Thrall as editor), but only two issues were published (Volume 2, Nos. 1-2).
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Manuscripts
Enclosed in: letter from Hubbard to Henry E. Huntington, 1914 December 15.
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Visual Materials
This collection contains photographs, negatives, and some ephemera chiefly collected by California conservationist and editor William H. Thrall (1873-1963) for use in Trails magazine. Thrall served as managing editor of the publication from 1934 to 1939, which was produced to encourage the use of mountain trails and outdoor recreation in Los Angeles County. The collection includes approximately 1200 prints (Boxes 1-4); 68 glass negatives (Boxes 7-8); approximately 2300 film negatives; 150 slides; and miscellaneous documents and ephemera, and a folding pocket camera. The photographs primarily date from the 1930s, but also include copy prints (and some originals) of late 19th and early 20th photographs. The images depict mountain and forested landscapes and outdoor recreational activities including hiking, skiing, and camping, chiefly in the San Gabriel Mountains and surrounding mountains of Southern California. Many of the photographs include individuals involved in recreational activities as well images of historical mountain pioneers. The photographs chiefly consist of 4.5 x 2.75 inch snapshots and 8 x 10 and 6 x 10 inch prints, by photographers including Dan P. Alexander, Carl H. Bauer, Harlow Dormer, C. C. Vernon, and Thrall. There is also a group of glass plate negatives and film negatives, including a group of unprinted film negatives that appear to be personal photographs with views of nature, groups of people, family scenes, buildings, boating, and trips, in the 1930s-1950s (Box 15). The film negatives have handwritten numbers presumably assigned by Thrall. Many of the prints appear in Trails magazine, which was published quarterly by the Mountain League of Southern California from Winter 1934 to Spring 1939 (Volume 6, No. 1). In Autumn 1941, the Southern California Outdoor Federation began publishing a new edition of Trails Magazine (without Thrall as editor), but only two issues were published (Volume 2, Nos. 1-2).
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