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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
The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of screenplays, literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, awards and ephemera. The screenplays, while not consisting of Sonya Levien's total output of seventy films, does cover the entire span of her career. The correspondence does include some personal letters but is mainly business related, including letters relating to the Metropolitan magazine and Carl Hovey as editor and correspondent. There is also material in the collection related to Levien's early involvement with the Sufferage movement, both in America and England, as well as material recounting life in England and surviving the Blitz in World War II.
HM 56576-56577