Manuscripts
Musician and orchestral promotional flyers
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Musician and orchestral souvenir programs
Manuscripts
Includes programs for: Romeo Frick, William F.T. Mollenhauer, Marian Anderson, Paderewski, and others.
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Theatre and drama souvenir programs
Manuscripts
Includes programs for: Marie La Salle-Rabinoff, Madame Helena Modjeska, Lillian Burkhart, Florodora, Kyrle Bellew, Mary Mannering, William Tell, Ina Claire, Evelyn Laye, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and others.
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Mort Reis Lewis Papers
Manuscripts
This collection contains 426 items and deals entirely with American historian Allan Nevins (1890-1971) and his work, and writer and historian Mort Reis Lewis' efforts after Nevins' death to keep his legacy alive. The 56 manuscripts include various drafts, most of which deal with Allan Nevins. These include copies of Ray Allen Billington's eulogy for Allan Nevins, his article "Allan Nevins – Historian: A Personal Reminiscences," and a copy of a speech by Billington regarding Nevins, which he gave at the Huntington Library. This series also includes drafts of manuscripts by Mort Reis Lewis such as "A Country Boy at the Huntington Library" and "A Different Profile in Courage: The Triumph of Will." There are also copies of the following scripts by Lewis: "A Pair of Boots" and "Stroke of Fate." Also included are transcripts of interviews, press releases and miscellaneous notes all dealing with Allan Nevins. The correspondence, which contains 320 items, consists chiefly of letters by and to Mort Reis Lewis about Allan Nevins. The letters discuss Nevins' career as an American historian and the senior research associate at the Huntington Library. This series also deals with Lewis and other historians publishing about Nevins and Lewis' effort to get Nevins' image on a stamp. The correspondence also covers American society and politics during the 1960s and 1970s. Allan Nevins is the author of 36 letters, most of which are written to Lewis. There is also much correspondence between Lewis and Allan Nevins' wife, Mary, and his daughters, Anne Nevins Loftis and Meredith Nevins Mayer. The ephemera contains 50 items, chiefly dealing with Allan Nevins, such as newspaper clippings, obituaries, brochures, programs and audiocassettes. The ephemera also touches upon Mort Reis Lewis and Ray Billington and their work. There are four audio cassettes which contain interviews with James Thorpe, Ray Billington and E. B. Long and audio from the Allan Nevins Seminar at Claremont College, May 30, 1969. Notable participants include: American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Scholar, Ray Billington, Cass Canfield, Bruce Catton, Henry Steele Commager, Carl Haverlin, Hubert Humphrey, Otto Kerner, Alfred A. Knopf, Anne Loftis, Everette Beach Long, Los Angeles Times, Delbert Mann, Herbert Mitgang, Richard B. Morris, Allan Nevins, New Yorker, Claiborne Pell, Abraham Ribicoff, Andrew F. Rolle, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Louis Morris Starr, Irving Stone, James Thorpe, Justin G. Turner, Bell Wiley and Daniel Woodward. Subjects covered in the collection include: American Heritage, Ray Bradbury, CBS, Winston Churchill, Paul Conrad, Anthony Eden, Henry E. Huntington Library, Historical Times, Inc., Illinois State Historical Society, Lyndon B. Johnson, KCET Television Station, Edward "Ted" Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, George S. McGovern, NBC, National Historical Society, New York Times Company, Richard M. Nixon and Watergate, Reader's Digest, Ronald Reagan, Donald Tingley, United States Civil Service Commission, and the Writer's Guild of America. The collection also includes items about the historians' research including Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant.
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Office Records
Visual Materials
Records consist of correspondence, notes, printed ephemera, logs, date books, tear sheets, and financial records, 1930-1974, created and received by Maynard Parker, Charles Yerkes, and Annie Parker. The records describe the day-to-day business operations of Parker's photographic studio. Parker's correspondence (1930-1972) contains letters, notes, invoices, and brochures. While primarily business in nature, the correspondence also includes letters from family and friends. The majority of the correspondence dates from the early 1940s and the mid 1950s, with many chronological gaps, and consists of requests to Parker for photographs, duplicate prints, and permission to reproduce existing images. Of special note is the one folder of letters from House Beautiful editor Elizabeth Gordon to Parker, dated 1942-1944 (Box 203, folder 9). These consist of requests, instructions, and assignments. Also included are non-correspondence items such as tax information, stationery samples, clippings, personal printed ephemera, business cards, and photographs. This series also contains notes, business cards, clippings and letters that were originally found with the negatives. See individual project records for details. The logs and date books (1943-1967) provide additional background information on Parker's business. The photo and print logs list dates, client names, type of print, and amount paid. The date books contain notes, appointments, and phone logs, as well as client names and addresses. The artist's log contains information about some of Parker's photo shoots in 1967, including location, client name, mileage, and petty cash expenses. This series also contains tear sheets collected by Parker that document work done for House Beautiful, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Digital surrogates exist for some of this material. Parker's invoices (1937-1971) primarily describe charges and payments for duplicate prints of his work. Many have letters attached. Clients requesting prints include Adrian; Air Conditioning Company; Allied Engineers; Ambassador Hotel; American Home; Architectural Forum; Architectural Record; Arrowhead Springs Hotel; Barker Bros.; Better Homes and Gardens/Meredith Publishing Company; Beverly Hills Hotel; Fannie Brice; Bob Brown; Bullock's; John Byers; Cannell & Chaffin; Georgius Y. Cannon; Charles of the Ritz; Cheesewright and Mason; Thomas Dolliver Church; James E. Dolena; Dorothy Draper; Eichler Homes; French-Stamats; Alfred T. Gilman; Good Housekeeping; Pauline Graves; Harwell Hamilton Harris; Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; House and Garden; House Beautiful; Myron Hunt; I. Magnin department store; J. Walter Thompson Agency; Kaiser Community Homes; Paul László; Los Angeles Times; Mackie and Kamrath; Barbara Barondess MacLean; Cliff May; Museum of Modern Art; NBC; Wallace Neff; Neiman Marcus; O.M. Scott & Sons; Park La Brea residential community; Popular Home; Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings; Harriet Schellenberger; Rudolph Schindler; Southern California Gas Company; Robert Stanton; Sunset; Eugene Swarzwald; Walter Dorwin Teague; Jessica Treat; University of Arizona; Vermont Marble; W. & J. Sloane; Richard Whiteman Advertising; Paul R. Williams; and Young and Rubicam. Generally, the invoices were filed by Parker in the order in which they were paid, and are thus not strictly chronological. Some months and years are missing. Some folders also include non-business items (cards, notes, bills to Parker for non-photographic items). The ledgers and sales books (1938-1973) consist of ledgers with entries arranged by month and generally listing invoice numbers, client names, and billed amounts; information on petty cash for 1941 and 1968 (including receipts and other printed ephemera); an invoice log for 1971-1973 that contains invoice numbers and client names (and includes some invoices); bad debt ledgers; and income logs that detail receipts and deposits for both personal and business accounts. Some years are missing. Also included is Parker's address and note card file.
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William Jones Rhees papers
Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents. There is also personal correspondence of William Jones Rhees and correspondence with Sons of the American Revolution, particularly the chapter at Washington, D.C. This portion of the collection holds letters from Dorothea Lynde Dix. Letters and addresses to the United States Pension Bureau contain routine letters regarding pensions or applications. Letters and papers relating to Indian affairs pertain to various Indian agents and factors, including Benjamin Hawkins, William Hull, William Irvine, Return Jonathan Meigs, and others. There are also 134 letters collected chiefly for their autograph value, and receipts for Smithsonian publications. United States presidents represented in the collection include: John Quincy Adams, James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Franklin Pierce, and Zachary Taylor. See container lists for National Institute materials, Smithsonian Institution materials, and William Jones Rhees correspondence series for item details. Individuals represented by 5 or more pieces consist of: Agassiz, Louis (41 items) Alden, James (11 items) Alexander, John Henry (9 items) Alexander, Stephen (10 items) Bache, Alexander Dallas (61 items) Barnard, Frederick Augustus Peter (12 items) Cass, Lewis (12 items) Caswell, Alexis (7 items) Chase, Salmon Portland (10 items) Chauvenet, William (7 items) Cobb, Howell (9 items) Colfax, Schuyler (16 items) Craven, Tunis Augustus (7 items) Dana, Charles Anderson (6 items) Dana, James Dwight (39 items) Davis, Charles Henry (20 items) Dix, Dorothea Lynde (25 items) DuPont, Samuel Francis (11 items) Emory, William Hemsley (5 items) Fessenden, William Pitt (5 items) Field, Cyrus West (6 items) Force, Peter (13 items) Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott (28 items) Gilbert, Samuel Augustus (12 items) Gilliss, James Melville (36 items) Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (30 items) Gray, Asa (17 items) Guyot, Arnold (6 items) Hamlin, Hannibal (10 items) Hare, Robert (6 items) Hayes, Isaac Israel (6 items) Henry, Joseph (78 items) Hilgard, Julius Erasmus (13 items) Hill, Abrose Powell (6 items) Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson (15 items) Jenkins, Thornton Alexander (13 items) Kennedy, Joseph Camp Griffith (7 items) LeConte, John (5 items) LeConte, John Lawrence (7 items) LeFroy, Sir John Henry (11 items) Lesley, J. Peter (5 items) Lieber, Francis (32 items) Llody, Humphrey (7 items) McCosh, James (6 items) Maclean, John (40 items) Markoe, Francis (9 items) Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham (9 items) Mitchell, Henry (7 items) Newcomb, Simon (7 items) Patterson, Carlile Pollock (10 items) Pearce, James Alfred (24 items) Peirce, Benjamin (38 items) Phelps, Thomas Stowell (10 items) Poe, Orlando Metcalfe (5 items) Porter, David Dixon (10 items) Porter, Noah (10 items) Potter, Alonzo (8 items) Preble, George Henry (5 items) Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (8 items) Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry (8 items) Rodgers, John (5 items) Rogers, Fairman (28 items) Sabine, Sir Edward (30 items) Seward, William Henry (7 items) Silliman, Benjamin, Jr. (31 items) Simpson, James Harvey (9 items) Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (18 items) Smith, Gerrit (7 items) Totten, Joseph Gilbert (26 items) Trenchard, Stephen Decatur (16 items) Trowbridge, William Petit (23 items) Tyndale, Hector (11 items) Tyndall, John (16 items) Waite, Morrison Remick (35 items) Wilkes, Charles (26 items)
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Edwin Bliss Hill Papers
Manuscripts
The collection deals primarily with Edwin Bliss Hill's activities as a private printer, as a founder of the Frank Holme Memorial Group, and as a collector of books and manuscripts. There are 274 manuscripts including manuscripts by Hill and Frank Holme; poetry and prose to be printed by Hill; and biographical sketches of Holme. The materials by and about Holme were collected by Hill and others as part of the Memorial Group endeavors. There are 1,807 pieces of correspondence including letters to and from Edwin Bill Hill chiefly about private printing; Hill's press and materials to be printed; the Frank Holme Memorial Group; and Thoreau scholarship, texts, etc. and book and manuscript collection. There are letters to and from Frank Holme chiefly about the School of Illustration and the Bandar Log Press. There are 476 printed items including proofsheets from Hill's press; miscellaneous pamphlets, bookmarks, calling cards, etc.; and clippings. Persons represented by three or more pieces: Avery, Bertha Grant: 63 poems Babson, Joseph E.: 17 manuscripts and notes Hill, Edwin Bliss: 5 manuscripts Holme, Frank: 10 manuscripts, and 22 volumes of diaries Starrett, Vincent: 20 manuscripts, plus miscellaneous notes Adams, Raymond: 1928-1942. 6 pieces Ade, George [before 1905]-1942. 14 pieces Allen, Francis Henry: 1918-1942. 15 pieces Arizona. Dept. of Library and Archives: 1942-1945. 8 pieces Arizona. University. Library: 1934-1944. 10 pieces Avery, Bertha Grant: 1923-1933. 19 pieces Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy: 1938-1944. 15 pieces Barber, George W: 1913-1914. 8 pieces Bay, J Christian: 1939-1947. 9 pieces Chalmers, Stephen: 1917-1926. 7 pieces Comfort, Will Levington: 1920-1932. 5 pieces Coolidge, Dane: 1912-1939. 6 pieces Cooper, Oswald Bruce: 1900-1938. 6 pieces Cuala Press: 1923-1941. 23 pieces Dean, Eva: 1908-1943. 75 pieces Dobell (Percy J and Arthur E) (firm): 1915-1945. 7 pieces Finch, Edward J: 1944-1948. 14 pieces Finger, Charles Joseph: 1920-1935. 6 pieces Fitzgerald, Percy: 1897 and undated. 5 pieces Foley, Patrick Kevin: 1919-1935. 8 pieces Forrest, Earle Robert: 1936-1949. 24 pieces Ganz, Charles: 1934-1948. 37 pieces Gjelsness, Rudolph H: 1938-1942. 7 pieces Hayden, Carl: 1939-1946. 6 pieces Hill, Edwin Bliss: 1918-1948. 35 pieces Holme, Frank: 1899-1904. 142 pieces Holme, Ida May (Van Dyke): 1930-1941. 21 pieces Jaques, Bertha: 1906-1941. 13 pieces Kitt, Edith O: 1933-1948. 5 pieces Kleiner, Rheinhart: 1944-1948. 7 pieces Lamb (Charles) Society: 1935-1948. 24 pieces Larremore, Thomas Armitage: 1938. 5 pieces LaShelle, Kirke: 1902-1946. 6 pieces Lockwood, Francis Cummins: 1934-1935. 10 pieces Marshall, Vause W: 1938. 6 pieces Mazzanovich, Anton: 1933-1934. 18 pieces Mighels, Ella (Sterling): 1930-1931. 19 pieces Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner: 1888-1896. 6 pieces Morris, Frank M: 1915-1925. 16 pieces Newton, Alfred Edward: 1918-1940. 18 pieces Phillips, Grace: 1945-1946. 6 pieces Plarr, Victor G.: 1894-1906. 5 pieces Ransom, Will: 1925-1948. 11 pieces Robinson, Grace (Perley): 1938-1943. 5 pieces Seymour, George Steele: 1919-1943. 5 pieces Shaw, Mary W: 1926-1927. 5 pieces Sloan, Charles H: 1931-1944. 73 pieces Starrett, Vincent: 1918-1948. 223 pieces West, Herbert Faulkner: 1940-1948. 21 pieces White, Viola C: 1935-1949. 6 pieces Williamson, Dan R: 1934-1940. 12 pieces Woollen, Frank David: 1918-1925. 114 pieces Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet: 1914-1939. 51 pieces Yeats, William Butler: 1918-1920 and undated. 6 pieces Some notable items include: Brown, Ray - letter to Francis Cummins Lockwood, Feb. 24, 1927, is a lengthy recollection of Frank Holme and includes many details of his life. Clemens, Samuel Langhorne - typescript of a suppressed chapter from Life on the Mississippi. Dean, Eva - letters to Edwin Bliss Hill contain recollections of Frank Holme. Eva Dean had been a student at Holme's School of Illustration. DeVinne, Theodore Low - two letters to Hill concerning printing. Emerson, Edward Waldo - letter to Francis Cummins Lockwood about Ralph Waldo Emerson. Forrest, Earle Robert - letters to Hill about Forrest's life as a cowboy and about the book he co-authored with Hill, Lone War Trail of Apache Kid. Hill, Edwin Bliss - list of books printed on his press; and a series of 29 letters and one postcard to Vincent Starrett (1918-1948) discuss Hill's printing and literary pursuits. Holme, Frank - letters written to Oswald Bruce Cooper in 1901, when Holme was away in Asheville, discuss the details of running his School of Illustration. Holme, Ida May (Van Dyke) - correspondence to Hill provides information and dates regarding Frank Holme's life. Jones, Haydon - letter of June 15, 1944, to Hill recalls events in Frank Holme's life. Starrett, Vincent - extensive correspondence with Hill concerning works of his printed by Hill, with enclosures of manuscripts, proofsheets and lay-outs. Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet - correspondence to Hill mentioning various members of the Yeats family and discussing her Cuala Press. Yeats, William Butler - an introductory essay addressed to Lady Gregory, 4 letters to Hill, and one letter to Lily Yeats.
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