Manuscripts
Correspondence: I-L
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Correspondence: I-L
Visual Materials
Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,893 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes.
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Manuscripts
The Friday Morning Club records consists of materials created by the Club and its members, dating from the year the club started in 1891 to is closure in 2012. These records document the activities of the club such as: philanthropy and charity work; finances; fundraising; the various work of the club's committees on science, art, and other topics; the construction of their clubhouses in Los Angeles; and the meeting minutes of both regular meetings and the board. The collection is comprised of subject files, financial and business records, membership applications and cards, manuscripts and essays, and clippings (1770-2012); publications printed by the Friday Morning Club, including their monthly newsletter, and publications printed by other clubs (1850-1993); photograph albums, scrapbooks, and meeting minutes (1891-2012); photographs, certificates, awards, and some objects that belonged to the club, including the bronze plaque that hung at the clubhouse (1890-2000). The collection contains material by and about several prominent members and suffragettes, including Susan B. Anthony, Sarah Bixby Smith, Jessie Benton Frémont, Margaret Collier Graham, Olive Percival, Idah Strobridge, Louise Watkins, Charlotte LeMoyne Wills, and the club's founder Caroline Severance. The collection also contains material about other clubs, including the California Federation of Women's Clubs and California Women of the Golden West.
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Manuscripts
The correspondence of Olive Helms Mulholland chiefly contains letters by her to her husband and daughter, as well as letters to her from her parents, in-laws, sisters, college friends, and colleagues in YWCA and church groups. The correspondence describes various aspects of women's lives in the Midwest and Southern California including professional activities, charity and church work, etc. The letters from her father, R. E. Helms, contain accounts of his various business pursuits. The letters from her daughter Rachel Isabel Mulholland Cramer describe her studies at Knox College and Mills College.
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