Manuscripts
John Poole papers
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The Strange gentleman and The Village coquettes :
Manuscripts
Copies of two plays by Charles Dickens used by a prompter of the St. James Theater, showing action of the play, cues, movements of actors, properties, costume, and scene and light plots.
mssHM 63183-63184
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Frank W. Poole farm ledgers
Manuscripts
Two business ledgers used by Frank W. Poole in the running of his peach orchard during the years of the Great Depression, World War II, into the early 1950s; the ledgers document the persons of farm labor in Yuba City, California, their wages and expenses. The first ledger is a monthly time book for the years 1936 to 1941, which contains the pay records for the employees of the peach orchard, who were Sikh, Chinese, Japanese, white, and Mexican. The second ledger is a journal of expenses for the years 1942 to 1955, which records household, personal, and some farm expenses.
mssHM 84120
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Pasadena - Poole
Visual Materials
Projects include: City of Pasadena, Pasadena City Hall; Patuxent Manor; Peace Theological Seminary; Peacock Residence; Pellissier Building/Wiltern Theater; Pico House; Pico-Garnier Project; Pierson Residence; Point Fermin Lighthouse; and Poole Residence (The Blacker House)
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John Fox Damon papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, documents, a journal, and ephemera related to the life and activities of John Fox Damon. Subject matter includes: San Francisco and California during the Gold Rush period (from 1849 to 1856); the gold rush period in British Columbia, Canada, including five letters from Victoria and a journal of a trip up the Fraser River to the Cariboo district in 1859; Oregon (from 1856 to 1866); Washington (from 1876 to 1883). Many letters in the collection describe the activities of the Scottish Rite Masons.
mssHM 4300-4362
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John Fox Damon papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, documents, a journal, and ephemera related to the life and activities of John Fox Damon. Subject matter includes: San Francisco and California during the Gold Rush period (from 1849 to 1856); the gold rush period in British Columbia, Canada, including five letters from Victoria and a journal of a trip up the Fraser River to the Cariboo district in 1859; Oregon (from 1856 to 1866); Washington (from 1876 to 1883). Many letters in the collection describe the activities of the Scottish Rite Masons.
mssHM 4300-4362
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The theatre in Los Angeles
Manuscripts
The manuscript, which Alfred Jensen wrote for the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project, covers the history of theater in the United States and more specifically in Los Angeles. The manuscript includes an appendix listing plays that were performed in Los Angeles, the theater in which they were performed, the opening dates, and duration of the plays. In his history of the theater Jensen specifically talks about the following early American playwrights: William Dunlap, John Howard Payne, John Augustus Stone, Mercy Otis Warren, Hugh H. Brackenridge, and Royall Tyler. Jensen also covers the early history of movies and some of its actors including John Barrymore as well as the development of the Federal Theatre Project.
mssHM 66768