Manuscripts

Scrapbook

Description: A scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to the publication of "The City that Grew."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1935
Call number: mssHM 51150
Creator: Widney (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Frances Widney Workman, 1958-1969.
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Widney family papers

Manuscripts

The collection of 45 items consists primarily of diaries, reminiscences and legal documents that relate to Widney family history and the history of Los Angeles and its environs during the last quarter of the 19th century. Subjects include: Widney-Workman family history, the Mormons in Illinois, an overland journey to California in 1856 (recorded in a journal kept by Sarah Johnston Barnes), the anti-Chinese riot of November 1871 in Los Angeles, and education and religion in late 19th century Los Angeles. There is also a typescript copy of Boyle Workman's book, The City that Grew, which traces the history of Los Angeles from the time of the Workman-Rowland party to 1935; additionally, there is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to the book. Persons represented in the collection include Sarah Johnston Barnes, Robert Maclay Widney, Mary Barnes Widney, Martha Frances Widney Workman, and Boyle Workman.

mssHM 51131-51152

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Scrapbook 11

Rare Books

This scrapbook chiefly contains newspaper clippings related to the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. Most of the clippings appear to have been collected by a clipping service and consist mainly of British newspaper from June 1961 to February 1962. Album has black covers and green spine; without bookplate. Compiler unknown.

626757

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William P. Fuller scrapbook

Manuscripts

A scrapbook kept by William P. Fuller of letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings covering the years 1863-1899. The autograph letters are by G.T. Beauregard (April 20, 1886), John G. Nicolay (April 18, 1887), Lydia Howard Sigourney (March 14, 1863), Mark Twain (January 23, 1869), Charles D. Warner (May 12, 1887), and John L. Worden (May 16, 1887). The photographs include, among others, the conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker, known as the "Siamese twins," Mr. & Mrs. General Tom Thumb, and Edgar Allan Poe (none of the photographs are dated). The newspaper clippings include poems and various articles but the majority of the clippings are newspaper columns written by William P. Fuller. Included are columns about Abraham Lincoln (no date), Andersonville prison (October 19, 1880), and Lewis G. Clarke (no date); there is also a long series of columns from August 1883 about a journey west Fuller took that included Missouri, Yellowstone, Oregon and Washington. The scrapbook was disbound by the Huntington Conservation department in 2019 and each page, some with inserted pieces, was placed in individual folders; the original covers were retained and the material is in fair condition though some pages are brittle and darkened due to age and glue.

mssHM 83752

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Newspaper Cuttings scrapbook

Manuscripts

A scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings of Hollywood movies, actors, and actresses; it also contains Christopher Isherwood's autograph notes and reviews of the movies included in the scrapbook.

CI 4759

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Carl E. McStay scrapbooks

Manuscripts

HM 81598 (1-3): Scrapbook related to Carl E. McStay and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce good will tour to the "Orient." The tour included: Hawaii, Japan, and China. Laid in the scrapbook are photographs, clippings, and postcards with captions. There appears to be a smaller scrapbook that is no longer bound. These pages are now contained in two folders.

mssHM 81598-81599

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Scrapbook 10

Rare Books

This album chiefly contains a miscellaneous assortment of newspaper clippings concerning Lawrence and related individuals. Album has yellow covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate covered by typed note, "Material in this scrapbook was not compiled by Mrs. Duncan."

626757

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