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Robert Van Carr letter to James Horsburgh

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Description: In this letter, written to James Horsburgh of Sunset magazine, Carr describes his current writing project: a series of volumes about California for tourists and people moving to the state. Carr is looking for a publisher for these books. Accompanying the letter is a dummy of the first book Carr wrote entitled The Los Angeles book. Only the first chapter is printed (the rest of the book is made up of blank pages). The book was never published.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1910
Call number: mssHM 68242-68243
Creator: Carr, Robert V (1877-1931)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Andrew Rolle, March 1968.

Harry Carr letters to Jesse Lasky

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Carr wrote these letters to Jesse Lasky, pioneer motion picture producer and founder of Paramount Pictures. In the letters, Carr talks about the problems on the set of the film The Wedding March between director Erich von Stroheim, the producer, and others (Lasky was one of the film's producers). One is dated 1926, July 4, the other is only dated "Aug. 1."

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Guglielmo Marconi letter to Major S. A. Carr

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This letter was written to Royal Engineer Major S. A. Carr. In the letter Marconi is talking about some experiments with wireless telegraph he has been conducting. He also states that he hopes to create a "compact form" of his invention "to be applied on board...ships." The letter was written in London; the envelope is with the letter.

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Joel Robert Chappell letters

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Two letters written to Joel Robert Chappell shortly before his death. The first, dated January 24, 1876, was written by H.L. Binford, a Los Angeles real estate broker who had also lived in Jackson, Tennessee. Binford writes of the restoration of his own health after moving to California, the temperance of the climate, and the successes of local farmers and business professionals. The second letter was written by H. Stephens in Los Angeles and dated February 19, 1876, the day after Chappell's death. In the letter Stephens writes of the availability of timber ("taken as a whole the country is not well wooded"), housing conditions, the cost of land, and sea passage to San Francisco. He also advises Chappell to buy a small amount of land and to save enough money to live on for a year.

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James Haslewood Carr letters to Elizabeth Briggs Carr

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A collection of manuscripts and correspondence by Amelia Alderson Opie; with related family material which includes manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera. The Opie material includes two corrected manuscript travel journals, poems, and songs; the correspondence includes letters to various family members. There is also a poem, "To Mrs. Opie," by Sir Edward Denny (1796-1889), the hymnist, and one letter to Opie by James Smith (1775-1839), the writer and humorist. The manuscripts and letters are written by Opie unless otherwise noted. The family-related manuscript material includes fair copies of poems, prose pieces, and excerpts from Jane Austen. The correspondence includes letters from, among others, Elizabeth Alderson Briggs, Henry Perronet Briggs, Hilda Mary Carr, and James Haslewood Carr; many of the letters are addressed to Catharina M. Briggs. Some of these letters date from when Amelia Opie was alive, and a few make brief mention of her, but many of these letters date from after her death. The collection also contains the will of Samuel Dickens (1774) and one folder of ephemera.

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Miscellaneous writings of E.S. Carr and Jeanne C.S. Carr

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A collection which consists of approximately 200 letters and manuscripts related to Jeanne C. Smith Carr and Ezra S. Carr and their interests; subjects include botany, agriculture, and education. There are materials related to the history and description of California (especially early Pasadena), botany, and gardening, the University of California and the University of Wisconsin. Persons represented in the collection include: Asa Gray, Helen Hunt Jackson, John Gill Lemmon, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Helena Modjeska, Charles Warren Stoddard, Fujimaro Tanaka, and Marshall Pinckney Wilder. The collection also includes one envelope of ephemera, a volume entitled "Eminent Persons," and two scrapbooks.

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Carr scrapbook

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Robert Van Carr letter to James Horsburgh

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