Manuscripts
Mary A. Forman Papers
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Mary A. Forman papers addenda
Manuscripts
Similar to the main collection, this addenda consists of mainly letters and questionnaires written between 1905-1908 on the topic of mid-19th-century Los Angeles. Most of the questionnaires, composed by Mary A. Forman, include a correspondent's answers, and most of the letters were written to Forman in response to her questionnaire or other inquiries.
mssHM 81435-81469
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Correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera
Manuscripts
The collection consists mainly of letters and questionnaires written between 1904-1908 on the topic of mid-19th-century Los Angeles. Most of the questionnaires, composed by Mary A. Forman, include a correspondent's answers. The documents address Los Angeles history through a wide array of topics, including California state and local government, crime, medicine, architecture, education, land allotment, churches, agriculture, Indians, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Significant persons represented or discussed in the collection include George W. Hazard, Andrew Jackson King, Tomás A. Sánchez, Washington Bartlett, J. M. Guinn, L. A. Ingersoll, Juan Caballeria, William Heath Davis, Oscar Macy, John C. Frémont, Stephen C. Foster, Robert F. Stockton, Stephen Watts Kearny, Jonathan D. Stevenson, Thomas Foster, George Hansen (Hanson), Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, William R. Rowland, J. Kuhrts, George Lehman, Laura E. King, and Mary E. Johnston. Photocopies of photographs and a brief biography of Mary A. and Charles Forman are available in the finding aid.
mssHM 68517-68598
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Authors B-J (HM 68517-68559)
Manuscripts
Authors B-J, including: Caballeria, Juan, fl. 1905; Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909; Foster, Thomas, d. 1863 Guirado, R. C., fl. 1905; Hazard, George Washington, 1842-1914 Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner, 1843-1922 Ingersoll, Luther A.,b. 1851; and Johnston, Mary Alice Eaton, b. 1850
mssHM 68517-68598
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Authors K-Y (plus anonymous); Ephemera (HM 68560-68598)
Manuscripts
Authors K-Y (plus anonymous and ephemera), including: King, Andrew Jackson, 1833-1923; King, Laura Evertson, d. 1925; Kuhrts, J. Macy, Oscar, fl. 1905; and Rowland, William R., b. 1846.
mssHM 68517-68598
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Maurice Buxton Forman papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of material pertaining to Maurice Forman's bibliographical work on Eden Phillpotts from 1897 through 1942. Included in the collection is correspondence, copies of three poems by Phillpotts (either typewritten or in the hand of Forman), notes and memoranda Forman compiled on Phillpotts and a collection of printed materials. The majority of the correspondence occurs between Forman and book publishers, booksellers, and bibliographers and discusses Phillpott and his work. The collection of printed matter contains book lists and articles on Phillpotts as well as one article on George Meredith. Correspondents include: William Morris Colles, W. Courthope Forman, Cyril Maude, Alma Murray, Cecil Palmer, Eden Phillpotts, Arthur Rogers, Bertram Rota, Cassell and Company, Ernest Benn Ltd., George Newnes Ltd., Gowans and Gray Ltd., Harper & Brothers, Harrap (George G.) and Company Ltd., Hodder and Stoughton, P.J. & A.E. Dobell, Rationalist Press Association, and Samuel French Ltd.
mssHM 41786-41835
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Mary Hallock Foote papers
Manuscripts
The Mary Hallock Foote papers consist of forty letters and one manuscript sent by Foote to Century Magazine from 1886 through approximately 1902. The letters, some of which are addressed to Richard Watson Gilder, are mostly about publishing her own work, although a few discuss the struggle to unionize mines, especially in Idaho. The manuscript included is the short story "The Rapture of Hetty." Also included are one letter from Clarence Buel to Gilder and one letter from Gilder to Mr. Carey.
mssHM 43264-43306