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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Los Angeles Society of Internal Medicine records
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
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This collection contains records of the Flower Festival Society, a women's association in Los Angeles, California, dating from 1885 to 1891. The records include correspondence, festival and fair programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, a notebook, a list of donations, and other documents about the Flower Festival Society. The records provide a unique perspective to view California women's history and leisure activities at the end of the nineteenth century. In addition, newspaper clippings about the Chrysanthemum Fair include some women's favorable perceptions of Japanese and Chinese art and culture. Subjects in the records include Arrowhead Springs (Calif.), Chinese Art objects, Chinese culture and civilization, Chrysanthemums – China, Chrysanthemums – Japan, Japanese Art objects, Los Angeles times, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and the YMCA of the USA.
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The records contain 11 folders in 1 box. The largest folder has 43 items while three folders each have only 1 item. The inclusive dates are 1885-1891. The records include correspondence, festival & fair programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, a notebook, a list of donations, and other documents about the Flower Festival Society. The folders are arranged in chronological order. The items in each folder, whenever possible, are also arranged chronologically. The records provide a unique perspective to view California women's history and leisure activities at the end of the nineteenth century. In addition, newspaper clippings about the Chrysanthemum Fair include some women's favorable perceptions of Japanese and Chinese art and culture. Subjects in the records include Arrowhead Springs (Calif.), Chinese Art objects, Chinese culture & civilization, Chrysanthemums China, Chrysanthemums Japan, Japanese Art objects, Los Angeles times, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and the YMCA of the USA.
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This collection contains three volumes with records of the governance of the southern portion of Alta California from the Mexican Constitution of 1824 through the creation of the Los Angeles Prefecture in 1837 and the conquest by the United States in 1846 to the California State Constitution of 1850. These volumes include alcalde correspondence, 1823; ayuntamiento minutes from 1832; judicial records of civil and criminal cases; records of the Los Angeles prefecture from 1834; register of cattle brands and marks, 1833-52; notarial records; petitions for land; claims for mines; deeds, mortgages, contracts, bankruptcy papers, and wills; inventories of personal and household goods; court-martial papers; censuses; and decrees and proclamations. These documents are in Spanish. HM 81572: Volume A (1825-1847) HM 81573: Volume I (1834-1849) HM 81574: Volume 2 (1840-1850) List of some notable items: S. Argüello to the Judge of the Peace. Concerning the jurisdiction of secular and ecclesiastical authority in the granting of divorces. Los Angeles, May 6, 1842. Folio 150. Re. Santa Catalina Island. Petition of Luis Vignes and Juan Ramirez for the island in order to raise there donkeys and sheep, this being the only possible industry that might flourish there due to the rugged formation of the island. Sept. 4, 1840. Fol. 320-321. Re. Cañada de la Brea - judicial possession of. Mar. 15, 1841. p.352, 354, 576. Rancho of Julio Verdugo - Mar. 29, 1841. p. 354 Concerning horse races in Los Angeles - 1841. p. 376 et seq. Re. El Toro land - p. 383 Re. San Dieguito - p. 390 (1843) Re. Sta. Monica - p. 402 (1843) Re. Rancho La Cienega - p. 404 (1843) Re. Lompoc - p. 413 Sketch of Argüello (in pencil). - after p. 415, on a blank page. Re. Salsipuedes Rancho - p. 416 (1840) Raymundo Carrillo - a good number of his papers. p. 450 et seq. S. Argüello - corresp. concerning the granting of land titles, 1841. p. 483. Los Angeles City administration - a good deal of information found in Argüello's correspondence, mainly around page 593 and following. Micheltorena, Manuel - Copy of letter to Argüello dated San Fernando, Oct. 25, 1842. Concerning the appearance at Monterey of Commodore Jones, firing upon the port, etc. This is a very spirited letter, voicing his patriotism and enjoining all Californians to take up arms against the invaders. p.593. R.B. Mason - Proclamation. Aug. 7, 1848 (printed). p. 730 B. Riley - Proclamation to the People of ¯California, june 3, 1849. p. 762. Horse-racing - rules, etc. Sept. 2, 1839 (p. 4 - 28) Re. Limantour -p. 170-71. Re. J. Salazar - p. 171, 172, et seq. Julio Cayetano - p. 180 Jose Antonio Yorva [Yorba?] - inventory of property, etc., after his decease. p. 192. Luis Bauchet - inventory of property, p. 205 Enrique Sepulveda - documents concerning his property, inventories made after his decease, etc. p. 231 Carlos Baric - documents concerning his property, claims on his estate, etc. p. 263 et seq. Agustin Martin - (Frenchman) p. 289 Demetrio Villa - Conveyance of property. p. 326 Jose Arnaz - re. property, p. 337 Juan Bautista Leandry - disposition and inventory of property after his decease, 1849, p. 388-414. Rancho Santa Anita - Deposition of Marion B. Roldan that Victoria Reid & her children had given their consent to Hugo Reid to sell the Rancho. May 28, 1847. p. 490 Frenchmen in Los Angeles. Petition to investigate the murder of one of their countrymen. July 16, 1847. p. 490 Tiburcio Tapia - Inventory of his property, p. 600 Padron de sonoreños (census) - 1847, p. 631 A.W. Flügge - documents referring to the Brig Primavera, p. 650, 652-674. Ranchos - List of ranchos with the number of men belonging to each and the amount of firearms, 1848, p. 732. Juan Perez - inventory made for the settlement of his estate. p. 733. Election in Los Angeles - list of voters present at the house of Abel Stearns, p. 798. List of voters in the house of Matias Gabicho (Dec.17, 1849), p. 807. Returns, Dec. 21, 1849, p. 811 et seq.; final returns, p. 851.
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This collection contains the records of the Southern California Society for the History of Medicine and its two predecessor organizations, the Friends of the LACMA Library and the George Dock Society for the History of Medicine. Also included are some files from the Los Angeles Medical Library, an unaffiliated organization that shared several of the same officers.
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Set of record books kept by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors regarding ordinances, property boundaries, and construction details for various road building projects in Los Angeles County. Includes 6 volumes of "Road Books," with Volume I covering 1873-May 1882, Volume II: May 1882-August 1889, Volume III: August 1889-December 1891, Volume IV: December 1891-May 1895, Volume V: June 1895-February 1900, and Volume VI: February 1900-January 1902; a volume identified as "Road Orders. Ordinance Book 1 and Minute Books [1 and 2 of the Court of Sessions]," which is dated April 1891-November 1898 and includes Court of Sessions entries on road matters from 1851; an index volume including an alphabetical listing of street names, a property index of matters in the City Archives (Volumes 5-31 inclusive) effecting real property within the boundaries of the present city limits, as well as items from the Municipal and County records (p.1-177; references to archives and county records are in red), and a miscellaneous list of items not located (p.179-188), with numbers on the map index corresponding to the pages where the references are found; and a loose manuscript identified as "Specifications for the construction of the New Santa Susanna Pass Road" (Sep.22, 1893).
mssHM 80341-80349
mssHM 81572-81574