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Mary A. Forman papers addenda

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1905-1908.
Call number: mssHM 81435-81469
Creator: Forman, Mary A. Gray (1843-1918)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Ellen H. Ellis, April 2008.

Mary A. Forman papers

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, and most of the letters were written to Forman in response to her questionnaires or other inquiries. Forman presumably conducted the correspondence as a result of her involvement in the Auld Lang Syne Club. There are also a few other documents that she probably acquired as part of her research, including a small number of letters written by Southerners (possibly relatives of A. J. King) during the Civil War and a few 19th-century California letters, most of them written in Spanish. The purpose of most of Mary Forman's inquiries was to obtain very specific details or confirmation of details of Los Angeles history, from what kind of roof a certain house had to which band of Apaches killed a certain man. Because of this, the responses cover a markedly wide range of topics, and the number of authors and other people involved is unusually large for a collection of this size. General topics addressed in the documents include Los Angeles history, California state and local government, crime, medicine, architecture, education, land allotment, churches, agriculture, Indians, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Photocopies of photographs and a brief biography of Mary A. and Charles Forman, compiled by John Steven McGroaty in Los Angeles: From the Mountains to the Sea, published in 1921, can be requested with the paper versin of this finding aid.

mssHM 68517-68598

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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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Maurice Buxton Forman papers

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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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Maurice Buxton Forman papers

Manuscripts

mssHM 41786-41835

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Questionnaires

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Approx. 75 items: letters, notes, questionnaires from the time frame 1972 - 1981. Most of the material is letters asking Mr. Thomas (or someone at LAT) to complete a questionnaire. The most frequent response is a (form) letter which began "We here at The Times try always to cooperated with research efforts...but many unfortunately would require more time than any of us can spare." A small collection of the questionnaires is included in the folder. Most of the requests come from university students and professors.

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Questionnaires

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Approx. 75 items: letters, notes, questionnaires from the time frame 1984 - 1988. Most of the material is letters asking Mr. Thomas (or someone at LAT) to complete a questionnaire. The most frequent response is a (form) letter which began "We here at The Times try always to cooperated with research efforts...but many unfortunately would require more time than any of us can spare." A small collection of the questionnaires is included in the folder. Most of the requests come from university students and professors.

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