Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
A History of the Ranchos Los Cerritos and Los Alamitos: manuscript
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Manuscripts
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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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Visual Materials
Includes materials from Rancho Los Alamitos; Rancho Los Cerritos; Virginia Robinson Gardens; Rose City Dental; San Gabriel Bank; Santa Clarita Historical Society; South Pasadena High School Auditorium; and South Seas House. Also includes piece of an original cast-concrete block designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Storer House, 1923.
archWeil
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Manuscripts
The four items in this small collection include: a manuscript "K.B.H's conference at Rancho Los Alamitos house re: its final disposition," a letter by Hotchkis to Rodman W. Paul, a letter by Betty Lou Simpson to Rodman W. Paul, and a copy of the manuscript "Rancho Los Alamitos" by Katharine Bixby Hotchkis.
mssHM 83196-83199
Manuscripts
Bordered by the Pacific Ocean, Rancho Los Sierritos [Cerritos], Rancho Bolsa Chica,. Rancho Los Coyotes. [Map must be after February 23, 1857 when district court affirmed the claim.]. Inset of table listing distances. Magnetic Meridian Var. 13° 30' east. T. 4 S.R. 11 W.. T. 5 S.R. 11 W.. T. 4 S.R. 12 W.. Color highlights. Includes wetlands and waterways, hachures. Originally granted to Don Juan Jose Nieto by Governor Jose Figueroa 1833
mssSolano SR_Map_0005
Manuscripts
Bordered by Los Cerritos Rancho, Pacific Ocean, Rancho Bolsa Chica, Ranchos Los Bolsas, Rancho Los Coyotes. Surveyed under the Instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General. Approved 1860 & 1861 by J.W. Mandeville (?) and L. Upson, 1867, U.S. Surveyor Generals Cal.. Colored highlights around boundaries. Includes two bays and numerous sloughs. Boundary landmarks. T. IV S.R. XII W, T IV S.R. XI W., T V S.R. XIII W., T.V S.R. XI W., T V S.R. XII W.. Inset with table of boundary coordinates and distances
mssSolano SR_Map_0006
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Manuscripts
The manuscript, written by Sherwood, covers the history of the Los Angeles International Airport, from the initial $12,500 airport bond issue presented by LA Mayor Fletcher Bowron in 1945 to the airport as it stood in 1979. Sherwood talks about the history of aviation and passenger air travel in California, the choice for the location of the airport, and the difficulties overcome in its construction. Also included are several black and white photographs as well as a blueprint: "Ultimate Boundaries of the Los Angeles Airport" (1945, March). Sherwood also talks about various airlines coming to the new airport. The scrapbook contains 70 pages of newspaper clippings all related to the airport bond issue of 1945.
mssHM 73898-73899
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Rare Books
The Southern California Regional Planning Collection was donated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Department, George Marr, Edward Holden, Glen Blossom, Simon Eisner, and Glenda Hamilton to the Huntington Library in 1997. The Southern California Regional Planning Collection is organized into two series: 1) Published Planning Reports Series (organized by individual item numbers) 2) Internal Documents Series (organized by box and folder numbers).The Published Planning Reports Series contains 1,913 individual items that were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, and other planning agencies and organizations in Southern California. Type of reports include annual reports, area study, comprehensive planning reports, census, conference papers, general plans, guides to zoning and subdivision, planning proposals, traffic and environmental surveys, zoning ordinance, etc. The date range of this series is 1909 to 2003.The Internal Documents Series contains approximately 913 items in 14 Hollinger boxes. Similar to the Published Planning Reports Series, the majority of the documents were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission and Department of Regional Planning, followed by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. Type of documents include census reports, conference papers, maps, memorandums, minutes, photos, plans, reports, speeches, summaries, etc. The date range is 1924 to 2000.
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