Manuscripts

Frank J. Cotter scrapbook

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Description: A scrapbook created by Frank K. Cotter in the early part of the 20th century. The leather-bound scrapbook has a printed photo of Cotter pasted down on the title page; there is a modern autograph note, in an unknown hand, laid inside the front cover, with a few other printed items laid into the volume. The poems and short stories in the scrapbook are either printed clippings or typewritten copies, some of which were written by Cotter under his pseudonym Pat O'Cotter. The clippings and copies only fill twenty-five pages with the majority of the scrapbook containing blank and empty pages. The subjects covered are mainly World War I, Alaska, and the Klondike.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1924-1934.
Call number: mssHM 83799
Creator: Cotter, Frank J (1857-1942)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Nehama Jacobs, May 2020.

Carl E. McStay scrapbooks

Manuscripts

HM 81598 (1-3): Scrapbook related to Carl E. McStay and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce good will tour to the "Orient." The tour included: Hawaii, Japan, and China. Laid in the scrapbook are photographs, clippings, and postcards with captions. There appears to be a smaller scrapbook that is no longer bound. These pages are now contained in two folders.

mssHM 81598-81599

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Frank Holme scrapbook

Manuscripts

Scrapbook containing letters, drawings, photographs, and clippings belonging to Frank Holme. Although housed in a hardbound "scrapbook," all of the materials are loose. There are several items related to Holme's Bandar Log Press and the School of Illustration as well as several letters by designer and illustrator John Frew.

mssHM 84030

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J. Morris Slemons scrapbooks

Manuscripts

These scrapbooks, kept by J. Morris Slemon's contains various material related to his career, especially his publications regarding the field of obstetrics and its history. The first scrapbook contains materials related to J. Morris Slemons's biography of John Whitridge Williams, early 20th century authority on maternity, chief obstetrician of Johns Hopkins Hospital and a former dean of the Johns Hopkins Medical School. The scrapbook contains letters from famous physicians around the United States congratulating the author on his success and commenting on the subject. There are also a few materials related to Slemons's career and other publications. The volume includes eight loose items: one review of the book; one photo; two letters of congratulations; one library card from Los Angeles County Medical Association Library; and three fliers for ordering the book. The second scrapbook contains material related to J. Morris Slemons's interest in maternity and obstetrics and his book The prospective mother. There are newspaper and journal clippings regarding medical anecdotes, mostly regarding maternity and the practice of obstetrics. The scrapbook also contains book reviews of medical works on obstetrics and maternity, including those for his book. A few clippings are in German. He also collected letters written to him regarding his book as well as obituaries of local doctors. The volume includes sixteen loose items including: an airplane ticket to Mexico City; two sets of notes, one of which may be by John Whitridge Williams on obstetrics in the Bible; three clippings; eight letters, one regarding his resignation from a Red Cross Committee, six pertaining to his book, and another pertaining to his essay on book collecting; and two essays, one on book collecting and one on Williams' work.

mssHM 74865-74866

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Frank Henry hunting diaries

Manuscripts

This collection contains 18 Seasonal Diaries, bound into two volumes: 1877, October-1887, April (HM 82610(1)), and 1887, November-1898, October (HM 82610(2)). The diaries are made up of Spiers and Son's printed Hunting Registers and record Hunt meets with the Beaufort Hunt and others; dated manuscript entries in ink include: date, pack, fixture, hack ridden to meet, hunter ridden, coverts drawn, foxes found, weather and usually a few lines of narrative summary of the day's events. HM 82610(1) also has one page of autograph notes laid in and various newspaper clippings pasted onto pages; HM 82610(2) contains an autograph letter by the 9th Duke of Beaufort (Mar. 31, 1890) pasted in, as well as various newspaper clippings.

mssHM 82610 (1-3)

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Mabel Clarke's cookbook scrapbook and school lesson book : manuscript

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Manuscript cookbook/scrapbook containing mounted newspaper clippings with culinary recipes and an index. Notebook appears to have been re-purposed twice. The front endpapers and pages [1]-[4] are an index. On pages [5]-[27] is a handwritten Gospel according to St. Matthew with marginal notes. Pages [28]-[46] are filled with newspaper clippings with culinary recipes mounted over what appears to be handwritten school lessons in grammar, math and geography. Pages [47]-[158] contain the remainder of the handwritten lessons. Additional newspaper clippings, printed ephemera, and culinary recipes on scraps of paper laid in. Also included is a reprint of an albumen photograph with a date on the verso of 1892 (removed to PF).

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Scrapbook

Manuscripts

Scrapbook containing printed photographs depicting 19th century actors and actresses, plus an undated memo to the Playhouse librarian identifying the item's donor. Also includes scrapbook pages, possibly from a scrapbook owned by Annette Gabrielson.

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