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Harriet Doerr oral history

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Description: Oral history interviews of writer Harriet Doerr conducted by historian Steven J. Novak in 1999 on April 13, April 27, May 4, June 8, and June 29. Doerr discusses the Huntington family and growing up and later living in Pasadena; marriage and children; experiences during World War II; U.S. politics; life and travels in Mexico from the 1930s to the 1970s and the family's copper mine; educational experiences; writing and literary career; relationship with the Huntington Library; and her thoughts on aging.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1999 April 13-June 29.
Call number: mssHM 84039
Creator: Doerr, Harriet(Opens in new tab)
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Edwards Metcalf oral history

Manuscripts

A collection of eight audio cassettes, numbered I-VIII, recorded from March 1 to April 19 in 1998. An oral history collection which includes recollections of Henry E. Huntington, his library, collecting Burton and Lawrence material, and growing up in California. The cassettes were digitized as part of the California Revealed project.

mssHM 84116

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Collection of books from the library of Harriet Huntington Doerr, including books belonging to her mother and father, Leslie Green Huntington and Howard Huntington, totalling 411 volumes

Rare Books

Collection of ca. 411 volumes belonging to Harriet Doerr, including books from her parents Leslie Green Huntington and Howard Huntington, some dating from their childhoods. The many titles reflect her wide-range of reading interests and provided research for her literary endeavors. Several contain ms. annotations and working notes laid in by Doerr.

618967-619311

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Ocean Queen ship's contract for Philip Doerr

Manuscripts

Ship contract in German and English securing passage to New York on board the Ocean Queen for Philip Doerr, his wife Katherine, son Carl (Charles), and daughter Jeannette. Printed contract, filled in and signed by agent G.H. Paulsen.

mssHM 72401

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Doerr residence, Pasadena, Calif

Visual Materials

Includes original and two copies of letter from Yoch to Doerr containing horticultural and garden instructions (1961); plus eight pages of Yoch's handwritten notes on gardening, some on small pieces of paper and one on the back of a bank check. Also contains photograph by George Waters of Mexican statue in garden (1988).

archYoch

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Harriet Martineau letter to "Miss Holt,"

Manuscripts

The letter is about social matters including Martineau eating a Brazilian orange. The letter was written from Ambleside. The letter is not dated but the envelope is posted 1872, April 27.

mssHM 78385

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Oral history interview with Sherman Mullin. First Interview

Manuscripts

This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Sherman Mullin conducted by Peter Westwick. This is the first of two interviews with Mullin. The first interview covers his career up to when he joined the Skunk Works in 1982. The second interview covers his career at the Skunk Works from 1982 through his retirement. Topics covered in the interview include: US Army as source of electronics training; demographics and racial attitudes within US Army in 1950s; electronics and computing in weapons systems of 1950s; transition from analog to digital computing; educational background of Lockheed managers; origins and importance of systems engineering; rise of electrical engineering in the aerospace industry; effects of L-1011 program on Lockheed; labor-management relations; Lockheed workforce demographics.

mssHM 80611 (43)

Harriet Doerr oral history

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