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The Poetry of Wallace Stevens: speech
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This manuscript is a typescript of a talk given by Professor Morgan Ward at Caltech's Athenaeum, February 16, 1960. It is about the American poet Wallace Stevens. The manuscript contains several handwritten edits.
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Politics - California
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Approx. 40 items: selection of clips and copies of material from LAT and elsewhere on California politics. Notable items: charts published by AP, "Governor vote" (Regan over Unruh, 1970) and "U.S. Senate Race" (Tunney over Murphy, 1970) ; sheaf of papers, clipped, headed "Talk...6/9/66," appears to be typed-up notes - facts and stats and political musings, no name or initials ; sheaf of small (4" x 5") sheets headed "Talk," and dated 6/27/66, musings about the political scene, no name or initials ; sheaf of papers, typed and handwritten, headed "Palm Springs - 10/11/66," thoughts about California's "odd gyrations ; 31-pp. "Bowdoin Speech" transcript, delivered 10/1966, attached note from Editor Nick Williams reads in part, "To Jim Bassett...damn good summation of Loco Californico" ; 19-pp. transcript headed "By Carl Greenberg, Times Political Writer," describes the political game in California from "The Roaring '20s" through the 1960s, dated 2/2/1973,
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Jamaica journal & reporter: manuscript newspapers
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Although these manuscripts are unsigned, their style, art work, tone, humor and handwriting, suggest that they may be written by Abraham Leech. The two issues of the "Jamaica Journal & Reporter" are dated November 25, 1846 and November 1847. They discuss the Mexican-American war and United States politics during that period through articles and hand-drawn cartoons. The newspapers specifically talk about the war, Colonel Santa Anna, the US and Mexican governments, Wall Street financier Jacob Barker, Reverend Colonel James Hazard Perry, and events happening in Jamaica.
mssHM 72094-72095
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E.H. Plummer letters
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All 13 of these letters were written to E. H. Plummer by friends and associates who had experienced the San Francisco earthquake and fires of 1906. (These letters were written in response to Plummer's letters of concern he had sent to his various friends in the San Francisco area.) In the letters the authors' discuss their personal experiences in the earthquake and the aftermath. They talk about personal property being destroyed and lost, the fear they felt during the earthquake, their anxiety in not knowing about loved ones in other parts of the area, the deaths of friends and the difficulty of communicating by the telegraph or mail. They also talk about their hope for the future and the belief that San Francisco would be rebuilt even better than before. Specific topics discussed are: Frederick Funston, A. W. Greely, Arthur McArthur, the Spring Valley Water Company, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the Presidio, the fires after the quake, and martial law. Some of the letters were written from Monterey, Oakland, Sausalito and San Jose and discuss the effects of the earthquake in those cities. Bruce Cornwall, prominent San Francisco lawyer and real estate broker, is the author of one of the letters.
mssHM 70858-70870
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Michael Faraday letters
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In these eight letters, Faraday discusses a variety of topics. The letters are very short and mostly talk about various appointments or happenings at the Institution. Only one addressee can be made out: Faraday's friend John Barlow.
mssHM 77757-77764
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Approx. 10 items: stapled packet of three items - two letters (1961) between Josiah Macy (Pan American World Airways) and Norman Chandler's office, plus multi-page list of corporate board affiliations of Norman Chandler ; 3-pp. transcript of "Telephone conversation with Nick Williams, 9/29/1975," in which Bassett asks him about bringing Frank Haven and Frank McCulloch to LAT, their overlapping roles and how they got along ; 10-pp. transcript of "Taping with Frank McCulloch, Editor of the Sacramento Bee, on 9/16/1975" ; duplicate of previous transcript on green paper - both versions have editing markups ; packet of material related to Frederica ("Freddie") Miller, long-time administrative aide to Otis Chandler - 16-pp. transcript of Bassett's interview of her, memo of 10/22/1975 from Miller to Bassett after she reviewed aforementioned transcript, memo of 1/18/1974 from Miller to Jim Chambers on subject of the "Associated Press Election Strategy" ; 27-pp. transcript of "Interview - Mark Murphy," 2/16/1973, an editor with The Oregonian and later LAT - also 1-pp. "Biography from the Los Angeles Times" for Murphy.
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