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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Box containing form letter from Tom Johnson to (in this case) CEO of ABC Company, R.B. Hollingsworth, touting California as an exporter of change. Several items in the box relate to aviation developments spawned in California.
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Box containing form letter from Tom Johnson to (in this case) Otis Chandler, Chairman of the Board, TM, touting California as an exporter of change. Three booklets included in the box spotlight Pasadena's Rose Bowl, the L.A. district of Westwood and "Westwood Hills," the last being a facsimile of an issue, circa 1935, of a local Westwood newspaper.
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5 items: proposed change orders and change orders in memos of TM Co. and P.J. Walker Co.
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3 items: "92nd Tournament of Roses - The Great Outdoors" (1981 Official Parade Souvenir Program).
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Approx. 35 items: subjects include, real estate booms, increase in automobile ownership, the change from a generally rural area to a sprawling urban "megalopolis,forecasts for the future," etc. Notable items: several lengthy journal articles on the land "boom" of the late 1880s ; booklet, Dollars and census, from Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1932 ; booklet, From Rural to Urban, The Haynes Foundation, 1947 ; booklet, The Cost of Metropolitan Growth, 1959 ; booklet, The Southern California Metropolis - 1980, predictions about 1980 from Southern California Research Council, appears to be from ca.1960.
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Approx. 30 items. File contains a selection of "pro" and "con" letters and postcards responding to the format change instituted in February 1966 and a selection of Williams' responses to these communications. Readers' opinions ranged from "new format terrific" to "What have you done to our newspaper?"
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