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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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
1 item: LAT appreciation / obituary for O.F. Brant, of Title Insurance & Trust Co., written by Harry Chandler.
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Approx. 10 items: 20-pp. report in blue-green binder (cover reads "C.M. Ranch"), "Reclamation of the lower Colorado River delta in Mexico" (3/1920) ; report on Colorado River Land Co. "rentals collected" 1/1919 - 4/1920 ; report "Main Canals and Main Lateral Canals on Lands of the Colorado River Land Company..." ; other related reports. Includes Harry Chandler, O.F. Brant correspondence and Reclamation of the Lower Colorado River Delta in Mexico, report by J.D. Allison, consulting engineer
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2 items: map of town sites in the San Fernando Valley. The map is titled "Van Nuys - Lankershim Lands." Surveyor - Y.J. (or V.J.) Rowan, 1910. The area shown included, west to east, the towns of Owensmouth, Marian and Van Nuys, with the Santa Monica Mountains to the south. Area marked "Not a part of this subdivision" is today's Sepulveda Basin ; printout of information sheet on another edition of same map from Huntington Rare Books Map Collection. NOTE: the town site of "Marian" was originally named for Harry Chandler's wife. The district is now know as Reseda.
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"Approx. 20 items: collection of letters to and from Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler from H.J. Whitley, "O.F.B.," Moses Sherman, as well as many addressed to "Dear Friend" and signed "Thomas" as a code name, as well as excerpts of letters recorded at a much later time (prob. to save info from crumbling originals), these items are mostly dated between 1906 and 1919. In addition, this folder contains a number of memos, letters and clip copies from many years later, that it is difficult to link to the earlier material (?) It may have simply been a "catch-all" folder Bassett had while preparing his book. "
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45+ items: memos, rough notes, lengthy reports and other material related to planning and operation of the suburban sections of LAT. Major reports: 8-pp., "SPECIAL SECTIONS - Los Angeles Times Reader Panel, TRP #103" (10/1974) ; 31-pp., "Special Report - Advertising and Media ussues in the 1980s - generated by the changing social climate" (prepared by ... Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc.) ; 11-pp., "Suburban expansion - Los Angeles and Orange County Subdivisions," 6/3/1980 ; 11-pp., "Suburban expansion Los Angeles and Orange County Subdivisions - Best Case projection," 7/2/1980 ; 14-pp., "Suburban improvement & expansion - Los Angeles and Orange County Subdivisions," 7/2/1980.
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Approx. 55 items: correspondence, memos, information packages and other material related to LAT Syndicate and arranging new "talent" for the Syndicate. Names occurring in the items include: Joseph Kraft, Henry Kissinger, Georgie Anne Geyer, etc.
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