Manuscripts

LAT Rifle and Pistol Club

Description: Approx. 85 items: correspondence related to Pistol and Rifle Club's cooperation with 16th Quartermaster Training Regiment ; correspondence with other U.S. Army units related to permission to use the firing range facilities without charge to the government ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1943 - 1947
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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LAT Rifle and Pistol Club - gun control ordinance

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items: envelope of deposit slips, Farmers and Merchants Bank (of L.A.), 1944 - 1946 ; correspondence with, bulletins from and ephemera related to the National Rifle Association ; more.

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LAT Rifle and Pistol Club

Manuscripts

Approx. 90 items: correspondence (ca. 1942) with representatives of the U.S. Army arranging for Army use of the facilities ; general correspondence related to operations and goals of the club.

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Approx. 12 items: a collection of memos, photos, and assorted memorabilia (incl. "Times Rifle and Pistol Club" insignia / patch) directly or indirectly related to employee Ben Berger, Accounting Department employee.

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Vermejo Club - general correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 85 items: letters, handwritten notes and forms related to Vermejo Club (& Vermejo Ranch) and involving Harry Chandler, H.E. Downing, Ira Aten and others.

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LAT Charities, Inc. - Boys' Club construction

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: letters, reports, a copy of the legal "Agreement" between Los Angeles TImes Charities, Inc., and Rowland H. Crawford, architect, "to erect the "Times Boys' CLub ...at 2633-45 Pasadena Avenue, Los Angeles, California" ; more.

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Vermejo Club - Correspondence and balance sheets

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items: letters ; balance sheets and financial reports for Vermejo Ranch ; membership lists ; other materials related to operation of Vermejo Ranch. 2-pp. letter from Frank Garbutt to Harry Chandler, 1/4/1927, which opens "Harry Adams came in...we had quite a chat about Vermejo Ranch. He had charge of the ranch for eighteen years, and told me, confidentially, that during that time he made it pay a million dollars' profit and that nobody ever put a dollar into it...I felt sure you would like to talk with him."

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