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Los Angeles - History - 1781 - 1848

Description

7 items: 3-pp. copied from a magazine (?), "Where the padres erred," 5/31/1936 ; 4 sheets torn from Museum Alliance Quarterly, Summer 1967, "Tracking the founders of Los Angeles" ; tear sheets, Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, Spring 1973, "Los Angeles, California... the question of the city's original Spanish name"; map of "The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos," copied from Los Angeles - the epic of a city, 1974 ; LAT clip, 9/4/1975, "L.A.'s founders should be honored for what they were--a racial mix"; tear sheets, Westways, 7/1976, "The Founding forty-four" (on the founders of L.A.) ; LAT clip, 9/16/1983, "Mexico's day little noticed."

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1936 - 1983
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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