Manuscripts

Transportation - Southern Pacific Railroad

Description: 5 items: 105-pp. (clipped but appears incomplete) title - "Historical Outline - Southern Pacific Company" (3/1933, noted on p. 2) ; booklet, Seventy-Five years of Progress, by Erle Heath, 12/1945 ; tear sheet, Sunset, 8/1953, "The Main Line," (SP ad) ; complete issue, Southern Pacific Bulletin, 8/1955 ; brochure for "Railfair Sacramento 1981 - California State Railroad Museum, May 2 to 10, 1981.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933 - 1981
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.

Transportation - Pacific Electric Interurbans

Manuscripts

6 items: 1935 brochure with price lists, time schedules and description of the "Mt. Lowe Famous Mile High Mountain Railway trip" ; undated newspaper article clip, "All areas of city served by big red, yellow cars" ; LAT tear sheet, 7/22/1973, "L.A.'s Big Red Cars--they went places" ; clip, Wall St. Journal, 8/14/1974, "In the Good Old Days, U.S. commuters were better off than now" ; LAT clip, 11/11/1975, Art Seidenbaum's column with headline "Fare of yesterday," on the Pacific Electric Railway; ; LAT clip, 10/15/1984, "Our cable car climbed halfway to the stars, too," on the Mt. Lowe spur of Pacific Electric ; letter copy, 3/16/1987, from David M. Callahan of Los Angeles to Evelyn Wolfe of LAT Real Estate section about "Pacific Electric's 1200 mile system..."

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Water - Clippings

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items. LAT features, news stories and editorials on water, irrigation, water bonds, etc., from 1880s to 1970s. Notable items: brochure, "Water from the North," prepared by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California," 8/1972 ; 6-pp. article tear sheet, Westways, 7/1974, "Driving down the River," by Jack Smith.

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Transportation - Railroads

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: collection of LAT clips and copies on the operations of railroads in Southern California, especially the Southern Pacific. Notable items: two "Santa Fe System Bulletins" (3/1928 & 6/1929) ; 10-pp. excerpt from The Big Four, by Oscar Lewis, 1938 ; 16-pp. booklet, Railroads and Railroad Wages - 1938 ; flyer advertising "1984 Railroad Calendars," from Golden West Books.

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Theaters - Music Center of Los Angeles County

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items: selected clips from LAT, Downtown News, Time (magazine), various brochures and booklets. Notable items: 10-pp. report from (LAT staffer) Ed Ainsworth to "Mrs. [Dorothy] Chandler," 12/9/1957, "Civic Auditorium Memorandum" ; brochure, (8/1963?) "An invitation to become a founder of The Music Center - a living memorial to peace" ; brochure, "Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - The Music Center...1964-1965 Inaugural Season" ; cover & article tear sheets, Time, 12/18/1964, story on The Music Center and Dorothy Chandler ; souvenir booklet, The Music Center, 1968 ; 2 copies of booklet, LA Edition - Fall/Winter 1984, with articles on The Music Center and on Dorothy Chandler ; LAT tear sheets, 5/10/1987, Calendar cover story, "The Music Center - What lies ahead?"

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Articles

Manuscripts

2 items: LAT tear sheet, 2/24/1966, "Chandler announces Casey as Times Mirror president"; Pacific Coast Comment, 5/12/1966, "The Times Mirror Company (61-1/8), Highlights of the Annual Meeting

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Manuscripts

4 items. Materials include: LAT clip, 8/20/1990, "I.A. Lewis, 68 - director of the L.A. Times Poll"; informal notes related to Poll activities; tear sheet, 11/28/1981, Editor & Publisher, "L.A. Times conducts poll on news media."

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Transportation - Southern Pacific Railroad

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