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Aviation
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San Fernando Valley
Manuscripts
50+ items: large collection of LAT articles and material from books and magazines including Travel & Leisure, Westways, California Historical Society Quarterly, etc., on the history of San Fernando Valley, land and water deals, etc. Notable items: 25-pp. copied from book, History of the San Fernando Valley, Frank Keffer, 1934 ; tear sheet, Westways, 4/1963, "Wheat ruled the Valley" ; tear sheet, Westways, 5/1963, "The Men who opened the Valley" ; 24-pp. copied from The California Historical Society Quarterly, 3/1968, incl. article, "Pioneering land development in the Californias..." with material on Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler ; tear sheets from Westways, 4/1974, "A. Workman's Ranch," includes information of early Valley pioneers including Isaac Lankershim and Isaac Van Nuys ; tear sheet, Travel & Leisure, 8/1976, "The Valley" ; 14-pp. sheets copied from The San Fernando Valley, book, ca. 1976.
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Women
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30+ items: LAT articles on "firsts" achieved by Los Angeles and California women ; 1893 LAT editorial, "The Nude in Life," on subject of modesty and morals ; 5-pp. chronological list of LAT stories dealing with women (incl. many poems by Mrs. H.G. Otis ; 11-pp. report (connected possibly to USC) on women's achievements in and around Los Angeles, and the information covers the period up to the 1970s ; article copy, Westways, 1/1974, "Magic in Los Angeles."
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Transportation - Automobiles
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Approx. 45 items: a collection of text and photo material, most of it from American Automobile Association and LAT, related to the early decades of automobile travel in Southern California. Notable items: LAT article copy, 4/25/1899, "A horseless carriage...the first automobile arrives in Los Angeles..." ; 18-pp. manuscript, headed "Ocean to ocean highway trip" ("1912" added later) ; complete issue of Westways - 12/1950, "in observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Automobile Club of Southern California" ; article tear sheet, Terra (mag), Summer 1973, "The Memorial Day run in Los Angeles," on the appearance of the first automobile in this City and its inventor, James P. Erie ; article tear sheet, Westways, 6/1975, "The first 75 years...a photographic essay...featuring the auto" ; LAT article tear sheet, ?/?/1986, "Autos...100 year-old love affair rolls on," by Steve Harvey.
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Ethnic Groups - Blacks
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Approx. 25 items: collection of LAT editorial copies, and additional citations for material on Blacks in American society relating to civil rights, incl. voting rights, and other issues, 1890 - 1987; complete issue of Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly, Winter 1969 - 70, includes article "Los Angeles Black Heritage"; tear sheet, Westways, 5/1975, "Ralph Bunche...the early years"; article copy, L.A. Historical Society Newsletter, 7/1988, "Black Angelenos...the Afro-American in Los Angeles, 1850 - 1950."
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California - History
Manuscripts
Approx. 15 items: miscellaneous historical articles, reproductions of early maps, lists of state governors, various events, a glossary of California (place) names, related items; multiple pages copied from California - a remarkable state's life history by John W. Caughey, 1970; copy of multi-page article, American Heritage, 6-7-/1979, pp. 63 - 77, "To a distant and perilous service"; complete issue of Westways, 7/1976, w/ notecard, "Westways issue entirely dedicated to California...(incl.) early California...early Los Angeles"; 9 black and white postcards featuring historic images of the city of Corona, California circa 1890-1930.
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Briefcases
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5 items: series of 1969 memos and letters involving LAT purchase of over 300 briefcases manufactured by Samsonite Corporation ; one 8 x 10" glossy color photograph of Samsonite products.
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