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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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
Approx. 20 items: orig. 84-pp. booklet, Zoning Atlas - Los Angeles, 1932 ; several population reports, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Los Angeles...area, 1944 ; 5-pp. copied from The Researcher (L.A. Chamber of Commerce) on "Growth of the Western Metropolis (L.A.), 1/1959 ; 6-pp. report by James Bassett to Nick Williams, "Urban problems of the Los Angeles area," 1/17/1969 ; related LAT clips, memos, and "Dwelling Units and Population" reports from the Regional Planning Commission.
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9 items: LAT clips and tear sheets, 1946 - 1981, related to California population growth and the attendant changes in the state; staple-bound, 53-pp. booklet, California...Promise and Problems," articles reprinted from LAT, 1962 - 1963.
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Approx. 20 items: program materials, reprints of business articles, economic information & handwritten notes. Notable items include: 10-pp. program booklet for "Executive Seminar, Los Angeles Times...(9/16/1969) ; multi-page report, "The California Economy to 1980," including multi-page attachment, "Economic Growth in California..." with statistics and future projections for years 1950 - 1980 ; 7-pp. reprint from Media / scope, 4/1968, "What kind of tomorrow for today's newspapers?" ; 4-pp. reprint from Nation's Business, 1963, "Great opportunities ahead...[predictions about] the successful businessman of 1975" ; two Editor & Publisher articles from 1968.
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6 items: booklet, Guide to the Exhibit of Fossil Animals from Rancho La Brea, L.A. County Museum of History, Science & Art, 4/1915 ; booklet, Notes on the Pleistocene fossils obtained from Rancho La Brea asphalt pits, L.A. Museum of History, Science and Art, 11/1926 ; booklet, History of Puppetry, Los Angeles County Museum, 1959 ; booklet, Los Angeles County Museum - 50th Anniversary, 1910 - 1960 ; tear sheet, Los Angeles Free Press, 4/18/1975, "Freedom to ignore vs. responsibility" ; tear sheet, LAT, 3/27/1987, "Money shortage closes Southwest Museum library"; 4 postcards featuring the First Interstate Bank Athletic Foundation Sports Museum, 1985; postcard featuring Kimberly Crest House and Gardens in Redlands, CA.
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2 items: booklet "Official Tourist Guide to Southern California," published by the All-Year Club of Southern California, 1935; booklet, "The Changing Scene: A 100-Year-Picture-History of Southern California," published by the Pioneer Savings & Loan Association, 1965.
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Approx. 15 items: LAT column copy, 3/26/1950, "A suburb is nothing if its City withers" ; copies of a multi-part LAT series, "Exploding Metropolis,"which ran in 11/1958, with daily headlines such as "Life changes in America's cities," "Slum problems worse...all big cities affected" and "Subdivision's march blights green areas." Also included is a memo dated 10/20/1958, from Nick B. Williams to Taylor Trumbo of the City Desk related to the series being prepared (see entry above).
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