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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 25 items: collection of book excerpts, newspaper and magazine articles, flyers, monographs, etc. Notable items: booklet, University of Wisconsin - Alumni Directory of the School of Journalism, 12/1950 ; approx. 30-pp. copied from a Thesis presented at USC for a Political Science M.A., title "The World as seen through Los Angeles editorials, 1939-40 and 1954-55" by Clifford Gewecke, Jr., 1/1956 (includes Title pages, Table of Contents, Chpt. 1, "Problems and procedures," Chpt. VI, "Summary and conclusions," and a Bibliography ; booklet, A comparative analysis of foreign news in newspapers of the United States and South America by James W. Markham, Penn. State, 1959 ; 37-pp. Thesis presented at Cal. State Fullerton for M.A. in Communications, "California journalism 1850 - 1920... an annotated bibliography with index" by Joanne Ashley Newman, 1976 ; cover and article copied from The Quill, 4/1982, "John Naisbitt...Tomorrow's news today" (Note - cover caricature is of Otis Chandler & Katherine Graham) ; 12-pp. program / booklet, Urban Archives Center (Cal State Northridge), First Amendment Exhibit, 1987; issue of newsletter, Collections (from Urban Archives Center, above), "Exhibit on First Amendment continuing in Oviatt Library." Split into two folders.
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1 item: 81-pp. copy (perfect binding with plastic cover and paper backing) of The Political Career of Leland Stanford, a thesis presented to the Dept. of History, University of Southern California (for M.A. degree) by Margaret Holt Mudgett, 1/9/1933. Stanford (1824-1893) was president of the Central Pacific Railroad and one-time governor of California.
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Approx. 50 items: letters, memos, reports and booklets related to Northwestern University and Medill School of Journalism. Items include: 64-pp. booklet, Northwestern Now (4/1984) ; selection of informational booklets on Medill School. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 15 items - booklets, reprints and pamphlets containing material related to LAT "contempt case" and other cases. Notable names and items include: booklet, University of Missouri Bulletin, "Missouri Honor Awards for Distinguished Service in Journalism - 1956" ; reprint booklet, "Freedom of the Press in Prospect and Retrospect," by Leon Yankwich, Southern California Law Review, 3/1942 ; booklet, "Newspapers and the Law" by Robert R. McCormick of Chicago Tribune, an address to the Chicago Bar Assn., 12/10/1938 ; complete 3/1939 issue of The Ohio Newspaper ; 39-pp. booklet, "...Criminal Court of Appeals, State of Oklahoma, Robert Wood against The State of Oklahoma..." ; three issues of Freedom of Information Center Report(s) from 1967 - 1969 (U. of Missouri at Columbia) ; 36-pp. booklet, Fair Trial vs. A Free Press (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions), 9/1965 ; article copy, Southern California Law Review, 1/1940, "Contempt of court - interference with the administration of justice - publications" ; 26-pp. reprint, "Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1945... Pennekamp and The Miami Herald... vs. The State of Florida" ; 16-pp. bound speech transcript, "Guard It, Cherish It and Work for It," - address by Henry F. Pringle broadcast on Columbia network, National Newspaper Week, 10/6/1941 ; letter, 11/25/1941, to Harry Chandler from William S. Paley (President, Columbia Broadcasting) in connection with previously mentioned speech transcript. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 10 items: copy of LAT editorial, 8/3/1921, "The New Library" ; 49-pp. booklet, "Los Angeles Public Library - Central Building," 1927 ; 64-pp. booklet, "Los Angeles Public Library Branches," 1928 ; 78-pp. booklet, "Los Angeles Public Library - 1936" ; 9-pp. transcript of "Broadcast by Mayor Fletcher Bowron and Harold L. Hamill, City Librarian, Station KMPC," 10/12/1947 ; 108-pp. (plus Appendix) booklet, "Organization, Administration, and Management of the Los Angeles Public Library - Volume (3), Central Library," 1/1950 ; two 1986 newsletters with articles on the fires ; brochure, "Building, Art and Text - the Los Angeles Central Library," 9/1993 ; related materials. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 25 items: a selection of book excerpts, journal articles, brochures, etc., related to the issue of water in Los Angeles and Southern California, from Spanish era into the 20th century. Notable items: 6-pp. of thesis written for Claremont College, 1929, by John Homer Williams, "Los Angeles Times and public opinion" ; article tear sheet, The American West, 3/1968, "Water, land, and people in the Great Valley [California's Central Valley]" by Paul S. Taylor ; two L.A. Dept. of Water & Power brochures, 1971 and 1972 ; 12-pp. booklet (w/ 2 maps), "From Pueblo to Metropolis - water and power in the story of Los Angeles," 1971? ; tear sheets, Southern California Quarterly, Spring 1973, "Shaping California water law, 1781 to 1928." Split into two folders.
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