Opening Hours
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
3 items: single-sheet headed "Preface or opening remarks" ; 18-pp. script headed "San Fernando Valley presentation," dated 10/18/1984 ; 6-pp. fact sheet on San Fernando Valley, dated 9/18/1984.
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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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Approx. 12 items: correspondence, invoices and other material related to the operations of Fernando Valley Feed & Fuel. Many items of correspondence involve attorney E.N. Martin. One letter, 6/3/1919, is from Myron Wells of First National Bank of Los Angeles to Martin on the subject of "approximately twenty acres of land...located immediately south of Oneonta Junction [Fremont & Huntington Dr.] on the lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in South Pasadena." Huntington Hall, a school for girls, is also mentioned as being on this property
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6 items: booklet, "San Fernando Valley - a calendar of events," 1951 ; booklet, "The growth and economic stature of the San Fernando Valley," Security First National Bank, 1960 ; two copies of "The story of the San Fernando Valley," Title Insurance & Trust, 1961 ; booklet, "Fabulous San Fernando Valley," Western Federal Savings, n.d. ; booklet, "Early Images of the San Fernando Valley," California State University, Northridge, 1988.
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Correspondence about and balance sheets for property in the San Fernando Valley owned by Otis.
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A copy of a speech given at the San Fernando Valley Plant Opening. (Speeches Produced by Carolyn Hom)
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