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Southern California - Tourism
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Southern California
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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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Los Angeles - Tourism
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Approx. 20 items: copies of LAT clips--editorials, ads and promotions--1901 - 1919, related to tourism and real estate ; booklet, undated, "10 Fun auto trips with a day's drive of Los Angeles," prepared by American Petroleum Institute and presented by LAT ; copy LAT editorial, "The cliché that never dies," 1/2/1962 ; 1976 Art Seidenbaum column, "Tourist industry lacks industry."
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Trade Associations - Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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Approx. 15 items: various clips and copies of LAT material and Chamber of Commerce material. Notable items: copy of the 1888 Constitution & By-laws of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce ; article copy, Southern California Quarterly [1956?], "The Chamber of Commerce Cornerstones...milestones in Los Angeles History" ; booklet, No Little Plans--the story of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 9/1956 ; booklet, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce--Publications / Information Services, undated ; spiral-bound booklet, Home Savings of America Tower, 1988 Centennial Calendar.
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Southern California - Growth
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Approx. 35 items: subjects include, real estate booms, increase in automobile ownership, the change from a generally rural area to a sprawling urban "megalopolis,forecasts for the future," etc. Notable items: several lengthy journal articles on the land "boom" of the late 1880s ; booklet, Dollars and census, from Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1932 ; booklet, From Rural to Urban, The Haynes Foundation, 1947 ; booklet, The Cost of Metropolitan Growth, 1959 ; booklet, The Southern California Metropolis - 1980, predictions about 1980 from Southern California Research Council, appears to be from ca.1960.
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Politics - California State Legislature
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Approx. 15 items: staple-bound booklet with ten articles, both political commentary and editorials, on California State Legislature, pay raises and conflict of interest for lawmakers, all 1965 ; several editorials on updating the State Constitution, 1966 ; LAT editorial, "Ethics in the State Senate, 6/26/1969 ; other clips with commentary through 1976.
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Politics - California
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Approx. 40 items: selection of clips and copies of material from LAT and elsewhere on California politics. Notable items: charts published by AP, "Governor vote" (Regan over Unruh, 1970) and "U.S. Senate Race" (Tunney over Murphy, 1970) ; sheaf of papers, clipped, headed "Talk...6/9/66," appears to be typed-up notes - facts and stats and political musings, no name or initials ; sheaf of small (4" x 5") sheets headed "Talk," and dated 6/27/66, musings about the political scene, no name or initials ; sheaf of papers, typed and handwritten, headed "Palm Springs - 10/11/66," thoughts about California's "odd gyrations ; 31-pp. "Bowdoin Speech" transcript, delivered 10/1966, attached note from Editor Nick Williams reads in part, "To Jim Bassett...damn good summation of Loco Californico" ; 19-pp. transcript headed "By Carl Greenberg, Times Political Writer," describes the political game in California from "The Roaring '20s" through the 1960s, dated 2/2/1973,
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