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
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. 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 ; postcard sending holiday greetings from the Security Pacific Photograph Collection postmarked 1985; related materials. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 12 items: a selection of clips on the history, operation or restoration of classic theaters in Los Angeles. Notable items: small theater "programme," 7/1910, "Olympic Theatre - Main St. between 4th & 6th" ; booklet, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony Magazine, 3/1962 ; tear sheet, Westways, 7/1961, "Theaters under the stars" ; reprint from Southern California Quarterly, 9/1965, "Requiem for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium" ; tear sheet, LAT?, 1967?, "Movie theaters seemed like palaces back in 1917" ; clip, Downtown News, 12/2/1985, "Some old Playbills, a few gags, the B&Ws" ; LAT reprint, from 5/14/1981 edition, "Theater in Los Angeles...the roots run deep" ; gold folder w/ sunburst on cover, contains promotional material and news clips on the refurbishment of the Mayan Theater and adjacent entertainment venues, 1991.
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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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40-plus items: collection of clips, tear sheets and copies of material from LAT, Downtown News, and other sources on many aspects of the city's growth from its founding in 1781 into the 1980s. The materials range from population charts, to historical information and discussions of city planning to straight promotion of L.A.. Split into two folders.
mssLAT
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Manuscripts
40-plus items: collection of clips, tear sheets and copies of material from LAT, Downtown News, and other sources on many aspects of the city's growth from its founding in 1781 into the 1980s. The materials range from population charts, to historical information and discussions of city planning to straight promotion of L.A. Split into two folders.
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