Manuscripts

Pasadena

Description: 9 items: booklets and pamphlets, four copies (1949 and 1955 printings), "Pasadena - a calendar of events in the making of a city" ; booklet, two copies, "Valley of the Hahamog-na - Pasadena through two centuries," 1952 ; brochure, "Ten Tours of Pasadena" (1980s?) ; booklet, "Pasadena Pioneer Pictorial," 1954 ; booklet, "Pasadena - two centuries of growth," by Andrew Rolle, 1969.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1949, 1952 - 1955, 1969, circa 1977
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Long Beach

Manuscripts

4 items: booklet, "Ranchos of the Sunset," Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1925 ; two copies of booklet, "Long Beach - a calendar of events in the making of a city," Title Insurance and Trust Co., 1954 ; booklet, "The Bixby Land Company - a continuing family endeavor," Historical Society of Southern California, c.1988.

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Theaters - Music Center of Los Angeles County

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items: selected clips from LAT, Downtown News, Time (magazine), various brochures and booklets. Notable items: 10-pp. report from (LAT staffer) Ed Ainsworth to "Mrs. [Dorothy] Chandler," 12/9/1957, "Civic Auditorium Memorandum" ; brochure, (8/1963?) "An invitation to become a founder of The Music Center - a living memorial to peace" ; brochure, "Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - The Music Center...1964-1965 Inaugural Season" ; cover & article tear sheets, Time, 12/18/1964, story on The Music Center and Dorothy Chandler ; souvenir booklet, The Music Center, 1968 ; 2 copies of booklet, LA Edition - Fall/Winter 1984, with articles on The Music Center and on Dorothy Chandler ; LAT tear sheets, 5/10/1987, Calendar cover story, "The Music Center - What lies ahead?"

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San Fernando Valley

Manuscripts

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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Whittier

Manuscripts

3 items: three booklets, 1955, 1957 and 1962 printings of "Whittier - a calendar of events in the making of a city."

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Churches - Los Angeles

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: undated booklet with information on First Congregational Church of Los Angeles; undated brochure, "Reflections on Religious Architecture...five landmark churches & synagogues in the Mid-Wilshire Corridor"; copies of two 1920s LAT articles on churches; original of "The Salvation Army - Auxiliary Notes," 12/1927; booklet, Windows of Immanuel - Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 1975 ; brochure, "Welcome to the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles," ca. 1985; multi-page report from Myrna Saxe (art & architecture conservator) plus LAT clip, both related to decorated sandstone blocks, part of the first L.A. synagogue, unearthed after being buried near the intersection of Broadway and 2nd streets from 1895 until 1988.

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Beverly Hills

Manuscripts

3 items: two booklets, "The Ranch of the Gathering of the Waters" [a history of Beverly Hills], 1934 ; booklet, "Beverly Hills - a calendar of events in the making of a city," 1938.

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