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. 12 items. Includes: a selection of LAT articles and other information about the community of Hollywood and, from 1911 on, the development of the film industry in Hollywood; Thomas Guide map of Hollywood area streets, stapled to "Chronology of development in Hollywood" (1-pp.), running from 1790 to 1925; spiral-bound, 35-pp. booklet, Hollywood - Historical Survey (Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Los Angeles), includes history, a complete timeline to 1978, charts, etc., 8/1985.
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15 items. Letters, memos, handwritten notes. Subjects include: material related to a subpoena calling for W. to appear to testify in United States of America vs. The Times Mirror Co.; United Jewish Appeal Campaign; race relations; Universal Press Syndicate; invitation for W. to serve as a member of the Advisory Council of the Communication Foundation of the University of Texas System; exchange of letters between William Thomas and Sanford Unger, who was preparing a book on the Pentagon Papers case; letter from UN Secretary U Thant; etc. U Thant letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject file.
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4 items, LAT clips and copies: 6/27/1919, "To make Los Angeles west's Oberammergau" ; 10/24/1920, "World art center for Hollywood Canyon...Virginal canyon to be transformed into international shrine of arts" ; 4/19/1924, passage circled in red, "The services at the Hollywood Bowl will be open at 5:15 o'clock, just as the sun begins to peep over the hills." ; 4/20/1924, "Multitudes bow down at cross of risen savior...Hollywood Bowl sees thousands in obeisance."
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4 items: two editions, 1920s, "In the valley of the Cahuengas - the story of Hollywood" ; pamphlet, 1920s, "Hollywood, California" ; pamphlet, "Glamorous Hollywood," 1950s ; pamphlet, "The Story of Rancho La Brea," Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1948.
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Approx. 20 items: cover letters and copies of annual reports headed "SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENTERPRISES, INC. - REPORT ON EXAMINATION FOR THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDED (with date)." ; booklets, dated between 1942 and 1949, "Hollywood Palladium...Annual Report" (These reports were released in late February or early March each year) ; 5-pp. report, "Analytical report on property known as the "Palladium," 7/16/1948.
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Three copies of a speech given by Otis Chandler at the Orange County Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook Conference on September 21, 1978. One copy has hand written notes and another copy includes the schedule. Other items in this folder include a newspaper clipping; three items consisting of three Economic Outlook Conference brochures from 1976 1977 and 1978; nine items which consist of a note, a phone message and six letters.
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