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
1 item: 15-pp. (i - xv), a segment of the annual report was titled - "1781-1908, Los Angeles and The Times - a brief historical sketch of both." Item is enclosed in a plastic sleeve.
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5 items: four copies of a 9-pp. report headed "Most magnificent privately owned property in America. Nearly six hundred square miles in the State of New Mexico - country estate - cattle ranch - private wild game preserve" ; 1-pp. report headed "Memorandum concerning Costilla Lodge" (in plastic sleeve with 3 x 4" photograph of the lodge).
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25 + items: pp. 32 - 45 of (an unidentified) book, several pages headed, "History -- a brief summary of Los Angeles," followed by "Chronological Review," a fact-filled timeline of the L.A. area 1542 - 1938; a collection of William S. Murphy columns, "Then....and Now," written on local history in 1972-73 ; tear sheet of Los Angeles (mag) article, ?/1990, "My, how we've changed"; a map with differently shaded areas shows "How the City grew," 1989 ; 11-pp. cover and article, copied from Mankind - the Magazine of Popular History, date unknown, more timelines, profiles of long-time residents, multi-page Life Magazine article, "Los Angeles is the damnedest place..." ; related material.
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Approx. 15 items: plastic sleeve containing news stories and editorials on World War I and American participation in that conflict ; 103-pp. copy of a Stanford University thesis, 1953, "The California Press and the World War--March 1, 1917 - May 20, 1917" ; other material on LAT coverage of WW i.
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4 items: (in plastic sleeve) cardboard box with label on top reading "To Will Rogers: Vaya Con Dios," by Harry Carr; (in plastic sleeve) a copy of To Will Rogers: Vaya Con Dios, with a interwoven twine binding; brief letter, addressed "Dear Myra," from Carolyn Strickler, 5/13/1987, thanking her for the donation of the Harry Carr tribute to Will Rogers; LAT Certificate of Gift, to Myra Sawyer, (for the Will Rogers Tribute book mentioned above), 5/16/1987.
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7 items: LAT clip, 4/7/1976, "Times Mirror ad revenue up..."; LAT clip, 8/11/1976, "Earnings jump 94% in quarter at Times Mirror"; tear sheet, Time, 9/27/1976, "Dixie's best dailies," segment on Dallas Times Herald ; (in plastic sleeve) series of clippings, LAT and Wall St. Journal, late Oct. 1976, ending with "Booth (Newspapers) decides to accept Newhouse's offer" over Times Mirror's; tear sheet, Newsweek, 11/8/1976, "Newhouse marches on."
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