Manuscripts

Transportation - Rapid Transit District

Description: Approx. 15 items: LAT clips and flyers, bulletins, brochures, etc., from the transportation agencies involved in mass transport in L.A. County, especially Southern California Rapid Transit District, including 1980s planning and the 1986 groundbreaking for the first Metro Rail line. Notable items: several Los Angeles County Transportation Commission newsletters, 1988 - 1989 ; 10.5 x 14" booklet, Metro Rail - the First Phase...getting to know Metro Rail, from RTD ; brochure, ca.1990, The Metro Blue Line, Long Beach to Los Angeles Rail Service (English / Espanol).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1980 - 1992
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.

Transportation - Streets Railways

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: photocopy of 1889 event -- opening of cable car line to Boyle Heights ; photocopy of 1902 scene -- a horse-drawn trolley in Echo Park, 1902 ; LAT article copy, 6/9/1889, opening of Los Angele Cable Railway ; LAT article copy, 12/16/1911, "Links of Steel to a new city," on Pacific Electric line to Van Nuys ; LAT clips from 1930, 1933 on various aspects of street railway operations ; four 1988 flyers related to the history of rail / streetcar service in Los Angeles, 1880s to 1960s ; article copy, Southern California Quarterly, Fall 1987, "America's electric railway beginnings ... trolleys and daft dummies in Los Angeles."

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Transportation - Angels Flight

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: selection of materials--LAT clips, book excerpts, brochures--on Angels Flight funicular railway in downtown Los Angeles, both prior to 1969, when the line was dismantled, and during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, reflecting plans to recreate the system. A wealth of information on Angels Flight, Bunker Hill (at the top of the line) and Downtown L.A. (at the bottom of the line). Notable: 12-pp. complete issue of Pacific Railway Journal, cover story, "Angels Flight Railway," 2/1958.

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Departments - Employee Relations - Transportation

Manuscripts

1 item: Employee Bulletin, 7/3/1990, on CALTRANS project using TV monitors to inform commuters about traffic conditions and an announcement on Metro "Blue Line" service beginning.

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Transportation - Railroads

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: collection of LAT clips and copies on the operations of railroads in Southern California, especially the Southern Pacific. Notable items: two "Santa Fe System Bulletins" (3/1928 & 6/1929) ; 10-pp. excerpt from The Big Four, by Oscar Lewis, 1938 ; 16-pp. booklet, Railroads and Railroad Wages - 1938 ; flyer advertising "1984 Railroad Calendars," from Golden West Books.

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Transportation - Reports and Interviews

Manuscripts

3 items: 23-pp. (pink sheets) headed "Taping with Neil Petree on (3/20/1973)" ; 12-pp. (green sheets) headed "Tape #3 with Asa V. Call on 4/2/1973, on the development of transportation in Southern California, the Automobile Club, the freeway system, etc. ; spiral-bound booklet, Evaluation--transit systems proposals, Southern California Rapid Transit District & Orange County Transit District (prepared for The California Legislature), 5/31/1974 (binding removed).

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Departments - Editorial - Spanish Language Column

Manuscripts

4 items. Examples of Spanish-language material in LAT - 1922, 1932,1933. Alternately titled "The World's News in Spanish" and "Noticias en Espanol." Notes by Lois Markwith, LAT Archivist, attached to two of the copies.

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