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    Catalina Island

    Manuscripts

    2 items: two booklets, "The Island of Santa Catalina" (1941).

    mssLAT

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    Catalina (1 of 2). 15 letters, 37 printed materials, 2 business cards, and 1 folder

    Manuscripts

    Subjects include: Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) (LCSH); Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--History (LCSH); Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--Maps (LCSH); Catalina Conservancy (Avalon, Calif.) (LCSH); Forbes Magazine Collection (LCSH); Wrigley Memorial & Botanic Gardens (Santa Catalina Island, Calif.); Tourism (LCSH); Airports - California - Santa Catalina Island; Water-power (LCSH); Hiking (LCSH); Catalina Island School; Santa Catalina's Women's Club (LCSH)

    mssSmith, Jack papers

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    Communications - Carrier Pigeon Service to Santa Catalina Island

    Manuscripts

    1 item: tear sheet of Jack Smith's column, Los Angeles Times Magazine, 2/23/1986, "Wings across the water," on the carrier pigeon mail service from Avalon, Catalina Island, to Los Angeles, between 1894 and 1902.

    mssLAT

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    Los Angeles Conservancy

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 15 items: four original examples of the Los Angeles Conservancy newsletter (1987 - 1990); brochure, "Streamline Los Angeles," photos of Streamline Modern architecture ; tabloid size newspaper, "Palaces of Finance - A walking tour of the Spring Street Historic District (L.A. Conservancy & Spring Street Assn.) various Conservancy walking tour brochures, undated, for "Broadway Historic Theater District," "Seventh Street - Mecca for Merchants," "Pershing Square Landmarks," "The Miracle Mile," Hollywood Boulevard, etc.

    mssLAT

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    Times Mirror Company reports

    Manuscripts

    Times Mirror 1985 Annual Meeting of Shareholders brochure (3 copies); "Times Mirror 1985 Interim Report First Quarter Ended March 31, 1985" (3 copies); "Times Mirror 1985 Interim Report Second Quarter Ended June 30, 1985" (3 copies); "Times Mirror 1985 Interim Report Third Quarter Ended September 29, 1985" (3 copies).

    mssLAT

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    D. M. Renton correspondence with Santa Catalina Island Company; also, other business correspondence dealing with Catalina Island

    Manuscripts

    A collection of correspondence and business records dealing with the history of Santa Catalina Island, California. The vast bulk of the collection consists of letters between D. M. Renton and William Wrigley concerning operations of Wrigley enterprises on Santa Catalina Island, including Renton's ongoing management of the multiple enterprises on the island. Renton's letters detail visitation, public services ranging from food to entertainment, development of new facilities from the Casino ballroom to an on-island hospital; the letters also describe construction work to improve access to clean potable water, and the mining operations for lead, silver and zinc, and the ongoing labor to extract them. The letters also describe the Hollywood studios using the island for filming and the use of the island for baseball training and games. The letters also include correspondence with Ferdinand Ellerman, Herbert Hoover, Lawrence Mott, Johnny Noble, Joseph H. Patrick, Hugh Rodman, John Wayne, Ada Elizabeth Wrigley, and Philip Wrigley. The business records include monthly expense and revenue reports for the island, meeting minutes and correspondence for the Santa Catalina Island Company.

    mssRenton