Manuscripts

Catalina Island

Description: 5 items: brochure, "The History of Santa Catalina Island, Catalina Museum Society, 6/1985; "Welcome to The Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Garden," Wrigley Memorial Garden Foundation, 8/1985; "Santa Catalina Island Fact Sheet," Santa Catalina Island Co., 6/1986; Avalon / Santa Catalina Island maps, "Compliments of The Visitor's Information Center and Santa Catalina Island Company, 10/1987; undated, Catalina Conservancy - Information Sheet; brochure, Santa Catalina Island's Casino Building, 1989.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1985 - 1987
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.

Catalina Island

Manuscripts

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

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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