Manuscripts

Transportation - Railroads

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1885 - 1985
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 - Southern Pacific Railroad

Manuscripts

5 items: 105-pp. (clipped but appears incomplete) title - "Historical Outline - Southern Pacific Company" (3/1933, noted on p. 2) ; booklet, Seventy-Five years of Progress, by Erle Heath, 12/1945 ; tear sheet, Sunset, 8/1953, "The Main Line," (SP ad) ; complete issue, Southern Pacific Bulletin, 8/1955 ; brochure for "Railfair Sacramento 1981 - California State Railroad Museum, May 2 to 10, 1981.

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Clinton, Clifford

Manuscripts

8 items: LAT clips, from 1938, when Clifford Clinton, businessman, grand jury member and all-around activist, was a key player in the recall of Mayor Frank Shaw, and other issues. Included is an excerpt (pp. 299-307) from The American Mercury (mag), 3/1941, headed "A new boss takes Los Angeles," with a summary as follows - "The cafeteria king-maker who captured the city now seems headed for trouble."

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Motion Picture Industry - Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items. A collection of varied materials on southern California's motion picture industry: Notable items: 49-pp. monograph, ca. 1930, "Amazing career of the Warner Brothers..." by Esther Hamilton ; copied book excerpt, Los Angeles - City of Dreams, by Harry Carr, 1935, Chptr. XXII, "The Studios" ; approx. 16-pp. copied from "How the Screen found its Voice," 1946, Chpt. One, "Out of the laboratory" ; book excerpt, "Hollywood...the toll of the frenzied Forties," Our Times, 1957 ; book excerpt, Introduction to Hollywood in the Forties, 1968 ; book excerpt, The Parade's gone by, 1969.

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Ethnic Groups - American Indians

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: a collection of LAT article clips and copies on various aspects of American Indians. The earliest examples are from 1886, 1888, and 1889, exhibiting a wide range of attitudes towards "the indian problem." Also a 1973 "rereading" and fresh review, by Robert Kirsch, of the novel Ramona (1885) and a 6-pp. excerpt copied from West of the West, by Robert Kirsch and William S. Murphy.

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Transportation - Highways

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: selection of LAT, Automobile Club and other sources, with information on planning, construction and operation of highways within California and beyond. Notable item: 10-pp. stapled "pamphlet," "Distribution of California Highway Revenues," 3/21/1938, by J. Allen Davis.

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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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Transportation - Railroads

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