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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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
Fleeta Hoke (1901-1995), better known as "Marian Manners," was the earliest food editor of the Times. From 1939 to 1964, Hoke edited the food articles and demonstrated recipes and cooking techniques at the Times's "College of Cookery." Includes recipe cards, correspondence, photographs, publications, and objects. Date range is 1931-1970s.
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Approx. 25 items: transcripts of columns written by "Marian Manners" (Hoke), menus collected in foreign countries while traveling in the role of "Marian Manners," several related photos.
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Approx. 12 items: memos, photos and other materials - "Marian Manners" / Fleeta Hoke mementos.
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Approx. 12 items: photographs of Fleeta Hoke posed with products, on-stage at the College of Cookery, etc. ; recipe printouts ; etc.
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6 items: 5-pp. handwritten inventory of materials relating to "Marian Manners," the Times College of Cookery, etc. ; two copies of article copied from Among Ourselves, 12/1978, "In Times Past," giving a brief history of Fleeta Hoke (aka "Marian Manners"), director of the Times Home Economics Department and the "star" of the Times College of Cookery ; other materials related to the Los Angeles Times Cooking School.
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Approx. 50 items: photographs, letters, flyers and other material related to "outside activities and events" in which Fleeta Hoke ("Marian Manners") participated in as an LAT representative.
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