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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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
1 item: 30-pp. excerpt (Chpt. 3 - "The Novelist") from Down these mean streets a man must go, by Philip Durham, 1963, a book on Raymond Chandler and his writings.
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Approx. 25 items: collection of book excerpts, newspaper and magazine articles, flyers, monographs, etc. Notable items: booklet, University of Wisconsin - Alumni Directory of the School of Journalism, 12/1950 ; approx. 30-pp. copied from a Thesis presented at USC for a Political Science M.A., title "The World as seen through Los Angeles editorials, 1939-40 and 1954-55" by Clifford Gewecke, Jr., 1/1956 (includes Title pages, Table of Contents, Chpt. 1, "Problems and procedures," Chpt. VI, "Summary and conclusions," and a Bibliography ; booklet, A comparative analysis of foreign news in newspapers of the United States and South America by James W. Markham, Penn. State, 1959 ; 37-pp. Thesis presented at Cal. State Fullerton for M.A. in Communications, "California journalism 1850 - 1920... an annotated bibliography with index" by Joanne Ashley Newman, 1976 ; cover and article copied from The Quill, 4/1982, "John Naisbitt...Tomorrow's news today" (Note - cover caricature is of Otis Chandler & Katherine Graham) ; 12-pp. program / booklet, Urban Archives Center (Cal State Northridge), First Amendment Exhibit, 1987; issue of newsletter, Collections (from Urban Archives Center, above), "Exhibit on First Amendment continuing in Oviatt Library." Split into two folders.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 25 items: collection of book excerpts, newspaper and magazine articles, flyers, monographs, etc. Notable items: booklet, University of Wisconsin - Alumni Directory of the School of Journalism, 12/1950 ; approx. 30-pp. copied from a Thesis presented at USC for a Political Science M.A., title "The World as seen through Los Angeles editorials, 1939-40 and 1954-55" by Clifford Gewecke, Jr., 1/1956 (includes Title pages, Table of Contents, Chpt. 1, "Problems and procedures," Chpt. VI, "Summary and conclusions," and a Bibliography ; booklet, A comparative analysis of foreign news in newspapers of the United States and South America by James W. Markham, Penn. State, 1959 ; 37-pp. Thesis presented at Cal. State Fullerton for M.A. in Communications, "California journalism 1850 - 1920... an annotated bibliography with index" by Joanne Ashley Newman, 1976 ; cover and article copied from The Quill, 4/1982, "John Naisbitt...Tomorrow's news today" (Note - cover caricature is of Otis Chandler & Katherine Graham) ; 12-pp. program / booklet, Urban Archives Center (Cal State Northridge), First Amendment Exhibit, 1987; issue of newsletter, Collections (from Urban Archives Center, above), "Exhibit on First Amendment continuing in Oviatt Library." Split into two folders.
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1 item: approx. 50-pp. (blueprint sheets) of text - specifications for construction of Hawaii Theatre, 5941 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood district of L.A.
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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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Approx. 70 items: selection of LAT clips, many as early as the 1910s, on film studios, filmmaking and the on and off-screen behavior of actors and actresses, plus information from other sources. Split into two folders.
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