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Personal Papers

Description

Personal and business correspondence to associates, friends, and family. Notes regarding the Los Angeles Times. Financial items. Land files. Photocopies of correspondence to/from HGO held by other institutions were put at the end of the series; when known , the owner of the original is noted in the folder record in the database. Facsimiles may not be copied or published.

Copies of originals housed in The Huntington Library were removed. The originals can be found in the following collections: Thomas R. Bard Papers; Clara Bradley Burdette Papers; Henry E. Huntington Papers. Copies of originals from the following institutions were also removed: The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley; the Sherman Foundation Library, Corona Del Mar, CA; the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, OH; Bolton Hall Museum Archives, Little Landers Historical Society, Tujunga, CA; and the Haynes Foundation Collection, University of California Los Angeles. Date range is 1859-1938, with the bulk of material from 1890-1917.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1859-1938
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.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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