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"City of Dreams"
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Histories
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6 items: 32-pp. booklet, Five Acres of Heaven by Ed Ainsworth, 1955 ; Fall 1965 issue of Pioneer (Valley Federal Savings), "Historic Homes" ; 30+ pp. booklet, The California Story, 1950 ; 24-pp. booklet, Fact sheets on Historic-Cultural Monuments, Cultural Heritage Board - City of Los Angeles, 1966 ; 20-pp. booklet, "...Bonanza IV at The Bradbury Building," 1966 ; 16-pp. booklet, Fabulous San Fernando Valley by W.W. Robinson, ca. 1961 (published by Western Federal Saving & Loan ; note card inviting Ed Ainsworth to a "Coffee Salute for THE NIGHT OF TRADITION," to be held 8/25 (no year given) at the Hollywood Bowl Patio - a handwritten note reads, "I hope you can be there! - Dorothy Chandler" ;
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Theaters - Music Center of Los Angeles County
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Approx. 40 items: selected clips from LAT, Downtown News, Time (magazine), various brochures and booklets. Notable items: 10-pp. report from (LAT staffer) Ed Ainsworth to "Mrs. [Dorothy] Chandler," 12/9/1957, "Civic Auditorium Memorandum" ; brochure, (8/1963?) "An invitation to become a founder of The Music Center - a living memorial to peace" ; brochure, "Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - The Music Center...1964-1965 Inaugural Season" ; cover & article tear sheets, Time, 12/18/1964, story on The Music Center and Dorothy Chandler ; souvenir booklet, The Music Center, 1968 ; 2 copies of booklet, LA Edition - Fall/Winter 1984, with articles on The Music Center and on Dorothy Chandler ; LAT tear sheets, 5/10/1987, Calendar cover story, "The Music Center - What lies ahead?"
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"Enchanted Pueblo"
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Approx. 30 items - letters, clippings, postal cards and one booklet. Notable names and items include: 48-pp. booklet, Enchanted Pueblo by Ed Ainsworth ; several postal cards sent to Ainsworth at LAT requesting copies of the booklet ; selection of letters thanking Ainsworth for copies of his book (some autographed) or requesting copies of the book ; selection of letters from political figures, the best-known being Frank G. Bonelli, L.A. County Supervisor.
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Los Angeles - City Planning
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items: clips and copies of LAT editorials and news stories on city planning and urban renewal, especially in the central city area, 1912 to the 1970s. Notable items: booklet, Annual Report - Board of City Planning Commissioners, Los Angeles, 1934-35 ; booklet, A Report to Honorable Fletcher Bowron, Mayor of Los Angeles (City Planning Commission), 12/4/1942 ; 48-pp. booklet, Accomplishments - City Planning Commission, 1957; 18-pp. booklet, City Charter - excerpts relating to City Planning, 1959 ; booklet of LAT reprints, originally published during 4/1966, "Urban renewal...salvation or new blight?"; undated brochure (ca. 1990), Central City West, produced by Center City West Associates.
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Motion Picture Industry - Miscellaneous
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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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Biographical Material - "Ancestry of Harry Chandler"
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57+ pp. spiral bound booklet, "The Ancestry of Harry Chandler" by Gwendolyn Garland Babcock, 1990. FACSIMILES MAY NOT BE COPIED OR PUBLISHED.
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