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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
Approx. 20 items: clips and copies from LAT and other L.A. media on L.A. mayors, city government, relations between the Press and politics locally, journalism's influence on public opinion, etc. Notable items: pp. 33 - 47 from "Los Angeles Times and Public Opinion," a 1929 thesis written at Claremont Colleges by John Homer Williams ; pp. 207 - 228, copied from book The Fragmented Metropolis, L.A. - 1850 - 1930, by Robert Fogelson, 1967 ; 58-pp. college (?) paper, written for a Political Science class (1971), "The role and influence of the Los Angeles Times in City politics...", by Rich Wiseman.
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7 items: orig. booklet, Historical Murals in the Los Angeles County Hall of Records Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, "a Federal art project of the Works Progress Administration...", 1939 ; orig. booklet, Los Angeles County Government (1964) ; tear sheets, Los Angeles (mag), articles on Sheriff Peter Pitchess and on the five County Supervisors ; orig. complete issue of newsletter, "Associated Historical Societies of Los Angeles County," 1/1988 ; related materials.
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1 item: 1-pp. copied from pamphlet "Los Angeles 1900 - 1961" (L.A. County Museum, 1961), "Los Angeles County Library."
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40-plus items: collection of clips, tear sheets and copies of material from LAT, Downtown News, and other sources on many aspects of the city's growth from its founding in 1781 into the 1980s. The materials range from population charts, to historical information and discussions of city planning to straight promotion of L.A.. Split into two folders.
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40-plus items: collection of clips, tear sheets and copies of material from LAT, Downtown News, and other sources on many aspects of the city's growth from its founding in 1781 into the 1980s. The materials range from population charts, to historical information and discussions of city planning to straight promotion of L.A. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 35 items: subjects include, real estate booms, increase in automobile ownership, the change from a generally rural area to a sprawling urban "megalopolis,forecasts for the future," etc. Notable items: several lengthy journal articles on the land "boom" of the late 1880s ; booklet, Dollars and census, from Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1932 ; booklet, From Rural to Urban, The Haynes Foundation, 1947 ; booklet, The Cost of Metropolitan Growth, 1959 ; booklet, The Southern California Metropolis - 1980, predictions about 1980 from Southern California Research Council, appears to be from ca.1960.
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