Manuscripts

Redlands

Description: 4 items: booklet, "A selective bibliography of...materials in The Heritage Collection of the A.K. Smiley Public Library," Redlands, CA., 1975 ; booklet, "Redlands turn of the century homes," Redlands Chamber of Commerce, c. 1980 ; brochure, "Preserving a heritage - Redlands," Redlands Area Historical Society, c. 1980 ; booklet, "The Lincoln Memorial Shrine Golden Jubilee..." by Larry E. Burgess, 1982.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1975, 1982
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.

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Manuscripts

Production samples for the Classified Advertising Department, including material for the 1982 Jubilee Jamboree, a 1981 Copy and Rate Information booklet, and other ephemera.

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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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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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Museums - Southern California

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6 items: booklet, Guide to the Exhibit of Fossil Animals from Rancho La Brea, L.A. County Museum of History, Science & Art, 4/1915 ; booklet, Notes on the Pleistocene fossils obtained from Rancho La Brea asphalt pits, L.A. Museum of History, Science and Art, 11/1926 ; booklet, History of Puppetry, Los Angeles County Museum, 1959 ; booklet, Los Angeles County Museum - 50th Anniversary, 1910 - 1960 ; tear sheet, Los Angeles Free Press, 4/18/1975, "Freedom to ignore vs. responsibility" ; tear sheet, LAT, 3/27/1987, "Money shortage closes Southwest Museum library"; 4 postcards featuring the First Interstate Bank Athletic Foundation Sports Museum, 1985; postcard featuring Kimberly Crest House and Gardens in Redlands, CA.

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Los Angeles - Anniversaries - Bicentennial - Clippings

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Approx. 20 items: collection of LAT clips ; complete issue, Civic Center News, 9/2/1980 ; complete issue, California Historical Courier, 10/1980 ; complete issue, Southern California Business, 12/17/1980 ; complete issue, Civic Center News, 9/1/1981 ; Section One of Reader, 9/4/1981 ; booklet from Auto. Club of Southern California, 200 Treasures of Metropolitan Los Angeles, 1980 ; related material.

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San Pedro/Wilmington

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4 items: pamphlet, "San Pedro and Wilmington - a calendar of events in the making of two cities and the Los Angeles Harbor," 1937 ; booklet, "The Miracle of a Muddy Tideflat," Junior League of Los Angeles, 1980 ; pamphlet, "The Watson Land Company - a 75th Anniversary Salute," 1987; booklet, "The General Phineas Banning Residence Museum," published by Friends of Banning Park, 1984.

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