Manuscripts
Lela Rundell collection of California Republican Party letters and ephemera
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Offical state bird for California campaign history
Manuscripts
The typed manuscript chronicles the state bird campaign by the California Audubon Society. It includes correspondence regarding the campaign, lists of the birds nominated, examples of flyers and leaflets distributed by the society, types of publicity for the campaign, several ballots used in the vote and the results of the December 1929 vote for California state bird. The manuscript also includes discussions of legislation to protect the birds and wildlife of California.
mssHM 66499
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Republican National Committee contributions
Manuscripts
8 items; receipt slip for Harry Chandler's 1928 contribution of $8,500 to RNC ; letter, 11/4/1932, signed "For Harry Chandler, to James Page, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, which accompanied a $7,250 check to RNC ; more forms (& envelopes) related to RNC contributions ; letter, 11/1/1938, from H.E. Downing to Harry Chandler
mssLAT
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Republican National Committee
Manuscripts
Includes news releases of the Republican National Committee, letters, anti-Adlai Stevenson items, one copy of Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report (July 25, 1952), several pages from U.S. News & World Report (August 22, 1952), Nixon speeches, items issued by the Nixon for Vice President Headquarters, Many items cast Stevenson, Harry Truman and Dean Acheson in a bad light.
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Brock Collection: Letters to the Executive Committee of Georgia Sunday School Association
Manuscripts
Letters addressed to John R. West, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Georgia State Sunday School Association, in response to his request for ideas and suggestions in preparing a program for the upcoming State Annual Convention on Sunday School work
mssBR Box 142
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Sullivan, Ed. 1 letter [undated] to California. Supreme Court
Manuscripts
The collection is single-item catalogued, arranged alphabetically by author then recipient. The collection's highlights include several letters from American jurists of the highest order, as well as a large group of invective-laden telegrams and letters Wright received in 1972 in regards to the California Supreme Court's decision to end capital punishment in the state. Most of the correspondence relates in some way to the California Supreme Court, most commonly letters and telegrams of congratulation on his appointment to the post of chief Justice on April 1970. The collection also includes certificates, official appointments, meeting minutes, and speeches. Notable participants include: Edmund G. Brown; Warren Burger; California Supreme Court; Alan Cranston; Los Angeles County Superior Court; Ronald Reagan; Joseph Wapner; Earl Warren. Subjects in the collections include: American Bar Association; Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; California Bar Association; California Judicial Council; California Supreme Court; capital punishment; Conference of Circuit Chiefs; William O. Douglas; Elections in California; Al Gore; Harvard Law School; Hastings College of Law; judicial reform; Charles Manson; McGeorge School of Law; municipal courts in California; National Center for State Court; Richard Nixon; Pasadena Unified School District; Presidential inaugurations; Ronald Reagan; Salvation Army; United Nations; United States Supreme Court; and Earl Warren.
HM 71618
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Huntington Christmas Party collection
Manuscripts
The events surrounding the annual Huntington Christmas party are documented in this collection in the form of printed quarterlies, scrapbooks and photo albums, administrative/planning files and notebooks, posters, and ephemera. The collection is organized in the following series: Quarterlies, Notebooks, Planning Files, Scrapbooks, Posters, and Novelty Box. The collection includes at least one copy of every Christmas Party Quarterly from 1936 to 1970, featuring art, poetry, riddles, and other holiday-related contents. The content of the Quarterlies was often self-referential to the Huntington staff and researchers who attended the parties, usually including many inside-jokes. The cover of each Quarterly differed from year to year, showcasing a wide array of artistic talent. Occasionally the Quarterlies would include photographs. There are twenty-six scrapbooks and photo albums ranging from 1934 to 1970 (not continuously). The scrapbooks contain photographs of the staff from events which occurred throughout the year, as well as photos of the Christmas Party itself. Some of the earlier scrapbooks are comprised mostly of magazine cut-outs with witty captions. Photographs begin appearing in the scrapbooks in the early 1940's and are often labeled. For example, the gold-covered scrapbook from 1949 includes photographs from the snow which fell in San Marino that year. The planning and administrative files contain documentation related to the planning of both the party itself and the creation of the Quarterly, though not consistently for every year. Some of the planning documentation was stored in "Christmas Party Notebooks," while other documentation ended up collected in folders, and further some of the documentation ended up filed inside the quarterlies themselves. The Christmas planning documentation includes receipts for items purchased for the party as well as for the printing of the Quarterly, lists of attendees of the parties, lists of recipients of the Quarterly, lists of various committee members of numerous committees (there was a main Christmas Party Committee which delegated work to other committees, for things like drinks, music, decorations, tables, Christmas tree, etc.), expense accountings, programs for the party itself, play/skit scripts, alcoholic punch recipes, draft versions of submissions to the Quarterly, committee notes, photographs, cards and letters sent by or received by members of the staff, and other similar materials. The collection also includes a series of posters and other ephemera. The posters include those from the actual parties, announcements for the parties or for Quarterly submissions, and other items (for example, a poster for a "Baby Picture Guessing Contest"). A small, undated novelty box with six slots containing a variety of food-stuffs is also part of the collection. This box is housed separately due to the nature of its contents.
HIA 20.4