Manuscripts
Surveyor's field notebooks collection
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John A. Dron field notebooks
Manuscripts
Thirteen civil engineering field notebooks for projects in and around Ojai, and Ventura County, California, kept by civil engineer John A. Dron. Projects include: topographical surveys of property, tunnels, roads, parks, sewers, and water pipelines. Accompanying the notebooks is a detailed list of the notebooks' contents.
mssHM 83497 (1-16)
Contour map of the city of Los Angles, Cal. No. 4. / Frank H. Olmsted city engineer
Rare Books
Shows population (each dot representing 5 people), topography and rail lines of the metropolitan Los Angeles area in 1899. Covers the city of Los Angeles. The northeast most portion of the city is given in an inset. Scale determined from horizontal bar scale on map given in thousands of feet. Coordinates not presented on map, approximated from Google maps. Relief given in contours. With hand-written legend on paper label pasted onto lower right. Provenance unknown, in library as of 2017. Signed and dated: Frank H. Olmsted Apr. 23, '03. Additional paper label, removed during conservation, reads: Contour map of Los Angeles, Cal. No. 4 showing railways. Drawer 20 No. 27. Appears to have come from the office of one of Henry E. Huntington's railway companies.
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Notebooks on Plants and Planting
Visual Materials
Four notebooks containing articles and clippings, handwritten and typed notes, plant lists, and other information on plants and planting; titles are from spines or were devised by cataloger. Some of the material from the notebooks was found missing. Notebooks include: Bulbs - Cosper and Lime (approximately 1936), a 3-ring binder referencing Cosper, a horticultural consultant and soil analyst who co-wrote a book, Gardens for Victory, about victory gardens with Jean-Marie Putnam in 1942. Planting instructions and notes on Lloyd Cosper (approximately 1962, title devised), a 3-ring binder containing directions concerning various plant varieties, pest and other treatment instructions, and troubleshooting; includes "Directions for Red Aggregate Paving for Mrs. Hancock Banning Cottage at Laguna." Check List of local flora, Los Angeles (undated), an 18-page typed list of plants in alphabetical order by plant name; names are in Latin. Miscellaneous (approximately 1936; title on spine: "Misc."), a 3-ring binder containing articles on floral decoration and on various geographic areas, including Florida and the Colorado Rockies in the United States, Mexico, and New Zealand.
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District 15 Plan Showing Areas Estimated in Budget
Rare Books
At head of title: "County of Los Angeles Acquisition and Improvement." A proposal to construct a Hollywood to Palos Verdes Parkway with additional parkway to parallel Ballona Creek near its intersection with the north-south parkway. This would have roughly paralleled Crenshaw Blvd. Riverside Blvd., became Redondo Beach Blvd. and the intersection is the site of El Camino College today. The $3.8 million proposal was never built. Previous folder noted Olmsted Brothers are from Brookline, Mass. MS note: 299072. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Blueline print.
299072
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John Warly notebooks
Manuscripts
Two manuscript volumes attributed to Reverend John Warly; included are biblical passages, sermon notes, and commentaries on spiritual matters and political subjects including the English Civil War. Entries are in secretary hand, primarily in English with a small amount of Greek. The volumes are signed by Lee Warly, a descendant of John Warly; both volumes are written in two directions with the text beginning at one cover then turned over and beginning again (tête-bêche style). The volumes have worn leather covers and fragile spines, HM 83773 is especially fragile with the spine mostly lacking and the pages loose; the volumes are housed in one box for preservation purposes.
mssHM 83773-83774
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West Frank. Miscellaneous notebook
Manuscripts
HM 81548: The first volume, written in ink, consists of miscellaneous reports prepared by Frank West. The volume begins with a report about a transportation march from Camp Supply, Indian Territory to Fort Clark, Texas in 1873. West meticulously details the journey of the cavalry including length of travel, rivers crossed, and personal remarks. "Our wagon was [?] in the quick sand at the crossing of the Red River men were disseminated and applied to ropes attached to the wagon and it was drawn out" (p. 2). The total distance of their march was 1,371 miles, which took 74 days. The next two reports are about the murder of Jacob Dilsey in 1873. Other reports include number of utility poles erected in Arizona and confidential statements and endorsements about various Army personnel. Also included are briefs from Fort Niobrara, Nebraska and Fort Myer, Virginia. The last portion of the volume appears to be excerpts from a history book concerning Europe, Asia, and the Middle East during the 19th century. The endpapers have miscellaneous notes and account information written on them.
HM 81552