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Ernest Darling
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Ernest Darling stands in centered in photo on dirt path lined by fences wearing a shoulder bag and holding a book.
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Edwin Francis Gay papers, (bulk 1920-1946)
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A collection of 9,601 items from 1786 to 1973, which consists of professional and personal material related to Edwin Francis Gay's life and multifaceted career. The collection documents his career in the civil service, at Harvard University, the New York Evening Post, and the Huntington Library; there are also some papers related to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Subjects include European economic recovery after World War I; international economic relations after World War II; United States business; and Gay's voluminous research notes on European and American economic history. Also included are Gay's notes on the Temple family papers in the Stowe collection at the Huntington Library and correspondence and papers relative to Herbert Heaton's book Scholar in action : Edwin Francis Gay (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1952). The collection also includes business, family and personal correspondence, documents, genealogy, printed material, photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Also present is Woodrow Wilson telegram to Edwin Francis Gay, 1919 September 17 (GY 3292) in Box 124.
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Donald French Collection of Jack London Periodicals and Ephemera
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This collection consists chiefly of magazines containing the first appearances of works by American author Jack London. The collection includes 130 periodicals with London's short stories, serialized versions of his novels, and essays, with the bulk dating from the late 1890s to the 1910s. In addition, there are 20 pieces of ephemera and miscellaneous printed items about London's work and life, including materials prepared by London enthusiasts through the 1970s. The items were compiled by Donald French, a collector of Jack London materials in Northern California. Periodicals Most of the periodicals contain the first appearances in print of stories by London, and the earliest item in this collection is the September 1897 issue of The Owl containing the story "Two Gold Bricks," followed by 1899 issues of Overland Monthly and The Black Cat. More than thirty periodical titles are represented including Century, Cosmopolitan, McClure's Magazine, Overland Monthly, The Saturday Evening Post, and the Youth's Companion. Among the serialized versions of his works included in this collection are: Before Adam (in 4 issues of Everybody's Magazine, 1906-1907) The Call of the Wild (in 5 issues of The Saturday Evening Post, 1903) John Barleycorn (in 6 issues of The Saturday Evening Post, 1913; lacks Part 4) The Little Lady of the Big House (in 5 issues of Cosmopolitan, 1915) Planchette (in 3 issues of Cosmopolitan, 1906-1907) The Sea-Wolf (2 issues of The Century, 1904; containing parts 6 and 8 only) Seven Tales of the Fish Patrol (in 6 issues of The Youth's Companion, 1905; lacks part 1) Smoke Bellew (in 4 issues of Cosmopolitan, 1911-1912) There are also essays about socialism by London in The Comrade: An Illustrated Socialist Monthly, The Independent, and The International Socialist Review. In addition, there are some writings about London, including biographical writings by London's second wife Charmian London in The Century (1921) and Rose Wilder Lane in Sunset (1917). Ephemera The 20 pieces of ephemera include pamphlets and printed material related to London's life and work that were primarily produced by London enthusiasts, dating from 1901 to 1976, including a United Artists movie poster for the 1943 film "Jack London" and some later publications of his work, such as a 1951 comic book version of The Sea Wolf.
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Los Angeles - Overviews (1 of 2)
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Approx. 35 items: eclectic mix of LAT clip, magazine and journal article copies or tear sheets, plus a few promo. booklets. Of note: 5-pp. article, Sunset Magazine, 1/1910, "Los Angeles--a sketch," by Harrison Gray Otis ; article, Saturday Evening Post, 10/18/1950, "Los Angeles in fact and dream"; booklet, "Dynamic Los Angeles County," 1938, published by (L.A. County) Board of Supervisors ; approx. 20-pp. article, Life (mag), "Los Angeles is the damnedest place" ; pp. 124-135 from book, Fabulous Boulevard (Ralph Hancock), 1949 ; approx. 10-pp. from Holiday (mag), 1/1950, "Los Angeles--typically American and prodigiously proud" ; 3 sheets cpd. from Frontier (mag), "Los Angeles" ; original Fall 1955 issue, Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly ; approx. 20-pp. from U.S. News & World Report, 9/6/1955, "A city--200 miles long!" ; 7-pp.,Holiday (mag), 10/1965, "Mining-camp megalopolis" ; 9-pp. from Playboy, 5/1972, "In search of Los Angeles" ; article, Pacific Historical Review, 11/1975, on L.A.'s growth in the 1920s ; cover & article, Travel & Leisure, 10/1978, "L.A. through the Looking Glass" ; approx. 12-pp. from Atlantic Monthly, 1/1988, "Los Angeles comes of age" ; etc. Split into two folders.
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Los Angeles - Overviews (2 of 2)
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Approx. 35 items: eclectic mix of LAT clip, magazine and journal article copies or tear sheets, plus a few promo. booklets. Of note: 5-pp. article, Sunset Magazine, 1/1910, "Los Angeles--a sketch," by Harrison Gray Otis ; article, Saturday Evening Post, 10/18/1950, "Los Angeles in fact and dream"; booklet, "Dynamic Los Angeles County," 1938, published by (L.A. County) Board of Supervisors ; approx. 20-pp. article, Life (mag), "Los Angeles is the damnedest place" ; pp. 124-135 from book, Fabulous Boulevard (Ralph Hancock), 1949 ; approx. 10-pp. from Holiday (mag), 1/1950, "Los Angeles--typically American and prodigiously proud" ; 3 sheets cpd. from Frontier (mag), "Los Angeles" ; original Fall 1955 issue, Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly ; approx. 20-pp. from U.S. News & World Report, 9/6/1955, "A city--200 miles long!" ; 7-pp.,Holiday (mag), 10/1965, "Mining-camp megalopolis" ; 9-pp. from Playboy, 5/1972, "In search of Los Angeles" ; article, Pacific Historical Review, 11/1975, on L.A.'s growth in the 1920s ; cover & article, Travel & Leisure, 10/1978, "L.A. through the Looking Glass" ; approx. 12-pp. from Atlantic Monthly, 1/1988, "Los Angeles comes of age" ; etc. Split into two folders.
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Articles on, 1970 - 1974
Manuscripts
7 items. Police Chief Edward M. Davis accused LAT of "attempting to generate and contrive news"; survey of newspaper publishers rates LAT second nationally (after NY Times); Saturday Review article praises "the Los Angeles Times, whose rise in both quantity and quality of news coverage during the last decade has been spectacular"; tear sheet of Los Angeles (mag) article titled "Is Los Angeles a three-newspaper kind of town?"; 27-pp. photocopy of manuscript titled "The Los Angeles Times: powerful voice in west coast journalism," by John Poppy; article from New York (mag) titled "Will Big Otis try to cross the East River?" by Edwin Diamond; etc. 9 items. Articles from various sources on the rise of LAT (since 1960) and leadership of Otis Chandler, from Editor & Publisher, Chicago Journalism Review, Business Week, and two foreign language publications (Russian? - Polish?). 3 items. Complete issue of The Bulletin (ASNE) 2/1973 - "Special Issue: The press under fire," includes essay by William F. Thomas, Editor, LAT, titled "How did we get into this terrible fix"; AP brief headlined "Times Brushes off Newsprint Strike"; AP article headlined "Sources dwindling," on confidential news sources and the courts. Approx. 12 items. Several news clippings from papers in Chicago, Santa Barbara, etc., reporting "war of words" between Union Oil Pres. Fred Hartley and LAT, NY Times and Wash. Post; Rex Reed column in Beverly Hills Discloser, titled "...Dull Editor runs The Times"; two copies of reprint from Advertising Age, "L.A. Times: Giant in big media jungle"; two Time (mag) articles mentioning LAT; complete Winter 1974 issue of The Review of Southern California Journalism, including articles titled "The forgotten history of the Los Angeles Times," "The frame-up of Mooney and Billings" and "The book the L.A. Times tried to kill."
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