Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Promotional bochure describing the new Cunard vessels "Lusitania" and "Mauretania", including the power of the vessels, amenities and comparison of the size of the sisterships to famous landmarks such as Westminster, the United States Capitol and the Pyramids at Giza.
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This collection contains personal papers, business records, correspondence, photographs, prints, and ephemera that relate to Los Angeles theatre impresario, Lynden E. Behymer. The materials date from approximately 1850 to 1998, with the bulk of the collection ranging from the 1910s to 1940s. A small portion of the collection consists of biographical information about Behymer and his family. The Personal and biographical materials series contains albums, scrapbooks, clippings, and correspondence relating to Behymer's birthdays, tributes, and other celebratory events. Of note in the collection are the Business records and Correspondence series. The materials primarily relate to Behymer's involvement in managing musicians, actors, actresses, dancers, singers, theatres, and organizations in the music and entertainment industry in California and abroad. Included are approximately 2,400 pieces of correspondence with organizations such as the California Grand Opera Company, the Chicago Grand Opera Company, the Los Angeles Repertory Theatre, the Merola Opera Company, and the San Francisco Opera Association. Formats consist of account books, ledgers, receipt books, agreements, contracts, correspondence, and notes by Behymer. A significant portion of the collection consists of programs, which are organized by theatre programs, movie theatre programs, and souvenir programs. Theatre programs are one of the largest series in the collection, and consist of theatres based in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, as well as other states and international countries. Many of these theatres (Grand Opera House, Los Angeles Theatre, Burbank Theatre, Philharmonic Auditorium, Chicago Opera House, etc.) are also represented in the Press clippings and Theatre scrapbooks series. Souvenir programs are incorporated into the Music, dance, and drama series as they primarily pertain to performers and musicians such as: Anna Pavlova, Ballets Russes, Ruth St. Denis, La Argentina (Antonia Mercé y Luque), Trudi Schoop, Sarah Bernhardt, Helena Modjeska, Mei Lan-Fang, Ignace Jan Paderewski, and many others. Additional materials in the Music, dance, and drama series include librettos, prompt books, plays, poetry, sheet music, and correspondence with various music organizations and clubs. The collection also contains approximately 3,000 photographs of performers and performances. The photographs range from signed portrait photographs, to play and set designs, musicians on stage, and some press photographs of the Behymer family at events and premieres. A small number of prints, drawings, and ephemera are also found in the collection. They include Behymer's personalized book plates and stationery, travel tickets, memorabilia, invitations, celebrity signatures, business cards, travel guides, postcard albums, greeting cards, drawings, prints by Alfred Frueh and Max Reinhardt, and costume designs.
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24 letters to Katharine Esdaile consisting of: 8 May 1913 from Llandaff (Wales) - reporting on lecture given 1 April 1922 from Deene (?) family - matters 6 August 1926 from Aberystwyth (Wales) - family matters 11 August 1926 from Bath (?) - announcement of British Museum appointment (?) and family matters. 15 August 1926 from Leam's End 18 August 1926 from 86A(?) – home, discusses press enquiries about his new position 19 June 1929 from Rome – at conference – met the Pope and Mrs. Strong (subject of one of Edmund's stories about his mother) 28 September 1929 from Leam's End – family matters and financial 1 October 1929 from Leam's End – family matters; Katharine Esdaile in London(?) 14 June 1932 from France – seems to be on lecture tour 20 Sept. 1932 from "BM" (British Museum); getting Martin settled in school (Lancing College) 3 October 1933 from RMS Ansonia in "mid Atlantic" – en route to Canada and USA, first crossing 8 September 1937 from British Museum – statue of Alfred the Great 9 November 1940 from Leam's End 30 July 1944 from Liverpool – museum and family in WWII 14 September 1944 from York – lecturing again 2 May 1946 from Leams End – family matters (Katharine Esdaile on holiday) 5 May 1946 from Leams End – family matters 9 October 1946 from Leams End - family matters 30 March 1947 from Leams End (?) – family matters 24 June 1947 from Leams End – 40th Wedding Anniversary love note and family matters 7 September 1947 from Stockholm – notes on visit to Sweden Undated postcard (from Leams End?) - family matters Undated, unfinished letter from Albermarle Club (London?)
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Enclosure: 1902 August 5 letter had copy of letter from Tweed to Wiliam F. Herrin, 1902 June 17; 1902 August 6 letter had letter from E.H. Harriman to Tweed, 1902 August 5; 1902 August 28 letter had letter from J.A. Muir to Tweed, 1902 August 22; 1902 September 2 letter had copy of letter from J.J. Jackson to Isaac E. Gates, 1902 August 30; 1902 September 2 letter had copy of letter from Tweed to Muir, 1902 August 6 and letter from Joseph L. Murphey to Arabella Huntington, 1902 August 27; 1902 November 19 letter had copy of letter from W.C. Dismukes to Tweed, 1902 November 15; 1902 November 26 letter had letter from Rogers, Locke & Milburn to Tweed, 1902 November 25. Also: printed notice to shareholders of the Canda Manufacturing Co., 1902 August 4; descriptions of Oneonta and Warsaw, New York, properties in estate of Collis P. Huntington; note from Tweed to Henry E. Huntington, 1902 November 20. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.
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Four letters between Henry David Thoreau and Isaac T. Hecker consisting of: a letter to Thoreau from Hecker, New York, 1844 July 31, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20110); a letter to Thoreau from Hecker, New York, 1844 August 15, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20108); a letter to Hecker from Thoreau, 1844 August 14, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20109); and a letter to Hecker from Thoreau, [1844], A.L.S. 2 pp., with a note by Hecker on the verso (HM 20107).
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Also: copy of letter from M. Knoedlger & Co. to G.C. Ward, 1911 January 20; map of track No. 2949 in San Marino; copy of statement of lot sales by Huntington Land & Improvement Co. and associated companies, 1915 September 18; sales report of lots, 1922-January 1-May 15; sales report, 1921 September-December; copy of letter from Huntington to Huntington Land & Improvement Company, 1923 January 15; copies of two letters from Charles E. Graham to Huntington Land & Improvement Company, 1922 June 7, August 30. Subjects: Huntington residence and shipping things from New York, Marengo Water Co., Huntington Lodge, Garvey Water Co., Huntington Hotel, Arabella Huntington accounts, 11th and Broadway lot.
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