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Collection
Identifier: 0101
Abstract
The Clayonian Literary Society was charged with inviting notable persons of the day to speak at its meetings. George Long Hutchings, a banker, was chairman of the Clayonian Society of Newark, New Jersey at least until 1871. Some of the club's speakers included G. W. Curtis, Anna E. Dickinson, Bret Harte, and Frederick Douglass, among many other authors, musicians, actors, abolitionists, and activists. The collection is comprised of "acceptance" as well as "rejection" letters of the...
Dates:
1865 - 1937; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1896
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0552
Abstract
Collection consists of the manuscripts, financial records, land documents, and other records from the Curiel family, pertaining to the operation and upkeep of their hacienda.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1843-1940s
Collection
Identifier: 0409
Abstract
The El Nido Services and Lodges records cover the practical details of El Nido's operations, 1930-1980, documenting its real estate management, zoning battles, tax questions, insurance and "disaster preparedness" provisions, and occasional personnel problems of this social service agency. Originally a project of the Los Angeles Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, the Section established a Children's Bureau in Los Angeles in 1925, and three years later built a camp for...
Dates:
1932-1986 (bulk 1970s-1980s)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0495
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of American social worker Meyer Elkin (1916-1994) related to his work with Los Angeles families.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930s-1970s
Collection
Identifier: 7136
Abstract
The Esther Feldman and Community Conservation Solutions records document the work conducted by Esther Feldman and/or Community Conservation Solutions (CCS) from the 1980s through 2020. The collection focuses on two major subject areas: (i) ballot measures and campaigns creating public financing for park and conservation projects and (ii) land-based projects involving land acquisition, native habitat restoration, park creation, 'green' stormwater and urban runoff capture, planning projects,...
Dates:
1984 - 2022
Collection
Identifier: 0206
Abstract
This archive contains the correspondence of Marta Feuchtwanger, wife of German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, who survived her husband by almost thirty years. Marta Feuchtwanger remained an important figure in the exile community and devoted the remainder of her life to promoting the work of her husband. The collection contains Marta Feuchtwanger's personal correspondence, texts and manuscripts by her and others, royalty statements received for the works of her husband, correspondence with...
Dates:
1536 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1987
Collection
Identifier: 0375
Abstract
The General Literary Manuscripts collection is an artificially created collection comprised chiefly of literary works and manuscript fragments of well-known writers and other public figures. The time covered is late 17th century to the first half of the 20th century.
Dates:
1677 - 2016
Collection
Identifier: 0397
Abstract
Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church, founded in 1905, is located in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. Its longest-serving pastor, Allan A. Hunter, led the congregation from 1926 until his retirement in 1963, but stayed actively involved until his death almost twenty years later. This collection reflects the activities of the church throughout the twentieth century, as well as the progressive ideas and religious teachings of Reverend Hunter. His correspondence with other religious thinkers...
Dates:
1905 - 2000
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0171
Abstract
This collection contains financial records of Aldous Huxley dated 1957-1962. Huxley was an English writer who moved to Los Angeles in 1937. He was most famous for his novel Brave New World.
Dates:
1957 - 1962
Collection
Identifier: 0389
Abstract
In the mid-1920s, Jackie Coogan Productions purchased a cattle ranch near Campo, California, approximately fifty miles east of San Diego, on behalf of child actor Jackie Coogan. The collection contains correspondence and financial documents related to the operations of the ranch between 1924 and 1936.
Dates:
1924 - 1936