The collection contains 208 semi-cataloged items housed in two boxes (with one oversize volume). The majority of the collection deals with Alice Parsons Millard's estate and assets at the time of her death. There are documents and five volumes of...
The collection consists mainly of letters and questionnaires written between 1904-1908 on the topic of mid-19th-century Los Angeles. Most of the questionnaires, composed by Mary A. Forman, include a correspondent's answers. The documents address...
There are 711 items in the manuscript section which are arranged alphabetically by author and then title. Materials without author and title are arranged alphabetically by type. Oversize materials are located in boxes 34 and 35. The manuscripts...
There are 17 items in the manuscripts section. Most of the manuscripts are short stories written by Ellen Steele Sturges. She also wrote two hymns. There is also a short autobiography by her father, Ebenezer Steele, and a small collection of...
The manuscripts section contains 17 items. There is a list of the charter members of the Ebell club, including comments regarding the members, the minute books for the first six years of the club, an essay describing the mission of the club, and...
The upper left vignette depicts a man writing at a table with a woman standing nearby urging him to write. The upper right vignette depicts a man and wife seated in a dining room with four children playing. In the center of the sheet is the list of...
The Manuscripts series is arranged chronologically and consists of diaries kept by Julia M. Wilde Hall from 1855-1859. In the diaries, Hall talks about her day-to-day activities in Sacramento, Ca. It appears that she lived in a hotel called the...
The Appointment books/address books series is arranged alphabetically by author. The items in this series chronicle the day-to-day activities of Collis Huntington Holladay, Margaret Huntington Holladay, and Henry Edwards Huntington. They span from...
A panoramic group portrait of ladies, possibly at the Hotel Maryland in Pasadena. There are around 65 women, all wearing dresses and hats, standing in a long line in front of palms and a pergola.
75 hand-numbered leaves measuring 5 x 8 inches, with 83 cyanotype photographs, cloth with half-calf, rear hinge cracked. Inscribed to Susanita del Valle from Charles Lummis and dated February 3, 1888. Contains two manuscript poems dedicated to...
A woman in a two piece bathing suit stands next to a sign posted by the Auto Club of Southern California. The sign warns people to "Be vigilant" and report anyone landing on the beach to the military or police.
The collection contains Frank F. Latta's research material from his five decades of researching the history of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture and...