The collection contains material ranging from correspondence to various types of research materials to clippings and reprints of articles of newspapers, magazines, and academic journals. The majority of the collection deals with the history of...
The collection contains 69 items. There are three manuscripts, including an essay about horticulturist Theodore Payne and a poem read before the Illinois Association of Los Angeles, California. The 40 items in the correspondence section are...
The collection consists of personal and business papers primarily related to the James De Barth Shorb family and their business ventures and estate settlements. There is also a substantial amount of material about Benjamin Davis Wilson and his...
The collection has several strong subject points for the purpose of research including journalism and the writing process and the history of Los Angeles. There are many letters written during World War II that discuss life in America as well as...
Top section of main girder for the Hooker telescope dome, prior to installation, Mount Wilson Observatory. The interior balcony is visible, with the girder section across it. The structural framework for the dome is seen behind the girder.
Assembling of the Hooker telescope tubes, Mount Wilson Observatory. The second section of the telescope tube is in place, and the third section is seen at the left, ready to be hoisted. Two (2) unidentified workmen sit on top of the second tube...
Lower section of the 100-inch telescope tube, in transport on Mount Wilson. Several unidentified men are moving telephone wires out of the way. Original photo by W. A. Hughes, 938 Hinton Ave., Los Angeles, California. The tube section is mounted...
Upper section of the 100-inch telescope tube approaching Mount Wilson Observatory. The tube section is mounted on a truck. The photograph was taken from the 150-foot observatory tower. The dome of the 100-inch telescope building is seen in the...
Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Middle section - View of site of west portion of middle section of dam, looking northwest from near the spillway location. (Concrete testing laboratory, machine and compressor shop, and cement warehouse are shown in...
Kaweah #1 - Flume - View looking toward Oak Grove bridge from lumber pile between points K446 and K447, showing narrow rocky section of road in close proximity to flume. No road widening is contemplated in this section. Flume right-of-way is 10...
Professional and personal papers of Paul Conrad, including original cartoons, rough sketches, correspondence, book, speech and lawsuit files, photographs, ephemera and tear sheets. The collection is in three parts, based on acquisition. Part I is...
The collection contains the material the committee used in running the campaign to get County Charter "D" passed in Los Angeles County. The collection includes campaign reports, correspondence (chiefly by committee chairman Lewis T. Bullock),...
Leonard John Rose, Jr. was an amateur historian and this collection contains drafts of his memoirs and descriptions of 18th and 19th century California social life and customs. In "A Serial in Three Parts," L. J. Rose, Jr. thoroughly describes the...
This collection consists of materials relating to Ralph H. Cameron's political and business activities, mostly in the years between 1903 and 1912. Box 1 consists of manuscript files, including land and mining claims, financial documents, and...