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...
The collection, which spans from 1538-2002 (bulk 1548-1780), contains 927 items pertaining chiefly to Duchess Lydia's business and financial activities in the intervening six years between her husband's death and her own, as well as the activities...
The collection chiefly consists of the administrative, scientific, and personal correspondence of Walter S. Adams spanning the years 1921 to 1956, including his work during World War II. Adams and the observatory staff worked, in secret, with the...
Even in deepest winter, with the fleshpots of Fresno seemingly a world away, payday was an important event in the lives of Big Creek's construction workers. These men are lined up in wet January snow at Camp #2 to pick up their gold coins from the...
Subjects of the entire collection include: Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, American dance and dancers, dance instruction and notes, exercises and warm-up routines, various dance types (international as well as American), famous dancers from around the...
The collection is made up of material gathered by Knox Mellon for his dissertation about Job Harriman. The papers chiefly deal with Job Harriman; Frances Nacke Noel; socialism; the Llano del Rio Colony; labor and union issues; and suffrage and...
About one-half of the correspondence is made up of letters between James C. Riggin and his wife Rebeca Jane Pettyjohn. The other half of the correspondence is made up of letters written by various members of the Pettyjohn family. The letters tell...
First horse team and wagon on bend of newly widened Mount Wilson toll road above Martin's camp water tunnel; 1st wagon to go up toll road. Photo taken at 4:30 pm. A pair of horses is leading a wooden wagon and drive up the dirt road. Rocks, trees...
A panoramic view of the Nat Reiss Southern Carnival, set up at the corner of Pico and Grand in Los Angeles. Attractions are set up around the square, with signs advertising for "Comique theatre", "Alice the Wonder", "Dreamland", and more. The...
Sheet of heavy blue paper titled, "Bringing back 'sumpin' for the stew for the Times boys and girls." 5 black and white photographs attached, top right photo caption: "A little 'breather.' -- 9000 ft up --and move 'up'." Three horses in line among...