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Mount Wilson Hotel and Switzer-land Hotel register books
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Mount Wilson Hotel Company records
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This small collection is comprised of eight financial reports of the Mount Wilson Hotel company (1939-1946), twelve brochures for the Mount Wilson Hotel (circa 1949), two menus from the restaurant, and two booklets dealing with summer travel and tourist spots in California (1947).
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Other Collections - Times Mirror Press
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Pamphlets: "The Fine Arts Building" for Edwards and Wildey Company, circa 1926; "The Lure of Latin America" for the Los Angeles Steamship Company, circa 1929; "The Three Circles" by Evans-Winter-Hebb, Inc., 1935. Envelope used for mailing copies of "Three Minutes." Issues of "Three Minutes," Times Mirror Press house organ: November 1922; February 1923; July, November, December 1924; October, November 1925; April 1926; January, October, December 1927; April, August, November 1928; April, May, June (2), July (2), August, September (2), October (2), November, December 1929; January (2), February (2), March, June, July, August, October, November, December (2) 1930. Includes special issues: Direct Market Advertising Association, Silk Stocking, etc. From the Sam Platus Collection.
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Diaries of John Bushman [microform]:
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Microfilm of the diaries of John Bushman, covering 1871-1923. The diaries chronicle Bushman's life in Utah and Arizona, and include references to Church activities, news and visits to family and acquaintances, agricultural work, and Bushman's colonization activities in Arizona. The first reel also contains a combination autobiography and diary covering the years 1843-1926, and which references the Black Hawk War, settlements in Arizona, and Indian affairs in Utah. The rest of the diaries are organized on three reels as follows: Reel 1 - Diary No.1, January-May 1871; Diary No.2 , July 1871-April 1872; Diary No.3, May 1872-March 1873; Diary No.4, March-December 1873; Diary No.5, January-December 1874 (partially illegible); Diary No.7, February 1875-January 1876; unnumbered diary, January-December 1876; unnumbered diary, January 1877-May 1878 (partially illegible); Diary No.8, January-December 1878 (partially illegible); unnumbered diary, January-December 1879; and Diary No. 9, January-Dec ember 1880 (partially illegible). Reel 2 - Diary No.10, January-May 1881; Diary No.11, January-December 1881; Diary No.12, May 1881-April 1883; Diary No.13, May-December 1883; Diary No.14, January-November 1884; Diary No.15, December 1884-February 1886; Diary No.16, March 1886-June 1887; Diary No.17, June-December 1887; Diary No.18, January 1888-January 1890; unnumbered diary, January 1890-December 1892; Diary No.19, January-Dec ember 1893; unnumbered diary, January 1896-December 1897; Diary No.20, January 1898-December 1899; Diary No.21, January 1900-December 1902; and Diary No.22, January 1903-October 1905. Reel 3 - Diary No.23, August-September 1909; Diary No.24, January 1911-May 1914; Diary No.25, June-August 1914; Diary No.26, January 1916-April 1917; Diary No.27, June 1917; Diary No.28, June 1917-March 1918; Diary No.29, March 1918-June 1919; Diary No.30, July 1919-March 1920; Diary No.31, September 1921-August 1923; and Time Book No.6, approx.1879.
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Departments - Marketing Research - Publications
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2 items: contact information for L.A. County Public Libraries, public libraries in Orange County, college & university libraries in Sou. Calif., municipal public libraries in L.A. County, and LAT Marketing Research Publications list; newsletter - 2-pp., "Media Watch," from LAT Marketing Research Dept., 12/3/1990.Approx. 30 items. Originals of issues of Three Minutes for the following months or seasons: January (2), February, May, June, July, Autumn (2), November (2) and December 1932 ; January, February, March, April, Summer, Autumn and November 1933 ; Summer 1934 ; Spring, May, November (2) and December (3) 1935 ; Spring (2) and May (2) 1936 ; one copy of a 1935 publication titled The Three Circles, "published in the interest of good printing and good advertising by Evans - Winter - Hebb Inc., of Detroit.
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Mt. Wilson Hotel Register (1926-1928). 1 item
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The records contain 12 folders in 1 box plus 10 volumes. The inclusive dates are 1903-1953. The two largest folders each have 36 items while the two smallest folders each have only 1 item. The folders include correspondence, insurance policies, lists of shareholders, tax documents, a description of the trip of Mt. Wilson, and other documents about the Mt. Wilson Toll Road Company and the Mount Wilson Hotel Company. The folders are arranged in alphabetical order. The items in each folder, whenever possible, are arranged chronologically by the date that those items were signed or complied. The correspondence deals chiefly with the company's finances, and many, including letters from the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, are about tax issues. There are also 9 volumes of ledgers and journals, and 1 volume is a register book for the Mount Wilson Hotel. The volumes are arranged chronologically. The records provide a unique perspective to view corporate history in Southern California. In addition, pamphlets and newspaper clippings in Tax Documents (1919) show the company's concern over the newly enforced income tax policies. Subjects in the records include Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles, Liberty bonds, and Southern California Edison Company.
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Huntington Land & Improvement Company letters to Henry E. Huntington
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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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