Manuscripts
Greeting Cards (1991-1992). 26 items
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Greeting cards, 1991-1995
Manuscripts
The Hong family papers were organized into six series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong series (Business, Chinatown, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, education, legal, personal, and political activities). 2) Mabel Hong series (Education, personal, and community activities). 3) Nowland C. Hong series (Chinese American Citizens Alliance, personal, and political activities). 4) Roger S. Hong series (Business, Chinatown, education, personal, and community activities). 5) Ephemera series. 6) Oversize Series. The Hong family papers were organized into six series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong series (Business, Chinatown, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, education, legal, personal, and political activities). 2) Mabel Hong series (Education, personal, and community activities). 3) Nowland C. Hong series (Chinese American Citizens Alliance, personal, and political activities). 4) Roger S. Hong series (Business, Chinatown, education, personal, and community activities). 5) Ephemera series. 6) Oversize Series. The Hong family photos were organized into five series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 2) Mabel Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 3) Nowland C. Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 4) Roger S. Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 5) Oversize photo series.
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Greeting Cards [undated] 3 items
Manuscripts
The Manuscripts series contains various poems, stories, and historical accounts written by Samuel L. Kreider. Many of these accounts relate to individuals like Charles Victor Hall and Mary Hall (original homesteaders of Los Angeles' West Adams area), structures like the Los Angeles High School, and other California histories. It also includes notes, reports, and other documents from the Friday Morning Club and its prominent members. Beyond the private papers, this series holds many documents relating to U.S. trade with Japan and the federal General Accounting Office branch in Los Angeles. There is also a Japanese poem. The series is arranged in alphabetical order and then chronologically. The Correspondence series is primarily related to Samuel L. Kreider. Most of the letters are work-related with a large percentage of them pertaining to U.S. trade with Japanese businesses. Moreover, there is also private correspondence. Mr. Kreider corresponded with many locally and nationally prominent people. The list includes, but is not limited to Fletcher Bowron, Herbert Hoover, and Lansing Hoskins Beach. He also has correspondence from C.C. Julian & Royalties Co. The series also contains letters Mr. Kreider wrote to various newspapers and magazines about publishing his historical accounts and stories. Lastly, there is correspondence pertaining to Mr. and Mrs. Kreider's philanthropic work within the Los Angeles High School Alumni Association and the Friday Morning Club. One letter is specifically from Caroline M. Severance. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by author and then by addressee.
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Greeting Cards (1934). 6 items
Manuscripts
The collection is semi-catalogued and consists of 1,156 items in six boxes with the manuscripts and documents arranged alphabetically by subject, the correspondence arranged alphabetically by author and the ephemera arranged alphabetically by type. There are 322 manuscripts and documents, most of which pertain to the legal and financial dealings of Cawston Ostrich Farm. There are a few items pertaining to the Atlanta Ostrich Farm and the California Zoological Society. There are also some documents of the Vatcher family and Herbert J. Vatcher, Jr.'s other business interests.
mssCawston Ostrich Farm Papers
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Greeting cards: 4 items
Manuscripts
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 business dealings in California. Topics covered in the collection include agriculture, land development in southern California, the history of the San Marino area, mining operations, water rights and irrigation, politics, society stories, and wills, court documents, and settlement papers related to the Shorb estate.
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