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oundation and corporate grantsF totaling $28,500 have been

designated for current and future

publications propects under the aegis ofI"lSSC's growing Publications Fund. The

u \Y/eingart Foundation ($15,000), the

‘ Department ofWater and Power ($10,000)‘ti g; " ‘ and Van Nuys Charitiesl3_’v,500)will

B I915 Grith Park a/read had :1 rrnall zoo, min/edfrom Lincoln Park in I912 anda rr'1/mide golf inhei the Soclery goal (0 SupP(m7 Jl ~

Ml/7‘I€. The en/mnrz» Jign was laraledan Crystal Spring; Drive near where /be ranger station Jlrmdt lriday. I historical Scholarship by producing highquality publications for a wide readership.

— The Weiiigart Foundation has offered

CENTEI\lI\ IAL HISTQRY S“ OFHSSCS new

riffitli Park—from the cool I days. Some 5,015 acres ofit was donated to PTO!-Ifm and 59$ an ¢X'~\mPl¢ fl" Olhel

trickling stream at Fern Dell to the l the city on Dec. lo, 1896 by Col. Griffith]. funders to invest in a potentially self-

classic Art Deco architecture ofthe , Griffith, a (largely) self~rnade millionaire suppoing vQ|1[u[¢_

Observatory to countless family picnics at who eventually gave the city most of his The Depanmem Of“/ate, and PowerCrystal Springs—will be chronicled in l fortune. lelis goal was to create the greatest is p|.0\.1dmggEnel-ous underwriting UfaGriffith Park: A Centennial Hirlory. to be city park in theworld. Spccial issue of-[he Smlhem Ca/Iirm-a

published injune I996. In its official pronouncements, the City »

_ l . . Quarterly devoted to the St. Francis DamA /i,000~atre hodgepodge of develop~ i Council grandiloquently echoed Col. d. Th. d bl . I h 1,

ment and wild open~space, Griffith Park Griffith's bombastic plans for the park. luster‘ ls on C Issue O I e quaner [es

reects the city it serves. And |ust as Then they strung telephone and high-voltage of H_SSC and the Ysnulla C‘?““‘Y MuéeumLos Angeles has reshaped the denition ofa power lines across it, gave permission to use 0fH‘5[°rl_' 5‘ 0“ ‘S bemb l°l"dl' Publlshed

large American city, Griffith Park has chal- part ofit as a rock quarry, allowed ranchers bl’ b°Ih h15Y°"Ci\l°T1la"'Z‘"1°"5 and '5 2"lenged the definition ofa major city park. . 4 to drive their sheep across it to graze, leased @Xl1i\l15!l‘/E 100k at Kl" <ll53Sl¢l' and [hf

° City parks are generally flator rolling part ofit to the California National Guard ‘ colorful historic figures involved with it.and are lushly-landscaped. Most ofGrifth as an airport and even looked the other Van Nuys Charities’ grant makes itPark consists ofrugged, chaparral-covered hills. Way while entrepreneurs cut down and sold Possible for Hssg to republish in paperback

° City parks are generally pedestrian- its trees for rewood! And there is more, its highly regarded book M1990‘ Lmmoriented. Grifth Park is usually much more to the story! Fm,” we Orange Emp,-re‘ G) Harold Powelps

negotiated by car. The park's story is told by HSSC h . 1 F h - - d h

° City parks usually don't contain member Mike Eberts associate professor C mmc e O I e Cm-Us In usuiy at t C mm-. '. of~the~ceritury, told through his letters home,

tvio freeways, a concreted-over rivet and a at Glendale Community College and a ,_ , ,

(now closed) municipal dump. I native ofthe East Hollywood district ofLos was HSSL S r“ foray mm book Pubhshmg

The park 's long and remarkable /1/5 V. Ange/es, /'uSt 50ut/1 0/the par/t. The c0m- . in [€(€n[l,f‘U'l' lwdfspfmd/i/lmfesf/h /Uas ' d b fb ' 1 ' - - ' I .sf" H '"'X~'-‘ as O vvsrmsh dreams pletion 0/Eberts research was made ossrbl Sub/errand /ts rm/ab/6 l’

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publications fund, which provides capital

to initiate new publications and is then

‘ replenished by publication sales. This grantendorses HSSC's ongoing publications

andacconimot/an / ' V - “ P 5 /7/05f’/I13 flfHm . '0? '0 "P 051"’!-"'1“ffh'"

5 by agrarit to the Society from thejohn attractive addition to HSSC'P

Y ‘5 “""l"<? Y Los Angeles. Thisi Rand 1 h H .

sgrowingattern dates hack to the park's earliest l Fount(l)aFt)i<>n. aynes and Dom Haynes i Paperback library

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to a sense ol place where permanence

was respected.

lt was an atmosphere that encouraged

solitude and rellection, stimulated

creativity. and brought renewal to the

body, mind and soul. I read, walked,

hiked and painted. I browsed the book-

shops and tried to absorb the artistic

intensity and cultural brilliance ol

Santa Fe and its environs.

I lound that New Mexico takes both its

I better understand Charles Lummis,

Clark Powell by having spent so

quality time in their enchanted

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GENTLE READER

RECORDhe Fifth annual HSSC book, photoand art auction, held at the LummisHome on Sunday, September 10,

contributed over $13,000 to the society'spublications and awards ro ram

lhavelusl mumad "om an AuQu5l It broke last year's reioiil of $10,600 C

sabbatical in Santa F9, spent in an as some 40 bidders competed for a dozen E

°|d adobe "ed Wm‘ bo°ks_ |t was panoramas, rare and signed books, pamphlets Jerry Pmm”g|°ri°us_n° smog, no TV, no OJ‘ and documents among the 90 lots ofmaterial.

Highlights from this year included

mmckMargnrrn

The W/orkr ofHuber1 Howe Banrm (39 V014, ME HSSCIn laclr n°ml9m New Maxim 1886-1890) and_]ohn Kemble's The Panama

isawonderful place to spend a Ram, 1848-1869. The auction also containedgenerous amQum°f|1|5,The sun shines a southern California local history collection

- - containing 171 regional items coveringout of a deeper blue sky it is hotbut mm hot d m I d . over 43 cities from the library ofpast

n o ,an e an scape IS

covered with the remains or history. HSSC board member Donald Puegel “"11 Mi""°@P°li$ I0 Wivnsi I0Over the past ve years the book sales F Cam-Omi him" h been,0()O5'-M97 "'9 ilwaslhe overpoweiing and auctions have generated nearly $54 Urmni’ my as P n .

, . rlimelessness ofthslandscapgthatmost for the society. Each one has been an . P . . P . Jeni, .esc0“ Slife After receiving his Ph D in history at°5Pi\"9d "W a"9"ii°"~ MY sabbaiical exciting and rewarding [ime for an involved‘ the-University ofWisconsin,4]erry traveled

thus becamealourneylrom asense oi to southern California in 1968 to join thehi51Q|'y qominated bylimg andiransiencg faculty ofCalifornia State University,

Northridge, where he holds the rank ofProfessor and Chair ofthe WhitsettLecture Committee.

jerry enjoys teaching and experimen-ting with new classes. His focus has beenon California and the American West andthe Civil War. A publishing schnlar,_]ertyalso takes time each summer with his wifeShirley to explore the American West. Theyfollow the pioneer trails to California andOregon, visit mining camps and collect oldbooks on the west and cattle ranching.

In addition to his teaching andk Whitsett responsibilities at CSUN Jerry

Frankwaters, Paul Horgan, Oliver

a arge ony iermen an ewiceL F ,T H'lI , dL

SSC Board Member Sig Demke“land 0' PO00 T'emp°'" £1 chairs the selection committee for

And so I have returned to the constantly the 1996 Donald pueg Local

evolving urban 811d industrial environment History Award. Sig has served on the HSSC K ' Z. 'of southern Calilornia, but I have brought b°="d since 1995 J°lni"B 5iB 0" the mm" Z‘; 07.)] Z5bw(MmmamBi pn“w mittee are Christine Shirley, udson Grenier

Spanish and its Native American historical 5112 DWI P 'has assisted the society with its awards and

legacies seriously. History and landscape hismry conferences. He has served on the

areimportant to these southwesterners. board since 1993

Powell Greenland and_]erryJPresc0tt. ‘

even magical-sense 01 place and "ma The Pflueger Award recipients will beannounced in the spring and the awards will I I I '

excellence in the publications and produc-tion ofsourhern California local history.

be presented at a luncheon next October. A/7 generous endowment pledge from thePflueger children has insured the future of ) )this important award which recognizes

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HSSC MEMBERSHIP

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jadion Studio: at it appeared before the facade Rum” Album Say” Mam”,. R. A D h M. M d

Wm damaged by “n m 1910' Gina gdjiliirp £rrliie.rlH.G. liigdrlienn

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J F: 1 . * ‘“Douglas D. Barnes Dorothy 6 Albert Martin

PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE ”"‘jfZ;”B‘Z>.Z,”"* <.,,./éi”,Z.,l3f,'l'i'i¢_m,,Laiera Brady Ruth B. McDaniel

treated to a rate behind-the-scene tour of H /I 5 D .dD

n Satutday, October 21, the

David C. Briery Vieve Weldon MetealfeRirhard P Burn: Roy D. Miller

Viggo Butler Wertan Milliken0 Pmsldemls Circle will 5P°“d 3 David G. Cameron Ruth Mizurnoto5P¢<li3l ¢\ff9f00" 3! (hf! famd Kathleen Cler/lam 6 David MeDonald john T Morri:

judson Studios. This Los Angeles Histotic- Arthur Cobery Rirhard Nevin:Cultural Monument has been a working William P Cooper jams D. Neu/landatelier for thejudson family since 1897. I'M" Cmlg 77"” 0“/"1

President's Circle members will be D”"5l‘“ Dam” Gemld P‘P“z'-“"Vivian Davie; jean Pari:

stained glass toduction After a tece tion 0 y aw am Ht!” 6 Edward C ParkP as P Riehard De Bloii Ken Pauleyin e g ry, great-gran OH lam Mark Elinson Robert PhelpsJudson will lead the program and give a 51/", E]/,3 L4,,“ p,',,,,

briefhistoty of the studio, which has also Sfgpbaig Evan; Lmmyd Pinbeen called the Tiffany's of the West. Rebekah Farber Muriel Ponzeeehi

The President's Circle is a group of F4175 Fldmy ,ll"l Rllgindividuals that support the programs and Hm’? A F”8f””‘ Na"? Rh"'_'b""'publications of the society in an excep- Al/'_" F"‘H”'$_ D‘“” 8'”

. . . William E. Freiye Paul Rippenltional manner For more information Lhmtlc Ga’/e Rab"! E6 Rom“about joining the President's Circle, please Emmy 6Mi[;;”l Golédlpad Gmgia kogmbey

can HSSC at (213) 2220546‘ Robert Grime; jean 6 Don RowlandLawrenee Guillow Mike Sanchez

Katherine M. Gurash Gail Gregory SamburyHS Rita Gurnee Ron StotlWillard A. Hayden jane Seabilrn

PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE MEMBERS Loraine 6 David/1. Henderion Alexandra SelnaHighland Park Chamber ofCommerre Earl Settlernyer

Louis Hilleary Ceeilia ShulmanSandra] BIMM Irene Hirano Suzanne Siegel

Christopher 6 Thoma: P Canon Hmlll" H0884" -4"" slill"Siegfried G Dmke Thoma: R. Hudion Dorothy Sloan

G?”"Z" AV D'""'l"K Willard Hityrk Giuliana 6 Donald Sangiter

Barbara 6 Arnold Hurwitz josephine Smith

Billie G Powell Greenland Vivien Ide Margaret Staneh/ieldjam” 6 Gmfg’ LA MM“ Robertjohn_]_aek.ton Philip A. Swan

Paljenning Kathleen TkgniMarjorie 6 Denver Markwith plum!” Ki]/U Ego W/_ 7-“aka

Louiie O'Flaher/y Gary Kiior Barbara Whitney

Barbara Crjohn Osborne K4” Kuik M4’? L0” W/[5197Richard C Kroering Kurt E Wilson

5"-’Pl"-"' A KW" 10/», Lmlmie an Silva ta"; WingChriitine 6 William Shirley Satan Lancaj/er D_Q \¥/1,3"E“/J" 6 Mama” Si";/ai" jay I L41! Paul H. Winter

Margaret Ann Storkan Suzjzzififjfbo” P321‘? W‘£/ollzm4 , l

Alb‘ 6‘ D"? 5- S"lll”4" Margaret 6 Sieg/i'iedLina'1trorn Leonard Wdllhman

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ST. FRANCIS DAM:A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER

Aurtin, Dxa: reridml Em Bixhap I/Jar-er /hi:story aer learning about HSSC’: publiratiari onrbe SI. Fraririr Dam disaster

y mother's brother, WillisGeorge, was one ofthosedrowned at the Edison work-

camp the fateful night ofthe 1928St. Francis Dam collapse. He was 24 yearsold. His parents were farmers in a remotearea ofSouth Texas. The only noticationthey received was a telegram from a

Ventura funeral home stating that iftheywould wire express charges, the body oftheir son would be shipped to them. Thebody arrived and was buried ten days afterthe flood, and my mother always contendedthat it was not her brother’s body theyreceived_ Tb: St. Fraud: Dam as it appeared an Marrb 20, I928.

I was born in 1950 and as a childheard many references to Willis, “Uncle

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LOCAL I-IISTORY

Bill" to me, being drowned when a dam in sign ofany kind identifying this as the site Before I left the kind couple in Piru,California broke in the middle ofthe night. of a tragedy that claimed some 400 lives in the lady, almost as an afterthought, said toThere were few details. It was said that he 1928. On top ofthe west wall ofthe canyon her husband, "Go get the book."was part of a workcrew camped in tents I found a 200-foot row ofconcrete Mr. Ingalls went into the house andbelow the dam, and that when the water boulders which I learned later is the brought out the 1963 book Mamnadehit, it wrapped the tent around them. That remains of an extension of the top of the Dita:/er.' T/1: Story ofSt. Franri: Dam. I hadwas about all that was known in our family dam at the foot of the east wall. no idea that a book about the tragedy hadabout the tragedy, but it made a large, Buoyed by the discovery ofthe damsite, ever been written, but after a quick inspec-lasting impression in my young mind. I set out to nd the site of the Edison work- tion I was determined to have a copy.

My mother died recently at 92. camp, but this proved to be more difcult. Returning home, I contacted the publisherAmong her things was a newspaper clipping A lady at a citrus grove on the Santa Clara and learned that the book is out of printabout the St. Francis Dam disaster, printed River in Piru told me she thought the work- and copies are scarce. However, after somein 1958 on the thirtieth anniversary ofthe camp was several miles east ofPiru near effort, I was able to secure a copy.event. The story gave the location ofthe the Ventura-Los Angeles County line. In that In the bibliography, I learned that thedam in the San Francisquito Canyon area I could not nd anyone who had Ventura County coroner had made morguell miles north of Saugus and reported that heard ofthe St. Francis Dam or an Edison photographs ofevery victim brought in.the Edison workcamp was at Piru. Consulting workcamp, so I went back to Piru. By now According to the bibliography notes, thosea map, I was surprised to learn that this it was late Saturday afternoon, and I inquired photographs were now (in 1963) in posses-

was in the Los Angeles area. ofa couple I found having a yard sale. sion of the coroner's son, whom it named.In May ofthis year, I went to The man, David Ingalls, told me exactly I located this gentleman by the simple

Los Angeles. With the aid of a map from a where to nd the workcamp at Blue Cut. expedient ofcalling Ventura information.convenience store, I located Saugus and Following his directions, I had no trouble He was very gracious and told me he hadSan Francisquito Canyon. Driving up the at all nding it just a few hundred feet inside turned the collection over to the Venturacanyon, when the odometer indicated 11 the Ventura County line and only three or County Museum of History Br Art.miles, I saw large concrete boulders strewn four miles from Magic Mountain amusement Charlesjohnson, the museumdown the canyon. This obviously was the park. There was no marker identifying this librarian, was kind enough to determinesite of the ill-fated St. Francis Dam. But as the spot where almost 100 young men that there was indeed a morgue picture ofhaving seen other roadside historical perished in the early morning hours of Willis George, and, sent me a copy.

markers, I was surprised that there was no March 12, 1928. (Continued on page 5)

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A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLASSIC REVISITED

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CAROBETH LAIRD'SENCOUNTER WITH AN ANGRY GOD

by Florence C. Sbipek, Pb.D.

arobeth Laird's autobiography,Encounter Wit/J An Angry God, ~

published in 1975 by the Mall-tiMuseum Press, means a great deal to manyanthropologists, historians and linguists.In the book, she describes her work forjohn Peabody Harrington (].P.) and her "marriage to him. We see her developmentfrom a naive, romantic student in love withthis young professor, to a realistic, rpractical, strong woman who had built herown happy, fulfilled life apart from this"angry god." It is a fascinating story. .»

purpose governed his life with absolutelyno thought for anything else. He was

renowned for his linguistic and anthro-pological research and his accumulation of

When I met].P., his single-minded

Phi)uonBusak

dz‘? from the ulzist living speakers" of Le: Cambetb Laird. Rig/Jr: Tb: book‘: /mndmrne dust/'ackel was designed by Don Pnreva/.various California Indian languages. Hewas so busy recording data that he seldom HSSC ><_

published, but he had become a living had no care for his clothes or food, and FELLOW T“ M

legend to students in the 1930s. generally bunked on the floor with Florence S/Jipek I‘I met].P. in 1938-39 while working at whichever old people he was recording. ii an \

the Los Angeles County Museum. Art His notes are a very special treasure of an!/Jmpizlagirl _Woodward allowed].P. to use a locked all California. However, much knowledge is wboiepmlic ~ \ -

cupboard on the museum's laboratory needed to decipher the treasure, because he research and 1

oor. Once a month, we could smell].P. shifted at will from English to Spanish or writing have ‘ ' I

coming down the hall. He entered the Latin. Even for those who only know the been devated to 4

room, seldom looked at those of us legend of_].P., Carobeth's story eshes him rmli/ing 1;;working there unless Art was present. He out into a real person. I highly appreciate pmblenuw ' ‘

opened his cupboard and put in a huge and value my copy. It is one of the few southern 3sheaf of papers and folders and rook out books I read every few years and appreciate Ca/irniafresh paper for the next month's work. He new facets of_].P. and Carobeth. Indians.

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ST. FRANCIS (Continuedfrom page 4) treated with mortician’s cosmetics. And, resemblance to another one of my mother'sIt seems a bit ghoulish to want a considering that the two funeral homes in brothers. The picture appeared to have

morgue picture, and it was with some Ventura had processed literally hundreds of been taken right after the body was

trepidation that I ordered one. But my bodies in a short period oftime, it would brought in. He had a fat lip and somemother was 25 years old in 1928 and lived be reasonable to assume that there might abrasions about the face. My sister and Ithe rest of her life troubled by die idea that not have been a thorough embalming. Also, have four snapshots of Willis taken witl1inher brother's body had mistakenly been so far as I ever heard, no other family two or three years ofhis death. Puttingsent to some other bereaved family and member had ever expressed similar doubts them alongside the morgue picture andburied in some unknown location. about the identity ofthe body. My mother with a magnifying glass making a careful

I reasoned that my mother might have might have been mistaken, and this might examination of specic facial features such

been mistaken. She was a grief-stricken be an opportunity to lay the matter to rest. as ears, nose, chin, etc., we each concluded

young Woman. perhaps viewing the first Opening the envelope Isaw .2 good that the bodybut/8411'/2 I/76 ifimlij/p/01‘ Hfcorpse she had ever seen It was ten days quality head shot ofa cherubic innocent Geo! e W T d f ' Iafter his death. His [ace 5.. d b l1 db I k‘ . . I ' 4 ' 5 . “’* "3" E '“"°Yl‘ ‘h""°{cu I 3 Ce“ °° "13 24 Y5“ Old kid W110 b0f6 6 family Uncle Bill. My mother would be relieved.

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HISTORYCONFERENCESCHEDULED

The Historical Society of SouthernCalifornia joins with the Autry

Western Herita e Museum,B ~~__California State University,

Northridge, Los Angeles CountyOfce ofEducation and the

Southern California Social ScienceAssociation in presenting a HistoryConference at the Autry Museum on

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Saturda , anuar 20, 1996. Clorku/ire around table: Matthew Sta ;Br'/I Caate; Marita Malina; Maureen aner, u/i e ii Cali or-Y Y "7

The conference entitled nia Serretary 0fS/ate Bill_/or/er: jean Slane: Brian Vartanian: and Heather Hawkins dim/rt p/am for..LOS ANGELES HISTORY: the itatek rerquirentennial celebration in t/2e ofre ofSenate Majarity Leader Ken Maa'a'y.

OLD VENUES, NEW VISTAS,”

is the rst ofseveral conferencesfvqggis at

‘:1:2::;?f;§:i:ePr;tz:im:;P* 5E5QU1CENTENNIAL PLANSwritin and teaching the history of3 hen Governor Pete Wilson Finally, these grade-school scholars

°5 hgeles 'h haw ah exclhhg Ways‘ signed Executive Order are planning to launch the Sesquicentennialspeakers and that topics include; W-74-94 creating a sesqui- Pioneer Series. Students will research the

_ All d GI , h centennial commission, charging it with lives ofCalifornia pioneers who contributed-hm en aresulflma m mp the responsibility of implementing a multi- to the events that led from the Bear Flag

year celebration ofmilestones in California’s Revolt to California statehood. The results

L A I past, he didn't know just how serious some ofthis research will be published by Them M "gt 2" “wry kids are about their state's history. Classroom Chronicles Press in a hard-cover

Steve Loza After Fresno teacher Bill Coate's fifth book. Students statewide will be encouragedUCLA grade class learned about the official plans to explore all areas of California history

Mum ai lnlrodurtion m El/mir Culzurei to celebrate the 150th anniversary of

S.:F;r;;;;;‘:i:::::::r§:2.::.%.*:..%iii. ~W@~”w">~@~"gCSUN ought to lead the way so they developed a historian! be 4’ the

Architecture at Key to Lot Ange/e.i Hirmry f . ‘ .

P13" 0 their <>W"- end ofear/2 Jcbool year duringArthur Verge The fifth-graders' ses uicentennial . .

q the set uzcentemzzal ce/ebratzonEl Camino College program has three components‘ q ‘

World War II at Pi:/at ofChange First, they determined that a California' - wit in t e ses centennia rim ram t

Mark your calendars and watch for Shsqlilcentennlal reader should be . ' h hquli f e d E 0

Derrmgrapbie and Elhnie Changer

distributed throughout the state With that lhshhg ‘ at ' 5 "0 es ° Whrheh ah

more mfmmanom in mind they asked permission fromjean mlhorhieshre included‘Stone, wife oflate historical novelist Irving Considerable support has already

Stone to create the California sesquicen- heeh ghered f°" ‘he Pl“h- Chhforhlh.

“O b tennial edition of Stone's Men to Match My secfefafy hhsfhfe Blh-lhghes “hd ChlhhfhlaIis me best raoontrm plant Molmml-"L The special edition will be COm_ State Librarian Dr. Kevin Starr have joined

in southern c;]jf0;ni3" prised of those chapters that deal with J63" Sm"? “'"h 5"°"8 °“d°'5¢mem$- InKev. C u California‘ history between 1840 and 1850 addition, several key administrators with

says augor 3?“: y’ Second the students will Publish 3 i the CaliforniaState DepartrnentofEducation' h l cl d h ‘ ‘Mont, by Mom], in a iy/amwbg G,,,,1,,,A sesquicentennial quarterly through their ave P 5 85 ‘ ell'f*§5'5_""C§-

desktop publishing company, The Classroom The Smdehts Cahf°'h‘h S°5q‘hceh'Chmnides pl.eSs_ Young Peopk from an Over tennial Project will be unveiled at a reception

the state will be encouraged to research ‘h the he“ hehdqhamrs °f‘he Chhh’California's history from I846 to 1850 using secmafy hf State this h‘h-

_ primary source material. Scholarly articles 7I Lummls Home based on the research may be submitted to

the quarterly for publication. A convocation Thank yau la HSSC board member and

Sunday’ Ogtober 8 for the young historians will be held at the Madera retidentjo/an Oiborner lbi: report of

end of each school year during the sesqui t/zepmporedresquieenlennialplanr o Billcentennial celebration. Caate'rfi_/l/rgraderr.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CORPORATEAND INSTITUTIONAL HISTORIES

more complete understanding of 1993 Clam Breed. 'T1m11'r1g I/Jr Pager.‘ 1994 Jane Apostol. \’rornm1'rr

southern Calil11rniii's history has San llzeg/1 Pub//1'1./'/m1r_i Hi_i/1/ry lt\'i‘4I—1‘)h'Z. /\ CHI/In‘) /1fB/mk_t, 1984-199+.

n iii ed v ‘ th uhli atiun if , . .

bee (ll ll C P . C . K l98-'1 Austin Perl-<. B/1/J Bkglflfllflli lt is the Society s hope that moresome two dozen corporate and institu- .. . , . . . , .

. . . . A Slnvy About the ism! Iizfty lmri ofl.a//mm corporations and institutions will taketional histories during the past 30 years. , . . . . .

M I h H k h 6 Wu/kzni. seriously the research and writing of theirnoul" not as “B mm“ as‘ C histories during the years ahead. If HSSC

larger number of community histories I986 Andrew Rolle. ()1'1!d¢'rI/4!/C0//r_g'e.' 4 .

can he (ll help in the planning, please callpublished during the same period, rind A (.'er1Ier1r1m/Hit!/11'). I81‘\’7eI‘)87. UH) 772 U546

although differing in approach, scope and 1987 Judson Grmierl Ca/I/Mum

depth ofrcsearch. these volumes make an , .

important contribution to the local history Legal): T,” walla” Fall”/y' PFLUMIER /

. . AWARD RECIPIENToi our region.

The following, list is representative, I987 Phyllis lrshiiy. T/Jr Pm/r and (ii/In‘)

not comprehensive. 0/[he 'I?1u‘r1—T/Jr Slur) 11/I/Jr /l.K Si//11'/e)

L1 » STARR SIGNS1966 William Clary. A Hrllfy 0/11» ’ “ULuu"Firn1 of()'1lle/11:11} G1\lym(Z vuls.). 1988 David Clark. Am-y Inrmialrwzal

I 7 . . Corpnralion so-my Hljlnry. 115571985. The H1e‘°"e“l5°e*e‘Y ‘S PleasedU61 DWI? N‘“"5- PM’ '5 P"”/“K”?-' A PFLUEGER AWARD RFCIPIFNT to host the rst author's receptionCerilenninl Prole 0/Parzr Mulual Life ' ' and book signing for Kevin Smnrs

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