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Schools - History (1951-1990)

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1. The Cub. Booklet given to members of the graduating class of First Avenue School in 1956 from the print shop students. 2. Arcadia enrollment next fall set at 3800. Los Angeles Times April 2, 1951. 3. Board hears of impact on school housing needs of new construction. news clip, n.d. (circa…
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1. The Cub. Booklet given to members of the graduating class of First Avenue School in 1956 from the print shop students.
2. Arcadia enrollment next fall set at 3800. Los Angeles Times April 2, 1951.
3. Board hears of impact on school housing needs of new construction. news clip, n.d. (circa 1951-52).
4. Boom is consistent for schools. Arcadia Tribune August 16, 1973.
5. Arcadia Unified School District Newsletter, Fall 1981.
6. AUSD Newsletter, October 1983.
7. AUSD Information Data Sheet, February 1984.
8. "March in Arcadia Schools" 1986.
9. AUSD Newsletter , February 1986.
10. AUSD. A Report to the Community. June 1986.
11. AUSD Newsletter, October 1987.
12. AUSD Newsletter, November 1987.
13. AUSD. A Report to the Community. June 1987.
14. AUSD Newsletter April 1988.
15. AUSD Newsletter May 1988.
16. AUSD A Report to the Community. June 1988.
17. AUSD Newsletter, September 1988.
18. AUSD Newsletter, November 1988.
19. AUSD Information Sheet. January 1989.
20. AUSD Newsletter, February 1989.
21. AUSD Information Sheet, May 1989.
22. AUSD A Report to the Community. Summer 1990.
23. AUSD. Enrollment/Attendance report for the ninth school month - Item ILC.3. dated June 11, 1990.
24. AUSD. Arcadia High School English Curriculum - Grades 10/11 - Item IIA.1. dated June 25, 1990.
25. AUSD. Instructional Technology Plan. Item II.A.3. dated June 25, 1990.
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Schools - History (1951-1990)
Item ID
224AF
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
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1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…
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1838
End Date
1947
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1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.
2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.
3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.
4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.
5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.
6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.
7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.
8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.
9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.
10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.
11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.
12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.
13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.
14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.
15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.
16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.
17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.
18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.
19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.
20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.
21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.
22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.
24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.
25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.
26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.
27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.
28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.
29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.
31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.
32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.
33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.
34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.
35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.)
36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
103AF
Collection
Subject Files
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)-Maps

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1. Kingsley map of Rancho, Section II. Surveyed March 1910. 2. Kingsley map of Rancho, Section III. Surveyed March 1910. 3. Boundaries of Hugo Reid's original 13,316 acre Rancho Santa Anita. Lasca Leaves, September 1975. 4. Rancho as sketch outlines by Lupe Cuellar. Copy received 1967. 5. Ranc…
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1. Kingsley map of Rancho, Section II. Surveyed March 1910.
2. Kingsley map of Rancho, Section III. Surveyed March 1910.
3. Boundaries of Hugo Reid's original 13,316 acre Rancho Santa Anita. Lasca Leaves, September 1975.
4. Rancho as sketch outlines by Lupe Cuellar. Copy received 1967.
5. Rancho History - Map of Baldwin Rancho. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.
6. Rancho San Pasqual and the surrounding areas. From the map of the County of Los Angeles, 1877.
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)-Maps
Item ID
104AF
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1865-1872)-William Wolfskill

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1. "William Wolfskill - the first man to raise oranges commercially in California." Magazine source and date unknown. 2. Notes from visit with Marcella Palethorpe, great-granddaughter of William Wolfskill, March 3, 1980. Present were Arcadia Librarian Pat McAdam and Sandy Snider of the Los Angele…
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1. "William Wolfskill - the first man to raise oranges commercially in California." Magazine source and date unknown.
2. Notes from visit with Marcella Palethorpe, great-granddaughter of William Wolfskill, March 3, 1980. Present were Arcadia Librarian Pat McAdam and Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles Count Arboretum.
3. "Wolfskill paid $20,000 for rancho in 1865." Arcadia Tribune, December 8, 1977 by Anna Wallace.
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1865-1872)-William Wolfskill
Item ID
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1858-1865)-William Corbitt and Albert Dibblee

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1. "The well-known rancho, Santa Anita." An article from the book, California Ranchos and Farms, 1846-1862, published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1967.
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1. "The well-known rancho, Santa Anita." An article from the book, California Ranchos and Farms, 1846-1862, published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1967.
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1858-1865)-William Corbitt and Albert Dibblee
Item ID
108AF
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Arcadia Bulletin/NewsPost/Tribune and other newspapers

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Arcadia Bulletin/News-Post/Tribune anniversary editions; misc. issues from 1930s, 1940s and 7/26/1992. Chicago Daily News/Tribune/Sun Herald Examiner 7/21/1917; 7/24/1917; 11/11/1918; 8/3/1923; 1/13/1934; 12/8/1941.
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Arcadia Bulletin/News-Post/Tribune anniversary editions; misc. issues from 1930s, 1940s and 7/26/1992. Chicago Daily News/Tribune/Sun Herald Examiner 7/21/1917; 7/24/1917; 11/11/1918; 8/3/1923; 1/13/1934; 12/8/1941.
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Arcadia Bulletin/NewsPost/Tribune and other newspapers
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 123
Shelf Number
Shelf H9
Item ID
436AF
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Los Angeles Herald Examiner and other items

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Los Angeles Herald Examiner-final edition November 2, 1989. Los Angeles Times Historical headlines-famous front pages. Early Arcadia Panoramic View (Photo) Santa Anita Racetrack (photo) n.d. Original Baldwin racetrack 1906 (photo). Framed Bio—Elias J. Baldwin. Jr. High Music Fes 5/8/1974 (Record).…
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Los Angeles Herald Examiner-final edition November 2, 1989. Los Angeles Times Historical headlines-famous front pages. Early Arcadia Panoramic View (Photo) Santa Anita Racetrack (photo) n.d. Original Baldwin racetrack 1906 (photo). Framed Bio—Elias J. Baldwin. Jr. High Music Fes 5/8/1974 (Record). AHS Presents “Messiah” 1956 (Records).
Subjects
Los Angeles Herald Examiner and other items
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 125
Shelf Number
Shelf H9
Item ID
438AF
Collection
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Miscellaneous files from Arcadia City Hall, City Clerk’s Office

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Miscellaneous files from Arcadia City Hall, City Clerk’s Office. Acquired 2009. Arcadia H S Band Trip to Washington DC 1957 Arcadia-Monrovia Cab Co. 1954-56 SGV Cab Co Arcadia Publishing Co. Child Care at 12 and 16 W. Huntington Arcadia Small Animal Hospital - Lee H. Darrow Arcadia Wash E Branch U…
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Miscellaneous files from Arcadia City Hall, City Clerk’s Office. Acquired 2009. Arcadia H S Band Trip to Washington DC 1957 Arcadia-Monrovia Cab Co. 1954-56 SGV Cab Co Arcadia Publishing Co. Child Care at 12 and 16 W. Huntington Arcadia Small Animal Hospital - Lee H. Darrow Arcadia Wash E Branch US Army C/E Relocation Agreement Bicentennial Commission 1976 Census 1970 City Council Newsletter Jan 1984-85 City Parks: Eisenhower Park, Golden West Park, Fairview Av. Original Discussions Concerning CRA (Chicago Park) C R A Hearings (Arcadia Redevelopment Agency, Proposed Redevelopment Plan for Central Redevelopment Project, July 1973) CRA-Newspaper Clippings CRA-Correspondence from Citizens Detective Agency Mildred E. Carr 1150 W. Colorado Bl. EATONS (OLD) 1150 W. Colorado Bl. Eaton Property (Proposed Townhouse Development) 1130-1150 Colorado Eaton Property Residential & Commercial Old Thrifty Site Robert Donaldson (65 E. Huntington Dr.) First & Huntington (Thrifty Drug Store) (55, 59, 65 E. Huntington Dr). Hare Krishna Hare Krishna (News clipping testimony) Completed 6/30/1980 (2 folders)
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Miscellaneous files from Arcadia City Hall, City Clerk’s Office
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 106A
Shelf Number
Shelf H24
Item ID
415AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Miscellaneous files from Arcadia City Hall, City Clerk’s Office

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Miscellaneous files from Arcadia City Hall, City Clerk’s Office. Acquired 2009. Land Purchase – Duarte & Santa Anita De Lance P B Library Board (Book) – The Last Temptation of Christ Newcastle Park – 143 W. Colorado Blvd. Old Library Use (1st & Wheeler) Agreement Pacific Telephone Co. C 609 Park (A…
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Miscellaneous files from Arcadia City Hall, City Clerk’s Office. Acquired 2009. Land Purchase – Duarte & Santa Anita De Lance P B Library Board (Book) – The Last Temptation of Christ Newcastle Park – 143 W. Colorado Blvd. Old Library Use (1st & Wheeler) Agreement Pacific Telephone Co. C 609 Park (Acquisition) 302 S. 2nd Av. Park – Sixth & Longden Avenues Private Investigator Sheehan, Earl Sunday Racing Sunday Racing: Newspaper Clipping Poll Results Sunday Racing: Pro and Con Correspondence Scientology (J. Michael Smith) Solicitation – Polk Co. City Directory Stables Tax Reform Committee (see also “Jarvis Initiative 6-6-78” file) Jarvis Initiative 6-6-78 Proposition “13” (see also “Tax Reform Committee” file) Unification Church (Moonies) Westerner Motel
Subjects
Miscellaneous files from Arcadia City Hall, City Clerk’s Office
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 106B
Shelf Number
Shelf H24
Item ID
416AF
Collection
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