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Arboretum

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1. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. Brochure, 1976. 2. The Modern Arboretum. Publication of the Trustees of the California Arboretum Foundation, 1948. 3. California Arboretum Foundation Insurance. Brochure, no date. 4. "Nature and scientific research blended at Arcadia Arboretum." Ne…
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1. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. Brochure, 1976.
2. The Modern Arboretum. Publication of the Trustees of the California Arboretum Foundation, 1948.
3. California Arboretum Foundation Insurance. Brochure, no date.
4. "Nature and scientific research blended at Arcadia Arboretum." News clip, 1957.
5. "Story of the Mexican tiles." Reprint from Lasca Leaves, 1960.
6. "Total damage to Arboretum ..." News clip, January 14, 1970.
7. "Face lifting started on Arboretum plot." News clip, May 21, 1973.
8. "Volunteers assist at Arboretum." News clip, August 13, 1969.
9. "Arboretum available to public." News clip, April 16, 1964.
10. "Tarzan went ape over Arboretum." News clip, August 14, 1968.
11. "New hostess group for Arboretum historical area." News clip, January 15, 1967.
12."Major studios use Arboretum." News clip, August 2, 1971.
13. "Arboretum serves community." News clip, August 5, 1973.
14. "Arboretum Foundation and Friends note 25th anniversary." News clip, February 18, 1973.
15. "Arboretum - time to reevaluate as a place for people and trees." News clip, August 23, 1973.
16. "History and beauty live in the Arboretum." News clip, June 5, 1974.
17. "Arboretum: it's a garden land of the exotic." News clip, February 18, 1973.
18. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum, 1973. One page from General Plan: open space and conservation element.
19. "Arboretum: trees offer ..." News clip, October 7, 1977.
20. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. Brochure, 1948.
21. Lasca Leaves: Anniversary Issue, March, 1973.
22. "Romantic past - plans for future bring promise." News clip, July 30, 1949.
23. Lucky Baldwin's retreat. Letter by Susanna Dakin, no date.
24. "Search for beauty ends at rancho." News clip, April 20, 1978.
25. "Arboretum enters the computer age." News clip, October 18, 1979.
26. "The beauty endures." Color news photos of Arboretum, November 7, 1979.
27. "Account of winter storm damage." Lasca Leaves, May/June 1980.
28. "Horticulturist, George P. Lux's two life dreams will become realities now in death." Lux Arboretum under direction of Los Angeles County and the State of California. News clip, May 27, 1956.
29. "Samuel Ayers, Jr., 94, dies; he put color in Los Angeles landscape." Los Angeles Times, November 17, 1987, part II, p.1 with photo.
30. Color California with the California Arboretum Foundation. Brochure, 1987-1988.
31. "Arcadia Lake dries up for first time in a century." Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, Fall 1991, vol. 3, no. 3.
32. "Botanical Garden Plan discussed - Supervisors study Rancho Santa Anita acreage purchase." Pasadena Star News, August 10, 1945.
33. The Los Angeles State and County Arboretum information booklet and invitation to join the California Arboretum Foundation. No date, circa 1990's. 2 copies.
34. West's Annotated California Codes - Government Code #14673.7. State and County Arboretum in Arcadia; quitclaim.
35. "Mr. and Mrs. Lowry B. McCaslin of La Canada-Flintridge have donated a seven foot white marble statue of a woman holding an urn to the Arboretum in Arcadia." Los Angeles Times, online - Home Edition, People in the News, Glendale section - April 2, 1992.
36. Baldwin Bonanza invitation. Twenty-fifth anniversary plant sale, barbecue and auction. May 5, 1995.
37. Historic Santa Anita - The Development of the Land. Pamphlet published by the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia, California. No date. 2 copies. See also VF History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947), item 14c. for revision published in 2006.
38. Webpage of The Arboretum of Los Angeles County, May 1, 1996. Http://192.104.39.4/AABGA/Member.pages/la_county.html.
39. Historical Center Carriage House Exhibit - The Blacksmith Shop by Mrs. Maida B. Boyle, Curator of History. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. 1960-1963.
40. Rancho Santa Anita: 50 Years of Plants and People. Pamphlet produced by the California Arboretum Foundation, 1997 in recognition of the Arboretum's 50th year of operation.
41. 50 Years of Plants and People. Reprint of George H. Spaulding's 1973 book, "A History of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum: the first 25 years." California Arboretum Foundation, 1997.
42. Bookmark series #18 announcing the Baldwin Bonanza. California Arboretum Foundation, 1997.
43. Bumper sticker distributed by the California Arboretum Foundation in celebration of their 50th year. California Arboretum Foundation, 1997.
44. Article by Steve Harvey on his "Only in L.A." column explaining the numbers on a parking lot sign at the Arboretum. Los Angeles Times, no date, circa 1997.
45. "Historic site purchased." Arcadia Bulletin, March 30, 1947, p1.
46. Rancho Santa Anita:the story of the Arboretum. Also called Rancho Santa Anita "Place of Many Waters". Pamphlet by Susanna Bryant Dakin, 1956 reprint.
47. "County buying Lucky Baldwin home Wednesday." Arcadia Bulletin, March 23, 1947.
48. "County buys Lucky Baldwin property for 'One of the World's Finest Arboretums'" Arcadia Tribune March 27, 1947. p.1
49. Another landmark disappears. LAT May 29, 1997. n.p.
50. Baldwin Lake: Its origins and history. Arboretum News Summer 1999.
51. Tai Chi in the garden. News from the Arboretum. December 2000-January 2001. p.5
52. Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation Annual Report 2000.
53. Garden design comes alive starting this November. Flyer announcing new Sunset Demonstration Garden. 1998.
54. 1998 Los Angeles Garden Show Sneak Preview Party invitation. The Arboretum of Los Angeles County October 7, 1998.
55. "Queen Anne's Cottage: For the love of Jennie...or was it Lillie?" The Quarterly Magazine Summer 2000 p. 57-62.
56. Flyer. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. c.1976.
57. Henry C. Soto Water Conservation Garden Dedication Ceremony program. September 29, 1988.
58. Packet of information about the Arboretum. Includes booklet "Along Arboretum Paths" dated 1984, Volunteer Handbook dated 1987, and open house flyer dated 1988.
59. 2001 Baldwin Bonanza invitation.
60. The Arboretum of Los Angeles County Annual Report: July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001.
61. Trees of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. Includes drawings and location map. Booklet, November 1978.
62. The Arboretum of Los Angeles County Annual Report: July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002.
63. "Poisonous Plants of Southern California." Booklet published by the County of Los Angeles, Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens. Arcadia, CA. April 1972.
63a. "Poisonous Plants of Southern California." Booklet published by the County of Los Angeles, Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens. Arcadia, CA. April 1972.
64. "A Guide to Pond Ecology." Booklet published by the County of Los Angeles, Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens. Arcadia, CA. August 1987.
65. "Green Belts for Brush Fire Protection and Soil Erosion Control in Hillside Residential Areas. " Booklet published by the County of Los Angeles, Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens. Arcadia, CA. c.1970s
66. "The Brachychitons," plant collections of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum. December 1980.
67. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum Fact Sheet. January 9, 1997.
68. California Philharmonic Orchestra Festival on the Green 1999 publicity brochure describing the concerts and subscription costs.
69. Festival on the Green 2002 publicity brochure; Four tickets for the California Philharmonic Orchestra Festival on the Green at the Arboretum: "March Madness" program, September 14, 2002 and "Affairs to Remember" program, September 6, 2003.
70. "L.A. County Botanic Garden . . . Our new name better describes what we have become and what our future holds." LA County Botanic Garden newsletter. May, June and July 2003, p.1.
71. 2002 Baldwin Bonanza Festival of Plants, May 3rd, 4th, 5th at The Arboretum. Preview party invitation.
72. An Arboretum color advertising publication "Excuse me ...Do you know us?" Gives information on the plants, collections, programming, events, services and calendar for November/December 2003/January 2004. San Gabriel Newspaper Group, October 30, 2003.
73. Mounted colored postcard titled "Lake at Baldwin's Ranch, Santa Anita, California", no date. Gift from Sierra Madre Public Library, Debbie R. Henderson (Associate Librarian--Archival Collection), March 17, 2004.
74. LA County Botanic Garden (9"x4" card stock). "The Arboretum of Los Angeles County will now be known as L.A. County Botanic Garden." 2003.
75. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum brochure showing a 213 area code. No Date. Gift from South Pasadena Public Library.
76. You Are Invited to Join the California Arboretum Foundation, Inc. brochure and application. No Date. Gift from South Pasadena Public Library-date stamped November 27, 1972.
77. The Arboretum - Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Annual Report, July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005.
78. Arboretum Members' Magazine, Issue 4, 2005/2006 November, December, January. "Plants are giving."
79. The Arboretum - Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Annual Report, July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006.
80. Baldwin Lake a Big Part of Local History. Arcadia Weekly, August 8, 2002.
81. The Arboretum - Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Annual Report, July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007.
82."A guide to the tropical greenhouse," published by Los Angeles State and County Arboretum, n.d.
83. "Growing and using oriental vegetables," published by County of Los Angeles Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, n.d.
84. L.A.S.C.A. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum Activity Book written by Dick Ruehrwein, 1982.
85. Article about Mitchell Bishop, the historic curator at Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. He'd like to open the Queen Anne Cottage to the public more often. The Weekly Star, a supplement to the Pasadena Star News, December 25, 2008.
86. History behind the Arboretum by Lauragene Swenson. The Weekly Star, September 9, 2010.
87. Arboretum wood turned art, The Weekly Star, November 11, 2012.
88. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors renews 20-year agreement with Arboretum Foundation to operate the LA County Arboretum. Arcadia Weekly, p. 7, May 23, 2013.
89. The Arboretum: Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden information brochure, including map of the grounds. 2 copies.
90. Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden to receive $1.8 million in upgrades. Refurbishment of the Arboretum Library and Ayres Hall. San Gabriel Valley Examiner, October 24, 2013.
91. Los Angeles County, Lucky Baldwin's relatives push for restoration of Baldwin Lake at Arboretum in Arcadia. Pasadena Star News, December 29, 2014. Retrieved from pasadenastarnews.com on 12/29/2014.
92. Guide to Civic Art in Los Angeles County Parks, p. 8 info on public art at Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden: Je N'Oublierai Pas marble sculpture, commissioned by Anita Baldwin. Retrieved 7/11/2018 from lacounty.gov.
93. What's going on with Arcadia's Lake Baldwin? A multi-part article by Galen Patterson, Arcadia Weekly, June 7, 2018, June 14, 2018, June 21, 2018, June 28, 2018, July 5, 2018, July 21, 2018, July 26, 2018- ?
94. 94A. Walk through History at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum (15 page booklet shows boundaries of original Rancho Santa Anita Land Grant. 94B. A Guide to the Historical Section at the Los Angeles County State and County Arboretum, printed December 1980, text by Sandra L. Snider (Sandy Snider). Page 8 shows boundaries of Hugo Reid's original 13,319-acre Rancho Santa Anita and the present-day cities embraced.
95. L.A. County Arboretum: $8 million cleanup of Baldwin Lake sought. Flood control district assigns funding; expense to go before supervisors in July. Pasadena Star News, April 9, 2019.
96. Arborvitae, newsletter of Los Voluntarios, August 2020. Includes Annual Report 2019-2020, Covid-19 status, preservation work on the Reid-Baldwin Adobe, conservation of paintings in the Queen Anne Cottage, historic Santa Anita Depot roof restoration, remembrances of Phyllis Chapman, Carol Libby, Hiroko and Yoshio Fujioka, Tom Conrow, Dorothy Collister and Jo Harley.
97. Consortium wants to cut down LA County Arboretum trees to make room for storm water treatment (groundwater recharge ponds and a pump station) to pump out to the nearby Arcadia Wash. Construction of this facility would take up 4 acres of the Arboretum's Australia section. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 2021, printed from latimes.com on February 4, 2021.
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Arboretum
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Arboretum Directors

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1. "Director-elect will tackle dissension." News clip, April 12, 1970. 2. "Future of Arboretum depends on Dr. Verdoorn." News clip, circa 1948. 3. "Arboreta hiring delay asked." News clip, March 10, 1970. 4. "Retiring Arboretum official feted." Pacesetter-Highlander, December 8, 1982, p.10. 5. …
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1. "Director-elect will tackle dissension." News clip, April 12, 1970.
2. "Future of Arboretum depends on Dr. Verdoorn." News clip, circa 1948.
3. "Arboreta hiring delay asked." News clip, March 10, 1970.
4. "Retiring Arboretum official feted." Pacesetter-Highlander, December 8, 1982, p.10.
5. Waltham botanist to direct new Los Angeles Arboretum, Christian Science Monitor, November 13, 1948. Dr. Frans Verdoorn is the first director of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum.
6."Arboretum CEO Schulhof to retire in late spring; new CEO expected this summer." Arcadia Weekly, p. 12, February 23, 2023.
7. "L.A. County arborteum selects new director." Pasadena Star News, May 25, 2023, p.A3,A5. Michael Desplaines will begin his new role as CEO of Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden in July.
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Arboretum Directors
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10AF
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Arboretum Research

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1. "Camptotheca acuminata, Decaisne (Nyssaceae): Source of Camptothecin, an antileukemic Alkaloid." Technical Bulletin No. 1415, United States Department of Agriculture, April 1970. In cooperation with the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health Education, and Welfare, and Research Triangl…
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1. "Camptotheca acuminata, Decaisne (Nyssaceae): Source of Camptothecin, an antileukemic Alkaloid." Technical Bulletin No. 1415, United States Department of Agriculture, April 1970. In cooperation with the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health Education, and Welfare, and Research Triangle Institute.
2. "Rear tree cut." News clip, March 23, 1968.
3. "Cancer tree cuttings." News clip, September 19, 1969.
4. "Scientist tries to grow." News clip, May, 20, 1973.
5. "A hunt for a tree." News clip, circa 1968 or 1969.
6. "Fire retardant plants." Arboretum brochure.
7. "Sewage water for agriculture?" Press release, County of Los Angeles Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, June 1, 1977.
8. "Searching for answers." Lasca Leaves, March 1973.
9. "'Leaf' the doctoring to Lee." News clip and photo, July 6, 1978.
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Arboretum Research
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11AF
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Archives of the Santa Anita Highlands Garden Club.

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Archives of the Santa Anita Highlands Garden Club. Membership Directories, 1961-1998 Newsletters, 1976-1995 (Incomplete) Bylaws and Constitution
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Archives of the Santa Anita Highlands Garden Club. Membership Directories, 1961-1998 Newsletters, 1976-1995 (Incomplete) Bylaws and Constitution
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Archives of the Santa Anita Highlands Garden Club.
Location
History Room
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Box 63
Shelf Number
Shelf C4
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377AF
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Senior Citizen Housing

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1. Retirement hotel approved. Arcadia Highlander November 28, 1984 with photo. 2. Brochure for Santa Anita Retirement and Assisted Living Center located on the border of Arcadia and Temple City at 5600 Gracewood Avenue. c.2001. 3. Brochure for Arcadia Gardens Retirement Hotel located at 720 W.…
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1. Retirement hotel approved. Arcadia Highlander November 28, 1984 with photo.
2. Brochure for Santa Anita Retirement and Assisted Living Center located on the border of Arcadia and Temple City at 5600 Gracewood Avenue. c.2001.
3. Brochure for Arcadia Gardens Retirement Hotel located at 720 W. Camino Real in Arcadia. c.2001.
4. Program for the Heritage Park at Arcadia Ground Breaking Ceremony, Wednesday, August 20, 2003. 54-unit apartment complex with affordable housing for senior citizens at 150 W. Las Tunas Dr.
5a. Ribbon cutting program "Campus Commons" May 10, 2012. 5b. Campus Commons Grand Opening from Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Website. Campus Commons is a two-story low-income senior housing complex at 16 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA.
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Senior Citizen Housing
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Senior Citizen of the Year

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1. List of annual award winners 1969-1994. 2. Mrs. Saunders picked top senior. (Edith Saunders) Arcadia Tribune April 26, 1973. 3. Velma Wright Senior of the Year. Arcadia Tribune May 2, 1974. 4. Spoelstra named 1974 Senior Citizen. (Raymond C. Spoelstra) Arcadia Tribune May 1, 1975. 5. …
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1. List of annual award winners 1969-1994.
2. Mrs. Saunders picked top senior. (Edith Saunders) Arcadia Tribune April 26, 1973.
3. Velma Wright Senior of the Year. Arcadia Tribune May 2, 1974.
4. Spoelstra named 1974 Senior Citizen. (Raymond C. Spoelstra) Arcadia Tribune May 1, 1975.
5. Hilda Raymond, Henry Horst top seniors. Arcadia Tribune May 6, 1976.
6. Honored senior says her golden years were the 1930s. (Cay Mortenson) Arcadia Tribune May 15, 1977.
7. Secret for Senior of the Year: years of giving, lots of heart. (Marie Percy) Arcadia Tribune April 6, 1978.
8. Francis Canny goes where she's needed. Arcadia Tribune March 18, 1979.
9. John Joseph keeps moving. Arcadia Tribune March 22, 1979.
10. Lurie: age is a state of mind. (Lee Lurie) Arcadia Tribune March 20, 1980.
11. Genevieve Bloom: harmonious choice for Senior of the Year. Arcadia Tribune April 9, 1981.
12. Shaw honored as Arcadia's Senior Citizen of the Year. (Warren Shaw) Arcadia Tribune April 15, 1982.
13. Mrs. Natalie Dwight named Arcadia's 1983 Senior Citizen of the Year. Arcadia Tribune May 26, 1983.
14. Mrs. Dorothy L. Eggleston is chosen Senior Citizen of the Year. Arcadia Tribune May 6, 1984.
15. Isabel Hooten selected as Arcadia's Senior of the Year. Arcadia Highlander May 14, 1986.
16. William Dillon and Josephine Duckwall City's top seniors. Arcadia Highlander May 6, 1987.
17. Arcadia Rotary Club Salute to Seniors luncheon honors Bob Bane, the City of Arcadia Senior of the Year. Biographical notes. Mountain Views News, p. 7, April 20, 2013.
18. Arcadia Rotary Club's salute to seniors luncheon honors Glynna Harper as 2014 Senior Citizen of the Year. Mountain Views News, March 29, 2014.
19. Arcadia Rotary Club, annual Rotary salute to Seniors, May 12, 2015, honoring Senior Citizens of the Year--Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer.
20. Arcadia Rotary Club honors Mary Hansen as the City of Arcadia 2018 Senior of the Year. Mountain Views News, March 24, 2018.
21. Arcadia Rotary Club annual salute to seniors, May 10, 2016 program presents 2016 Senior of the Year Carol Libby, with picture of Carol Libby at the Hugo Reid Family Statue.
22. Arcadia Rotary Club's Salute to Seniors Luncheon honoring Lee Shimmin, 2019 Senior of the Year. Mountain Views News, April 6, 2019.
23. City of Arcadia 2021 Senior of the Year is Elizabeth Renfrew. San Gabriel Valley Examiner, March 31, 2022.
24. Marilyn Daleo named Arcadia's 2022 Senior of The Year. Mountain View News, April 22, 2023.
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Senior Citizen of the Year
Item ID
232AF
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Senior Citizen Services

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1. Elderly and handicapped program. Part of City Planning Report, August 15, 1980. 2. City of Arcadia Senior Citizens' Services. Arcadia City Hall, 1979. 3. City of Arcadia, Senior Citizens' Services. Arcadia Community Education, Inc., 1986. 4. City of Arcadia Senior Citizen Services Monthly Ne…
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1. Elderly and handicapped program. Part of City Planning Report, August 15, 1980.
2. City of Arcadia Senior Citizens' Services. Arcadia City Hall, 1979.
3. City of Arcadia, Senior Citizens' Services. Arcadia Community Education, Inc., 1986.
4. City of Arcadia Senior Citizen Services Monthly Newsletter. August 2003.
5. City of Arcadia Community Center Senior Services Monthly Newsletter "The Connection."December 2014 and January 2015 (2 items).
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Senior Citizen Services
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