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1. "The late Clara Baldwin Stocker." News photo, April 1934. Original and a copy.

2. "Mrs. Stocker in Buick little 6," Monrovia Messenger, March 17, 1916.

3. "Court decision ruled in Clara Baldwin's favor." Pacific Coast Hotel and Apartment Record, 1916.

4. "Says Mrs. Stocker in incompetent." Arcadia Journal, November 30, 1918.

5. "Stuart Harold, who will take this part of Count Di Luna in 'Il Trovatore'. " (Harold Stocker - Clara's husband) The Valley Vista, February 24, 1900, p. 2.5

6. "Clara Baldwin." Summary of life of Clara Baldwin prepared by Sandy Snider, received April 1980.

7. Inventory of personal property, estate of Clara Baldwin. Transcribed by Sandy Snider from the Anita McClaughry Baldwin's manuscript collection at the Huntington Library. Received April 1980.

8. "Lucky Baldwin heiress passes." Los Angeles Times, February 28, 1929.

9. 1978 real estate ad on sale of home. Arcadia Tribune, October 29, 1978.

10. "Clara's cottage is seeking new owners." Pasadena Star News, December 9, 1984.

11. "50 years ago today - February 1913." Los Angeles Times, February 1963.

12. Studio shot of Clara Baldwin found by local history expert. Photo of Clara Baldwin and article concerning Baldwin and Jack McCaskill. Arcadia Tribune, March 22, 1987, page A1.

13. Clara's home built in 1907 by Colonel Northum.

14. Coldwell Banker advertising brochure for Clara Baldwin Stocker's "Twin Oaks" estate at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard. 1984.

15. Copies of photographs of Clara Baldwin housed in the Arboretum Historical files. Acquired 1995.

16. Information from the MCLS Reference Service on Walter McGinley, manager of the Baldwin-Stocker estates until Clara's death in 1929. (1) Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1932, p. 14. (2) California in the South by John Steven McGroarty, Volume V, Biographies, p. 285-288, c. 1935.

17. Manuscript "My Inheritance" by Rosebudd Doble Mullender with cover letter to Baldwin M. Baldwin. Original given to Arboretum by Hugh and Anne Baldwin Purcell. Anne received the manuscript from her father, Baldwin M. Baldwin. The manuscript describes Rosebudd's relationship with her mother Clara Baldwin Stocker. circa 1938-1939.

18. "DAR chapter to visit Clara Baldwin's home." Arcadia Tribune, January 13, 1985, p. A-7.

19. Coldwell Banker advertisements for the sale of Clara Baldwin Stocker's home "Twin Oaks" located at 291 Foothill Blvd. Includes description of all rooms in the house. Kim Atkinson-Melin, realtor. c1984 (6 items)

20. Letter to Kim Atkinson at Coldwell Banker Realty from J. Lyle Cunningham, President of the Arcadia Historical Society stating the $1,400,000 asking price for the Clara Baldwin property was greater than the City of Arcadia could afford to pay. July 9, 1984.

21. Information on Colonel Robert Northam who originally built the Clara Baldwin Stocker house at 291 West Foothill Boulevard. History of Hollywood by Edwin O. Palmer, pages 106-107, 132-133.

22. "Simple service marks obsequies of Mrs. Stocker." Los Angeles Times, March 3, 1929.

23. Who was Clara Baldwin Stocker? By Galen Patterson, Arcadia Weekly, April 11, 2019.

Subjects

Baldwin, Clara

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22AF

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1. "Turf club draws fans for derby." Pasadena Star News, April 2, 1972.

2. "Auction reflects a colorful family." Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1967.

3. "The man called Lucky." San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 1967.

4. Baldwin Family Tree. Source: Alfreda Bolduan, August, 1973.

5. Hand-written genealogical chart.

6. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976, by Sandy Snider.

7. These members of the Baldwin family are buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery. Source: letter received by Sandy Snider, April 1977.

8. Baldwin marriages. Source: single sheet prepared by Sandy Snider, Los Angeles Arboretum, listing marriages and dates of E.J.Baldwin, Clara Baldwin, Rosebudd Doble, Anita Baldwin, Dextra Baldwin and Baldwin W. Baldwin.

9. "Baldwin family figures in new divorce action." News clip, May 12, 1916.

10. "Lucky Baldwin heirs." News photo and caption on battle of estate settlement, no date.

11. Baldwin Genealogy. Prepared by Sandy Snider, no date.

12. Five generations later: Lucky Baldwin's descendant (Heather Gibson, a great-great-great-granddaughter), The Quarterly Magazine, Summer 2003. Article by Dianne Hart Thurman.

13. Excerpt from "Lucky Baldwin" book by C. G. Glasscock: Sarah Ann Baldwin Alden died May 27, 1872.

14. Obituary-Dextra B. Hopper, July 11, 1925-October 4, 2015. Pasadena Star News, October 10, 2015.

15. Death takes Mrs. Howard (Mrs. Lily Baldwin Howard, widow of E.J. Baldwin). Jury finds against widow of Baldwin, unaware of tragedy. Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1938. She was alternately known as Lillie Bennett Baldwin before she remarried.

16. Obituary of Wilbur McLaren Hopper, Jr. September 2, 1960-December 30, 2021. Pasadena Star News, p. A7, February 20, 2022.

Subjects

Baldwin Family

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31AF

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