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Contents: 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…

Contents: 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.