Finding Aid for the Phil Townsend Hanna Papers, 1920-1957
Processed by Saundra Taylor; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Phil Townsend Hanna Papers, 1920-1957
Collection number: 1022
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Saundra Taylor, January 1971
- Encoded by:
- Alight Tsai
- Encoding supervision by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, April 2002
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Phil Townsend Hanna Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1957
Collection number: 1022
Creator:
Hanna, Phil Townsend, 1896-1957
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Phil Townsend Hanna (1896- ) worked for the
Los Angeles Tribune,
Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Bureau of the Associated Press, was the editor of
Bohemian Life, and secretary of the Wine and Food Society. He also wrote many books. The collection consists of correspondence, menus and
other printed material relating to the Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Wine and Food Society, as
well as to California wines and cooking generally.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of the estate of Phil Townsend Hanna, 1966.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Phil Townsend Hanna Papers (Collection 1022). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Hanna was born on August 24, 1896 in Los Angeles, California; attended University of Southern California; worked for
Los Angeles Tribune, 1915-16; night city editor, then night editor,
Los Angeles Times, 1917-19; manager, Los Angeles Bureau of the Associated Press, 1919-20; editor, Western highway builder for six years beginning
in 1920; art editor, 1922, editor, 1926, Touring topics (called Westways by 1934); became public relations counsel for the
Automobile Club of Southern California, 1941; editor,
Bohemian Life; secretary of the Wine and Food Society; wrote books, including
Libros Californianos; or, Five Feet of California Books (1931),
California Through Four Centuries; a Handbook of Memorable Historical Dates (c.1935),
California Under Twelve Flags (c. 1937),
The Dictionary of California Land Names (1951), and
The Wheel and the Bell: The Story of the First Fifty Years of the Automobile Club of Southern California (1950); he died in 1957.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, menus and other printed material relating to the Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles
and the San Francisco Wine and Food Society, as well as to California wines and cooking generally.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-2).
- Wine and Food Society (Box 3).
- Various wine and food publications and newsletters (Box 4).
- Wine and food menus (Box 5).
- Wine and food miscellaneous (Box 6).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hanna, Phil Townsend, 1896-1957--Archives.
Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles.
San Francisco Wine and Food Society.
Wine writers--California.
Periodical editors--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Box 1, Folderes 2-10
Personal correspondence,
ca. 1932-1950.
Box 2, Folder 1
Huntington library, 1945.
Box 2, Folder 2
Huntington library, 1946.
Box 2, Folder 3
Sunset Club correspondence.
Box 2, Folders 4-10
Wine and food Society,
ca. 1935-1956.
Box 3
Clippings, memorabilia (awards), photographs.
Box 4
Publications and newsletters of various wine and food organizations or enthusiasts.
Wine and Food Miscellaneous
Box 6, Folder 1
Recipes and menus--wine and food.
Box 6, Folder 2
Menus other than wine and food.
