Finding Aid for the Kenneth V. Redpath Papers LSC.0657
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Title: Kenneth V. Redpath papers
Creator:
Redpath, Kenneth V.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0657
Physical Description:
1 unknown
(1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1892-1941
Abstract: Kenneth V. Redpath was a charter member and secretary of the Los Angeles Driving Club, organized in 1899. The collection consists
of photographs, clippings, and records of the Los Angeles Driving Club, programs of Los Angeles horse associations, and personal
memorabilia of Kenneth V. Redpath. Of note is correspondence between Redpath and
Los Angeles Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis.
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[Identification of item], Kenneth V. Redpath Papers (Collection 657). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
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Biography
Kenneth V. Redpath Kenneth V. Redpath was a charter member and secretary of the Los Angeles Driving Club, organized in 1899.
He was also associated with the Los Angeles Times-Mirror Company.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photographs, clippings, and records of the Los Angeles Driving Club. Also includes programs of
Los Angeles horse associations and personal memorabilia of Kenneth V. Redpath. Of note is correspondence between Redpath and
Los Angeles Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis. Photographs include 225 photographs of members of the Los Angeles Driving Club and their horses,
as well as images of trophies, Otis, Redpath, and Los Angeles City Auditor Harris.
Expanded Scope and Content
[From the printed finding aid] This collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings and records of the Los Angeles
Driving Club; programs of other local horse associations, such as the Los Angeles Horse Show Association; and personal memorabilia
of Kenneth V. Redpath, the compilor(?). Mr. Redpath was associated with the Los Angeles Times-Mirror Company, and was at one
time secretary of the Los Angeles Driving Club. He was a charter member of the Club, organized in 1899.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Riding clubs -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Los Angeles Driving Club
Otis, Harrison Gray
Redpath, Kenneth V. -- Archives
box 1, folder 1
Correspondence and memorabilia of Kenneth V. Redpath.
ca. 1912-13 and n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Redpath's records of the Los Angeles Riding Club; business cards from the
Los Angeles Times, the
San Diego Union, and the
Morning Sun; correspondence with Mr. Harrison Gray Otis, president of the Times-Mirror Company, concerning the rental of a house in Laurel
Canyon by Redpath from Otis. Also, membership card of the Mountaineers' Club of Laurel Canyon.
box 1, folder 2
Los Angeles Driving Club data.
March 1, 1938 and 1906.
Scope and Contents note
Includes address given at Dr. W.A. Connoly's birthday party at the Tuesday Noon Luncheon Club (offshoot of the Driving Club).
Address gives history of the Driving Club, and includes clippings from newspapers. Also, sample membership cards and club
stationery.
box 1, folder 3
Newspaper clippings.
1892-1907, and v.d. up to 1941.
General Physical Description note: ca. 100 pieces.
Scope and Contents note
Concerning the Driving Club and people interested in horses.
box 1, folder 4, 5
Horse show programs of the Driving Club, the Los Angeles Horse Association and the Southern California Horse Association.
box 2
Photographs of members of the Driving Club and their horses.
1906 and v.d.
General Physical Description note: ca. 225 potographs.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs include saddlebred and driving horses, some with carriages or western saddles of the time; 4 photographs of trophy
cups; 2 of wagons decorated for President McKinley; and photographs of General Harrison Otis, Kenneth Redpath, and City Auditor
Harris. Also, three ribbons.
box 3
Large horse show posters and photographs.
1904, April 18-21, and May 23, 1906 and v.d.
General Physical Description note: 4 posters and 5 photographs.
Scope and Contents note
One mentions the Los Angeles Driving Club. Also, 5 oversize enlargements of photographs in the collection, one of the cup
presented by the Driving Club to Mr. William Garland, owner of Sweet Marie, for achievement in the Grand Circuit.