Sunset Club Archives
Finding aid prepared by Katrina Denman.
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: manuscripts@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Sunset Club Archives
Dates: 1895-2010
Collection Number: Consult
repository
Extent:
Approx. 700 items
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: manuscripts@huntington.org
URL:http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection consists of the business records of the Sunset Club of Los
Angeles from its inception in 1895, and currently updated through 2010.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Administration Information
Access
Some items are restricted to the use of Sunset Club members. The rest of the
collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the
Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to the following
website .
Publication Rights
In order to quote from, publish, or reproduce any of the manuscripts or visual
materials, researchers must obtain formal permission from the office of the
Library Director. In most instances, permission is given by the Huntington as
owner of the physical property rights only, and researchers must also obtain
permission from the holder of the literary rights. In some instances, the
Huntington owns the literary rights, as well as the physical property rights.
Researchers may contact the appropriate curator for further information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sunset Club archives, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Placed on deposit at the Huntington by the Sunset Club in 2010.
Biography
The Sunset Club was started in Los Angeles in 1895 by Charles Dwight Willard
(1866-1914), along with Charles Fletcher Lummis, W.C. Patterson, Bert Estes, and
Fred L. Alles. It was modeled on the Sunset Club of Chicago as a men's social
organization.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the business records of the Sunset Club of Los Angeles
from its inception in 1895, and currently updated through 2010. Included are club
annals, programs and agendas, the text of lectures, essays, correspondence, event
programs, memorial brochures, song books, and a few financial records. It also
contains photographs, glass plate positives, some DVD and video, and a limited number of
artifacts.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by document function. It will be expanded and updated
with future additions.
A detailed container list is available through the Manuscripts Department.
Indexing Terms
Corporate Names
Sunset Club (Los
Angeles, Calif.)
Subject
Clubs--California--Los
Angeles--Sources.
Men--Society and
clubs--California--History.
Geograhic Areas
California--History--1850-1950.
California--History--1950-.
Los Angeles
(Calif.)--History.
Collection Contents
Box 2 (1-90)
1895-1984
Programs and Agendas.
Box 3 (91-117)
1985-2010.
Programs and Agendas.
Box 4 (1-100)
1985-1994.
Talks and papers.
Box 5 (101a-118)
1995-2010.
Talks and papers.
Box 6A (1-101)
1895-1995.
Annual outings.
Box 6B (102-116)
1996-2010.
Annual outings.
Box 7 (1-8)
1895-1950.
Photographs: Christmas meetings.
Box 7 (9-14)
1933-1939.
Photographs: Annual outings.
Box 8 (1-116)
1895-2010.
Photographs: Various.
Box 9 (1-3)
1988-1998.
Photographs: Annual outings.
Box 9 (4)
1998.
Souvenir baseballs: Annual outings.
Box 10 (1-6)
1939-1995.
Multi-media: Motion picture film, VHS, DVDs, etc.
Box 10 (7)
1920-1943.
Multi-media: Oversize photographs.
Box 10 (8-10)
Undated.
Multi-media: Glass plate positives.
Box 10 (8-11)
1971.
Multi-media: Cassette tapes.
Box 10 (12-16)
1924-1938.
Multi-media: Oversize photographs.
Box 10 (17)
1895-1941.
Wooden gavels.
Box 10 (18)
2009.
Multi-media: DVD (Hubert Franklin Laugharn...)
Box 10 (19)
c.1992-2000.
Multi-media: Data disks.
Box 10 (20)
1964.
Multi-media: Illustration of Bolsa Chica Gun Club.
Box 10 (21)
Undated.
Multi-media: Transparencies.
Box 10 (22)
2005.
Multi-media: Data disks.
Box 11 (1 [1-45])
1923-1995.
Correspondence: Membership.
Box 11 (2)
1895-2010.
Obituary notices.
Box 11 (3)
1914-1996.
Memorial brochures.
Box 11 (4)
c.1895-1941.
Song books and lyrics.
Box 11 (5)
1895-2010.
Correspondence: Sunset Room.
Box 11 (6)
1895-2010.
Correspondence: Mascots.
Box 11 (7)
1895-2010.
Various manuscripts.
Box 11 (8-13)
c.1990s-2003.
Correspondence: Miscellaneous.
Box 11 (14)
1996.
Treasury accounting.
Box 12 (1-18)
1929-1956.
Correspondence: Financial, programs, misc.
Box 12 (20-27)
c.1968-1996.
Correspondence: Various members.
Box 12 (28)
1965-1977.
Member biographies and ballots.
Box 12 (29)
1954-1963.
Member obituary cards.
Box 12 (30)
Undated.
Change of contact postcards.
Box Oversize objects (1-6)
1916-1951.
Bronze memorial tablets.
