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Foy (Mary Emily) Collection
MS.614  
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folder MS.614.1

List of proposed gifts to the Southwest Museum MS.614.1 undated

Scope and Contents

Information pertaining to proposed gifts of books or manuscripts to the "Lummis Memorial Collection at Southwest Museum." Includes handwritten notes.
folder MS.614.2

News clippings, LA Times MS.614.2 1949-1954

Scope and Contents

News clippings of biographical articles, published in the Los Angeles Times.
  • "City Birthday Downtown Celebration Opens Today," 1949 September 19
  • "Family Reunion marks 100 years in California," 1950 April 17
  • "1879 Graduate to attend L.A. High Birthday Party," 1954 February 17
  • "Early Families to meet for Luncheon" Norma H. Goodhue, 1954 September 28
folder MS.614.3

News clippings, LA Times MS.614.3 1955-1962

Scope and Contents

News clippings of biographical articles, published in the Los Angeles Times
  • "Miss Mary Foy still busy on 9?th birthday," 1955 July 14.
  • "First Woman Librarian feted on 96th Birthday," 1958 July13.
  • "L. A. High fetes oldest Alumna at celebration," 1961 June 4.
  • "Mary Foy, City's first Woman Librarian, dies," 1962 February 19.
  • "Miss Mary Foy funeral rites scheduled today," 1962 February 21.
folder MS.614.4

"Old Indian Trails in Los Angeles" Manuscript and Letter to M.R. Harrington MS.614.4 1952

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"Old Indian Trails in Los Angeles" manuscript by Mary E. Foy. Includes letter written to M.R. (Mark Raymond) Harrington, dated 1952 June 7.
folder MS.614.5

News clippings, LA Herald & Express MS.614.5 1952

Scope and Contents

"Mary E. Foy, Who Taught and Developed Many L.A. Distinguished Men and Women and Had a Part in Educating Thousands, Tells Her Story." By Mary E. Foy as told to Don Ryan, Los Angeles Herald & Express.
  • "What Grew in City from the Spirit of L.A. High," 1952 March 17
  • "Spirit of LA High Monument to Ideals of Prof. W.H. Housh," 1952 March 18
  • "Tells How L.A. High Graduates Helped to Make this City Great," 1952 March 20
  • "L.A. High was First in West to Try Out Self-Government Plan," 1952 March 21
folder MS.614.6

News clipping: Foy House MS.614.6 1981

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"Historic L.A., House Lives On: Foy Home is Headquarters of Geothermal Firm" Los Angeles Times, Sunday, 1981 March 1; Real Estate/Second Section. Article includes two sketches of Foy House.
folder MS.614.7

Correspondence from J.A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk MS.614.7 1900-1901

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Correspondence to Foy from J.A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk, 1901 March 26. Letter is attached to "Bibliography of Arizona Books, Pamphlets, and Periodicals in the Library of Dr J.A. Munk, 1900."