Sunset Club archives, 1895-2010

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Summary

Abstract:
This collection consists of the business records of the Sunset Club of Los Angeles, California, a men's social organization, from its inception in 1895, and currently updated through 2010.
Extent:
30.73 Linear Feet (52 boxes, 1 film reel)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Sunset Club Archives, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

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.

Note: the following items continued to be in the custody of W. Horton as of June, 2010: Annals / Publications various Extra copies of Sunset Club Annals.

Biographical / historical:

The Sunset Club was started in Los Angeles, California, 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.

Acquisition information:
Placed on deposit at the Huntington by the Sunset Club in 2010.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington staff in 2012. In 2023, 10 memorial bronze plaques were returned to the Sunset Club at the Club's request.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by document function. It will be expanded and updated with future additions.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Some items are restricted to the use of Sunset Club members. The Huntington shall open the contents of the Collection which are dated thirty (30) years or more years earlier (or high resolution surrogates where the condition of specific originals does not permit them to be handled) for research use by registered Huntington Library readers and correspondents according to The Huntington's standard policies, procedures, and operating schedule. For more information, contact Reader Services.

RESTRICTED: Boxes 14-15. Photographs are rolled and cannot be paged until conserved. Please view similar photographs in boxes 7 and 8.

NOT AVAILABLE: Boxes 12-13: Audiovisual material not available for viewing until reformatted to digital surrogate. Please contact Reader Services for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Sunset Club Archives, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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