Guide to the Pacific Geograpic Society Records, 1927-1940

Box 1, Folder 1

Memos for Board Minute Book 1936

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drafts & copies of minutes of regular and special meetings; budget 1936-37;copy of agreement proposed with Ray Davidson; annual report & financial statement; signed pledges of money to be loaned to Pacific Geographic Publishing Co.; Globe-Trotter Series budget 1936-37,other financial statistics.

Box 1, Folder 2

Abeyance Accounts 1933-34

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(alphabetical) bills or statements

Box 1, Folder 3

Allen, Dr. Arthur A. 1937-38Series

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corresp. re: Allen's motion picture lecture on rare & vanishing birds (Apr. 21, 1938);brochure, photos, etc. incl. officers of Calif. Audubon Society & local branches, 1 T.N.S. of A.A. Allen.

Box 1, Folder 4

Bryan, Julien, 1938-39

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corresp. with re: lecture series "Inside Nazi Germany" mostly Bryan & Mrs. Hughes (some personal, birth of son) & press releases

Box 1, Folder 5

Byrd, Richard E. 1935, 37-39

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press releases, clips, corresp., tels., re: speaking engagements & interest in peace, radio address (5 T.L.S. Byrd, 2 Tels.)

Box 1, Folder 6

Byrd Exhibit 1938-39

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corresp. on displays for Alone & Congress on International Good Will, book reviews of Alone (3 Byrd T.L.S.)

Box 1, Folder 7

Byrd Replies 1937

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Press Book with short biography, publicity on motion pictures & lecture, etc. replies to Byrd Reception invitations, lists of guests, many prominent persons.

Box 1, Folder 8

Board of Regents 1929-1935

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corresp., lists, acceptances & refusals, articles of incorp. (July 9, 1929);announcements; plans, etc. Pacific Magazine; memos; minutes & report Globe Trotter Series.

Box 1, Folder 9

Camera Club, 16 mm. Nov., 1938

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corresp. re: "an amateur movie photographers program

Box 1, Folder 10

Craig, Capt. John D. 1937-38

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brochures (Harold R, Peat, Inc.), photos, corresp. with Peat & others of his office, statement, contract, legal papers.

Box 1, Folder 11

Contracts 1937-38 Series

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rental & reservations of auditoriums, contracts with lecturers and managers; Julien Bryan, Wm. B. Feakins, Inc., John D. Craig, Amos Burg, Lee Keedick, Hal Hall, Harry C. Pearson, Harrison Forman, Clark H. Getts, Inc., also contracts with ticket agent & creditors, some corresp.

Box 1, Folder 12

Contracts 1937-39

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with lecturers & managers, Capt. C.W.R. Knight, Wm. B. Feakins, Inc., Julien Bryan, John Hutter, Father Hubbard also auditorium reservations & rentals & some corresp.

Box 1, Folder 13

Corresp - Misc. 1937-38 Series

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All 1937,some brochures, 7 clips on lecturers & lecture series, and corresp. re: free motion picture series for school children, lecturers & lectures, teachers Institute Credit, tickets for lectures (about lecturers: Amos Burg, Wilfred L. Husband, Amelia Earhart, Pherbia Thomas, John D. Craig, Harrison Forman)

Box 1, Folder 14

Corresp. 1937 Jan -Mar.

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also some 1936,general subject matter re: lecturers, lectures & lecture series, tickets, films, maps, projects, publications, members

Box 2, Folder 15

Corresp. 1937 Apr. -May

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general, financial situation, death of Martin Johnson, some undated miscellany

Box 2, Folder 16

Corresp. 1937 June -Dec.general

Box 2, Folder 17

Corresp. 1938Misc.(actually lists, acceptance cards, clips)

Box 2, Folder 18

Corresp. 1938 Jan.-Junegeneral

Box 2, Folder 19

Corresp. 1938 July -Dec.general

Box 2, Folder 20

Corresp. 1939 Jan. -Sept.general

Box 2, Folder 21

Edmunds, Charles K. (Pres.)

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1934, 1937 -Jan., 1939corresp re: feasibility of publishing a magazine, exhibits, lectures, lecturers, Globe Trotter Series, Robert Ripley suit, Barclay Acheson, meetings, members, finan. report, general business

Box 2, Folder 22

Feakins, William B. (booking agent)

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1937-38corresp. & brochures re: lectures of Julian Bryan, C.W.R. Knight -promotional material & info on others -added July 7, 1970

Box 3, Folder 23

Gaumer, Alfred Elliott

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corresp. 1937re: field trip -examination, excavation & collecting in Basket Maker Caves in the Desolation Canyon of the Green River. Lists of equipment, etc. plans only, expedition did not go.

Box 3, Folder 24

Gause, M. Jeannette (manager & booking agent)

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l935, 1937-38Series corresp., brochures, (all 1937)on Alan Villiers, J.E. Williamson, Ruth Bryan, Owen & Michail M. Dorizas, Amos Burg.

Box 3, Folder 25

Getts, Clark H. (manager)

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corresp. re: brochures, photos and press publicity on Mrs. Osa Johnson, Harrison Forman (particularly)

Box 3, Folder 26

Globe Trotter Series Lists 1932-33

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primarily mailing lists, 2 ltrs., clip, ptd. World Affairs Dinner proceedings

Box 3, Folder 27

Globe Trotter Series 1938-39 & 1939-40

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photos, corresp, with or about lecturers, sponsors & booking agents, brochures. map, 1936& misc. brochures, etc. actual dates 1936, 1938-39

Box 3, Folder 28

Globe Trotter Series Registered Information

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1932-35corresp., itins. for Mexican Tours Mexican travel brochures, Central American Tour itin., reservations, bills, receipts

Box 3, Folder 29

Hubbard, Father Bernard R.S.J.

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re: lecture corresp. mostly with sec., typescript background on King Islanders & Father Lafortune 1938-39(1 ltr. & 1 tel. from Hubbard)

Box 3, Folder 30

Invitations Completed

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re: 1932membership campaign. Have kept a few letters showing how campaign was carried out & a few lists as examples of the type & scope of the proposed members & 1930 event

Box 3, Folder 31

Johnson, Mrs. Martin

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1938corresp. with C.H. Getts, mgr., bills & receipts, rental contract, publicity & promotional material & distribution list. Shows expense & method of putting on a lecture.

Box 3, Folder 32

Keedick, Lee (manager)

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1935, 1937 -corresp., brochures, etc., on Amos Burg

Box 3, Folder 33

Kellaway Magazine Matter

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1938proposal for an official magazine for the society, corresp.

Box 3, Folder 34

Local Lecture Material 1930-41

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(with gaps & undated items), brochures (some with comments), notes, photos, letters, clips.

Box 4, Folder 35

Long Beach Chapter

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1929-31corresp. re: extension of activities

Box 4, Folder 36

Long Beach 1933-34 Series (&1931)

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corresp, 1932-34,lists, diagrams, membership card, bills, statistics, advance reservation form, notes.

Box 4, Folder 37

Los Angeles Chapter

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1929-31corresp. re: members, programs, bills, publicity

Box 4, Folder 38

Los Angeles Public Library Programs

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1933-34corresp. re: lectures, exhibits

Box 4, Folder 39

Maps

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1936orders for facsimiles of Heylin map

Box 4, Folder 40

Martin, Dr. Howard H.

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1931corresp. re: representing P.G. society at International Geographical Congress in Paris

Box 4, Folder 41

Membership Acceptances

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1930-33letters incl. George Herbert Harris, V.L. Duke, Frank W. Miller, Charles A. Lindbergh, Lady M. Richmond Jones, Elias Almeyda Arroyo, Count Louis Hamon & Ernest Walker Sawyer

Box 4, Folder 42

Membership - Sustaining, Declines.

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1938-39ltrs. incl. Rockwell D. Hunt, Dana W. Bartlett, Roy A. Henley, Carl Sumner Knopf

Box 4, Folder 43

Mexican Tours 1932

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corresp., lists, itinerary, brochures

Box 4, Folder 44

Mexican Tour 1936

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corresp., lists, itinerary 1935-36

Box 4, Folder 45

Mexican Tour 1937-38

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brochures, corresp., itinerary

Box 4, Folder 46

Moratorium Accounts

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Statements of creditors 1931-34who formed moratorium with Society in 1936 (see correspondence)

Box 4, Folder 48

Newsletter Material 1935-36

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news releases, pamphlets, information bulletins, clips, corresp., photos, announcements, subscription, ins. articles, dummies, H.E. House ms.

Box 4, Folder 49

Newsletter Material 1935-36

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same type of material as above -brochures, lists, scientific & educational -Pacific littoral

Box 4, Folder 50

New Zealand Tour 1932-33

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itinerary, T.L.S. of Adam Hamilton (Prime Minister's Office)

Box 4, Folder 51

O'Connor, Arthur H.

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corresp. 1933-35radio program, lecture, Balboa Day Exhibit, Australian dinner

Box 5, Folder 52

Officers

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lists, corres., office report to Board of Directors, brochures 1933-35elections, duties, finances, G-T series etc., general business

Box 5, Folder 53

Orange County Chapter 1929-30

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gen. corresp. re: program & location

Box 5, Folder 54

Pacific Discovery Day 1934

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corresp, 2 undated news releases, subs. F.D.R. radio address, P.G.S. reception, copy of proclamation by F.F. Merriam, Gov. of Calif.

Box 5, Folder 55

Pacific Discovery Day 1937

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corresp. incl. invitation & acceptances

Box 5, Folder 56

Pacific Discovery Day 1938

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corresp. 1938-39,pamphlet re: 425th anniversary Balboa statue, Smithsonian radio program script for radio show on Balboa

Box 5, Folder 57

Pacific Geographic Magazine 1929-31

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corresp., Read's debts & actions, memos & notes, minutes, resignation of Read, map, some undated material, bills & miscellany.

Box 5, Folder 58

Pacific Magazine 1933-

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corresp., pamphlets, brochures, article on Cardenas, notes

Box 5, Folder 59

Pan American Day 1938

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corresp., brochure, circulars

Box 5, Folder 60

Pasadena Chapter 1930-31

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list of members, corresp, bills, programs

Box 5, Folder 61

Pearson, Harry C. 1937-38series

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news releases, brochures, corresp., photos, clips. re: film and lecture "African Holiday"

Box 5, Folder 62

Peat, Harold (mgr. & booking agent)

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1935corresp., brochures re: Ruroy Sibley, R.E. Fulton, Jr., Sasha Siemel, Father Hubbard, Lowell Thomas, Capt. Noville, Alexander Markey, Bruce Bairnsfather, etc.

Box 5, Folder 63

Peng-Chun Chang's Dinner Mar. 22, 1938

Scope and Content Note

invitation, replies (acceptances followed by regrets), lists

Box 5, Folder 64

Pepperdine, George

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1934lists, corresp.

Box 5, Folder 65

Philharmonic Auditorium Reports

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1933-34statistics, bills, some corresp.

Box 5, Folder 67

Pillsbury, Arthur C. 1935-36

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corresp., photos, press releases, use of timelapse photography in plant study, lecture

Box 5, Folder 68

Pomona College 1929, 32-33

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Pac. Geoge Soc. by-laws and minutes, corresp., outline Murphy lectures

Box 5, Folder 69

Pond, James B. (lecture tour manager)

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1932-34corresp., contracts re: Lucille Douglass, William Beebe, Robert Shippee, Upton Close, bank shutdown

Box 6, Folder 70

Program Material 1939-40

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1938-39corresp., brochures

Box 6, Folder 71

Putnam, George Palmer

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1937-38 series: 1937corresp, re: Earhart lecture

Box 6, Folder 72

Public School Contracts 1932-33

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corresp. re: lecture series, Sherer in particular

Box 6, Folder 73

Receipts Misc.

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shows types of expenses & variety also includes examples of work & lecture contracts

Box 6, Folder 74

Re-Organization 1927-29

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corresp., Honorary Life Fellowship Certificate, clips., ptd. speech and other material, background info, minutes

Box 6, Folder 75

Requested Information 1936

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notes & requests re: magazine, Globe Trotter Series, tickets, etc.

Box 6, Folder 76

Resignations 1929

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as directors, officers, regents, board & reg. Members

Box 6, Folder 77

Rice, George, Receipts 1934

Box 6, Folder 78

San Diego Chapter 1929-30, 1932

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corres., lists, clip., publicity re: Chinese dinner

Box 6, Folder 79

San Diego Lecture Information Requests 1936

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corres., & forms

Box 6, Folder 80

San Diego Material 1935-36

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corresp., clips., misc. re: Byrd lecture & others

Box 6, Folder 81

Sawders, James

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1933-35corresp., tels., list or synopsis re: lectures

Box 6, Folder 82

Sekku - Boys' Day (Japanese) 1935

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corresp. re: lst Boys' Day Festival held in L.A.; clips. in Japanese

Box 6, Folder 83

Slipper Co., Receipts

Box 6, Folder 84

South American Tour 1937

Scope and Content Note

postcard requests, 1 carbon of letter

Box 6, Folder 85

Southern California Music Co. Ticket Office 1933-36

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corresp., receipts, statements, notes -shows expenses, income, seating etc. for various lectures

Box 6, Folder 86

Southern California Music Co. Ticket Office 1936-38

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corresp., receipts, statements, notes -shows expenses, income, seating etc. for various lectures

Box 7, Folder 87

Speakers' Agency 1936

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announcements, brochures, corresp., photos, stats., lists re: lectures & lecturers

Box 7, Folder 88

Stacy-Judd Lecture 1931

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corresp., photos, brochures

Box 7, Folder 89

Subscription Fund 1931-33

Scope and Content Note

bills or pledges

Box 7, Folder 90

Subscription Lists 1935-36

Box 7, Folder 91

Terriss, Tom File 1933-34

Scope and Content Note

corresp., brochures re: lectures, fees also on Carl Von Hoffman

Box 7, Folder 92

Tour Information Requests 1935-36

Scope and Content Note

corresp., notes

Box 7, Folder 93

U.S.C. Series 1933-35

Scope and Content Note

corresp., notes, lists, statistics, brochures

Box 7, Folder 94

Ware, Carolyn (manager) 1933-35

Scope and Content Note

corresp., & brochures re: lecturers Burton Holmes, Upton Close, Syud Hossain, A.C. Pillsbury, etc.

Box 7, Folder 95

Wells, Carveth 1933

Scope and Content Note

corresp., clip., brochures, news release

Box 7, Folder 96

Wigman Program 1933

Scope and Content Note

corresp., bills, receipts, contracts, tax documents, brochures re: Mary Wigman performance

Box 7, Folder 97

Wilshire Ebell Theater

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1938-39corresp.

Box 7, Folder 98

Wilson, Elmer

Scope and Content Note

Report 1937-38 Series, lists, statistics, some corresp.

Box 7, Folder 99

World Affairs Session 1938

Scope and Content Note

ptd. program, report, agenda, corresp.

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