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The Herbert Friedmann collection documents the activities of Los Angeles County Museum Director Herbert Friedmann (1900-1987) from 1961-1970 and is comprised primarily of correspondence, grant proposals, budget records, press releases, and photographs and incldues correspondence regarding Rancho La Brea, Museum job classifications, collections loans, and the "America's Black Heritage" exhibition.

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The James H. Breasted, Jr. Collection documents the activities of Los Angeles County Museum Director James H. Breasted, Jr. (1908-1983) from 1946-1951 and is comprised primarily of correspondence, budget records, newspaper clippings, press releases, and photographs and incldues correspondence regarding exhibitions policies and planning, Hancock Park, habitat group reports, wartime emergency plans, and the 1948 UNESCO conference.

Abstract The James L. Powell collection documents the activities of Museum Director James L. Powell from 1994-2001 and is comprised primarily of correspondence, newspaper clippings, event flyers, and press releases incldues correspondence regarding NAGPRA and artifact repatriation, the George C. Page Museum, litigation, exhibitions development, and the Museum mission statement. The collection also documents the Museum closure on September 11, 2001, establishment of a sister museum in Ibaraki, Japan,...

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The Jane Pisano collection docuemnts the activities of Museum Director Jane Pisano from 2001-2015 and is comprised primarily of correspondence, budget and financial records, press releases, and meeting notes and incldues correspondence regarding Musuem organization restructuring, fundraising, Museum 90th anniversary celebrations, exhibitions development and openings, and programs planning.

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The Jean Delacour Collection documents the activities of Museum Director Jean Delacour (1890-1985) from 1952-1960 and is comprised primarily of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and exhibition schedules and incldues correspondence regarding Museum publicity, habitat hall construction and collecting expeditions to Alaska, UNESCO, and exhibitions development.

Abstract The Leon "Lee" Arnold collection documents the activities of Assistant Director of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum Leon "Lee" Arnold from 1970-1986 and is comprised primarily of correspondence, budget records, grant proposals, incident reports, meeting notes, floorplans and blueprints, and event invitations and incldues correspondence regarding establishment of the African American Museum, specimen loans, capital building projects and Museum maintenance, the George C. Page...

Abstract The Leonard Navarro collection documents the activities of Deputy Director of Operations Leonard Navarro from 1988- and is comprised primarily of correspondence, financial records, grant proposals, meeting notes, and salary surveys and incldues correspondence regarding the La Brea Tar Pits, asbestos mitigation, affirmative action, admission fees, exhibition development, and emergency management procedures. The collection also documents the 1987 Whittier-Narrows earthquake and the 1992 Los...

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The Life Sciences departmental records collection documents the activities of the Life Sciences Division of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County from 1930 to 1993 and consists of correspondence, division reports and meeting notes, accessions records, grant applications, travel requests, exhibitions planning documents, collection management records, and publications.

Abstract The Mark A. Rodriguez collection documents the activities of Chief Deputy Director Mark A. Rodriguez from 1982-1995 and is comprised primarily of correspondence, travel requests, blueprints and floorplans, financial statements, and budget records and incldues correspondence regarding Museum logo changes, staff appointments, maintenance and repairs, exhibitions development, Hancock Park, and division reports. The collection also documents Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann Initiative), a 1987 Soviet...

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The Maurice Machris film collection consists of 1432 film reels, the bulk of which are 16mm films and also include 34mm film, 16mm magnetic audio tape, and 35mm sound loops. These scientific and ethnographic films document Museum collecting expeditions sponsored by prominent museum patron Maurice A. Machris (1905-1980), primarily in East Africa and South Asia shot between 1955-1979.