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Finding Aid for the Phil Townsend Hanna Papers, 1920-1957
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative Information
  • Biography
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  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Phil Townsend Hanna Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1920-1957
    Collection number: 1022
    Creator: Hanna, Phil Townsend, 1896-1957
    Extent: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: Phil Townsend Hanna (1896- ) worked for the Los Angeles Tribune, Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Bureau of the Associated Press, was the editor of Bohemian Life, and secretary of the Wine and Food Society. He also wrote many books. The collection consists of correspondence, menus and other printed material relating to the Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Wine and Food Society, as well as to California wines and cooking generally.
    Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

    Additional Physical Form Available

    A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
    • Public Services Division
    • UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
    • Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
    • Box 951575
    • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
    • Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
    • Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of the estate of Phil Townsend Hanna, 1966.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Phil Townsend Hanna Papers (Collection 1022). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Biography

    Hanna was born on August 24, 1896 in Los Angeles, California; attended University of Southern California; worked for Los Angeles Tribune, 1915-16; night city editor, then night editor, Los Angeles Times, 1917-19; manager, Los Angeles Bureau of the Associated Press, 1919-20; editor, Western highway builder for six years beginning in 1920; art editor, 1922, editor, 1926, Touring topics (called Westways by 1934); became public relations counsel for the Automobile Club of Southern California, 1941; editor, Bohemian Life; secretary of the Wine and Food Society; wrote books, including Libros Californianos; or, Five Feet of California Books (1931), California Through Four Centuries; a Handbook of Memorable Historical Dates (c.1935), California Under Twelve Flags (c. 1937), The Dictionary of California Land Names (1951), and The Wheel and the Bell: The Story of the First Fifty Years of the Automobile Club of Southern California (1950); he died in 1957.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of correspondence, menus and other printed material relating to the Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Wine and Food Society, as well as to California wines and cooking generally.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-2).
    2. Wine and Food Society (Box 3).
    3. Various wine and food publications and newsletters (Box 4).
    4. Wine and food menus (Box 5).
    5. Wine and food miscellaneous (Box 6).

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Hanna, Phil Townsend, 1896-1957--Archives.
    Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles.
    San Francisco Wine and Food Society.
    Wine writers--California.
    Periodical editors--California, Southern--Archival resources.
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