63 days until Orange County's 120th anniversary .

California

Black Leaders and White Votes in Los Angeles: Fred Roberts, Gus Hawkings, and Tom Bradley

George A. V. Dunning Lecture sponsored by The Board of Directors of the Historical Society of Southern California
Beckman Institute Auditorium
Caltech
Sunday, November 2, 2008
2pm

Archives Month in California

It's Archives Month in California!  And, whadda you know...October is designated as National Archives Month, too.

AB 2595

I received the following email of interest on Wednesday, from an HCC colleage:
 
Dear HCC members,
 

Historical images lend credence to neurologist's claims regarding Pio Pico

An article in posted by the Los Angeles Times today cites a neurologist who believes that Pio Pico, governor of pre-statehood California during the 1830s and 1840s, may have been afflicated by a neurological disorder that distorted his physical features and made him impotent for much of his life.
 

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