L.A. History Conference at The Autry — “Los Angeles Renaissance: Redefining The Soul Of A City”
April 2, 2011
“Los Angeles Renaissance: Redefining The Soul Of A City
Thought, Music And Imagery Of A Momentous Quarter Century”
08:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:00 Welcome to the Autry – Patricia Adler-Ingram, Executive-Director, HSSC
09:15 Keynote Address: William Deverell, Professor of History, USC
09:50 Sarah Schrank – “Monuments on the Margins: Watts Towers, América Tropical, and the Politics of Place”
10:15 Panel: Music and the Transformation of Los Angeles
Sherrie Tucker — “On Location: Situating National Memory of the Hollywood Canteen in Wartime Los Angeles”
Andrea Thabet — “Tales of Summer Nights: The Enduring Magic of the Hollywood Bowl”
Kenneth Marcus — “Arnold Schoenberg and Late Modernism in Los Angeles”
James Lent — Keyboard | Leila Nassar-Fredell — Violin
11:30 Lunch and Autry Visit
01:30 Michael Dawson – “Modern Photography in Southern California: 1920–1940”
01:55 Jake Wien – “Paul Landacre and Hollywood: The Flowering of a Modernist Printmaking
Enterprise”
02:30 Barbara Lamprecht – “From Luckenwalde to Los Angeles: Neutra’s Forgotten Forest Cemetery”
03:05 Award Presentations
Merry Ovnick — Nunis and Wheat Awards
Paul Spitzzeri — Pflueger Awards
Cecilia Rasmussen — Jack Smith Award
04:00 Cheese and Wine Reception
Location: The Autry: 4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027–1462
Hours: 8:00am — 5:00pm
Admission: Early Bird Admission: Members $30, Non-Members $40
After March 15, 2011: Members $35, Non-Members $45
Contact: HSSC at 323/460‑5632, hssc@socalhistory.org
History Day LA at APU
March 12, 2011
Admission Day 2010
Volunteer Judges Needed
Location: TBA
Hours: TBA
Admission: TBA
Contact: Historical Society of Southern California at 323/460‑5632, hssc@socalhistory.org
Board of Directors
Officers
President
John O. Pohlmann, Ph.D.
First Vice President
Kenneth H. Marcus, Ph.D
Second Vice President
Linda Mollno, Ph.D.
Secretary
Eric A. Nelson, Esq.
Treasurer
William J. Barger, Ph.D.
Directors
Steven Hackel
Lourdes Nunez-Burgess
Cecilia Rasmussen
Paul R. Spitzzeri
Advisor to to the Board
Kevin Starr
Executive Director
Patricia Adler-Ingram, Ph.D.
Charles Fletcher Lummis
Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859–1928) was born in Lynn , Massachusetts . He attended Harvard College and began a career as a newspaper editor in Chillicothe , Ohio . In 1884, Lummis decided to walk across the continent to Los Angeles . During his journey he developed an appreciation for the physical beauty of the Southwest, and for its native cultures. Along the way, he sent articles about his experiences to General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times. When Lummis arrived in Los Angeles , Otis hired him as the newspaper’s first City Editor.
“I have not the Art to Say Things Softly.“
– Charles Fletcher Lummis
Flamboyant and outspoken, Lummis later served as City Librarian. But he is best known as a prolific author, editor, and activist on behalf of historic preservation. His magazine Land of Sunshine , extolled the wonders of Southern California and had a major influence on the region’s early image and appeal to tourists. He was a founder of the Landmarks Club, an organization credited with beginning preservation of California ‘s missions. (see also: Helen Hunt Jackson). His photographs and collection of Southwestern art became the foundation for the Southwest Museum, located on a hilltop above his home, El Alisal, which is now the headquarters for the Historical Society of Southern California.
Contributed by Jon Wilkman, 1999
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