DEAL REACHED ON TRANSFERRING HART DOCUMENTS TO MUSEUM.Byline: James J. Rodriguez Daily News Staff Writer Half a year after the discovery of 65-year-old documents written by former Western silent film star William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart, the letters finally are headed to public display at a local museum. The 12 pages of letters include correspondence between Hart and the Newhall County Water District, which currently has possession of the brittle and yellowing documents. After the discovery in July of the handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. letters, the water district had hoped to turn over the documents to William S. Hart Mansion, the Mansion, The shows material advantages of respectability winning over kinship. [Am. Lit.: The Mansion, Hart, 520] See : Greed hilltop home Hart bequeathed to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. But the gesture would have amounted to an illegal gift of public funds See Fund, 3. See also: Public , so attorneys for the water district advised lending the documents to the museum. It took six months to draw up a loan contract amenable to both sides. "The whole thing turned out to be a little more complicated than we thought," said Reba Mitchell, the water district secretary who found the letters tucked away in office files. "Finally, hopefully, we will . . . complete what we have started." The water board will consider on Thursday the revised agreement between the water agency and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910. dealing with lending the "William S. Hart File." Meanwhile, workers at the Hart museum are anxiously awaiting the amusing documents. "It's taken awhile a·while adv. For a short time. Usage Note: Awhile, an adverb, is never preceded by a preposition such as for, but the two-word form a while may be preceded by a preposition. ," said museum collections manager John Cahoon, referring to the documents' arrival. "We are looking forward to receiving the material. We are planning on having some kind of exhibit." Hart starred in silent Western movies known for their realism and down-to-earth plots and became established in the Newhall area. The 12 pages of letters include correspondence between Hart and the late A.B. Perkins, former owner of the water company and a Newhall historian. The letters date from 1931 to 1935. The letters reveal an apparent misread mis·read tr.v. mis·read , mis·read·ing, mis·reads 1. To read inaccurately. 2. To misinterpret or misunderstand: misread our friendly concern as prying. meter situation on Hart's property and show how Perkins continuously tried to get Hart to invest money in what once was a privately owned water company. If the water board approves the agreement at its 7:30 p.m. meeting, the letters could land in possession of the museum by next week, Mitchell said. Beside finalizing a contract appealing to both sides, Mitchell said the museum insisted on conducting an itemized list of the documents for insurance purposes. The contract proposes lending the documents for one year, with an opportunity for the museum to renew the lease annually. |
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