The Resource The culture broker : Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles, Margaret Leslie Davis
The culture broker : Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles, Margaret Leslie Davis
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The item The culture broker : Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles, Margaret Leslie Davis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- Franklin Murphy? It's not a name that is widely known; even during his lifetime the public knew little of him. But for nearly thirty years, Murphy was the dominant figure in the cultural development of Los Angeles. Behind the scenes, Murphy used his role as confidant, family friend, and advisor to the founders and scions of some of America's greatest fortunes--Ahmanson, Rockefeller, Ford, Mellon, and Annenberg--to direct the largesse of the wealthy into cultural institutions of his choosing. In this first full biography of Franklin D. Murphy (1916-994), Margaret Leslie Davis delivers the compe
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages)
- Contents
-
- Contents; Preface: Art of the Trustee; Prologue: Something to Prove; Part I: Chancellor; One: Into the Pastel Empire; Two: UCLA in Worldwide Terms; Three: Turmoil and Golden Moments; Photographs Following pages 78 and 238; Four: 1968--Year of Crisis; Part II: Chairman; Five: The Chancellor Becomes CEO; Six: The Chandler Empire in the Watergate Years; Seven: Power and Philanthropy; Part III: Trustee; Eight: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Nine: The National Gallery of Art; Ten: The Samuel H. Kress Foundation; Eleven: The J. Paul Getty Trust; Twelve: Three That Got Away; Part IV: Steward
- Isbn
- 9780520925557
- Label
- The culture broker : Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles
- Title
- The culture broker
- Title remainder
- Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles
- Statement of responsibility
- Margaret Leslie Davis
- Subject
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- Arts
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Civilization -- 20th century
- Times Mirror Company
- Cosmopolitanism
- Times Mirror Company -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- 1900-1999
- Biography
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Cultural policy
- History
- Murphy, Franklin D, 1916-1994
- Cultural policy
- Employees
- University of California, Los Angeles -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Charities
- California -- Los Angeles
- Civilization
- Murphy, Franklin D, 1916-1994
- Museums -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic book
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography
- Charities -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Arts -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Cosmopolitanism -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Museums
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Franklin Murphy? It's not a name that is widely known; even during his lifetime the public knew little of him. But for nearly thirty years, Murphy was the dominant figure in the cultural development of Los Angeles. Behind the scenes, Murphy used his role as confidant, family friend, and advisor to the founders and scions of some of America's greatest fortunes--Ahmanson, Rockefeller, Ford, Mellon, and Annenberg--to direct the largesse of the wealthy into cultural institutions of his choosing. In this first full biography of Franklin D. Murphy (1916-994), Margaret Leslie Davis delivers the compe
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- CaPaEBR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Davis, Margaret Leslie
- Dewey number
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- 979.4/94053092
- B
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F869.L853
- LC item number
- M873 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Murphy, Franklin D
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Times Mirror Company
- Arts
- Museums
- Cosmopolitanism
- Charities
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Murphy, Franklin D
- Times Mirror Company
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Arts
- Charities
- Civilization
- Cosmopolitanism
- Cultural policy
- Employees
- Museums
- California
- Label
- The culture broker : Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles, Margaret Leslie Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contents; Preface: Art of the Trustee; Prologue: Something to Prove; Part I: Chancellor; One: Into the Pastel Empire; Two: UCLA in Worldwide Terms; Three: Turmoil and Golden Moments; Photographs Following pages 78 and 238; Four: 1968--Year of Crisis; Part II: Chairman; Five: The Chancellor Becomes CEO; Six: The Chandler Empire in the Watergate Years; Seven: Power and Philanthropy; Part III: Trustee; Eight: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Nine: The National Gallery of Art; Ten: The Samuel H. Kress Foundation; Eleven: The J. Paul Getty Trust; Twelve: Three That Got Away; Part IV: Steward
- Control code
- 290548455
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520925557
- Lccn
- 2007011570
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)290548455
- Label
- The culture broker : Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles, Margaret Leslie Davis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contents; Preface: Art of the Trustee; Prologue: Something to Prove; Part I: Chancellor; One: Into the Pastel Empire; Two: UCLA in Worldwide Terms; Three: Turmoil and Golden Moments; Photographs Following pages 78 and 238; Four: 1968--Year of Crisis; Part II: Chairman; Five: The Chancellor Becomes CEO; Six: The Chandler Empire in the Watergate Years; Seven: Power and Philanthropy; Part III: Trustee; Eight: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Nine: The National Gallery of Art; Ten: The Samuel H. Kress Foundation; Eleven: The J. Paul Getty Trust; Twelve: Three That Got Away; Part IV: Steward
- Control code
- 290548455
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 490 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520925557
- Lccn
- 2007011570
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)290548455
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Arts
- Arts -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Biography
- California -- Los Angeles
- Charities
- Charities -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Civilization
- Cosmopolitanism
- Cosmopolitanism -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Cultural policy
- Electronic book
- Employees
- History
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Civilization -- 20th century
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Cultural policy
- Murphy, Franklin D, 1916-1994
- Murphy, Franklin D, 1916-1994
- Museums
- Museums -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Times Mirror Company
- Times Mirror Company -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Los Angeles -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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