Title The culture broker : Franklin D. Murphy and the transformation of Los Angeles / Margaret Leslie Davis

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 490 p., [24] p. of plates ) 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-465) and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Murphy, Franklin D., 1916-1994. SUBJECT Murphy, Franklin D., 1916-1994 fast Subject University of California, Los Angeles -- Officials and employees -- Biography Times Mirror Company -- Officials and employees -- Biography SUBJECT Times Mirror Company fast University of California, Los Angeles fast Subject Arts -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Museums -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Cosmopolitanism -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century Charities -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Arts Charities Civilization Cosmopolitanism Cultural policy Employees Museums SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Cultural policy Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Civilization -- 20th century Subject California -- Los Angeles Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021697100 ISBN 9780520925557 0520925556

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