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Southern California: Los Angeles (Dec 1899 - Jan 1900)
Southern California: Los Angeles (Dec 1899 - Jan 1900)
Total Records Found: 107
1 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From train on the way to CALIFORNIA (CW SV 9.128)
2 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From train while on way to CALIFORNIA (CW SV 9.128)
2 Dec 1899
News reports
The following article, which appeared December 2 in the Capital, a Los Angeles weekly, accompanied by a photograph captioned "Swami Vivekananda Who Will Lecture at Blanchard Hall Next Friday Evening." (ND 5.179)
3 Dec 1899
CE
Swamiji arrived at Los Angeles. Miss MacLeod escorted him to the home of a miss Spencer. He stayed there for four or five days and then moved to Mrs. Blodgett at whose house Miss McLeod was staying, nursing her fatally ill brother (ND 5.176 LSV 2. 491)
Dec 1899
CE
At the turn of the century, Los Angeles bore almost no resemblance to the huge, sprawling metropolis of today. (ND 5.175 LSV 2.)
3 Dec 1899
S
In December 1899 Swami Turiyananda went to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he did much valuable work. On December 10 he read a paper on "Shankaracharya" before the Cambridge Conferences, an annual course of lectures given by well-known speakers, conducted by Dr. Lewis Janes, and sponsored by Mrs. Ole Bull. Swami Turiyananda's lecture, the first he had ever given, was attended by professors of Harvard University and many other learned men, all of whom spoke highly of it. (LSV 2.485)
Dec 1899
S
Miss MacLeod did not say just who Miss Spencer was, just where she lived, or why she and Swamiji visited her during his first week in Los Angeles. (ND 5.176)
6 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 7.520 ND 5.177)
6 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 9.129 ND 5.177)
6 Dec 1899
CE
Swamiji attended a gathering at Judge Cheney escorted by miss MacLeod. There he met Mr. Baumgardt, an accomplished young man who aranged his first and second lecture at LA. (ND 5.178)
Dec 1899
CE
Mr. Baumgardt, who was to become one of Swamiji’s ardent admirers, was in the printing business and was himself a master printer. (ND 5.178 LSV 2.492)
Dec 1899
CE
Miss MacLeod had written to Sister Nivedita in regard to the plans being made for Swamiji. (ND 5.178)
Dec 1899
CE
Swamiji’s first lecture in Los Angeles was scheduled for December 8. From December 3 up until the morning of the event the Los Angeles newspapers ran daily announcements similar to the following, which appeared in the Los Angeles Record: (ND 5.182)
8 Dec 1899
News reports
On the morning of the lecture, the Los Angeles Herald printed, in addition to an announcement, a more formal introduction: (ND 5.183)
8 Dec 1899
S
The Blanchard Building was situated in the heart of town, opposite the City Hall. (ND 5.183)
8 Dec 1899
News reports
Both the 'Los Angeles Times' and the 'Los Angeles Herald' published fairly good reports of Swami Vivekananda’s first public lecture in California. (ND 5.183)
8 Dec 1899
S
Sitting enthralled in the audience at Blanchard Hall were three women who were to play an important part in Swamiji’s life in California. (ND 5.188 LSV 2. 492)
8 Dec 1899
S
The story is told in Mrs. Hansbrough’s unpublished "Reminiscences". It happened like this: (ND 5.188)
8 Dec 1899
S
On the memorable evening of December 8, when he was to speak at Blanchard Hall, the Mead sisters "rushed through dinner, made up a party and went in to Los Angeles." (ND 5.189 LSV 2. 492 ND 5. 242)
8 Dec 1899
S
After the lecture was over Mrs. Hansbrough enquired about when and where the Swami was to speak again. (ND 5.189)
1899
ME
This is how Mrs. Hansbrough’s "Reminiscences" came into existence. (ND 5.190)
1899
S
Swamiji delivered his second lecture in Los Angeles on the evening of Tuesday, December I2. (ND 5.191)
1899
0
Delivered classes at Home of Truth and other places (LSV 2.)
9 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 9.130 LSV 2.499)
10 Dec 1899
News reports
In the Los Angeles Herald of December 10 an announcement of the lecture read as follows: (ND 5.191)
Dec 1899
Notes
By the time Swamiji delivered his second lecture, he had no doubt moved from Miss Spencer’s home to Mrs. Blodgett’a at 921 West Twenty-first Street. (ND 5.198 LSV 2. 493)
12 Dec 1899
News reports
A somewhat different version of the above appeared in the same paper (The Los Angeles Herald) two days later: (ND 5.191)
1899
CE
Swamiji had not only lectured to a large audience that day, December I2, he had also written a letter to Mrs. Bull full of annoyance and, as well, of anguish. (ND 5.197)
12 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From (CW SV 6.419 ND 5.197)
12 Dec 1899
CE
Mrs. Bull must have given way to a long sigh-not the first since she had met Swamiji and tried to counsel him. (ND 5.198)
13 Dec 1899
News reports
"Cosmos: veda conception of universe", Second lecture at Southern california academy of science, arranged by Baumgardt- it's director. News Report in the Los Angeles Herald. (ND 5.192)
13 Dec 1899
News reports
"Cosmos: veda conception of universe", Second lecture at Southern california academy of science, arranged by Baumgardt- it's director. The Los Angeles Times was more brief: (ND 5.194)
Dec 1899
S
All round applaud to Swamiji's lecture. (ND 5.196)
Dec 1899
Letter
Miss MacLeod wrote to her sister about Swamiji's lacture on Cosmos. (ND 5.196)
Dec 1899
Notes
Swamiji’s life at Mrs. Blodgett’s was simple, relaxed, and filled with the peace that he himself brought to it. (ND 5.200)
Dec 1899
Notes
In a letter written to Miss MacLeod by Mrs. Blodgett in July of 1902, the light Swamiji shed over those days in Los Angeles is almost visible. (ND 5.201)
1899
S
Swamiji treated by a woman with "magnetic healing powers" (ND 5.203)
1899
S
Returning from Mrs. Melton’s or, as the case might have been, from a morning class, Swamiji would generally cook the noon dinner. (ND 5.203)
1899
S
After lunch, if nothing interfered, Swamiji would lie in the garden hammock. (ND 5.203)
13 Dec 1899
CE
Mrs. Hansborough and Helen Mead went to meet Swamiji at Mrs. Blodgett's house to request him to stay with them. Swamiji politely refused. She invited him for Sunday dinner which he accepted. (ND 5.210 LSV 2.493 ND 5. 242)
13 Dec 1899
CE
Swamiji agreed to hold classes. preliminary arrangements were made then and there. Everyone was delighted. (ND 5.210 LSV 2 493)
13 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From (CW SV 9.131 ND 5.211)
15 Dec 1899
CE
Thus Miss MacLeod informed Sister Nivedita about this incident. (ND 5.211)
17 Dec 1899
News reports
On the same Sunday (December I7) the following advertisement appeared in both the Los Angeles Times and the Los Aageles Herald: (ND 5.211)
19 Dec 1899
0
The series of three classes is called "Applied Psychoilogy" on 19, 20, 21 Dec. first class was held at Blanchard building, subsequent ones at Home of Truth, invited there by it's director J. Ransome Bransby. No notes exist of these classes (ND 5.212 LSV 2. 493)
19 Dec 1899
CE
Many years later (after 35 years) Mr. J. Ransome Bransby recalled these meetings in a letter to Mr. Thomas J. Allan. (ND 5.212)
20 Dec 1899
CE
A note to this effect appeared on December 20 in a column of the Los Angeles Times entitled “City Briefs": (ND 5.213)
Dec 1899
S
Miss MacLeod wrote to Sister Nivedita about Swamiji going to see play "My friend from India" in a theater on December 23. (ND 5.205)
20 Dec 1899
CE
Miss MacLeod wrote on December 20 to Nivedita,. (ND 5.213)
Dec 1899
CE
The transcripts of Swamiji’s three classes on "Applied Psychology" are not available,though the transcript were once there. (ND 5.214)
Dec 1899
S
The play was really very funny and Swamiji enjoyed it hugely. (ND 5.206)
22 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From (CW SV 8.483)
23 Dec 1899
S
On the day following Swamiji’s third and last class of the "Applied Psychology" series a morning reception was held for him by a Mrs. Caroline M. Severance. (ND 5.214)
23 Dec 1899
S
Swamiji may have intended to hold no more than one series of three classes in Los Angeles. (ND 5.216)
23 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 6.421 ND 5.216)
23 Dec 1899
News reports
And the following day a series of six classes to be held at the Home of Truth was announced in large type on the theater page of the Sunday Times: (ND 5.216 ND 2.494)
Dec 1899
CE
It is possible that Swamiji now’ moved his living quarters to the Home of Truth, which could accommodate, with board, "students and patients" and surely teachers and healers as well. But wether he moved or not is not known. (ND 5.217)
Dec 1899
News reports
Many of the members of the "Home" became the Swami's ardent followers. Describing his work there, the leader of the Los Angeles "Home" wrote in part in the magazine Unity for February 1900: (LSV 2. 494)
23 Dec 1899
S
The play, which was making a three-day stand at the Los Angeles Theater, had opened in New York in October of I896. (ND 5.206)
Dec 1899
S
This three act play had been written as a result of Swamiji's first visit to the United States. (ND 5.206)
Dec 1899
S
The play was really very funny and Swamiji enjoyed it hugely. (ND 5.206)
Dec 1899
S
One might mention in passing that Swamiji went also to a vaudeville in Los Angeles. (ND 5.207)
Dec 1899
S
The circumstances that brought about Swamiji’s attendance at the show were told by Betty Leggett in a letter of January 12 to her husband: (ND 5.208)
24 Dec 1899
Notes
Of the reception itself, we learn a little from the following item that appeared in the Los Angeles Herald of December 24: (ND 5.215)
24 Dec 1899
Notes
Swamiji met his old friend Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods at the reception. (ND 5.216)
Dec 1899
Notes
A series of six classes on "Mind and its powers" to be held at Home of Truth only two class titles have been known to us: "Christ’s Message to the World" and "Hints on Practical Spirituality." (ND 5.218)
Dec 1899
Notes
The following account, some portions of which have been quoted in the Life, will have to suffice. It is given here in full: (ND 5.218)
Dec 1899
Notes
There is combined in the Swami Vivekananda the learning of a university president, the dignity of an archbishop, with the grace and winsomeness of a free natural child. (ND 5.219)
Dec 1899
Notes
A lecture on Christmas day from the Swami entitled, "Christ’s Mission to the World," and a better one on this subject was never heard. (ND 5.220)
Dec 1899
I
Miss MacLeod recalled an incident of Swamiji's outstanding characterstics. (ND 5.221)
Dec 1899
I
Another incident, which Miss MacLeod did not relate in her published reminiscences. (ND 5.222)
27 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 8.485)
27 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 8.487 ND 5.208)
27 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 9.131 LSV 2. 499)
27 Dec 1899
S
There is no doubt that life in Los Angeles benefited Swamiji’s health and thereby fulfilled at least one purpose of his visit. (ND 5.209)
27 Dec 1899
S
Of Swamiji’s eight class lectures at the Home of Truth (including his two classes of December 21. and 22 on "Applied Psychology") the only transcript that has come down to us is "Hints on Practical Spirituality" (ND 5.222 LSV 2. 495)
27 Dec 1899
S
Many of Swamiji’s listeners must have been stunned. But to some, his emphasis on renunciation in this class and others came, perhaps, as a greater blow. (ND 5.224 LSV 2. 496)
Dec 1899
S
There was always joy in his company, the childlike nature of the Paramahamsa continually revealing itself. His Los Angeles hostess, Mrs. Blodgett, who had opportunity to know him in relaxed and informal hours, reminisced in a letter of September 2, 1902 to Miss MacLeod: (LSV 2. 497)
Dec 1899
S
At the beginning of the year Swamiji moved his classes to Payne’s Hall. (ND 5.225 LSV 2.498)
Dec 1899
S
Swamiji had written letters to Sister Nivedita, Mrs. Bull and Christine on December 23 and 27 about his concern over collection of funds. (ND 5.236)
Dec 1899
S
Two of Swamiji’s original purposes in coming to Los Angeles-the restoration of his health and the collection of funds-had been accomplished. Now again he wanted to return to India. (ND 5.237)
Dec 1899
S
But the Divine Mother did no such thing. Her work in California was not yet done. (ND 5.239)
Dec 1899
S
In any event, Swamiji remained in southern California, reconciled to Mother’s will-and perhaps to his own will, as well. (ND 5.239)
Dec 1899
S
There can be little doubt that if so great and free a soul as Swami Vivekananda had strongly wanted to leave California, nothing could have prevented him. (ND 5.239)
29 Dec 1899
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture HINTS ON PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY (LOS ANGELS) at Los Angeles (26 Dec?) (CW SV 2.024)
29 Dec 1899
Notes
LINE OF DEMARCATION : Mrs. Hansbrough's reminiscences of a question answer exchange following the class entitled "Hints on Practical Spirituality" (CW SV 9.329 ND 5.225)
Notes
GOD IS : Alice Hansbrough's record of a question-answer session after a class lecture (CW SV 9.329 ND 5.276)
2 Jan 1900
News reports
"The people of India" Evening lecture at Blanchard building. Summary of the lecture as appeared in 'Herald' and the title appeared in 'Los Angeles Evening Express'. (ND 5.227)
3 Jan 1900
0
a court case was started by the math against the tax on math land by howrah municipality. Raja mj looked after it (BC)
Jan 1900
Notes
As its present title implies, "Work and Its Secret" was a class on karma yoga, and it was the only such class, as far as is known, that Swamiji held in southern California. (ND 5.226)
4 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture WORK AND ITS SECRET at Los Angeles (CW SV 2.001)
5 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE OPEN SECRET 05.01.1900 at Los Angeles (CW SV 2.397)
7 Jan 1900
Notes
'Christ the messenger'. Public lecture at Payne's hall. Swamiji's best one, he was radiating a halo delivering it. (ND 5.229 LSV 2. 498)
7 Jan 1900
News reports
Powers of the mind. Lecture at Paynes hall- News Report in Times " City Briefs" (ND 5.232)
7 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture CHRIST, THE MESSENGER (CALIFORNIA 1900) at Los Angeles (CW SV 4.138)
Jan 1900
Notes
According to Mrs. Hansbrough, the house was not only packed to capacity that Sunday afternoon, but over a hundred people were turned away. (ND 5.232)
8 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE POWERS OF THE MIND at Los Angeles (CW SV 2.010)
8 Jan 1900
News reports
The Los Angeles Times of January 8 printed a fairly long and, as far as it went, excellent report of this Payne’s Hall lecture. (ND 5.231)
Jan 1900
Notes
At the end of the lecture " The Powers of mind" Swamiji announced the clouser of this course of lectures altogether. (ND 5.233 LSV 2. 498)
14 Jan 1900
News reports
the following short paragraph from the Los Angeles Times of January 14, 1900, may indicate that there were one or two more lectures than we know of. (ND 5.233)
Jan 1900
Notes
Swamiji gave some lectures in private homes. (ND 5.234 LSV 2. 498)
Jan 1900
Notes
Beyond verbal expressions of interest and sympathy, Swamiji seems to have received little outside help for the establishment of industrial schools in India. (ND 5.234)
Jan 1900
Notes
Swamiji seems to have regretted particularly the letter to Mrs. Hale, whom he would not have asked for money through a third person, if at all. (ND 5.235)
17 Jan 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 8.489)
18 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture WOMEN OF INDIA at Los Angeles (CW SV 8.053)
24 Jan 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 6.422)
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