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Ray Bradbury lot of 69 personally owned special citations and awards. Many of the honors are from City and County government offices in California and a few from his home state of Illinois, but several come from as far as Buenos Aires and Russia. Certificates are often large illuminated documents featuring gilt text and decoration. Unframed citations include: (1) The City of Bradbury; (2) The California State Assembly; (3) City of Buenos Aires, entirely in Spanish; (4) LA Times 1997 Book Prize, the Robert Kirsch Award; (5) City of Long Beach, CA; (6) LA County Board of Supervisors award for receiving the 1995 International Citizen of the Year award; (7) LA County Board of Supervisors award for Bradbury's receipt of honors by various mental health organizations; (8) LA City Council (joint award with Friends of The Palms-Rancho Library); (9) City of LA, a commendation on the opening of his play ''Falling Upward'' at Theatre West; (10) City of LA, a commendation on receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; (11) LA County Board of Supervisors, a commendation on receiving a Historical Society award; (12) City of LA, a commendation on receiving the aforementioned Historical Society award; (13) City of LA, a commendation for his award from the Treasures of Los Angeles; (14) LA Public Library award, (15) California Legislature Assembly; (16) City of LA, a birthday greeting; (17) City of South Pasadena, CA; (18) Riverside Public Library; (19) City of LA, a commendation on the 50th anniversary of his film, ''It Came From Outer Space''; (20) California Legislature Assembly, the 3rd annual South Bay, CA Shakespeare Award; (21) City of San Pedro, CA; (22) LA County Board of Supervisors, a 90th birthday honor; (23) Bradbury Library at Los Angeles High School; (24) Chateau de Balleroy; (25) Friends of the Duarte Library; (26) California Senate, recognition for charity to libraries; (27-32) Official Ray Bradbury Day pronounced in City of South Pasadena, LA County, City of LA for two different years and City of Duarte, CA, and Ray Bradbury Month in the City of West Hollywood, CA. Framed items include: (33) City of Los Angeles Ray Bradbury Week resolution; (34) Disneyland 1985 American Hero Award; (35) CA Legislature Assembly 2003 10th Annual Torrance Art's Alive Festival resolution; (36) Senator Debra Bowen resolution; (37-39) Braille Institute awards; (40) Frank Pangborn, Jr. award for Bradbury's 90th birthday; (41) PEN Los Angeles Center Literary Award; (42) poem ''For Ray at 88'' by Philip Trask; (43) AIA California Council award; (44) Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films award to Charles M. Jones for Best Animation Career; (45) USC & Society for the Preservation of Variety Arts award; (46) Mensa award; (47) American Institute of Architects Orange County chapter award; (48) Bradbury poem, '''Doing is Being'...Presented by Ray Bradbury in an address to WED Imagineers on April 9, 1980''; (49) Laura Bush typed letter on White House stationery honoring Bradbury's achievements; (50) State of Illinois 86th General Assembly award from his hometown of Waukegan, Illinois, specifying that Bradbury will receive a star in the city's Walk of Fame and have a city park named after him; (51) City of Chicago Ray Bradbury Day; (52) City of Thousand Oaks; (53) Hydraulic Research Management Club award; (54) Friends of the Palm Springs Library; (55) City of Santa Fe Springs; (56) Waukegan Park District; (57) Russian award; (58) City of Rancho Mirage, CA Public Library; (59-60) two CA Senate Resolutions from Gilbert Cedillo; (61) City of Torrance Ray Bradbury Day; (62) J. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement award in Science Fiction; (63) Secretary of State of Illinois typed letter signed and photo of a library with Bradbury's name built into its concrete walls; (64) City of LA Ray Bradbury Week; (65) Peninsula Library Center; (66) Beaumont Library District; (67) Beverly Hills Unified School District; (68) Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Columbia College Chicago, beautifully framed in glass and housed in a red cloth slipcase; (69) typed letter signed by writer G.K. Chesterton pertaining to publication of his stories in German, taped to a mat with a photo of Chersteron. Honors range in size from 9.25'' x 11.75'' to 23.5'' x 23.5''. Glass of frame on #65 and 66 have broken, otherwise items range from very good to fine condition. With a COA from the Ray Bradbury estate.
Ray Bradbury Lot of 69 Government Citations & Framed Award Certificates -- Includes His Mensa Award & Disneyland Hero Award
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