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'''Land of Sunshine''' (1894-1902) was founded in 1894 in Los Angeles as an illustrated monthly magazine similar to Overland Monthly. It was originally founded to promote Southern California, but in 1902 its editor, Charles Lummis, broadened the magazine’s scope to include the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), and so the name was changed to Out West. Lummis stayed with the publication until 1909, after which several editors worked for the dwindling publication. Out West in turn merged with Overland Monthly in 1923 until it expired in 1935.  
'''Land of Sunshine''' (1894-1902) was founded in 1894 in Los Angeles as an illustrated monthly magazine, similar to Overland Monthly, with an annual subscription rate of $1. It was originally founded to promote Southern California, but in 1902 its editor, Charles Lummis, broadened the magazine’s scope to include the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), and so the name was changed to Out West. Lummis stayed with the publication until 1909, after which several editors worked for the dwindling publication. Out West in turn merged with Overland Monthly in 1923 until it expired in 1935.  


* 1896  [no author]  ''Echoes of California Fiestas'' 5(1):164-165, June
The Land of Sunshine was first published by the F. A. Pattee Publishing Company in June 1894 as a quarto measuring 9 by 12 inches (23 cm × 30 cm). It was originally ghost-edited by Charles Dwight Willard, while Harry Ellington Brook and Frank A. Pattee were both also involved in the creation and publication of the magazine. Willard was secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce while he edited The Land of Sunshine, which from its inception was supportive of commercial interests in Los Angeles and San Diego to the extent that it would have caused a clear conflict of interest controversy if Willard was publicly linked to the magazine. According to Edwin Bingham, in its first volume The Land of Sunshine developed a long-standing dichotomy between covering regional commerce and culture.
 
At the end of 1894 Charles Fletcher Lummis was publicly named editor of The Land of Sunshine, and the first issue produced under his control was January 1895. Lummis promised that the magazine's coverage of Southern California would be "concise, interesting, expert, accurate" to the extent that it would be trusted by Eastern readers. He also placed an increased emphasis on the cultural and intellectual content of the magazine. According to the Los Angeles Times, he transformed the magazine from a "Chamber of Commerce promotional sheet" into a "sterling literary magazine" in which he voiced his own opinions about everything from art and philosophy to politics and current events.
 
In June 1895, the magazine was reduced to dimensions of 6 by 9 inches (15 cm × 23 cm), although its total number of pages grew.
 
 
'''VOLUME ONE: June to November 1894'''
* June  1894  V1(1)  [p. 1-24] (5,000 copies)
* July  1894  V1(2)  [p. 25-48]
* Aug.  1894  V1(3)  [p. 49-68]
* Sept. 1894  V1(4)  [p. 69-88]
* Oct.  1894  V1(5)  [p. 89-108]
* Nov.  1894  V1(6)  [p. 109-126]  Holder. ''Famous Fish of Southern California'' p. 110-111
: ''With this number of LAND OF SUNSHINE concludes its first volume. On the last page of this issue [p. 126] we print an index of the contents of all numbers to date...''
 
'''VOLUME TWO: December 1894 to May 1895'''
* Dec.  1894. V. 2(1) [p. 1-20]
*Jan.  1895  V2(2)  [p.  21-40]
* Feb.  1895 V. 2(3)  [p. 41-58]
* March 1895 V. 2(4) [p. 59-76]  ''The Palmer Collection'' p. 68-69
* April  1895 V. 2(5)  [p. 77-96]
* <span style="color:#006400">'''May  1895  V. 2(6) [p. 95-120]'''</span>
 
'''VOLUME THREE: June to November 1895  <br>
'''VOLUME FOUR: December 1895 to May 1896  <br>
'''VOLUME FIVE: June to November 1896 <span style="color:#006400">  [June, September, November]'''</span><br>
'''VOLUME SIX: December 1896 to May 1897<br>
'''VOLUME SEVEN: June to November 1897<span style="color:#006400">  [July, September, October]'''</span>
 
 
'''VOLUME TWELVE: January to November 1900<span style="color:#006400">  [January (#2), February (#3), March (#4), May (#6)]'''</span>
 
'''VOLUME THIRTEEN: June to 'Christmas' 1900<span style="color:#006400">  [June (#1), July (#2), August (#3), November (#5), 'Christmas' (#6)]'''</span>
 
 
 
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* 1895. J. B. B. ''The Yates Collection'' Land of Sunshine 2(6):98, May
 
* 1896.   [no author]  ''Echoes of California Fiestas'' Land of Sunshine 5(1):164-165, June
: [original in SCIF archives]
: [original in SCIF archives]


* 1896 S. E. A. Higgins  ''Santa Barbara Lighthouse'' 5(4):164-165, September
 
* 1896. S. E. A. Higgins.   ''[[Media: SunshineMag Lighthouse.pdf|Santa Barbara Lighthouse]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(4):164-165, September 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]
 
 
* 1896. [[EARLE, Homer P.|Earle, Homer P.]] ''[[The Santa Barbara Islands]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(6):227-230, November 1896
: [original in SCIF archives] 
 
 
* 1897. Owens, Rob C.'' [[Caves of Santa Cruz Island]]'' Land of Sunshine 7(2):54-58, July
: [original in SCIF archives]
: [original in SCIF archives]


* 1896 [[EARLE, Homer P.|Earle, Homer P.]] ''[[The Santa Barbara Islands]]''  5 & 6 (6):227-230, November
: [original in SCIF archives; cover missing] 


* 1897 Owens, Rob C.'' [[Caves of Santa Cruz Island]]'' 7(2):54-58, July
* 1897. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''[https://archive.org/details/landsunshine03unkngoog The Heart of Santa Catalina]'' Land of Sunshine 7(4):153-160, September 1897
: [original in SCIF archives; missing p. 54]
: [original in SCIF archives]


* 1897 [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]] ''[https://archive.org/details/landsunshine03unkngoog The Heart of Santa Catalina]'' 7(4):153-160, September
* 1897 [[BRITTON, James R.|Britton, J. R.]] ''[http://archive.org/stream/outwestland07archrich/outwestland07archrich_djvu.txt Our Summer Isles'' (Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente islands)] 7(5):192-197, October
* 1897. [[BRITTON, James R.|Britton, J. R.]] ''[http://archive.org/stream/outwestland07archrich/outwestland07archrich_djvu.txt Our Summer Isles'' (Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente islands)] Land of Sunshine 7(5):192-197, October 1897
: [original in SCIF archives; pages removed from issue]   
: [original in SCIF archives; pages removed from issue]   
* 1898-99   Smith, Ruth Tangier ''[https://archive.org/details/landofsunshine10losa/page/n7 One of California's Desert Islands (San Clemente Island)]'' 10(2):65-72
* 1898. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Avalon, Santa Catalina Island'' (A song)  Land of Sunshine 9(2):153, 1898
 
 
* 1898. Land of Sunshine 10(1), December 1898
: [original in SCIF archives]
 
 
* 1899.   Smith, Ruth Tangier. ''[https://archive.org/details/landofsunshine10losa/page/n7 One of California's Desert Islands (San Clemente Island)]'' Land of Sunshine 10(2):65-72, January 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]


* 1899 Kennedy, S. M. ''The American Mentone'' [Santa Barbara] '' 10(4):186-191, March
 
* 1899.   ''The American Mentone'' [Santa Barbara] Land of Sunshine 10(4):186-191, March 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]


* 1901  [no island articles]     15(2-3):1, August-September
 
* 1899.  Kennedy, S. M.  ''Southern California Points of Interest'' [Catalina Island]  Land of Sunshine 10(5):290-299, April 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]
 
 
* 1899.  [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder Charles Frederick]].  ''A California Aquarium and Zoological Station'' [Catalina Island]  Land of Sunshine 11(2):77-84, July 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]
 
 
* 1899.  Dubois, Constance.  ''Some Unknown Missions of California'' Land of Sunshine 11(6):317-324. November 1899. Mission Santa Ysabel.
: [original in SCIF archives]
 
 
* 1900. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Dying San Nicolas''  Land of Sunshine 13(2):95-100, July 1900
: [original in SCIF archives]
 
 
* 1900. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder, Charles Frederick]]. ''Royal Sport''  Land of Sunshine 13(7):406-415, December 1900. Lacking front cover.
: [original in SCIF archives]
 
 
* 1901. [no island articles]     Land of Sunshine 15(2-3):1, August-September 1901
: [original in SCIF archives]
: [original in SCIF archives]

Latest revision as of 22:20, 15 July 2026

Land of Sunshine (1894-1902) was founded in 1894 in Los Angeles as an illustrated monthly magazine, similar to Overland Monthly, with an annual subscription rate of $1. It was originally founded to promote Southern California, but in 1902 its editor, Charles Lummis, broadened the magazine’s scope to include the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), and so the name was changed to Out West. Lummis stayed with the publication until 1909, after which several editors worked for the dwindling publication. Out West in turn merged with Overland Monthly in 1923 until it expired in 1935.

The Land of Sunshine was first published by the F. A. Pattee Publishing Company in June 1894 as a quarto measuring 9 by 12 inches (23 cm × 30 cm). It was originally ghost-edited by Charles Dwight Willard, while Harry Ellington Brook and Frank A. Pattee were both also involved in the creation and publication of the magazine. Willard was secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce while he edited The Land of Sunshine, which from its inception was supportive of commercial interests in Los Angeles and San Diego to the extent that it would have caused a clear conflict of interest controversy if Willard was publicly linked to the magazine. According to Edwin Bingham, in its first volume The Land of Sunshine developed a long-standing dichotomy between covering regional commerce and culture.

At the end of 1894 Charles Fletcher Lummis was publicly named editor of The Land of Sunshine, and the first issue produced under his control was January 1895. Lummis promised that the magazine's coverage of Southern California would be "concise, interesting, expert, accurate" to the extent that it would be trusted by Eastern readers. He also placed an increased emphasis on the cultural and intellectual content of the magazine. According to the Los Angeles Times, he transformed the magazine from a "Chamber of Commerce promotional sheet" into a "sterling literary magazine" in which he voiced his own opinions about everything from art and philosophy to politics and current events.

In June 1895, the magazine was reduced to dimensions of 6 by 9 inches (15 cm × 23 cm), although its total number of pages grew.


VOLUME ONE: June to November 1894

  • June 1894 V1(1) [p. 1-24] (5,000 copies)
  • July 1894 V1(2) [p. 25-48]
  • Aug. 1894 V1(3) [p. 49-68]
  • Sept. 1894 V1(4) [p. 69-88]
  • Oct. 1894 V1(5) [p. 89-108]
  • Nov. 1894 V1(6) [p. 109-126] Holder. Famous Fish of Southern California p. 110-111
With this number of LAND OF SUNSHINE concludes its first volume. On the last page of this issue [p. 126] we print an index of the contents of all numbers to date...

VOLUME TWO: December 1894 to May 1895

  • Dec. 1894. V. 2(1) [p. 1-20]
  • Jan. 1895 V2(2) [p. 21-40]
  • Feb. 1895 V. 2(3) [p. 41-58]
  • March 1895 V. 2(4) [p. 59-76] The Palmer Collection p. 68-69
  • April 1895 V. 2(5) [p. 77-96]
  • May 1895 V. 2(6) [p. 95-120]

VOLUME THREE: June to November 1895
VOLUME FOUR: December 1895 to May 1896
VOLUME FIVE: June to November 1896 [June, September, November]
VOLUME SIX: December 1896 to May 1897
 VOLUME SEVEN: June to November 1897 [July, September, October]


VOLUME TWELVE: January to November 1900 [January (#2), February (#3), March (#4), May (#6)]

VOLUME THIRTEEN: June to 'Christmas' 1900 [June (#1), July (#2), August (#3), November (#5), 'Christmas' (#6)]



  • 1895. J. B. B. The Yates Collection Land of Sunshine 2(6):98, May


  • 1896. [no author] Echoes of California Fiestas Land of Sunshine 5(1):164-165, June
[original in SCIF archives]


[original in SCIF archives]


[original in SCIF archives]


[original in SCIF archives]


[original in SCIF archives]


[original in SCIF archives; pages removed from issue]


  • 1898. Trask, Blanche. Avalon, Santa Catalina Island (A song) Land of Sunshine 9(2):153, 1898


  • 1898. Land of Sunshine 10(1), December 1898
[original in SCIF archives]


[original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]


  • 1899. The American Mentone [Santa Barbara] Land of Sunshine 10(4):186-191, March 1899
[original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]


  • 1899. Kennedy, S. M. Southern California Points of Interest [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 10(5):290-299, April 1899
[original in SCIF archives]


  • 1899. Holder Charles Frederick. A California Aquarium and Zoological Station [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 11(2):77-84, July 1899
[original in SCIF archives]


  • 1899. Dubois, Constance. Some Unknown Missions of California Land of Sunshine 11(6):317-324. November 1899. Mission Santa Ysabel.
[original in SCIF archives]


  • 1900. Trask, Blanche. Dying San Nicolas Land of Sunshine 13(2):95-100, July 1900
[original in SCIF archives]


[original in SCIF archives]


  • 1901. [no island articles] Land of Sunshine 15(2-3):1, August-September 1901
[original in SCIF archives]
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