South Bay History Collection

Collection

Identifier: SPC-1980-003

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Materials in this collection include reports, flyers, municipal publications and records, histories, pieces from historical societies, reports, newsletters, calendars, and newspapers. These have been organized alphabetically by city. Cities with a large amount of material were further organized into subseries and sub-subseries. The Oversize materials are in a separate series, arranged to match the series order of the collection.

Dates

1923-2005

Creator

California State University, Dominguez Hills (Organization)

Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

History

The South Bay History Collection is an artificial collection created by the archives to house materials relating to the history of the South Bay. Materials in this collection were donated by local historians, the University Library, and archival staff.

In this collection, the South Bay is defined as the area south of the Los Angeles International Airport and the Glenn Anderson Freeway (CA 105) and west of the San Gabriel River Freeway (CA 605). Generally, the cities in this collection are within the borders of the Rancho San Pedro land grant, made in 1784.

Extent

6.75 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection includes of brochures, flyers, newsletters, directories, reports, papers, newspapers, and newsclippings related to the communities of Carson, Davidson City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Lakewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Lynwood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Terminal Island, Torrance, Wilmington, and Los Angeles. Subjects include historic preservation, municipal records, tourism, commerce, and transportation.

Arrangement

Arranged in 17 series:

Series I. Carson, 1963-2001
Series II. Davidson City, no date
Series III. Gardena, 1958-1998
Series IV. Hawthorne, no date
Series V. Lakewood, 1990-1992
Series VI. Lawndale, 1992-1993
Series VII. Lomita, 1990-1991
Series VIII. Long Beach, 1986, 1996
Series IX. Lynwood, 1940
Series X. Manhattan Beach, 1992-1993
Series XI. Palos Verdes, 1965-1993
Series XII. Redondo Beach, 1980-1992
Series XIII. San Pedro, 1976-1988
Series XIV. Terminal Island, 1959-1965
Series XV. Torrance, 1931-2005
Series XVI. Wilmington, 1965-1992
Series XVII. Regional, 1938-1994
Series XVIII. Oversize 1923-1989

Acquisition Information

Materials in this collection were collected by archives staff and members of the community. It is a growing collection.

Related Materials

For material related to the South Bay please consult: South Bay History Collection, Compton Earthquake Postcards Collection, Compton History Collection, Rancho San Pedro Collection, South Bay Photograph Collection, South Bay Photograph Digital Collection, James H. Osborne Photograph Collection , Ira Clark Collection, Charles Blanton Collection, Heritage House Collection, Robert C. Gillingham Papers, Rozelle Family Collection, Dennis Kroll Collection, Jim Brown Collection, Compton Newspaper Collection, Long Beach Fireman’s Historical Museum Photographs, Long Beach Fireman’s Historical Museum Photographs Digital Collection, Charles H. Eilers Collection, Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce Collection, Gardena Valley News Collection, Donald Greaton Gardena Collection, James Osborne History of Lawndale Collection, Hotel Redondo Photograph Collection, Leuzinger High School Collection, and others.

Separated Materials

oversize photographs from this collection are located separately from the rest of the collection in map case 2, drawer 9.

Processing Information

This collection was originally processed in the 1980s by archival staff.

Project Information

This finding aid was created as part of Early Los Angeles/Rancho San Pedro Manuscript Cataloging Project, a CSU Dominguez Hills Library project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The project started in 2005. Project Director was Greg Williams. Project Archivists were Thomas Philo and Jennifer Allan Goldman.