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"Photos, Catalina Island, Cal" (photograph album)
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2019-005
Abstract
This collection contains one photograph album entitled Photos, Catalina Island, Cal. The album contains fourteen black-and-white photographs and one postcard featuring images presumably taken on Santa Catalina Island of women cross-dressing and dressed in costumes and menswear; as well as portrait style images, and a picture of women sitting under a parasol. Also included is one Santa Catalina Island souvenir postcard dated 1908.
Dates:
1908, undated
Pickering family correspondence and photographs
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-037
Abstract
This collection contains mostly correspondence sent between members of the Pickering family from the 1860s-1930s. A majority of the correspondence is sent between two sisters, Nelle Pontz Pickering and Ethel Pontz McCown during the early 20th century where they discussed their daily lives and families. This collection also includes other letters sent to Nelle from her family and friends; letters sent from Nelle to her husband, Maylin during his time as a Major in the Aviation Section, Signal...
Dates:
1855-1944; undated; Majority of material found within 1902-1936
Political Newspapers and Publications Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2009-006
Abstract
This collection consists of approximately thirty alternative and underground newspaper and journal titles whose primary focus is from an ethnic, leftist, socialist, or communist perspective. This collection also consists of other publications, leaflets, flyers, clippings, and articles relating to topics such as the anti-war movement, the Black movement, the labor movement, student movements, and other topics.
Dates:
1942-1995; undated; Majority of material found within 1969-1992
Polynesian Resources Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-021
Scope and Contents
The Polynesian Resources Collection (1928-1939; 1983; undated) contains scholarly articles, maps, and magazine articles relating to various topics regarding Samoa and Polynesian society. Topics include Samoan grammar, earth-mounds, genus ficus, Polynesian explorers, Micronesia, and others. This collection contains mostly reprints from Journal of the Polynesian Society, and National Geographic. Also included in this collection are articles...
Dates:
1915, 1927, 1928, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1952, 1978, 1983; undated
Vivian Price Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2008-004
Abstract
This collection documents the academic and professional life of Dr. Vivian Price, a political scientist, videographer, and union electrician, who has played an active role in the labor and non-traditional women’s occupation movement in Los Angeles, California. Materials include: legal and business papers, labor union records, professional organization and conference materials, correspondence, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, ephemera, lectures, miscellaneous academic papers,...
Dates:
1970-2015; undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1997
Proposition 14/California Housing Discrimination Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-027
Scope and Contents
Proposition 14/California Housing Discrimination Ephemera Collection (1964) contains three flyers, a brochure, and a booklet related to Proposition 14, a 1964 California ballot initiative that voided fair housing regulations which allowed for landlords to deny housing based on race.
Dates:
1964
John C. Quicker Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-007
Abstract
This collection contains articles, clippings, reports, newspapers, books, journal issues, notebooks, photographs, and media belonging to John C. Quicker, professor emeritus of Sociology at California State University Dominguez Hills. A majority of this collection consists of secondary research material collected by Quicker that relates to gangs. Also included are student notebooks, course materials, and student research collections of articles from Quicker's days as a professor; as well as...
Dates:
1941-2022; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-2000
Rancho San Pedro Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1970-002
Abstract
This collection contains legal and business papers related to the Rancho San Pedro and to its owners, the Dominguez family. The Spanish crown gave the Southern California lands of the Rancho San Pedro to Juan Jose Dominguez in 1784, and in 1858 the United States government granted a patent confirming Dominguez family ownership of the Rancho. A few items predate the 1858 patent, but the bulk of the collection is from 1900-1960. Some materials concern the Rancho San Pedro itself, including...
Dates:
1769-1972; Majority of material found within 1900-1960
Rancho San Pedro Reference Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1997-002
Abstract
This collection includes correspondence, brochures, newsclippings, papers, and copies of historical documents related to the Rancho San Pedro. Subjects include the Dominguez Adobe and Claretian Seminary, families descended from the Dominguez sisters, companies owned by these descendants, and the history of the Rancho San Pedro.
Dates:
1905-2004
Random Lengths News Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-032
Abstract
This collection contains clippings, notes, correspondence, photographs, half-tones, press releases, flyers, invoices, meeting minutes, reports, published newspaper issues, and other material generated by Random Lengths News.
Dates:
1848, 1853, 1967, 1971, 1985-2024; undated ; Majority of material found within 1990-2004
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- California State University, Dominguez Hills 12
- Poston Incarceration Camp 10
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- Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 5
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- Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 5
- Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc. 5
- Women in Non Traditional Employment Roles (WINTER) 5
- Caldwell, Hansonia L. (Hansonia LaVerne), 1944- 4
- Dominguez Estate Company 4
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- Chanslor-Western Oil and Development Company 3
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- Los Angeles Times (Firm) 3
- Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) 3
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- National Organization for Women 3
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- United States. Women's Bureau 3
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- X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 3
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- Aquarian Spiritual Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
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- Marcos, Ferdinand E. (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989 2
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