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Long Beach Chapter of National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-012
Abstract
This collection contains flyers, a luncheon program, newsletters, newspapers, photographs, and other material relating to the Long Beach Chapter of the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.). Also included are materials related to Carol McCafferty, a member of N.O.W., such as a short biography, notes, and documents regarding the Paramount Unified School District; and material related to the "Safe Streets NOW" program including a community action guide, clippings, and other documents.
Dates:
1965-1994; undated
Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2009-005
Abstract
Negatives and photographic prints documenting the history of the Long Beach Fire Department. Included are images of the department from its earliest days in the early 20th century through to 1971. Images focus upon department personnel, apparatus, fires, and fire prevention. Also includes photographic prints and negatives which document the history of the city of Long Beach, including documentation of the March 10, 1933 earthquake and documentation of early drilling activities including...
Dates:
1840-1971; Majority of material found within 1906-1971
Los Angeles Gang Resource Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-017
Abstract
This collection contains reports, videos, books, and other material regarding gangs in Los Angeles, California.
Dates:
1975-2001; undated
Los Angeles General Store Ledger
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2023-028
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one ledger presumably from a general store that operated in the Los Angeles, California area in the late 1800s. There are detailed listings of the names of customers and their purchases. Items include groceries such as sugar, eggs, molasses, salt, beef, pork, spices, crackers, cheese, and oil; as well as household items such as lamp chimneys, lanterns, matches, nails; and clothing such as overalls, mittens, boots, and pants.
Dates:
September 10, 1897-August 3, 1898
Los Angeles Stock News Photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2022-020
Scope and Contents
The Los Angeles Stock News Photographs Collection (circa 1920s-1940s) contains 122 black-and-white photographs featuring images taken mostly in Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. Images include: Gray building fire; livestock show; Braille Institute of America; an archery range; Sun Val Drive-In Theatre; Chinatown; Los Angeles Plaza; Olvera Street; Gay's Lion Farm; Los Angeles Harbor; Mission San Gabriel; Mission San Fernando; diners and sandwich stands; and others.
Dates:
circa 1920s-1940s
Los Angeles Tribune (1941-1960)
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-029
Scope and Contents
This collection contains seven issues of the Los Angeles Tribune; a newspaper published in Los Angeles by civil rights activist, Almena Lomax. The newspaper ran from 1941-1960 and was published for African American residents of Los Angeles.
Dates:
October 12, 1941; August 24, 1942; October 19, 1942; November 30, 1945; December 14, 1942; March 26, 1945
P. Louis and Marylynn T. Johnson Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-023
Scope and Contents
The P. Louis and Marylynn T. Johnson Family Collection (1946-2023; undated) contains one box and 0.21 ft. of material belonging to the Johnson & Mahoney family. The majority of the collection contains political campaign documents regarding the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations, autographed photographs of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and several photographs of P. Louis Johnson and politicians, a photograph of Marylynn T. Johnson’s family, several...
Dates:
November 14, 1946-October 25, 2023; undated
Virginia B. Lowers Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-004
Abstract
This collection contains one box of three letters addressed to Virginia B. Lowers, a former high school teacher at University High School in Los Angeles, California. The letter from Masaru Teshiba contains information regarding his experiences as an incarceree mostly while at Tule Lake Segregation Center, the letter from Thomas A. Reeves details his combat experiences, and the letter from W.W. [Escherich] describes events during his trips to Maui, Tientsin China, and Okinawa. All of the...
Dates:
1945-1946
Ace Lundon Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-036
Abstract
The Ace Lundon Collection (1862-2013, undated; bulk 1990-2013) is a collection about Ace Lundon, a writer, actor, singer, and entrepreneur from South Dakota. It includes personal papers, business records, manuscripts, photographs, audio-visual materials, posters, and more primarily concerning writer, activist, journalist, teacher, entertainer, and entrepreneur Ace Lundon.
Dates:
1862-2013, undated; Majority of material found within 1990-2013
Lynch Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2010-001
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of the personal letters of Dorothy Lynch to her older sister, Faye Bell. The letters chronicle the lives of Dorothy Lynch and of her immediate family in Long Beach, California, over the decades from 1926 to 1980; the letters also provide a glimpse of the lives of Dorothy Lynch's immediate and extended family in California and in other states. The correspondence covers the complexities of family life, marriage, child rearing, and Dorothy's life as a...
Dates:
1926-1980
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