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Madrona Marsh Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2011-003
Abstract
Madrona Marsh Preserve is a 44-acre nature preserve in Torrance, CA. The preserve was established during the 1970s in a partnership between the Friends of Madrona Marsh and the City of Torrance. The collection includes material related to the history and founding of the preserve; financial documents; correspondence; memorandums; photographs; documents related to programming, projects, wildlife, and education; papers related to the Friends of Madrona Marsh; reference material including...
Dates:
1923, 1949, 1969-2017; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-2003
Malcolm X Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-009
Abstract
This collection contains eight black-and-white press photographs taken of Malcolm X at various events, as well as images taken of him at the [L.A.] courthouse, in front of his home after it was firebombed, and an image of him taken on a stretcher after he was assassinated.
Dates:
March 20, 1962-February 21, 1965
Estefana Maldonado Watts Letters *Temporarily Unavailable*
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2022-030
Scope and Contents
The Estefana Maldonado Watts Letters Collection (1964-1967) contains one box and .38 linear feet of letters sent from Maldonado to her son, Demetrio Ernesto Maldonado. The letters began in 1964 when Demetrio first went away to school. Demetrio’s exact location is unclear, although several letters reference that he spent time in Texas while away from home and at some point he transitioned into military service. While the letters are centered around her relationship with Demetrio, they give...
Dates:
1964-1967
Male and Female Impersonators Sheet Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-015
Abstract
This collection contains six pieces of sheet music featuring images of male and female impersonator vaudeville acts.
Dates:
Copyright: 1906-1922
Manhattan Beach Residents Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-008
Abstract
This collection includes flyers, pamphlets, correspondence, meeting notes, articles, and other documents related to the Manhattan Beach Residents Association (MBRA).Also included in this collection are issues of the MBRA publication, "The Observer". Subjects include association engagement with members to raise awareness about local issues since its early establishment in 1988.
Dates:
1988-2012; undated
Manzanar Photo Album
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-024
Abstract
This collection contains one album with photographs and newspaper clippings related to the Manzanar incarceration camp, Santa Fe Japanese Baseball team, and the Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles. It also contains oversized photographs of Japanese interior design. Most of this collection is digitized and available online.
Dates:
1942-1945; undated
Molly Martin Tradeswomen Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-061
Abstract
This collection documents the professional life of Molly Martin, an electrician and city building inspector, and her involvement with the labor and nontraditional women's occupation movement in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as in national tradeswomen's groups and projects. Materials include: documents related to career development including apprenticeship and vocational programs; reports; periodicals; flyers; clippings; conference and workshop material; material related to Tradeswomen...
Dates:
1971-2018; undated
Ophelia Martinez Family Album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2019-012
Abstract
This collection contains 64 black-and-white photographs, and newspaper clippings mostly featuring Ophelia Martinez and possibly images of her friends and family. Some images were taken in Mexico. Other family names notated in the images include: Sanchez, Lopez, Huerta, and Montana.
Dates:
1910-1960
Masumoto and Saito Family Photos
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-028
Abstract
The Masumoto and Saito Family Photos documents four generations of the Japanese American family in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. Photographs depict the family’s businesses, trips, weddings, funeral, and others. Included are images of Jack Toshio Robert Masumoto’s trading company in San Francisco, Toraichi Okamoto’s produce store in Glendale, Southern California Sewing School in Little Tokyo, Japanese passenger ships, family outings such as trip to Golden Gate International...
Dates:
1920s-1950s
Hisashi Matsue Tanka Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-005
Abstract
This collection comprises tanka poems authored by Hisashi Matsue, who is a master of tanka poetry, an instructor for the California Tankakai in Los Angeles, California, which mainly consists of the Japanese and Japanese American poets in Los Angeles, and the editor for their periodical magazine. Included are a complete set of the California Tankakai’s magazine, "California Tanka," published quarterly (1979-2021) and semiannually (2022-present) since 1979, a set of special issues published...
Dates:
1979-2024
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