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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: 1979-2025

Jim Matsuoka Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Records

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-019
Abstract This collection includes flyers, newspaper clippings, organizational documents, agendas, publications, books, and other materials related to the Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) organization, formally known as the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations, and one of its founding members, Jim Matsuoka. It also includes material related to the Little Tokyo People’s Rights Organization (LTPRO), Japanese Americans, Japanese Latin Americans, Little Tokyo, and incarceration...
Dates: 1967-April 27, 2019

Lee W. Maurer Automobile Advertisement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-049
Scope and Contents The Lee W. Maurer Automobile Advertisement Collection consists of hundreds tear sheets (1917-1967) for automobile advertisements mostly from the pages of National Geographic magazine. The collection documents the evolution of advertising used by U.S. automakers throughout the 20th century especially the highly developed graphics used in the 1910s-1940s and early use of color in advertising (1930s-1960s). Also includes advertisements for tires. Automobiles represented include Chalmers, Wills...
Dates: 1917-1967

May Day Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-002
Abstract

This collection includes pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, and ephemera related to May Day events from 1937-1981. Subjects include May Day events and the history of May Day. This collection is now part of the

Dates: 1934-1981

McCarthy Presidential Campaign Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-013
Abstract This collection contains flyers, brochures, essays, memorandums, clippings, and other material related to the Eugene J. McCarthy’s presidential campaign in 1968. A majority of the materials are from grassroots organizations located in Northern California such as the McCarthy for President Campaign, Northern California Headquarters; Californians for An Alternative; McCarthy for President Campaign Committee on Platform and Issues; and the McCarthy Headquarters located in Marysville, CA. Also...
Dates: 1967-1968; circa 1968; undated

Hubert A. McClain Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2011-004
Abstract This collection contains photographs, slides, and negatives taken and collected by Hubert A. McClain. The content of the photos are of California missions, Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose, and from his work as a staff photographer for the Long Beach Press Telegram, Los Angeles Mirror, Los Angeles Times, and the Long Beach naval shipyard. Also included are images of western state national parks such as Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Glacier National Park. Other photos include Antarctica, Germany, and...
Dates: 1935-1973; undated

McFarling (J. Ralph) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2011-005
Abstract

This collection contains materials generated by J. Ralph McFarling, a Community Analyst for the War Relocation Authority, documenting the Amache Incarceration Camp in Granada, Colorado where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II. Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.

Dates: 1943-2007; Majority of material found within 1943-1946

Albert J. McNeil Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-002
Abstract

Albert John Joseph McNeil is an American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist, author, and founder of the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers. His career has been dedicated to upholding choral music traditions with the presentation of Negro spirituals and concert music by African American composers. He is Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of California, Davis, where he was director of choral activities for 22 years and headed the Music Education Program.

Dates: 1920-2012

Corporal Roger A. McNew Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2025-002
Scope and Contents

The Corporal Roger A. McNew Letters (August 1978; circa 1970s) contains eight letters; one unauthored essay entitled "The Sailor", a speakeasy business card, and "Marine Corps Air Station Football Team" document. All of the letters, except for one, are from Roger to his mother. In these letters he discusses his time in the United States Marine Corps while stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Dates: August 1978; circa 1970s

Means, Joyce (Joyce 5X) Nation of Islam Education Program Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2025-010
Scope and Contents

Joyce (Joyce 5X) Means Nation of Islam Education Program Collection (1935, 1970-1977, 1990, 1992; undated) contains material collected by Joyce Elaine Means as she was going through Nation of Islam education programs to become Joyce 5X in the early 1970s. Included in this collection are photocopied lesson plans, letters, newspaper clippings, and personal photographs.

Dates: 1935, 1970-1977, 1990, 1992; undated

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Los Angeles (Calif.) 52
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World War, 1939-1945 15
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Public schools -- California -- Compton 9
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California State University, Dominguez Hills 12
Poston Incarceration Camp 10
Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp 8
Los Angeles Unified School District 6
Tule Lake Segregation Center 6
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Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 5
Gila River Incarceration Camp 5
Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000 5
Jerome Incarceration Camp 5
Manzanar Incarceration Camp 5
Tradeswomen, Inc. 5
United States. Army 5
United States. Department of Labor 5
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
Electric Women 4
Grenier, Judson 4
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 11 (Calif.) 4
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 4
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 4
McNeil, Albert 4
Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.) 4
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 4
University of Southern California 4
Briegel , Kaye 3
Cabrero, Eugenio 3
Century Freeway Affirmative Action Committee Inc. (Calif.) 3
Chanslor-Western Oil and Development Company 3
Chicago Women in Trades 3
Del Amo Estate Company 3
Del Amo, Jaime 3
Dominguez Water Corporation 3
Doro, Sue, 1937- 3
Gallagher, Leo 3
Los Angeles Times (Firm) 3
Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) 3
Minidoka Incarceration Camp 3
Mixer, Madeline 3
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 3
National Organization for Women 3
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress 3
Obama, Barack 3
Standard Oil Company of California 3
Tule Lake Incarceration Camp 3
United States. Marine Corps 3
United States. Women's Bureau 3
University of California, Los Angeles 3
Watson Land Company 3
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 3
Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers 2
American Civil Liberties Union 2
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 2
American Servicemen's Union 2
Anderson, Glenn M. 2
Aquarian Spiritual Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
Bailey, Alice, 1880-1949 2
Black Panther Party 2
Boston Tradeswomen's Network 2
Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998 2
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 2
California Public Utilities Commission 2
California State University and Colleges 2
California. Legislature. Assembly 2
California. Legislature 2
Camp Roberts (Calif.) 2
Carson Estate Company 2
Carter, Jimmy , 1924- 2
Cassyd, Donna 2
Collins, Wayne M. 2
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
Crane-Gartz, Kate 2
Crudup, Neshtey 2
Daughters of Bilitis 2
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne ), 1944- 2
Del Amo Foundation 2
Del Amo Nurseries 2
Dominguez Water Company 2
Douglas Aircraft Company 2
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 2
Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915 2
Equal Rights Advocates 2
Fukuhara, Henry 2
Fukuhara, Jimmy 2
Gidra 2
Gillingham, Robert C. (Robert Cameron), 1896- 2
Golding, Priscilla 2
Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp 2
Hahn, Kenneth 2
Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 2
Hata, Donald Teruo, 1939- 2
Industrial Workers of the World 2
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 2
Ishibashi, Akira 2
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 2
Jackson, John G. 2
Japanese American Citizens' League 2
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
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