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Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-056
Abstract

This collection contains one photograph album mostly depicting life at the Minidoka Incarceration Camp located in South Central Idaho during World War Two. The album contains images of life inside and presumably outside the camp. It also features photographs of Ben Kuroki, a Japanese-American who served in the United States Army Air Force during World War Two. The photo album has been digitized and is available online.

Dates: circa 1943

Madeline Mixer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-005
Abstract This collection documents the contributions and achievements of Madeline Mixer, a former director of Region IX of the United States Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau in regards to creating equal employment opportunities, training, and education for women working in trades’ professions. Materials include: documents regarding California construction projects such as the Cypress Replacement Project and Oakland Federal Project, papers, reports, newsletters, and statistics related to the United...
Dates: 1953-2015; Majority of material found within 1986-1999

M.J.B. Construction Archive

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-026
Scope and Contents The M.J.B. Construction Archive (1935-1959, undated) contains newspaper clippings, construction advertisements, postcards, and photographs documenting the work of M.J.B. Construction, a general contracting company based in Stockton, California. Newspaper clippings relate to major building projects in the Stockton, California area in which M.J.B. Construction was involved between the 1940s and 1950s. Undated advertisements and postcards show construction equipment and heavy machinery, and...
Dates: 1935-1959, undated

Mochizuki (Yukio) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1998-003
Abstract

Colleciton of notes, articles, correspondence, photographs, and term papers collected by Yukio Mochizuki, a student at CSUDH, while researching Japanese-American and Japanese-Peruvian internment during World War II.

Dates: 1942-1998

Warren J. Mone Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-001
Abstract

This collection contains letters, essays, issues of the “Cycloner” (the daily paper of the 38th Infantry Division), and other materials from Sgt. Warren J. Mone, sent mostly to his aunt and uncle, Maurice and Josephine Whelan from 1942-1945 during his time in the Army. Letters were sent from Camp Roberts; New York City; Hawaii; New Guinea; and the Philippines. Also included in this collection are cards with Warren’s address; newspaper clippings; and a Japanese Government ten Pesos note.

Dates: 1942-1945; undated

Tom Mooney Case Photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2023-026
Scope and Contents The Tom Mooney Case Photographs Collection (1918-1939, undated) contains 51 photographs and newsclippings; and one pamphlet regarding Tom Mooney, a political activist and labor leader who was convicted of the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing of 1916. A majority of the photographs relate to Mooney's court case on an indictment related to the 1916 bombing. Photographs include images of Mooney on his way to sentencing; in court; at various pardon hearings and investigations; in prison; at...
Dates: 1918-1939; undated

Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-021
Abstract This collection includes reports, agendas, meeting minutes, student guides, books, and a panoramic photograph related to the Manzanar Incarceration Camp, the Nakai family, and the Treasure Chest Program in Orange County. The collection mostly contains material from the Treasure Chest Program in Orange County, a multicultural educational program by the Multicultural Arts Council of Orange County. Other material in the collection, such as the reports and books, relate to the Nakai family and...
Dates: circa 1942-2010; Majority of material found within 1990-1994

George Nakano Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-014
Abstract

This collection contains books, booklets, proposals, printed newspaper articles, ephemera, and digitzed scrapbooks related to George Nakano, former Assemblymember and Torrance City Council member. Subjects include the Jerome and Tule Lake incarceration camps, the Nakano family, and George Nakano's political career. This collection contains digitized materials.

Dates: 1942-2010

Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-046
Abstract

This collection documents activties of 南加福島県人会 Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai. Materials include: photographs, books, booklets, news clippings, DVDs and CD recordings.

Dates: 1908-2014

George and Mitzi Naohara Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-011
Abstract

This collection contains photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George Naohara and Mitzi (Masukawa) Naohara, other materials depicting their experiences during World War II and the Korean War, the postwar camp reunion and pilgrimage, and the Gardena Buddhist Church activities in which George Naohara engaged after the war. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and available online.

Dates: 1902-2010; undated; Majority of material found within 1942-1945; Majority of material found within 1950-1959

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Los Angeles (Calif.) 52
Photographs 36
Japanese Americans 32
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 32
Compton (Calif.) 24
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Japanese American families 24
Long Beach (Calif.) 23
Japanese Americans -- California 18
Civil rights 16
Gardena (Calif.) 15
Torrance (Calif.) 15
World War, 1939-1945 15
San Francisco (Calif.) 14
Correspondence 13
Scrapbooks 13
Photograph albums 12
Politics 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 10
Activism 9
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles 9
African Americans -- Music 9
Apprenticeship programs -- United States 9
Carson (Calif.) 9
Japan 9
Manzanar War Relocation Center 9
Periodicals 9
Public schools -- California -- Compton 9
Terminal Island (Calif.) 9
African Americans -- Civil Rights 8
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 8
Family life 8
Gospel music 8
Japanese Americans -- California, Southern 8
Labor movement 8
Nontraditional employment for women -- United States 8
Race discrimination 8
Sex discrimination in employment 8
Earthquakes -- California -- Long Beach 7
Labor unions -- United States 7
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers 7
Manhattan Beach (Calif.) 7
New York (N.Y.) 7
Sacred music 7
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) 7
Social justice 7
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History 7
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.) 7
Women -- Employment 7
Women in the labor movement 7
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans 7
African American musicians 6
Buddhism 6
Concentration Camps -- United States 6
Earthquake damages 6
Education 6
Japanese American newspapers 6
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1944-1945 -- Archives 6
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century 6
Japanese Americans -- Reparations 6
Labor unions 6
Lawndale (Calif.) 6
Mexican Americans 6
Pasadena (Calif.) 6
Philippines 6
Racism 6
Redondo Beach (Calif.) 6
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) 6
Spirituals (Songs) 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced removal of civilians -- United States 6
Yearbooks 6
African American choirs 5
African Americans -- California 5
African Americans -- History 5
Building trades -- California 5
Church music 5
Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States 5
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Emigration and immigration 5
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Japanese American soldiers 5
Japanese Americans -- California 5
Labor union members -- United States 5
Mexican American families 5
Mexico 5
Music -- Instruction and study 5
Portraits 5
Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.) 5
Rancho San Pedro (Calif.) 5
Reparations for historical injustices 5
Socialism 5
Teachers 5
United States -- Politics and government 5
Washington (D.C.) 5
Women -- Societies and clubs 5
Women's rights 5
African American choral conductors 4
African Americans -- Culture 4
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California State University, Dominguez Hills 12
Poston Incarceration Camp 10
Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp 7
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
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. 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
Johnson, Marylynn T. 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
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