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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

National Association of Black and White Men Together

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-013
Scope and Contents

This collection contains meeting minutes; by-laws; strategic plan; chapter development manual; correspondence; memorandums; finanical statements; resources lists; and newsletter issues of the National Association of Black and White Men Together: A gay multi-racial organization for all people.

Dates: 1982-2006

Records of the National Writers Union

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-051
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence; memorandums; reports; notes; meeting minutes; resolutions; newsletters; budget and financial information; and other documents from the National Writers Union (NWU).

Dates: 1972-2004; undated; Majority of material found within 1983-2000

Native American Activism and Subject File Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-052
Abstract

This collection contains newspapers, magazines, newsletters, flyers, leaflets, books, and other documents related to Native American activism and history from 1939-early 1990s. Included are issues of "Treaty Council News", "Anthropological Records"; and "Wounded Knee Bulletin"; as well as documents and publications that include information on land disputes, political prisoners, occupations, politics, advocacy, protests, and other topics.

Dates: 1939-1997, 2005, 2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1992

Native American Publications

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-019
Abstract

This collection consists of over 100 different newspapers, newsletters, magazines, and other Indigenous publications from the United States and Canada. The publications in this collection represent both national and local communities; and contain news, events, elections, education, and other noteworthy and important issues that pertain to Indigenous peoples and tribes.

Dates: 1963-2012; undated

Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-014
Abstract

This collection includes a Buddhist Sunday service program and a Granada incarceration camp directory. All of the materials in this collection are digitized and available online.

Dates: April 1944-1945

Navarro-Dowling Family

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-022
Scope and Contents The Navarro-Dowling Family Collection (1965-1990; undated) contains one box and .21 linear feet with an autobiography written by Lenora Bautista Navarro, a biography about Lenora Bautista Navarro written by Carmen Navarro, letters from Prisca Navarro to Carmen Navarro, letters from Lenora Bautsta Navarro to Prisca Navarro, and an article from The Philippine Educator. Letters discuss domestic and family life; health updates; and information regarding coming to...
Dates: 1965-1990; undated

New Age Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-005
Abstract

This collection contains lesson plans, pamphlets, commentaries, and a lecture from organizations focused on spiritualism and mysticism.

Dates: 1930-1962

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Los Angeles (Calif.) 52
Photographs 36
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 33
Japanese Americans 32
Compton (Calif.) 25
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Japanese American families 25
Long Beach (Calif.) 23
Japanese Americans -- California 18
Civil rights 16
Gardena (Calif.) 16
San Francisco (Calif.) 15
Torrance (Calif.) 15
World War, 1939-1945 15
Correspondence 14
Scrapbooks 13
Photograph albums 12
Manzanar War Relocation Center 10
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
Periodicals 9
Public schools -- California -- Compton 9
Terminal Island (Calif.) 9
African Americans -- Civil Rights 8
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 8
Earthquakes -- California -- Long Beach 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
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 American soldiers 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
Diversity in the workplace 5
Emigration and immigration 5
Gender identity 5
Japanese American evacuation and resettlement 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
African Americans -- Poetry 4
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English 386
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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
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
Johnson, Marylynn T. 2
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