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Suzanne Roberts Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-044
Abstract
This collection contains mostly photographs as well as clippings and other documents related to Suzanne Roberts, a former member of the Long Beach Chapter of National Organization for Women (NOW) and former elementary school teacher. The scrapbook is a celebration of Roberts' life as a teacher and women's rights activist.
Dates:
1949-1990; Majority of material found within 1982-1986
Effie Robinson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-037
Abstract
This collection contains one scrapbook, photographs, an obituary, master’s thesis, copies of a speech, and excerpts of an oral history regarding Effie Robinson, a San Francisco based social worker who was a pioneer for championing minority children in need of adoption, and educational leadership programs for minority youths. A majority of the scrapbook contains clippings regarding her work with MARCH! Adoption program, Junior Leaders Program at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, and...
Dates:
circa 1930s; 1942; circa 1950s; 1952-1985, 2001, 2003; undated
Roy Pearson, Records of the IUMSWA and the War Manpower Commission
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2009-003
Abstract
Records of Roy Pearson, labor representative for the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, or IUMSWA, from the War Manpower Commission, and other miscellaneous organizations. Included in the collection are meeting agendas, meeting minutes, memorandums, correspondence, letters, press releases, employment statistics, pamphlets, postcards, reports, and handbooks.
Dates:
1938-1950; Majority of material found within 1943-1944
Rozelle Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-008
Abstract
The Rozelle collection, ranging from the late 1860’s to the 1980’s contains correspondence, photographs, official documents, newspaper clippings, and genealogy information pertaining to the family of Bazil Tillson Rozelle (paternal grandparent of former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle). Other family names associated with this collection are Dr. William Owens, of Anderson, Indiana; and Dora Whaley, of Paramount, California. Photographs include family vacations in Catalina Island circa 1890s;...
Dates:
1868-1988; undated
Sailor's Scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-1900-040
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately 180 black-and-white photographs featuring images of sailors in their uniforms; images of United States Navy personnel; ships; images taken on ports and battleships; images presumably of sailors' friends and family; and pictures taken in front of homes. Many of the images area a part of a scrapbook that contains pictures of families; portrait style images of woman in a kimono and a woman in a sailor uniform; United States Navy personnel in their...
Dates:
1919-1925; circa 1920s
Ronnie Sandler Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-014
Abstract
This collection documents the work of Ronnie Sandler, an activist in the tradeswomen’s movement. Much of Sandler’s work focused on expanding women’s access to fields where they had not traditionally been employed, such as building trades and transportation. The bulk of the collection focuses on Sandler’s efforts to organize with tradeswomen’s organizations to access funds from the Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991, in order to train women for nontraditional...
Dates:
1942-2016; undated; Majority of material found within 1990-1998
Santa Monica Nikkei Hall Records
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-031
Abstract
This collection includes organizational documents, correspondence, photographs, and realia from the Santa Monica Nikkei Hall, an organization that was located in Santa Monica, California. The Hall was constructed in 1957 and served the local Japanese American (Nikkei) community over a period of 60 years. Some items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.
Dates:
December 1937-October 2018
Dadisi Sanyika Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-002
Abstract
This collection contains archival material and rare books related to Dadisi Sanyika and his interests in African American history and culture, African drumming and dance, and the study of astrology, metaphysics, occultism, black gnostic studies, and PermaCulture. Included in the collection are published books and periodicals, pamphlets, yearbooks, handwritten notes, study materials, lesson plans, astrology charts, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and VHS tapes.
Dates:
1940s-2005; 1970-2005
Dale Ann Sato Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-011
Abstract
The Dale Ann Sato Collection documents the progression of research and preparation for four projects to which oral historian and educator Dale Ann Sato contributed. Initial research and interviews were recorded for community Nisei oral histories, which led to her contribution to the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP). The findings of the initial research also led to the Japanese American Historical Mapping Project (JAHMP), which paved the way for an Arcadia...
Dates:
1800-2012; undated; Majority of material found within 1930-2008
Satoru Maeda Heart Mountain Photo Album
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-023
Abstract
This collection contains one photograph album mostly depicting life at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Cody, Wyoming. The album contains photographs of facilities, events, jobs, and others in the camp as well as few photographs taken during the prewar and postwar periods. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.
Dates:
circa 1930-1945; Majority of material found within 1942 May-1943 September
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