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Lynn Shaw Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2008-005
Abstract
This collection documents the academic and professional life of Dr. Lynn Shaw, a professor of electrical technology at Long Beach City College who has been a key figure in the labor and nontraditional women's occupation movement in Southern California as well as in national tradeswomen's groups. Materials include: professional organization and conference materials; materials concerning career development, including apprenticeship and curricular programs; reports; periodicals; Dr. Shaw's...
Dates:
1937-2019; undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2005
The Kate Shelley Underground Rave Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2022-027
Scope and Contents
The Kate Shelley Underground Rave collection (1990-1993, undated) contains ephemera collected by Kate Shelley from the underground rave scene in California during the early 1990s. Documents include approximately 63 flyers for underground rave parties in Southern California between 1990 and 1993 (some undated), as well as additional ephemera like tickets and a wristband.
Dates:
1991-1993; undated
Upton Sinclair Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-022
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a recording of an interview of author and journalist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) conducted by Judson Grenier in 1963. Topics include: the Progressive Movement; Lincoln Steffens; Jack London; Ida Tarbell; William Allen White; Chicago, Illinois; literature; politics; muckraking; and other subjects. Recording is digitized.
Dates:
1963
Howard J. Singer Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-033
Abstract
This collection contains photographs; negatives, and 35 mm slides presumably taken by Howard J. Singer. Images were primarily taken in Los Angeles, CA., New York City, Washington D.C., Boston, MA., and San Francisco, CA., and feature various landmarks, events, and candid photographs of friends and familiy. Also included in this collection are reel-to-reel tapes and audiocassettes featuring lecture series and talks on various topics such as urban renewal, and economics.
Dates:
February-April, June 1967; April 1968; 1968; 1969; circa 1960s
Joseph J. Sirak Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-023
Abstract
This collection contains autographed books, letters, clippings, photographs, articles, and other material relating to writers and politicans and collected by Joseph J. Sirak Jr. Often the files for the authors and politicans contains a summary of how he met the person, their titles, works, and other biographical information along with material he collected about the person such as clippings, autographs, books, articles, and short stories. The letters in the files are from the politicans and...
Dates:
1926-1988; undated; Majority of material found within 1960-1980
Collection on Slavery in the Southern United States
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-017
Abstract
This collection contains eight documents related to the institution of slavery from Tennessee, Georgia, possibly South Carolina, and Florida from 1849-1862.
Dates:
1849-1862
Betty Jean Thornton Smith Scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2020-026
Scope and Contents
The Betty Jean Thornton Smith Scrapbook collection (1949-1978; 2005; undated) contains one scrapbook that details the life of Betty Jean Thornton Smith, an African American model, actress, teacher, and school principal. Many of the pages are inscribed with "mom" making the scrapbook's most likely compiler, Smith's child. This scrapbook contains mostly clippings and other material that relates to Smith's time at Lincoln University- a HBCU in Jefferson City, Missouri, such as reports on plays,...
Dates:
1949-1978; 2005; undated ; Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s
Emma Lena Smith Diaries
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-005
Abstract
This collection comprises 23 diaries of Emma Lena Smith. These diaries reflect upon the daily life of a housewife from California's Central Valley, her small-town husband, other family members and neighbors as they go about their day-to-day life of work, church and community events. Emma posts daily information about the weather, her role of taking care of the house, which includes canning fruits and vegetables and Andrew's various jobs, such as farming his own land, working at the city...
Dates:
April 1935-September 1953; October 1955-August 1967
Ernest C. Smith Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-019
Abstract
This collection contains material belonging to Ernest C. Smith and his family. The majority of the collection contains documents regarding Ernest's life as a sheet metal contractor; teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District; educator; politician; and African American civil rights activist. This collection includes: articles, reports, certificates, correspondence, event programs, photographs, ephemera, and other material. Also included in this collection are items that belonged to...
Dates:
1930-2011; undated
Snap Roll
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-030
Abstract
This collection consists of digital reproductions of "Snap Roll," a magazine published between June 30, 1943 and November 11, 1945. The magazine was distributed to soldiers at Minter Field during training from 1943 up until 1945. "Snap Roll" usually contained updates on the field weeks prior and situations of several platoons. The content was updated on a weekly basis and included information on events held by the United Service Organizations (USO) and other organizations, and movies,...
Dates:
1943 June 30-1945 November 11
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