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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

Social Movement Publications and Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-028
Abstract

This collection includes news clippings, newspapers, documents, publications, and other ephemera related to social movements occurring in the 1960's and 1970's in the United States. Subjects include women, welfare, the Vietnam War, the 1970 University of California Los Angeles campus strike, and other strike-related documents.

Dates: 1968-1973, undated

South Bay Engineering Reports

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2019-049
Abstract

Collection material is in English.

Dates: November 1937; December 22, 1938, January 19, 1939

South Bay History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1980-003
Abstract

The collection includes of brochures, flyers, newsletters, directories, reports, papers, newspapers, and newsclippings related to the communities of Carson, Davidson City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Lakewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Lynwood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Terminal Island, Torrance, Wilmington, and Los Angeles. Subjects include historic preservation, municipal records, tourism, commerce, and transportation.

Dates: 1923-2005

South Bay Newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-003
Scope and Contents The South Bay Newspapers Collection (1935-1969) contains 183.85 linear feet of microfilm and bound volumes of South Bay newspapers during the 1930s to 1960s. Included are both daily and weekly newspapers. Newspaper titles include "Compton Herald"(1935-1957), "Compton Herald American" (1941-1956), "Compton Journal" (1942-1949), "Compton News Tribune"(1946), "Dominguez News" (1965-1967), "Habor Mail" (1957-1958, 1961) "Wilmington Press Journal" (1962), "Wilmington Daily Press Journal" (1962),...
Dates: 1935-1969

South Bay Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-024
Abstract The collection consists of color and black and white photographs, negatives, postcard-backed photos, and tin-types. Subjects of the photographs include people, businesses, churches, houses, schools, farming, transportation, and natural disasters. Communities covered in this collection include Compton, Torrance, Carson, Dominguez, Redondo Beach, Lynwood, Lakewood, San Pedro, Wilmington, Los Angeles, Terminal Island, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Material from the collection is available...
Dates: circa 1880-1967

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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
Black people -- History 4
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Language
English 386
Japanese 40
Spanish; Castilian 31
French 7
German 6
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Names
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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