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Don Lee White Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-029
Abstract

This collection contains the papers, photographs, videos, and musical recordings related to organist, conductor, and musicologist Dr. Don Lee White. The collection documents African-American church music, church history, and the evolution of spiritual music in African-American churches. It also includes several compilations of hymns along with audio and video recordings of church and classical performances.

Dates: 1772-2010; Majority of material found within 1980-2010

Virginia L. White Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-054
Abstract

The Virginia L. White collection (1957-2016) contains primarily tour materials consisting of photographs, posters, programs, ephemera, scrapbooks, and costumes that once belonged to former, long-time Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers (AMJS) members Virginia L. White and Jacquelyn F. Sebastian.

Dates: 1957-2016; Majority of material found within 1968-1979

Wien Dollar Stores Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2020-039
Abstract This collection contains 31 black-and-white photographs, 6 clippings, 1 report card, 1 flyer belonging to Julius and Mildred Wien. The photographs in this collection are images that were taken in Compton, California in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit near Long Beach, California in 1933; and images of the Wien Dollar Store taken when it operated in Compton, Inglewood, and Lynwood, California. There is also a flyer advertising Wien Dollar Store's move from Compton to Inglewood; and a...
Dates: 1931; 1933; circa 1935-1944; 1952; 1977

Pat Williams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-031
Abstract This collection documents the academic and professional life of Pat Williams- a former union operating engineer. Also an advocate for women in trades, Williams has participated in the labor and non-traditional women’s occupation movement in Southern California. Materials in this collection include: correspondence; personal papers; materials related to International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE); newsletters; magazines; and other documents collected from trades unions; and tradeswomen...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950-2010; undated; 1895-2023; undated

Wilmington (CA.) Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-030
Scope and Contents

This collection contains bound volumes of Wilmington, California newspapers from the 1950s and 1960s. Newspaper titles include: The Press Journal and Harbor Mail(1964-1969)Wilmington Harbor Mail(1958), Wilmington Daily Press(1958, 1962), and Harbor Mail(1957-1958).

Dates: 1957-1969

Women at Work Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2019-037
Abstract The Women at Work Collection (circa 1900-1960) contains 39 black-and-white photographs (mostly postcards) featuring women working as telephone operators, a wrestler, mill workers, beauty salon operators, secretaries, farm workers, entertainers, and other occupations. Included in this collection are images of Gene Stratton-Porter (writer and silent film producer) Clementine Compton (singer), Conchita Cintron (bullfighter), Kathi Gultini (juggler), and Valentini Tereshkova (Russian...
Dates: circa 1900-1960

Women's Suffrage Movement Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-032
Abstract

The collection includes materials related to the Women's Suffrage Movement. Pamphlets, surveys, magazines, a speech, an essay, a flyer, a letter, an article as well as a short story document the struggles and efforts made in order for women to win the right to vote in early twentieth century United States.

Dates: January 1909-1990, undated

Women’s Traffic Club of Los Angeles scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-008
Scope and Contents

The Women’s Traffic Club of Los Angeles scrapbook (1939-1989; undated) contains two boxes and 1.75 linear feet of material compiled by members of the Women's Traffic Club of Los Angeles. Included in the scrapbook are: yearbooks; booklets featuring club president biographies; telegrams; clippings; photographs taken at Associated Traffic Clubs of America (ATC) conventions, west coast conferences, weekend trips, and club gatherings; west coast conference programs; and other material.

Dates: 1939-1989; undated

Women's Work Magazine Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2021-028
Scope and Contents The Women's Work Magazine Collection (1975-1979) contains nineteen issues of "Women's Work" magazine, published by Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW)- an organization that offers assistance to women in order to prepare them for jobs that can provide them with eocnomic independence and equality of opportunity. Topics include: employment trends, career ideas, child care, equal opportunity, financial independence, single motherhood, women in politics, women in the miltiary, and other related...
Dates: 1975-1979

World War II War Crimes and Battles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-018
Scope and Contents The World War II War Crimes and Battles Collection (1939-June 30, 1952; undated) contains one box, 1.5 linear ft., and consists of 260 clippings of newspapers in two scrapbooks. The first scrapbook contains a variety of German and American newspapers from 1939 to October 16, 1945, including German propaganda newspapers from Berlin in 1940. The second scrapbook, titled “The Truth about the War Crimes,” is a compilation of American newspapers from September 30, 1941-June 30, 1952, featuring...
Dates: 1939-December 7, 1941; May 28, 1945- November 14 1945; March 31, -October 1946; November 23, 1947; December 14, 1947; October 16, 1948; December 5, 1948; February 1949- August 15; 1949; June 30, 1952

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California State University, Dominguez Hills 12
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Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 5
Gila River Incarceration Camp 5
Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000 5
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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
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Gidra 2
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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
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