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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
Workers Defense League Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2025-011
Scope and Contents
The Workers Defense League Collection (1938-1954) contains 295 items consisting of newsletters; press and news releases; memoranda; mailers; and other documents generated by the Workers Defense League. Included in this collection are issues of News Bulletin; Last-Minute News; Workers Defense Bulletin; Press Service; and News Service as well as single sheet...
Dates:
1938-1954
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
Michael Wyman Green Party of California Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-005
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence; proposals; policies; ephemera; mailers; financial records; flyers; meeting minutes; material related to presidential and California elections; and other material regarding the Green Party of California and Green Party of the United States.
Dates:
1982-2009; undated
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