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"California Eagle"

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2021-002
Scope and Contents This collection contains Vol. 21, issues 10-29 of the "California Eagle"(June 5, 1950-October 19, 1950), one of the oldest black-owned and operated newspapers in the United States during its run from 1979-1964. In its early days, the newspaper provided housing and job information for Black settlers transitioning to life on the West Coast. After Charlotta Bass took over the newspaper in 1912, she started directing the newspaper toward reporting on issues affecting Black and minortiy...
Dates: June 5, 1950-October 19, 1950

California Fruit and Vegetable Labels Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2018-008
Scope and Contents

This collection contains fruit and vegetable labels from California fruit growers.Some of the companies in this collection include: Mustang, Crystal, Goleta, and Bounty; and feature peaches, grapes, avocados, apples, pears, and lemons, as well as other fruits and vegetables.

Dates: circa 1900-1940, undated

California Labor Federation AFL-CIO

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-025
Abstract

The collection contains convention booklets and leaflets, voter information fliers, training manuals, organization constitutions, and other materials that provide insight into the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

Dates: circa 1927-2021; undated

California Native Plant Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2011-001
Abstract The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to conserving California’s native plants and their habitats. Originally formed in 1965 in the East Bay region, the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a statewide non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals with a common interest in California's native plants. The organization's 10,000 members work to promote native plant appreciation, research, education, and conservation through 35 regional...
Dates: 1972-2014

California Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2018-012
Abstract

This album contains 271 black-and-white photographs that depict cowboys, beach scenes, hotels, houses, mountains, seascapes, families, nature scenery, and cars. Other images featured include: water pumps, street scenes, an entry road to Mt. Wilson, Catalina Island, a Wells Fargo bank building, stage coach, mules, picnics, fishing, and a movie poster for a film entitled "The Round Up".

Dates: 1914

California Prison Letters of Stephen W. Winter

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-033
Scope and Contents The California Prison Letters of Stephen W. Winter Collection (1965-1969,1975) contains one box and .21 linear feet of letters sent from Winter to his parents, Helen and Andreas M. Winter, as well as a few other letters sent from his mother, his friends, prison officials, and his lawyer. The majority of letters were sent during Winter's time in the California State Prison System. The letters begin in 1965 during Winter's time in Marine Corps training at Camp Pendleton and continue with his...
Dates: 1965-1969, 1975

Ken Carpenter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-042
Abstract

This collection contains athletic event programs, correspondence, magazines, photographs, certificates, postcards, and other material mostly related to Ken Carpenter's college athletic career in discus including his time on the United States track-and-field team during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany where he won a gold medal.

Dates: 1934-1937; 1946; undated

Castro Family Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2024-011
Scope and Contents The Castro Family Album Collection (1937-1942; undated) contains one photo album and 0.21 linear ft. of material. The box contains photos of the Castro family and friends in the 1930s and 1940s. Several of the photos were taken and developed in photo studios in the Los Angeles area. Additionally, there are several photos taken in Tijuana, Mexico, photos of men dressed in Navy uniforms, photos in front of camps, working on a car, portraits of children, a photo of Navy men dedicated to his...
Dates: circa 1930s-1940s; undated

Catalina Island Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2018-011
Abstract

One album entitled "A Trip to Catalina" featuring photographs taken on Catalina Island. Includes images of the harbor, steamboats, Long Point, camp Los Rios, cottages, and Avalon.

Dates: 1891-1910

Centennial High School Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-036
Scope and Contents The Centennial High School Collection (1955-2016; undated) contains four boxes and 3.75 linear feet of material generated by or related to Centennial High School, located in Compton, CA. A majority of this collection contains copies of "War Cry" Centennial High School yearbooks, as well as material related to the Class of 1966 13th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, and 50th reunions and includes: programs, keychains, flyers, buttons, DVDs, photographs, t-shirts, and pamphlets. This collection also...
Dates: 1955-2016; undated

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Los Angeles (Calif.) 52
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Japanese Americans -- California 18
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Carson (Calif.) 9
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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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