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The Asian Pacific Studies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1998-001
Abstract

The focus of the Asian Pacific Studies Collection is Japanese American evacuation and internment during World War II. This includes photographs, posters, newspapers, class reports, syllabi, and other materials about Japanese-American life in Los Angeles before World War II, evacuation, internment, and life following release from the camps. Materials were collected by a professor of history at CSUDH.

Dates: 1920-1993

Aviation Publications and Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-001
Abstract

This collection contains publications, photocopied photographs, articles, and realia related to aviation.

Dates: February 1910-May 1976

B-E Collection: Lesbians and Their Careers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-020
Abstract

This collection contains oral history interviews of lesbians discussing their lives and includes discussions regarding childhood, careers, coming out, lesbian relationships, family, hobbies, education, and other topics. Material in this collection is available to view at:Lesbians and Their Careers (B-E Collection)

Dates: March 2021-September 2023

Keli Baars Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-020
Scope and Contents The Keli Baars Collection (1982-2000; undated) contains two boxes of notebooks, textbooks, manuals, homework, guides, reports, and other materials belonging to Keli Baars and relate to her training and career as an electrician. A majority of the collection consists of National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) textbooks and course workbooks. For digitized material related to all tradeswomen archives collections please consult the ...
Dates: 1982-2000; undated

Sidney A. Ball Policewoman Daily Calendars Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-003
Abstract This collection contains one box of seven daily calendars kept by Sidney A. Ball, a Los Angeles Policewoman from 1929-1965, making her one of the first policewomen on the force. Entries within these calendars include: brief summaries of interactions and observations from Ball’s time as a policewoman, such as bookings for prostitution, intoxication, and verbal and physical altercations with police officers- including Ball. Ball also kept a record of addresses, birthdays, lunch and dinner...
Dates: 1934-1957; 1965-1966; undated

Bass Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-005
Abstract Bass Family Correspondence comprises the correspondence and family documents of the Bass Family from Nebraska, who were involved in early American socialism and the labor movement. The collection documents the family history through the eyes of descendant Jeanne Morgan, a community advocate, author, and artist who conducted thorough research into her family’s genealogy throughout her adult life. The collection documents the story of the Bass family through letters, documents, heirloom...
Dates: 1909-2012, undated

Willie G. Bass Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-038
Abstract This collection contains one scrapbook with mostly Los Angeles Times clippings; Radio and Television Training School lesson plans, study guides, exams, notes; one Watts Summer Festival program; issues of Soviet Life; Sentinel 50; The American Negro; The Negro; Ebony; a New York City, and Los Angeles atlas; as well as a few loose...
Dates: 1945-2006; undated; Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s

"Beloved" [screenplay]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: SPC-2018-006
Abstract

This collection contains an original screenplay with revisions for the movie adaptation of "Beloved"; based on the novel by Toni Morrison. Screenplay written by Adam Brooks and Richard LaGravenese.

Dates: May 22, 1997; September 11, 1997

Berman China Slides Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-1900-002
Scope and Contents

The Berman China Slides (September 1981) contains 0.5 linear feet of slides from a trip to China and a partial inventory list. Slides include Buddhist temples, food stands, graveyards, tombs, zoos, the Great Wall, Forbidden City, group photographs, family photographs, and other photographs related to the trip to China.

Dates: September 1981

Black History Pamphlets Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-064
Abstract

This collection contains pamphlets, ephemera, booklets, joutrnals, comic books, and other materials related to Black history in the last 200 years. Subjects include slavery, economics, Black/White relations, as well as noted Black figures, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Anglea Davis, Huey Newton, Paul Robeson, C.L.R. James, and Amanda Smith. Publications include Black journals, zines, and comic books introducing Black superheroes.

Dates: ca. 1890-2018

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Los Angeles (Calif.) 49
Photographs 36
Japanese Americans 32
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 31
Compton (Calif.) 24
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Japanese American families 23
Long Beach (Calif.) 23
Japanese Americans -- California 18
Civil rights 16
Torrance (Calif.) 15
World War, 1939-1945 15
Gardena (Calif.) 14
San Francisco (Calif.) 13
Scrapbooks 13
Correspondence 11
Photograph albums 11
Politics 10
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 10
Apprenticeship programs -- United States 9
Carson (Calif.) 9
Japan 9
Public schools -- California -- Compton 9
Terminal Island (Calif.) 9
African Americans -- Civil Rights 8
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 8
Manzanar War Relocation Center 8
Nontraditional employment for women -- United States 8
Periodicals 8
Sex discrimination in employment 8
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles 7
African Americans -- Music 7
Earthquakes -- California -- Long Beach 7
Family life 7
Japanese Americans -- California, Southern 7
Japanese Americans -- Reparations 7
Labor movement 7
Labor unions -- United States 7
Manhattan Beach (Calif.) 7
Race discrimination 7
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) 7
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Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.) 7
Women -- Employment 7
Women in the labor movement 7
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans 7
Concentration Camps -- United States 6
Earthquake damages 6
Education 6
Gospel music 6
Japanese American newspapers 6
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1944-1945 -- Archives 6
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century 6
Labor unions 6
Lawndale (Calif.) 6
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Mexican Americans 6
New York (N.Y.) 6
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Redondo Beach (Calif.) 6
Reparations for historical injustices 6
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) 6
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced removal of civilians -- United States 6
Yearbooks 6
Activism 5
African Americans -- History 5
Buddhism 5
Building trades -- California 5
Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States 5
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Japanese American soldiers 5
Japanese Americans -- California 5
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Labor union members -- United States 5
Mexican American families 5
Pasadena (Calif.) 5
Philippines 5
Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.) 5
Rancho San Pedro (Calif.) 5
Sacred music 5
Socialism 5
Teachers 5
Washington (D.C.) 5
Women -- Societies and clubs 5
Women's rights 5
African American musicians 4
African Americans -- California 4
African Americans -- Culture 4
African Americans -- Poetry 4
Black people -- History 4
Building trades -- United States 4
Chicano movement 4
Civil Rights Movement 4
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century 4
Dominguez Hills (Calif.) 4
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Filipino Americans 4
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California State University, Dominguez Hills 12
Poston Incarceration Camp 10
Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp 7
Tule Lake Segregation Center 6
Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 5
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Jerome Incarceration Camp 5
Los Angeles Unified School District 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
Gila River Incarceration Camp 4
Grenier, Judson 4
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 11 (Calif.) 4
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 4
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress 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
Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000 3
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 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
Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.) 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
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
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
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, Marylynn T. 2
Los Angeles Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 2
Marcos, Ferdinand E. (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989 2
McNeil, Albert 2
Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai. 南加福島県人会 2
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 2
National geographic 2
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