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Charles H. Eilers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2014-003
Abstract This collection contains materials related to Charles “Carl” H. Eilers (1875-1948) and his family. The Eilers family owned and farmed Rancho San Pedro lands between Dominguez, Alameda, Del Amo, and Santa Fe streets in what was to become Carson, CA from 1889 to 1958. Included in the collection are deeds and title papers, tax reports, receipts, statements, court papers and legal documents, ledgers, correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, and books. The bulk of the material is in...
Dates: 1872-2001; undated; Majority of material found within 1889-1958

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