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Random Lengths News Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-032
Abstract

This collection contains clippings, notes, correspondence, photographs, half-tones, press releases, flyers, invoices, meeting minutes, reports, published newspaper issues, and other material generated by Random Lengths News.

Dates: 1848, 1853, 1967, 1971, 1985-2024; undated ; Majority of material found within 1990-2004

Effie Robinson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-037
Abstract This collection contains one scrapbook, photographs, an obituary, master’s thesis, copies of a speech, and excerpts of an oral history regarding Effie Robinson, a San Francisco based social worker who was a pioneer for championing minority children in need of adoption, and educational leadership programs for minority youths. A majority of the scrapbook contains clippings regarding her work with MARCH! Adoption program, Junior Leaders Program at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, and...
Dates: circa 1930s; 1942; circa 1950s; 1952-1985, 2001, 2003; undated

Lynn Shaw Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2008-005
Abstract This collection documents the academic and professional life of Dr. Lynn Shaw, a professor of electrical technology at Long Beach City College who has been a key figure in the labor and nontraditional women's occupation movement in Southern California as well as in national tradeswomen's groups. Materials include: professional organization and conference materials; materials concerning career development, including apprenticeship and curricular programs; reports; periodicals; Dr. Shaw's...
Dates: 1937-2019; undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2005

Ernest C. Smith Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-019
Abstract This collection contains material belonging to Ernest C. Smith and his family. The majority of the collection contains documents regarding Ernest's life as a sheet metal contractor; teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District; educator; politician; and African American civil rights activist. This collection includes: articles, reports, certificates, correspondence, event programs, photographs, ephemera, and other material. Also included in this collection are items that belonged to...
Dates: 1930-2011; undated

Spanish American Institute Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2018-053
Abstract

This collection contains photographs taken of students and teachers engaged in classwork and other activities at the Spanish American Institute. Other photographs include images of various locations on campus such as the farm; church; classrooms; and dormitories; as well as images of campus sporting events and celebrations.

Dates: 1920-1964, 1989; undated

Carolee Gardner Trefts Pasadena School Board Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-013
Abstract This collection is comprised of various research items compiled by Carolee Gardner Trefts, including her own writings. It mainly documents the history of the Pasadena, California School Board's controversy regarding desegregation and busing effecting the minority students and the internal turmoil within the school board itself between members and school parents. The research also includes a manuscript by Harry Tyler from the 1950s and 1960s, which provides background information for some of...
Dates: 1963-1979, 1981, 1983, 1999, 2004; Majority of material found within 1970-1979

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

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