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Vivian Price Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2008-004
Abstract
This collection documents the academic and professional life of Dr. Vivian Price, a political scientist, videographer, and union electrician, who has played an active role in the labor and non-traditional women’s occupation movement in Los Angeles, California. Materials include: legal and business papers, labor union records, professional organization and conference materials, correspondence, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, ephemera, lectures, miscellaneous academic papers,...
Dates:
1970-2015; undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1997
John C. Quicker Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-007
Abstract
This collection contains articles, clippings, reports, newspapers, books, journal issues, notebooks, photographs, and media belonging to John C. Quicker, professor emeritus of Sociology at California State University Dominguez Hills. A majority of this collection consists of secondary research material collected by Quicker that relates to gangs. Also included are student notebooks, course materials, and student research collections of articles from Quicker's days as a professor; as well as...
Dates:
1941-2022; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-2000
Rancho San Pedro Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1970-002
Abstract
This collection contains legal and business papers related to the Rancho San Pedro and to its owners, the Dominguez family. The Spanish crown gave the Southern California lands of the Rancho San Pedro to Juan Jose Dominguez in 1784, and in 1858 the United States government granted a patent confirming Dominguez family ownership of the Rancho. A few items predate the 1858 patent, but the bulk of the collection is from 1900-1960. Some materials concern the Rancho San Pedro itself, including...
Dates:
1769-1972; Majority of material found within 1900-1960
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
Howard J. Singer Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-033
Abstract
This collection contains photographs; negatives, and 35 mm slides presumably taken by Howard J. Singer. Images were primarily taken in Los Angeles, CA., New York City, Washington D.C., Boston, MA., and San Francisco, CA., and feature various landmarks, events, and candid photographs of friends and familiy. Also included in this collection are reel-to-reel tapes and audiocassettes featuring lecture series and talks on various topics such as urban renewal, and economics.
Dates:
February-April, June 1967; April 1968; 1968; 1969; circa 1960s
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
South Bay History Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1980-003
Abstract
The collection includes of brochures, flyers, newsletters, directories, reports, papers, newspapers, and newsclippings related to the communities of Carson, Davidson City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Lakewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Lynwood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Terminal Island, Torrance, Wilmington, and Los Angeles. Subjects include historic preservation, municipal records, tourism, commerce, and transportation.
Dates:
1923-2005
South Bay Newspapers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-003
Scope and Contents
The South Bay Newspapers Collection (1935-1969) contains 183.85 linear feet of microfilm and bound volumes of South Bay newspapers during the 1930s to 1960s. Included are both daily and weekly newspapers. Newspaper titles include "Compton Herald"(1935-1957), "Compton Herald American" (1941-1956), "Compton Journal" (1942-1949), "Compton News Tribune"(1946), "Dominguez News" (1965-1967), "Habor Mail" (1957-1958, 1961) "Wilmington Press Journal" (1962), "Wilmington Daily Press Journal" (1962),...
Dates:
1935-1969
South Bay Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-024
Abstract
The collection consists of color and black and white photographs, negatives, postcard-backed photos, and tin-types. Subjects of the photographs include people, businesses, churches, houses, schools, farming, transportation, and natural disasters. Communities covered in this collection include Compton, Torrance, Carson, Dominguez, Redondo Beach, Lynwood, Lakewood, San Pedro, Wilmington, Los Angeles, Terminal Island, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Material from the collection is available...
Dates:
circa 1880-1967
Southern California Construction Projects Photograph Albums
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2021-008
Abstract
This collection contains 328 black-and-white photographs and photo postcards in two photograph albums. Images were taken during various construction projects in Southern California. The first album is comprised of images taken mostly at various bridge construction projects such as: Brand Ave Bridge, Glendale, CA.; Glen Oakes Bridge; Walnut Grove Bridge; Del Amo Bridge; Overland Bridge, Culver City, CA.; and others. Other images include construction of the arch for the Grauman's Million...
Dates:
1917-1938; undated
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