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19th Century Mexican Documents

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-039
Scope and Contents The 19th Century Mexican Documents Collection (1772-1956; undated) contains two boxes and 0.84 linear ft. of material. The majority of the collection contains government documents pertaining to the early Mexican government. The documents written before Mexico’s independence include a document regarding the Marquise de Croix, street cleaning, titles for ranches in Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain, a document regarding the “Coches de Provencia,” and Emperor Agustín I. Post independence documents...
Dates: 1772-1956; undated; 1800-1880

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

Documenting COVID-19 in Southern Los Angeles County Collection

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Identifier: SPC-2020-018
Abstract This collection documents the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by California State University, Dominguez Hills and Southern Los Angeles County community members. This collection includes student diaries, essays, letters, blogs, digital photographs, videos, local periodicals, and artworks. All materials in this collection are born-digital items, except for two boxes of Daily Breeze newspaper articles which are restricted to on-site use only. Material in this...
Dates: circa February 2020-May 2021

City of Gardena

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Identifier: SPC-2023-015
Abstract This collection contains photographs; scrapbooks; newspaper articles and clippings; certificates; booklets; plaques; event programs; flyers; pamphlets; reports; and issues of Gardena Valley News regarding the City of Gardena. A majority of the material relates to Sister City visits from the sister city program with Ichikawa City, Japan, and Huatabampo Mexico; the Gardena High School art collection, and CSUDH Painted Light exhibit; employee recognition banquets;...
Dates: 1900-2013; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Ophelia Martinez Family Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2019-012
Abstract

This collection contains 64 black-and-white photographs, and newspaper clippings mostly featuring Ophelia Martinez and possibly images of her friends and family. Some images were taken in Mexico. Other family names notated in the images include: Sanchez, Lopez, Huerta, and Montana.

Dates: 1910-1960

Mexican-American War Correspondence and Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-033
Abstract

This collection contains letters written during the Mexican-American War which took place from 1846-1848; as well as other ephemera such as receipts, expenses, and an invoice belonging to a ship captain who transported goods during the War.

Dates: 1847-1848; 1855; 1860; undated

Mexico Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: SPC-2019-002
Abstract

This collection contains one photograph album with approximately 91 black-and-white photographs taken in Mexico. Images in this collection feature views of mountains; the countryside; rivers; trains; villages; mines; homes and gardens; churches; street scenes; horse-drawn carriages; and others. Locations featured in this album include: Felipe, Hondo, Durango, Guadalajara, and others.

Dates: circa early 1900's

Babette Neugass Saunders Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-033
Abstract This collection contains one photograph album "From Babette Neugass to Elsie Harrison, with her promise to write, San Francisco January Nineteenth 1914..." and features images mostly of California and the American West. Other images are taken in Mexico, New Orleans, New York City, British Columbia, Utah, Arizona, and Wales. This album contains a mixture of photographs and postcards that feature images of mining towns; Chinatown in San Francisco; Muir Woods; Yosemite; Babette's first...
Dates: 1849, 1888, 1906, 1907, 1913-1915; undated

Schwendemann Manuscripts and Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2008-002
Abstract This collection contains research material generated by Glen Schwendemann, a former Torrance Unified School District teacher and historian, on mob violence (lynchings and murder) in the United States from the 1840s to early 1900s; as well as his research and publications on Nicodemus and the Exodusters movement in Kansas. Also included in this collection are unpublished manuscripts written by Schwendemann on ancient and medieval times, and personal papers related to Schwendemann’s education,...
Dates: Issued: 1839-1908; 1944-2009; undated; Majority of material found within 1960-1975; 2007; undated

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