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Kate Crane Gartz Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-004
Abstract
The Kate Crane Gartz Collection contains a wide array of personal papers including correspondence, poems, clippings, activism ephemera, drafts and information related to her published travel diary "Around the World with Kate Crane Gartz," and photographs. The materials were collected by her friend and colleague, John Weatherwax. This collection is now part of the
Dates:
1929-1954
Etude Music Magazine Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-007
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of 136 issues of theEtude Music Magazine. It also includes loose sheet music published in the magazine.
Dates:
1901-1956
Pedro Calderon De La Barca Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-006
Abstract
This collection includes over 50 published scripts of comedia plays written by De Don Pedro Calderon De La Barca, one of Spain’s greatest dramatists. While these plays were originally written in the 17th century, the collection contains 18th century publications from Spain. The 17th century Spanish comedia were adventure plays, full of action and imaginative places but also dealt with love affairs, issues of honor, and Spanish patriotism and traditions, praising the monarch as the hero of...
Dates:
1763-1796
Upton Sinclair Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-022
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a recording of an interview of author and journalist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) conducted by Judson Grenier in 1963. Topics include: the Progressive Movement; Lincoln Steffens; Jack London; Ida Tarbell; William Allen White; Chicago, Illinois; literature; politics; muckraking; and other subjects. Recording is digitized.
Dates:
1963
Southern California Gas Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC -2009-007
Scope and Contents
The Southern California Gas Company (SCGC) Collection (1960-1966) contains legal documents from cases involving oil pipelines in Southern California. Specifically, cases involving Pemex (Mexico's petroleum company), and the Gulf Pacific Pipeline Company. SCGC was involved in the Pemex case, in which it unsuccessfully applied to the California Utilities Companies to purchase natural gas from Texas via a pipeline through Mexico from 1960-1962. During 1963-1966 the company was party to the...
Dates:
1960-1966
Wilmington (CA.) Newspaper Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-030
Scope and Contents
This collection contains bound volumes of Wilmington, California newspapers from the 1950s and 1960s. Newspaper titles include: The Press Journal and Harbor Mail(1964-1969)Wilmington Harbor Mail(1958), Wilmington Daily Press(1958, 1962), and Harbor Mail(1957-1958).
Dates:
1957-1969
City of Gardena Japanese Cultural Show Photograph Albums
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-032
Abstract
This collection includes five photograph albums from the City of Gardena Japanese Cultural Show sponsored by the Gardena Valley Gardeners Association. The albums contain newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, and invitation letters for the event. Topics include Japanese American gardeners, bonsai, ikebana, Japanese gardens, martial arts, and other topics related to the event and the Nikkei (Japanese American) community.
Dates:
1980-1986
Collection on Slavery in the Southern United States
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-017
Abstract
This collection contains eight documents related to the institution of slavery from Tennessee, Georgia, possibly South Carolina, and Florida from 1849-1862.
Dates:
1849-1862
Emma Lena Smith Diaries
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-005
Abstract
This collection comprises 23 diaries of Emma Lena Smith. These diaries reflect upon the daily life of a housewife from California's Central Valley, her small-town husband, other family members and neighbors as they go about their day-to-day life of work, church and community events. Emma posts daily information about the weather, her role of taking care of the house, which includes canning fruits and vegetables and Andrew's various jobs, such as farming his own land, working at the city...
Dates:
April 1935-September 1953; October 1955-August 1967
Anti-New Deal Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-025
Abstract
This collection contains books, pamphlets, magazine issues, flyers, and other material related to the opposition of economic programs and policies introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. Called "The New Deal", the purpose of these programs was to provide relief for the unemployed and poor; recovery of the economy; and reform of the financial system in areas such as banking reform laws, emergency relief, work relief, union protection, and agriculture.
Dates:
1933-1950, undated
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