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Dominguez Water Corporation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1980-001
Abstract

This collection includes legal documents, correspondence, monthly and yearly financial reports, receipts, photographs, and an artifact. Subjects include payroll, budgets, construction, and residential and industrial water supply.

Dates: 1910-1986

Judson Grenier Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2007-002
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs used by Dr. Judson Grenier of California State Dominguez Hills for educational and research purposes. Photographs of paintings, dioramas, landscapes, and people depict the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area from its foundation through the 1980s.

Dates: 1870-1980

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

Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-010
Abstract

The Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka photographs collection (1916-1990, bulk 1937-1941) includes digital reproductions of family photographs primarily documenting the life of Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka in the years before, during, and after World War II. The collection also includes digital reproductions of a short essay written by Hatsuko Mary Yoshioka Higuchi, redress papers, and a handout from a sewing class at Poston Incarceration Camp. All materials in this collection are digital reproductions.

Dates: 1916-1990; Majority of material found within 1937-1941

Henry Fukuhara Paint Out Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2011-002
Abstract

The focus of the Henry Fukuhara Collection is the art, life, and work of watercolor artist Henry Fukuhara. It includes photographs and notes from various workshops called "paint-outs," held at former Japanese American concentration camps. The collection also includes photographs from exhibits, hand painted correspondence, flyers, gallery information, books, magazines, news clippings, and DVD's. Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.

Dates: 1992-2011

Dale Ann Sato Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-011
Abstract The Dale Ann Sato Collection documents the progression of research and preparation for four projects to which oral historian and educator Dale Ann Sato contributed. Initial research and interviews were recorded for community Nisei oral histories, which led to her contribution to the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP). The findings of the initial research also led to the Japanese American Historical Mapping Project (JAHMP), which paved the way for an Arcadia...
Dates: 1800-2012; undated; Majority of material found within 1930-2008

Del Amo Estate Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1979-001
Abstract This collection includes ledgers, business and financial papers, correspondence, photographs, maps, prints, newspaper clippings and other materials related to the incorporation, operations, and liquidation of the Del Amo Estate Company. There are also some personal papers of the company’s founder, Gregorio del Amo. The collection shows aspects of land use and development in Southern California, and is particularly interesting in detailing the construction and development of the Del Amo...
Dates: 1908-1978; Majority of material found within 1926-1964

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

Dominguez Land Company

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2009-004
Abstract

Records of the Dominguez Land Company (1911-1941). Included in the collection are contracts and grant deeds detailing the sale of land throughout the city of Torrance, CA, as well as related correspondence and legal documentation. Also includes documentation of the history of the Dominguez Land Corporation, and details of its sale to Remco-Real Estate Management Company in 1941.

Dates: 1911-1950

Madrona Marsh Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2011-003
Abstract Madrona Marsh Preserve is a 44-acre nature preserve in Torrance, CA. The preserve was established during the 1970s in a partnership between the Friends of Madrona Marsh and the City of Torrance. The collection includes material related to the history and founding of the preserve; financial documents; correspondence; memorandums; photographs; documents related to programming, projects, wildlife, and education; papers related to the Friends of Madrona Marsh; reference material including...
Dates: 1923, 1949, 1969-2017; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-2003

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Sato, Dale Ann 1
South Coast Air Quality Management District (Calif.) 1
Tallon, Thomas V. 1
Title Insurance and Trust Company (1893-1968) 1
Torrance Refinery Action Alliance 1
Torrance Refining Company 1
Union Bank & Trust Company of Los Angeles 1
United States. Environmental Protection Agency 1
Valencia Spanish Tile Corporation 1
Valero Wilmington Refinery 1
Victory Oil Company 1
Walter H. Leimert Co. 1
Watson, Maria Dolores Dominguez de 1
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