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Blue Circles and Friends/Komai Family Slides

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-014
Abstract This collection includes digitized negatives, photographs, and presentation board from the Blue Circles, Little Misses, and Jr. Misses social organizations. The presentation board consists of images from the 1930s and 1990s of the Blue Circles, a Young Women's Christian Girl Reserves group affiliated with the Centenary Church in Los Angeles. The negatives in the collection are of the Little Misses and Jr. Misses social organization, which were also part of the Young Women's Christians...
Dates: 1930-1994; Majority of material found within 1955-1956

American Movie and Television Press Kits

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-060
Abstract This collection contains press kits for mostly movies made between 1993-1997. Included in this collection are promotional materials such as folders, photographs, production information, cast and credits information, and other marketing materials for movies such as The Lion King, Crooklyn, Beverly Hills Cop III, Casino, Babe, To Wong Foo, Jerry Maguire, Space Jam; television shows such as Ellen, and All American Girl; and others. Also included are promotional packets for events such as...
Dates: 1993-1997; undated

Takahashi Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-013
Abstract The Takahashi Family Papers comprise of photographs from a family photo album, correspondence between the immediate Takahashi family, correspondence between Florence Griffen and her mother-in-law, Lois Griffen, transcripts of the correspondence, Yae Takahashi's original artwork, Dorothy Treakle's school report cards, Florence's short autobiography, newspaper clippings, church and Peace Corps papers, Poston incarceration camp Christmas cards, and more. All of this collection has been...
Dates: 1942-2013; Majority of material found within 1942-1969

La Raza En Acción Local Audio Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-039
Scope and Contents

The La Raza En Acción Local audio collection (1971-1977; undated) contains 40 reel-to-reel tapes featuring audio from La Raza En Acción Local, a Latino directed non-profit organization that was located in San Francisco's Mission District. Also included in this collection are tapes featuring audio regarding another one of La Raza En Acción Local's organizations La Raza Information Center, as well as KNBR 680, KBRG, and KOFY radio shows.

Dates: 1971-1977; undated

Toshio Oku Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-012
Abstract

The Toshio Oku photo album comprises of a collection of photographs that primarily documents the life of Toshio Oku while he, his father, Naojiro Henry, mother, Misao, and sister, Hideko Louise, were incarcerated at Tule Lake Incarceration Camp in Newell, California during World War II. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: 1942-1946

Hahn (Harlan) Disabilities Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2014-004
Abstract This collection contains materials related to Harlan Hahn (1939-2008), his family, his battle with polio in the 1940s, and his professional career focusing mostly on society’s view of disabilities. Hahn was a professor of political science, psychiatry, and behavioral science at the University of Southern California. The collection concentrates on his writings and research on American and urban politics, and health and disability politics and policy. Included in the collection are published...
Dates: 1823-2006; 1945-2006

Dennis Terry/ National Organization for an American Revolution (N.O.A.R.) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-017
Abstract This collection contains clippings; essays; presentations; speeches; event and workshop flyers; newsletters; fact sheets; and other material belonging to Dennis Terry, former chair of the Bay Area chapter of the National Organization for an American Revolution (NOAR). Also included are materials generated by NOAR, and a few of its founding members, James and Grace Lee Boggs such as correspondence, speeches, leaflets, essays, and committee meeting minutes and notes; and material from when...
Dates: 1964-1987; undated; Majority of material found within 1978-1987

Shambrey Chorale Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2010-002
Abstract This collection includes sheet music, performance notes, performance programs, chorale rosters, photos, a book, journal articles, correspondence documents, and multimedia related to the Shambrey Chorale. Choral works include early traditional sacred church music and hymns from 16th century styles to contemporary styles, compositions from canonical European composers, traditional negro spirituals, gospel, jazz, musical theater, U.S Patriotic, American Folk Songs, Christmas themes, and...
Dates: 1890-2005

Lillie Hill Jones Sacred Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-013
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of music, primarily African American sacred music such as gospel and spirituals, in avariety of formats, including sheet music, anthologies, and books. The collection also contains personal papers detailing Jones' education, choral, and church activities, musical education and instructional materials, and music history.

Dates: 1881-2000; Majority of material found within 1930-1999

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

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California State University, Dominguez Hills 12
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Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 5
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Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000 5
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Tradeswomen, Inc. 5
United States. Army 5
United States. Department of Labor 5
Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 5
Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc. 5
Women in Non Traditional Employment Roles (WINTER) 5
Caldwell, Hansonia L. (Hansonia LaVerne), 1944- 4
Dominguez Estate Company 4
Electric Women 4
Grenier, Judson 4
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 11 (Calif.) 4
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 4
McNeil, Albert 4
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress 4
Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.) 4
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 4
University of Southern California 4
Briegel , Kaye 3
Cabrero, Eugenio 3
Century Freeway Affirmative Action Committee Inc. (Calif.) 3
Chanslor-Western Oil and Development Company 3
Chicago Women in Trades 3
Del Amo Estate Company 3
Del Amo, Jaime 3
Dominguez Water Corporation 3
Doro, Sue, 1937- 3
Gallagher, Leo 3
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 3
Los Angeles Times (Firm) 3
Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) 3
Minidoka Incarceration Camp 3
Mixer, Madeline 3
National Organization for Women 3
Standard Oil Company of California 3
Tule Lake Incarceration Camp 3
United States. Women's Bureau 3
University of California, Los Angeles 3
Watson Land Company 3
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 3
Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers 2
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 2
American Servicemen's Union 2
Anderson, Glenn M. 2
Aquarian Spiritual Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
Bailey, Alice, 1880-1949 2
Black Panther Party 2
Boston Tradeswomen's Network 2
Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998 2
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 2
California Public Utilities Commission 2
California State University and Colleges 2
California. Legislature. Assembly 2
California. Legislature 2
Camp Roberts (Calif.) 2
Carson Estate Company 2
Carter, Jimmy , 1924- 2
Cassyd, Donna 2
Collins, Wayne M. 2
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
Crane-Gartz, Kate 2
Crudup, Neshtey 2
Daughters of Bilitis 2
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne ), 1944- 2
Del Amo Foundation 2
Del Amo Nurseries 2
Dominguez Water Company 2
Douglas Aircraft Company 2
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 2
Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915 2
Equal Rights Advocates 2
Fukuhara, Henry 2
Fukuhara, Jimmy 2
Gidra 2
Gillingham, Robert C. (Robert Cameron), 1896- 2
Golding, Priscilla 2
Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp 2
Hahn, Kenneth 2
Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 2
Hata, Donald Teruo, 1939- 2
Industrial Workers of the World 2
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 2
Ishibashi, Akira 2
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 2
Jackson, John G. 2
Japanese American Citizens' League 2
Johnson, Marylynn T. 2
Los Angeles Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 2
Lundon, Ace 2
Marcos, Ferdinand E. (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989 2
Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai. 南加福島県人会 2
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