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Civilian Conservation Corps Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2018-019
Abstract

One photograph album containing 108 black-and-white photographs mostly taken at two Civilian Conservation Corps Camps. 64 of the photographs are of Camp 271 by Company 1653 at Camp Heywood (Jaype-Pierce, Idaho); 44 photographs are of Project P-230 with Company 3330 at Santa Susanna (Simi, California); and 17 photographs are taken in Pasadena, California and include images of the 1935 Rose Parade.

Dates: 1934-1935

Ira Clark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-039
Abstract

This collection contains material belonging to Ira Clark, an instructor at Pepperdine College Continuing Education Program who resided in Compton, California. A majority of the material in this collection relates to Clark's career as an educator and instructor such as syllabi; reports; instructional guides; and handbooks. Other items in this collection include photographs, magazines, and event programs.

Dates: 1951-1995; undated

Kenneth Cloke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2006-001
Abstract

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Dr. Kenneth Cloke, a Los Angeles-based pioneer in the field of mediation and dispute resolution. It includes correspondence, publications, proposals, training manuals, professional organization and conference materials, course descriptions and syllabi, and subject reference files.

Dates: 1970-2021; undated

Collage Ensemble Inc. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-021
Abstract This collection contains material regarding Collage Ensemble Inc., a multicultural Los Angeles area art collective. A majority of the collection contains photographs, flyers, moving images, audio files, press releases, clippings, programs, grant applications, proposals, and show notes regarding various Collage Ensemble Inc. performances, projects, and shows. Also included are financial records, memorandums, by-laws, meeting minutes, t-shirts, artwork, clippings and flyers related to Los...
Dates: 1919-2015; undated; Majority of material found within 1983-2002

Collection of Japanese Language School Textbooks

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-003
Abstract

This collection includes Japanese grade-school textbooks and textbooks from The Compton Japanese School. Also included is a Chinese penmanship table.

Dates: 1957-1963

Collection of Nisei Week Festival Programs

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-040
Abstract

This collection contains programs from the Nisei Week Japanese Festival in Little Tokyo, California. Some items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: August 1949-2019

Colonisation Japonaise au Perou

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-011
Abstract

This collection contains one photo album complied by a Japanese Peruvian family in which the photos depict the daily occurances and the people of the Japanese Peruvian community from 1930 to 1950. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: 1930-1950

Compton 125 Historical Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-005
Abstract

The collection contains newspapers, periodicals, photographs, yearbooks, and other materials that provide insight into the history and community of Compton, CA.

Dates: 1896-2022; undated

Compton Earthquake Postcards and Photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2019-016
Abstract

This collection contains 27 postcards featuring black-and-white images taken in Compton, California in 1933. Most of the images were taken in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit Long Beach, California that year. Images featured include the Young Hotel, Stockwell Building, First National Bank, Aranbe Hotel, a drugstore, the view from Main Street; and other buildings and homes.

Dates: 1933

Compton High School Time Capsule

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-031
Abstract

The Compton High School Time Capsule Collection includes information on the cornerstone, correspondence, city maps, pamphlets, school and club yearbooks, history on the city of Compton, school and city newspapers, information on the 1933 earthquake, and club and organization’s list of officers and members.

Dates: 1903-1935

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Los Angeles (Calif.) 51
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Japanese Americans 32
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 32
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Japanese American families 23
Long Beach (Calif.) 23
Japanese Americans -- California 18
Civil rights 16
Torrance (Calif.) 15
World War, 1939-1945 15
Gardena (Calif.) 14
San Francisco (Calif.) 14
Scrapbooks 13
Photograph albums 12
Correspondence 11
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 10
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles 9
African Americans -- Music 9
Apprenticeship programs -- United States 9
Carson (Calif.) 9
Japan 9
Public schools -- California -- Compton 9
Terminal Island (Calif.) 9
African Americans -- Civil Rights 8
Gospel music 8
Manzanar War Relocation Center 8
Nontraditional employment for women -- United States 8
Periodicals 8
Sex discrimination in employment 8
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 7
Earthquakes -- California -- Long Beach 7
Family life 7
Japanese Americans -- California, Southern 7
Japanese Americans -- Reparations 7
Labor movement 7
Labor unions -- United States 7
Manhattan Beach (Calif.) 7
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Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) 7
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History 7
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.) 7
Women -- Employment 7
Women in the labor movement 7
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New York (N.Y.) 6
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San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) 6
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African Americans -- History 5
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Japanese American soldiers 5
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Mexican American families 5
Mexico 5
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Pasadena (Calif.) 5
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Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.) 5
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African American choral conductors 4
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California State University, Dominguez Hills 12
Poston Incarceration Camp 10
Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp 7
Los Angeles Unified School District 6
Tule Lake Segregation Center 6
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Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 5
Gila River Incarceration Camp 5
Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000 5
Manzanar Incarceration Camp 5
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
Jerome Incarceration Camp 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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