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Box 20

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

California Negro Leadership Conference programs, 1962, 1963, 1965

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Folder includes "The Invisible Americans" by Ben H. Bagdikian (reprint) from The Saturday Evening Post

Dates: 1962, 1963, 1965

Pepperdine University and John Muir Junior High School- Course work, notes, and memorandums for Education 691: Educational Leadership Processes, Education 671 and Education 673 in Field Work in Administration, 1975-1978

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains personal correspondence such as greeting cards; event programs; obituaries; material related to Ernest Smith's education such as diplomas, transcripts, resume, and teaching credentials; certificates of appreciation that are not related to his professional career; clippings about Smith; material related to religion and church; music and ballet programs; and other documents.

Dates: 1975-1978

Sheet Metal- blueprints, assignments, worksheets, study sheets, instructions, and apprenticeship manual, 1950, 1964, 1965, 1967

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains material related to Ernest Smith's career as a sheet metal contractor. Included in this sub-series are documents regarding bonding and sheet metal contractor licensing and employment; Sheet Metal Workers' Trust Fund and Sheet Metal Workers International Association material; and blueprints drafted by Smith while he was at Los Angeles City College.

Dates: 1950, 1964, 1965, 1967

Information sent to Ernest Smith regarding apprenticeship education classes, December 1968

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains personal correspondence such as greeting cards; event programs; obituaries; material related to Ernest Smith's education such as diplomas, transcripts, resume, and teaching credentials; certificates of appreciation that are not related to his professional career; clippings about Smith; material related to religion and church; music and ballet programs; and other documents.

Dates: December 1968

Activism/Civil Rights- general file, 1966; circa 1960s

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Folder includes material related to the United Civil Rights Council (minutes, history of UCRC brochure); Negro Trade Union Council press release (Smith was acting Secretary)

Dates: 1966; circa 1960s

Unions- subject file, undated

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Brochures for United Association Local Union 250; League of Women Voters of Los Angeles; clipping "Few Blacks Hold Big-Salary Jobs" National Union Survey

Dates: undated

Affirmative Action- subject file, March 2003; undated

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Notecards for speech presumably by Smith; article "Lessons From Affirmative Action's Past" Los Angeles Times

Dates: March 2003; undated

Civil Rights- subject file, 1976, 1985, 2004-2006

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents Includes 60th Anniversary Tribute Mendez vs. Westiminster program; email regarding John Kerry endorsing reparations. Email includes document "a Letter to the Chancellor of Germany" American Jewish Committee; poem "The Strong Black Woman Has Died" sent via PAOC-USA listserv; email regarding W.E.B. Du Bois; obituaries for Paul Robeson and Pedro Tijerina; California Afro-American Museum membership card and event flyer. Box 12: Los Angeles Sentinel...
Dates: 1976, 1985, 2004-2006

California delegation to the Democratic National Convention- letter and certificate; consolidated primary election "certified list"; folder; badge; convention guide and information; national platform program; sticker; key; and other related material, June 6, 27, 1972

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains material from Ernest Smith’s time as a member of the Los Angeles Branch’s Executive Committee with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) where he also had a Life Membership, and his various positions and interests in politics and activism. Material includes: NAACP mission statement; reports; meeting minutes; Roy Wilkins Freedom Fund Awards dinner programs and invitations; convention programs; material related to the National...
Dates: June 6, 27, 1972