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Dorman L. Commons Collection
Collection
Identifier: CSU-053
Abstract
The Dorman L. Commons (1918-1987) Collection documents the activities of the California State Board of Education from 1962 through 1970. As a member of the California State Board of Education, Commons’ collection includes materials on California schools K-16, State Board of Education, Max Rafferty as Superintendent of Public Instruction, serving two terms during Commons’ time on the Board of Education, and the election campaign of Wilson Riles, the first African American elected to statewide...
Dates:
1962/1970
Melvin House Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-030
Abstract
This collection contains material belonging to Melvin House, an African American electrician and high school gymnast living in Los Angeles, California. Included in this collection are documents, photographs, ephemera, articles, booklets, pamphlets, and other material relating to House's education, career, friends and family; as well as his interests in spirituality, politics, religion, and the Nation of Islam.
Dates:
1929-1971; undated
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