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Pasadena (Calif.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

John Ahouse-Upton Sinclair Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2013-001
Abstract This collection consists of 400 books, 12 linear feet of archival items and resource material about Upton Sinclair collected by bibliographer John Ahouse, author of Upton Sinclair, A Descriptive Annotated Bibliography. Included are Upton Sinclair books, pamphlets, newspaper articles, publications, circular letters, manuscripts, and a few personal letters. Also included are a wide variety of subject files, scholarly or popular articles about Sinclair, videos,...
Dates: 1895-2014

Civilian Conservation Corps Photograph Album

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30550014958159]
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

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

James H. Osborne Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-012
Abstract This collection includes photographs, postcards, ephemera, and memorabilia gathered by James H. Osborne, a resident, educator, and historian of Los Angeles County's South Bay. Osborne's family has lived in the South Bay since the end of the 19th century, and he has been an enthusiastic collector of all things related to his home region. The collection contains photographs showing everyday life in the region, often offering candid images of citizens attending major events, or dealing with...
Dates: 1900s-1970s, 2006, 2007; undated

Carolee Gardner Trefts Pasadena School Board Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-013
Abstract This collection is comprised of various research items compiled by Carolee Gardner Trefts, including her own writings. It mainly documents the history of the Pasadena, California School Board's controversy regarding desegregation and busing effecting the minority students and the internal turmoil within the school board itself between members and school parents. The research also includes a manuscript by Harry Tyler from the 1950s and 1960s, which provides background information for some of...
Dates: 1963-1979, 1981, 1983, 1999, 2004; Majority of material found within 1970-1979