Community organization
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Japanese American Community Publications
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-014
Abstract
This collection consists of booklets and newsletters published by Japanese American community-based organizations in Southern California, including Japanese cultural institutes, Japanese women’s society, religious organizations, Aikido Center of Los Angeles and United States Aikido Federation, Japanese American Republicans, Radio Little Tokyo, Southern California Gardeners' Federation, INC., and National Bonsai Foundation. These organizations have published newsletters and compiled...
Dates:
1960-2014
Kenjinkai Publications
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-027
Abstract
This collection consists of publications by prefectural associations, that is, "県人会 kenjinkais," in Southern California and Japanese Prefectural Association of Southern California, "南加県人会協議会 Nanka Kenjin Kyogikai." The organizations have compiled commemorative publications to celebrate their major anniversary milestones, and those publications are not widely known about but distributed among the members only. Anniversary booklets include an overview of their history, historical images,...
Dates:
1955-2014
Series II. Compton 125th Year Project and Celebration, 2013-2014; undated
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains event leaflets, meeting agendas, and photographs centered on the Compton 125 Project, a community-based project devised to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the city of Compton.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2013-2014; undated
Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC) Papers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-001
Abstract
This collection is comprised of materials generated by Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC). The Watts Labor Community Action Committee formed in 1965 prior to the Los Angeles (Watts) Riots of 1965 in an effort spearheaded by Ted Watkins, Sr. and supported by local labor unions, most notably, the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). Their purpose was to create and provide programs and services that serve the needs of the under-served,...
Dates:
1947, 1964-1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1999, 2001-2003, 2005, 2007-2009, 2011, 2014-2015; Majority of material found within 1965-1999