Compton (Calif.) -- Newspapers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ken Carpenter Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-042
Abstract
This collection contains athletic event programs, correspondence, magazines, photographs, certificates, postcards, and other material mostly related to Ken Carpenter's college athletic career in discus including his time on the United States track-and-field team during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany where he won a gold medal.
Dates:
1934-1937; 1946; undated
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
South Bay Newspapers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-003
Scope and Contents
The South Bay Newspapers Collection (1935-1969) contains 183.85 linear feet of microfilm and bound volumes of South Bay newspapers during the 1930s to 1960s. Included are both daily and weekly newspapers. Newspaper titles include "Compton Herald"(1935-1957), "Compton Herald American" (1941-1956), "Compton Journal" (1942-1949), "Compton News Tribune"(1946), "Dominguez News" (1965-1967), "Habor Mail" (1957-1958, 1961) "Wilmington Press Journal" (1962), "Wilmington Daily Press Journal" (1962),...
Dates:
1935-1969