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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Marie Bailly Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-007
Scope and Contents The Marie Bailly Letters (circa 1800) contains approximately 140 pages of handwritten text mostly from or relating to Marie Bailly (nee Chauvet) regarding her personal and financial challenges during a post-revolutionary period of war. These letters state that Marie's former military husband died of yellow fever in Saint Domingue, a former French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which is now modern-day Haiti; and discuss her attempt to seek allowances or...
Dates: circa 1800

Bass Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-005
Abstract Bass Family Correspondence comprises the correspondence and family documents of the Bass Family from Nebraska, who were involved in early American socialism and the labor movement. The collection documents the family history through the eyes of descendant Jeanne Morgan, a community advocate, author, and artist who conducted thorough research into her family’s genealogy throughout her adult life. The collection documents the story of the Bass family through letters, documents, heirloom...
Dates: 1909-2012, undated

Violet E. Bromark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-004
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, directories, and other materials that give insight into the professional career of Violet E. Bromark, a Compton city teacher, from 1926-1958.

Dates: 1926-1958; undated

Corporal Alger E. Brown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-030
Abstract

This collection consits of approximately 60 letters, V-mail, and invitations from Corporal A. (Alger) E. Brown during his time in World War Two to M. J.(Mary Jane) Fishbaugh.

Dates: January 1944- March 1945

Irene and John Burns Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-002
Abstract This collection contains material belonging to the Burns family who are based in Southern California. A majority of the collection contains letters that were written from 1943-1946 by John J. Burns and sent to Irene Burns while John was serving in the United States Marine Corps. Also included are material related to John and Irene's wedding such as RSVPs and greeting cards; as well as family photograph albums, Woodrow Wilson High School yearbooks (1940, 1942), and a personal diary belonging...
Dates: 1890s- 1960s, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2007, 2015, 2020-2021; undated; Majority of material found within 1940s-1960s

Winston Hewitt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-043
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, 35mm slides, newspapers, memorandums, programs, and other material belonging to Winston Hewitt, an artist and CSUDH emeritus faculty.

Dates: 1909-2004; undated; Majority of material found within 1940-1990

Deloris L. Holt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-015
Abstract The Deloris L. Holt Collection contains documents from the life and career of Deloris L. Holt, an educator, author, and activist who dedicated her career to sharing the history and achievements of Black Americans with the world. She was the founder of Kinderpress and published books and teaching resources with an emphasis on Black History and Early Childhood Education. This collection includes documents relating to her many publications, including original manuscripts, as well as extensive...
Dates: 1970-2022; undated

Arthur Kunkin / Los Angeles Free Press Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-145
Abstract This collection documents Art Kunkin’s career as a newspaper publisher, journalist, political activist, New Age advocate, esotericist, and alchemist. This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, programs, mailers, and other documents from his time as editor and publisher of the Los Angeles Free Press along with his other editorial work, his labor organizing, and his spiritual and esoteric practices and...
Dates: 1919-2020; Undated; Majority of material found within 1946-2010

Corporal Roger A. McNew Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2025-002
Scope and Contents

The Corporal Roger A. McNew Letters (August 1978; circa 1970s) contains eight letters; one unauthored essay entitled "The Sailor", a speakeasy business card, and "Marine Corps Air Station Football Team" document. All of the letters, except for one, are from Roger to his mother. In these letters he discusses his time in the United States Marine Corps while stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Dates: August 1978; circa 1970s

Warren J. Mone Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-001
Abstract

This collection contains letters, essays, issues of the “Cycloner” (the daily paper of the 38th Infantry Division), and other materials from Sgt. Warren J. Mone, sent mostly to his aunt and uncle, Maurice and Josephine Whelan from 1942-1945 during his time in the Army. Letters were sent from Camp Roberts; New York City; Hawaii; New Guinea; and the Philippines. Also included in this collection are cards with Warren’s address; newspaper clippings; and a Japanese Government ten Pesos note.

Dates: 1942-1945; undated