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Local government -- California

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Manhattan Beach Residents Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-008
Abstract

This collection includes flyers, pamphlets, correspondence, meeting notes, articles, and other documents related to the Manhattan Beach Residents Association (MBRA).Also included in this collection are issues of the MBRA publication, "The Observer". Subjects include association engagement with members to raise awareness about local issues since its early establishment in 1988.

Dates: 1988-2012; undated

George Nakano Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-014
Abstract

This collection contains books, booklets, proposals, printed newspaper articles, ephemera, and digitzed scrapbooks related to George Nakano, former Assemblymember and Torrance City Council member. Subjects include the Jerome and Tule Lake incarceration camps, the Nakano family, and George Nakano's political career. This collection contains digitized materials.

Dates: 1942-2010

Torrance Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-042
Abstract

This collection includes oral histories recorded in partial fulfillment for a Masters Degree in Public History by Molly M. Sipe. It includes interviews of former City of Torrance Mayors, Jim Armstrong, Ken Miller, and Katy Geissert, as well as other residence and city officials. These include Gerald L. Alter, Rick Capellino, Mikko Haggott-Henson, and J. Walker Owens. This collection has been digitized and is available online.

Dates: April 3-June 2, 1987