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Family life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

B-E Collection: Lesbians and Their Careers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-020
Abstract

This collection contains oral history interviews of lesbians discussing their lives and includes discussions regarding childhood, careers, coming out, lesbian relationships, family, hobbies, education, and other topics. Material in this collection is available to view at:Lesbians and Their Careers (B-E Collection)

Dates: March 2021-September 2023

Alvan Burton Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-023
Abstract This collection showcases the photographs of Alvan Robert Burton (1925-2009), a well-respected Black photographer, community advocate, youth mentor, and Air Force veteran. After serving in World War II, Burton opened a photography studio in the Central Avenue neighborhood of Los Angeles, where he documented the lives of those in his community, particularly the students of Thomas Jefferson High School. This expansive collection includes photographs and negatives from throughout Burton’s...
Dates: 1940-1981, undated

Sait Furman Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-008
Scope and Contents The Mrs. S.M. Furman Letters Collection (1919-1936; undated) contains 18 letters addressed to Mrs. S.M (Sarah) Furman from Alexander MacKay, daughters Edith MacKay, Georgia Beaumont, and Jennie Mullen, as well as grandchildren William and Frances Mullen, and W.S. Bennett. This collection also includes Easter and birthday cards, postcards, a poem, bible pages, news clippings, and photographs. Most of the material would be in relation to the domestic life and travel among families between...
Dates: 1919-1936; undated

Gerber and Lucidarme Family Photograph Album Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SPC-2023-027
Scope and Contents The Gerber and Lucidarme Family Photograph Album Collection (1929-1989; undated) contains one box and one linear foot of photograph albums and loose songbooks. Photograph albums #1 and #2 contains photos of Elfrieda Gerber; her mother, Lydia Konrad; and her father, Albert Konrad of Detroit, Michigan. Additionally, there are photos of a bar opening in 1971 named “Berry’s,” a fishing trip in Lake Michigan, a Christmas card, house photos, a baby shower photo, baby photos of Billy in Gardena,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1929-1989; undated; Majority of material found within 1955-1970

Horita Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-026
Abstract

The Horita Family Papers (1940-2010, undated) collection contains 2.6 linear feet of documents from the Horita family, a Japanese American family from the Los Angeles area. The collection focuses on married couple Chitoshi “Harry” Horita (1896-1990) and Marue Nakashima Horita (1901-1982) and their extended family and includes records of the family’s incarceration at the Poston (Colorado River) incarceration camp, research into the family’s history, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: 1940-2010, undated

Lynch Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2010-001
Abstract This collection consists primarily of the personal letters of Dorothy Lynch to her older sister, Faye Bell. The letters chronicle the lives of Dorothy Lynch and of her immediate family in Long Beach, California, over the decades from 1926 to 1980; the letters also provide a glimpse of the lives of Dorothy Lynch's immediate and extended family in California and in other states. The correspondence covers the complexities of family life, marriage, child rearing, and Dorothy's life as a...
Dates: 1926-1980

Navarro-Dowling Family

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-022
Scope and Contents The Navarro-Dowling Family Collection (1965-1990; undated) contains one box and .21 linear feet with an autobiography written by Lenora Bautista Navarro, a biography about Lenora Bautista Navarro written by Carmen Navarro, letters from Prisca Navarro to Carmen Navarro, letters from Lenora Bautsta Navarro to Prisca Navarro, and an article from The Philippine Educator. Letters discuss domestic and family life; health updates; and information regarding coming to...
Dates: 1965-1990; undated

Sailor's Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30550014962474]
Identifier: SPC-1900-040
Scope and Contents This collection contains approximately 180 black-and-white photographs featuring images of sailors in their uniforms; images of United States Navy personnel; ships; images taken on ports and battleships; images presumably of sailors' friends and family; and pictures taken in front of homes. Many of the images area a part of a scrapbook that contains pictures of families; portrait style images of woman in a kimono and a woman in a sailor uniform; United States Navy personnel in their...
Dates: 1919-1925; circa 1920s