Los Angeles (Calif.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Margaret Hooper Hollywood High School Graduation Scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SPC-2024-010
Scope and Contents
Margaret Hooper Hollywood High School Graduation Scrapbook (1918-January 23, 1923) is a memory book with 189 pages that contains hand written letters, news clippings about Hollywood High School, photographs of the Class of 1922, theater programs, name cards, a button pin, tickets, playbills, gradution event invitations, and other ephemeral material attached to the pages of a scrapbook called "Graduation Memories". Also included are event ticket stubs, attendance cards, poems, and...
Dates:
1918-January 23, 1923
Melvin House Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-030
Abstract
This collection contains material belonging to Melvin House, an African American electrician and high school gymnast living in Los Angeles, California. Included in this collection are documents, photographs, ephemera, articles, booklets, pamphlets, and other material relating to House's education, career, friends and family; as well as his interests in spirituality, politics, religion, and the Nation of Islam.
Dates:
1929-1971; undated
Johns (Vernon E.) Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-006
Abstract
The Vernon E. Johns Family Papers collection (1903-2015, undated) contains documents from the personal lives and careers of the Johns family from Southern California. Donated by Cal State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumnus Vernon Johns, the collection concentrates on Johns’ parents Harold Johns and Margaret “Betty” Weiskopf Johns, as well as his maternal grandfather Charles Weiskopf and paternal grandmother Millen Johns. The bulk of the collection pertains to Harold Johns’ 35-year...
Dates:
1903-2015, undated
Jones Family Langston University Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-038
Abstract
This collection contains mostly "The Lion" yearbooks from Langston University, as well as Jones family obituaries, and a memory book belonging to Carold A. Jones that contains photographs of Carold and his family, friends, and high school classmates in front of homes and other buildings, posing in front of cars and outdoors, portraits, and images taken at Langston University including images of students in caps and gowns, and class photographs. Also included in this collection are souvenir...
Dates:
1922-1935; 1953-1959; 1960; 1965; 1970-1973; 1984-1987; undated
Marguerite P. Justice Papers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-050
Abstract
The Marguerite P. Justice Papers collection includes, correspondence, photographs, reports, pamphlets, speeches, and other materials regarding the Los Angeles Police Depatment, Los Angeles Police Commission, and varying clubs and organization in the city of Los Angeles.
Dates:
circa 1930s-1990s
Abraam Krushkhov Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2007-003
Abstract
The Abraam Krushkhov Collection documents Krushkhov’s achievements in local, national, and international levels of urban planning. Materials (1933-1987) include speeches, writings, correspondence, education papers, and urban planning files relating to numerous U.S. and international regions. The collection also describes his professional involvements with Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall (DMJM), Archisystems, International Planning Associates, and various governmental planning...
Dates:
1933-1987
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
Les Claypool's Los Angeles Free Press Publication
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-23
Abstract
This collection contains three complete bound volumes of Les Claypool's Free Press, quickly renamed the Los Angeles Free Press, which ran from 1955-1957. The newspaper was sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of Americans for Democratic Action with Les E. Claypool Sr. as the founding editor. Glenn M. Anderson served as a board member during the short lifespan of the newspaper. The newspaper covers 1950s Los Angeles and...
Dates:
January 1955 - May 1957
LGBTQ Publications Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-031
Abstract
The LGBTQ Publications Collection (1935-2022, undated; bulk 1970-2000) contains newspapers, magazines, newsletters, reports, and other publications devoted to the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) community.
Dates:
1935-2023; Majority of material found within 1975-2000
Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2009-005
Abstract
Negatives and photographic prints documenting the history of the Long Beach Fire Department. Included are images of the department from its earliest days in the early 20th century through to 1971. Images focus upon department personnel, apparatus, fires, and fire prevention. Also includes photographic prints and negatives which document the history of the city of Long Beach, including documentation of the March 10, 1933 earthquake and documentation of early drilling activities including...
Dates:
1840-1971; Majority of material found within 1906-1971