Finding Aid for the Miriam Matthews papers LSC.1804
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Title: Miriam Matthews papers
Creator:
Matthews, Miriam
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1804
Physical Description:
9.5 linear feet
(19 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980
Date (bulk): 1920-1980
Abstract: Miriam Matthews (1905-2003), the first credentialed African-American librarian in the state of California, was a librarian
at Los Angeles Public Library (1927-1960), a historian of African American and California history, and an active member of
the American and California Library Associations' Committees on Intellectual Freedom. The collection consists of clippings,
correspondence, photographs, reports, ephemera, and other materials relating to intellectual freedom; the Los Angeles Public
Library; Matthews' involvement with professional, civic, community, and historical organizations; and her research on African-American
and California history.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Miriam Matthews family, 2008.
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Biography
Miriam Matthews (1905-2003), the first credentialed African-American librarian in the state of California, was a librarian
at Los Angeles Public Library (1927-1960), a historian of African American and California history, and an active member of
the American and California Library Associations' Committees on Intellectual Freedom.
Miriam Matthews was born on August 6, 1905 in Pensacola, Florida and moved to Los Angeles with her family two years later.
After graduating from Los Angeles High School in 1922, Matthews studied at the University of California, Southern Branch (now
UCLA) for two years. She transferred to the University of California, Berkeley where she graduated with a B.A. in 1926 and
a certificate in librarianship in 1927, becoming the first known certified African American librarian in California. Matthews
began her career at the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) in 1927 and became a branch librarian in 1934. She took two leaves
of absence from LAPL, one in 1940 to work at the New York Public Library in a librarian exchange program and another from
1944 to 1945 in order to earn a master's degree in library science from the University of Chicago. In 1949, she was promoted
to regional librarian, a position she held until her retirement from LAPL in 1960.
Matthews was one of the first people to advocate for the establishment of Negro History Week (now African American History
Month) in Los Angeles, leading to its official observance by the City of Los Angeles in 1931. In 1946, she became chairman
of the California Library Association Committee on Intellectual Freedom. The following year, she was appointed to the American
Library Association Committee on Intellectual Freedom (1947-1951) where she contributed to the 1948 revision of the Library
Bill of Rights. In 1977, Gov. Edmund Brown appointed Matthews to the California Heritage Preservation Commission and California
State Historic Records Advisory Board. She contributed to the establishment of an archives and records management program
for the City of Los Angeles in 1979. While a member of the Los Angeles 200 Committee in 1981, Matthews proposed and implemented
the construction of a historical plaque detailing the names, ages, and races of the city founders.
Matthews died in Mercer Island, Washington on June 23, 2003.
In 2003, the Los Angeles Historical Society established the annual Miriam Matthews Award in her honor. The Los Angeles Public
Library Hyde Park branch was renamed for her in 2004.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, reports, ephemera, and other materials relating to intellectual
freedom; Matthews' work at Los Angeles Public Library; her involvement with professional, civic, community, and historical
organizations; and her research on African American and California history. The collection is especially strong in materials
about Titus Alexander, Ralph J. Bunche, Mary Ellen Pleasant, and William Grant Still.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Committee work and professional memberships
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Personal papers
- Subject files.
Original file titles were preserved whenever possible.
Related Oral History
The following oral history is available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African American women librarians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Matthews, Miriam -- Archives
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson)
Pleasant, Mary Ellen
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Committee Work and Professional Memberships
1943-1980
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, agendas, minutes, newsletters and publications, newspaper articles, grant proposals and evaluations, and recommendations
relating to Miriam Matthews's involvement on committees and boards
box 1, folder 1
American Library Association--conference
1953 June 21-25, probably 1949.
Scope and Contents note
American Library Association resolution, constitution, conference reporter, program.
box 1, folder 2
American Library Association--Intellectual Freedom Committee
1946-1950.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, correspondence, and organization's resolutions on censorship, loyalty oath.
box 1, folder 3
American Library Association--Intellectual Freedom Committee
1951.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, pamphlets.
box 1, folder 4
American Library Association--Intellectual Freedom Committee
1952-1964.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, clippings, organizations' resolutions about censorship and teaching UNESCO curriculum in Los Angeles schools.
box 1, folder 5
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposal--Oakland Museum.
box 2, folder 1
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
1952-1953, 1965-1972.
Scope and Contents note
Civil Liberties, publication of ACLU
box 2, folder 2
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
1946-1953, 1965-1972.
Scope and Contents note
Open Forum, publication of ACLU Southern California Branch
box 2, folder 3
American Library Association
1943, 1953, 1965-1982.
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins and conference program.
box 2, folder 4
American Library Association--Intellectual Freedom Committee
1947-1953.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, newspaper articles, pamphlets, notes, conference program, reading lists.
box 2, folder 5
American Library Association--Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom
1953-1979.
box 2, folder 6
American Library Association--nominees
1974.
box 2, folder 7
California Library Association
1949,1967-1975.
box 2, folder 8
California Library Association--Committee on Intellectual Freedom
1948.
box 2, folder 9
California Library Association--conferences
1953 November 11-14, 1984 December 1-5.
box 2, folder 10
Calibrarian
1957, 1967-1975.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters.
box 2, folder 11
Developmental Reading Committee
1963.
box 3, folder 1
California Heritage Preservation Commission
1977-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, minutes, agenda, memoranda.
box 3, folder 2
California Heritage Preservation Commission
1978-1979.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and reports regarding State Archives Building and drafts of Governor's Records Act.
box 3, folder 3
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1977-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, agenda, evaluations.
box 3, folder 4
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978-1979.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, minutes, agenda
box 3, folder 5
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposals, evaluations.
box 3, folder 6
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposals, evaluations.
box 3, folder 7
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposals.
box 3, folder 8
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposals, evaluations.
box 4, folder 1
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Recommendations to National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
box 4, folder 2
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposal.
box 4, folder 3
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposal.
box 4, folder 4
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Recommendations to National Historical Publications and Records.
box 4, folder 5
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposals, evaluations.
box 4, folder 6
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposals, evaluations.
box 4, folder 7
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposals, evaluations.
box 5, folder 1
California State Historical Records Advisory Board
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Recommendations to National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
box 5, folder 2
Public Library Association
1971 March, 1975 October.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters.
box 5, folder 3
Society of California Archivists
1977-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters, annual meeting, newspaper articles.
Los Angeles Public Library
1937-1973 (bulk 1937-1959)
Scope and Contents note
Memos, bulletins, reports, and surveys by or for Los Angeles Public Library staff. Series also includes administrative reports
and work produced by Miriam Matthews in her positions as branch and regional librarian.
box 1, folder 6
California Library Tax Report
1939-1941.
Scope and Contents note
Compiled by Special Committee of Los Angeles Public Library staff.
box 1, folder 7
Los Angeles Public Library Regional Librarians
1956-1959.
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda, reports, meeting minutes.
box 1, folder 8
Los Angeles Public Library
1941-1957.
Scope and Contents note
Reports.
box 1, folder 9
Vermont Square Library branch history
undated.
Scope and Contents note
History of the branch 1913-1949.
box 5, folder 4
El Pueblo
1965-1972.
Scope and Contents note
All City Employees Association newsletter.
box 5, folder 5
Los Angeles Public Library
1951-1959.
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda, bulletins, reports
box 5, folder 6
Los Angeles Public Library
1943-1959, 1972-1976.
Scope and Contents note
News bulletins, flyers, clippings, statistics, reports.
box 5, folder 7
Los Angeles Public Library School
1934.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of alumni directory.
Subject Files
1845-1988
Scope and Contents note
Subject files collected by Matthews that documents people and organizations, particularly relating to Los Angeles, California,
and African American history.
box 1, folder 11
Africa
1950-1976, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Bibliographies, pamphlets, newsletters, clippings.
box 1, folder 12
Alexander, Titus
1917-1951, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, memo book with handwritten notes probably belonging to Titus Alexander, handwritten biographical notes by Miriam
Matthews.
box 1, folder 13
Archy Lee slave case
1858.
Scope and Contents note
Microfilmed clipping.
box 1, folder 14
Bass, Charlotta A.
1960, 1969.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of last will and testament and court papers.
box 1, folder 15
Beal, Israel
1929 May 13.
Scope and Contents note
Negro pioneer of Redlands, California. Photocopy of clipping.
box 1, folder 16
Beckwourth, James
1938, 1973.
Scope and Contents note
Articles.
box 1, folder 17
Black Americans
1966-1980, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Map, United States Department of Labor publication, clippings, pamphlets.
box 5, folder 9
Adams Chronicles
1975.
Scope and Contents note
Guide for public television series, clipping.
box 5, folder 10
Alexander, Titus
1923-1981, predominantly 1923-1953.
Scope and Contents note
Originals and photocopies of published articles about Titus Alexander. Many articles are not dated. Photographs of Miriam
Matthews are in Church and Community Press, 1953 and Los Angeles Tribune, 1952 June 13.
box 5, folder 11
Alexander, Titus
circa 1933-1948.
Scope and Contents note
Speeches.
box 5, folder 12
Alexander, Titus
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Writings and notes.
box 6, folder 1
Alexander, Titus
1917-1956.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence.
box 6, folder 2
Alexander, Titus
circa 1917-1981.
Scope and Contents note
Biographical sketches about Titus Alexander, photographs, Western Pennsylvania Medical College matriculation card, business
cards, marriage announcement.
box 6, folder 3
Alexander, Titus
1913-1958, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Event programs, invitations, Palomar Observatory, correspondence mentioning or endorsing Titus Alexander, political articles
and pamphlets, poems by others, pamphlets about rights and contributions of colored Americans, shares of Charleston National
Mining Company owned by Lara B. Allens.
box 6, folder 4
Alexander, Titus
circa 1910-1936.
Scope and Contents note
Photo album probably belonging to Titus Alexander. Photographs of unidentified children and adults, some at Yosemite. Titus
Alexander is likely pictured in some photographs.
box 6, folder 5
Allen, Edgar
1977-1982.
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten Edgar Allen retirement speech by Miriam Matthews, correspondence and memoranda regarding City of Los Angeles records
management and archives.
box 6, folder 6
Allensworth, California
1912, 1968-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Copy of newspaper article, water system dedication program.
box 6, folder 7
American Lung Association of Los Angeles County
1980 May 13.
Scope and Contents note
Memorandum regarding Proposition 9 on California ballet.
box 6, folder 8
American Society of African Culture
1959 November - 1966 February.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters.
box 6, folder 9
Anderson, Fred
1976, 1980.
Scope and Contents note
University of Southern California dissertation, correspondence.
box 7, folder 1
Art
1965, 1966, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, programs.
box 7, folder 2
Association for Study of Negro Life and History
1968-1978, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Convention materials, bulletins, pamphlets, clippings, advertisement.
box 7, folder 3
Ayers, Carolyn
1988 December 27.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence.
box 7, folder 4
Bogle, Richard and America Waldo
circa 1980-1981.
Scope and Contents note
Letter and copies of newspaper clippings about history of Richard Bogle and his family.
box 7, folder 5
Biographies of Black Americans
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Biographical sketches of Daniel Hale Williams, George Washington Carver, James Weldon Johnson, Sojourner Truth, Crispus Attucks,
Phyllis Wheatley, Ralph Johnson Bunche, Martin Luther King, Blanche Kelso Bruce, Langston Hughes.
box 7, folder 6
Blacks in Los Angeles
1966-circa 1984.
Scope and Contents note
Black History Month reception program, Los Angeles Riot Study article information, clippings.
box 7, folder 7
Black librarians, contemporary
1969, 1978.
Scope and Contents note
American Libraries and University of Chicago Magazine articles.
box 7, folder 8
Black librarians, history and biographies
1939-1983, predominantly 1966-1975.
Scope and Contents note
California Librarians Black Caucus meeting minutes. Articles about Edward C. Williams, George W. Forbes, Thomas F. Blue, Daniel
A.P. Murray, Robert Wedgeworth, Loyce Pleasants, Effie Lee Morris, Sadie P. Delaney, Joseph H. Reason, Clara Stanton Jones,
Harriet B. Brown, Janette Smith.
box 7, folder 9
Black newspapers
1931-1943, 1964-1973.
Scope and Contents note
Photostats of black and mainstream Los Angeles newspapers articles. Includes John Fowler's Spreading Joy column in the California
Eagle.
box 7, folder 10
Black performers
1940-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 7, folder 11
Black scientists
1945-1974, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping, Tuskegee Institute annual report, biographical booklet of Black American scientists.
box 7, folder 12
Book history
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping and University of California, Berkeley class brochure.
box 7, folder 13
Bradley, Tom
1969-1973, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Los Angeles Councilman report, mayoral campaign materials, clippings.
box 7, folder 14
Browning, Ivan Harold
1978-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper article, tribute concert program.
box 7, folder 15
Bulletins--miscellaneous
1952-1984.
box 8, folder 1
Bunche, Ralph J.
1922-1978, predominantly 1949-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Addresses and programs for events featuring or in memoriam of Ralph Bunche. Includes program of Jefferson High School graduation.
box 8, folder 2
Bunche, Ralph J.
1927-1972.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 8, folder 3
Bunche, Ralph J.
1973-1974.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 8, folder 4
Bunche, Ralph J.
1975-1976.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 8, folder 5
California history
1930-1984.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, newsletters, articles.
box 8, folder 6
California state reports
1975-1981.
Scope and Contents note
"Identification of the Historical Records of County Government in California" and "The Preservation, Organization and Display
of California's Historic Documents."
box 8, folder 7
Churches--First A.M.E.--Los Angeles
1921, 1953-1986, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Originals and photocopies of programs, correspondence and articles.
box 8, folder 8
Churches--First A.M.E.--Pasadena
circa 1975.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of dedication program.
box 8, folder 9
Churches--Independent Church
1915-1966, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Copies of programs and history of the church. Typescripts of articles, handwritten notes, photographs.
box 9, folder 1
Churches--United Church of Christ
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletter.
box 9, folder 2
Churches--Ward Chapel A.M.E.
1951 February 5.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 9, folder 3
"Citizen's guide to collection of source materials in Negro history"
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Paper written by Wesley Brazier, Lawrence de Graaf, Norman O. Houston, Miriam Matthews, and Vassie Wright, members of Committee
to Preserve California Negro History.
box 9, folder 4
Cloud, Frank
1915-1931, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of his Crisis magazine covers of photographs taken by Cloud Studios.
box 9, folder 5
Collection checklists
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Checklists of contents of Jessie L. Terry Collection, Bessie Bruington Burke Collection, and Biddy Mason Collection.
box 9, folder 6
Compton, California
1964 August, 1973 December.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 9, folder 7
Conference of California Historical Societies
1982-1983.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters.
box 9, folder 8
Crisis
1922 August, 1976 May.
box 9, folder 9
De Graaf, Lawrence
1969.
Scope and Contents note
Copy of de Graaf's research paper, "Black Los Angeles: Making of a ghetto."
box 9, folder 10
Delta Sigma Theta
1929, 1974-1984.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters, newspaper photograph, event program.
box 9, folder 11
Dodson, Jacob
1964 November.
Scope and Contents note
Negro History Bulletin article, "The Negro Who Rode with Fremont in 1847."
box 9, folder 12
Elizabeth Fry Center
1976 May.
Scope and Contents note
California Senate bill appeal.
box 9, folder 13
Equality in employment
1962-1963, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Government and private industry brochures and publications.
box 9, folder 14
Equality in employment
1966-1968, 1984, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Government and private industry brochures and publications.
box 9, folder 15
Ethiopian Students Union in North America
1974.
Scope and Contents note
Paper, "Mass organizations"
box 9, folder 16
Exceptional Children's Foundation
1971 October.
Scope and Contents note
Fundraising invitation with handwritten notes.
box 9, folder 17
Family Savings and Loan
1964-1976.
Scope and Contents note
Financial statements, newsletter article.
box 9, folder 18
Fisher, James A.
1969 December, 1971 September, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Writings.
box 9, folder 19
Foster, David
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Signed pencil drawing by David Foster.
box 9, folder 20
Franklin, John Hope
1976.
Scope and Contents note
Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities program and newspaper article.
box 9, folder 21
Gafford, Alice
1942, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, program, correspondence.
box 9, folder 22
Golden State International Exposition
1939.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir program.
box 9, folder 23
Golden State Minority Foundation
1976-1985, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Programs, newsletters, brochures.
box 10, folder 1
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company
1975, 1976, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Publications and industry articles.
box 10, folder 2
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company
1974 December - 1977 October.
Scope and Contents note
Golden Pen newsletter
box 10, folder 3
Grant, M. Earl
1968 February.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 10, folder 4
Griffith, Harold
1985 March 10.
Scope and Contents note
Grandson of Griffith van Griffith. Obituary
box 10, folder 5
Grimes, Leonard
1977.
Scope and Contents note
Address of Congregational Church of Christian Fellowship, note to Miriam Matthews.
box 10, folder 6
Haiti
1967 December 25.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 10, folder 7
Hart, Philip
1983.
Scope and Contents note
California Council for the Humanities grant proposal, "In Search of a Dream, Early California Black Aviators."
box 10, folder 8
Hayden, Dolores
1987, 1988.
Scope and Contents note
Paper, "Biddy Mason's Los Angeles, 1856-1891." Program of "The Life and Times of Biddy Mason."
box 10, folder 9
Historical societies--California
1971-1985.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters and ephemera.
box 10, folder 10
Housing--California
1949-1984.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets and reports on housing desegregation, newsletter.
box 10, folder 11
Housing--Los Angeles
1951-1958, 1967-1968, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Mimeographs of segregation announcement and integration advertisements. Pamphlets and reports on housing desegregation.
box 10, folder 12
Johnson, Dorothy Vena
1961-1976, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, history of Garden Gate High School, drafts of biographical sketch written by Miriam Matthews, clippings.
box 10, folder 13
Johnson, Dorothy Vena
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Copies of her poetry, bibliography of her works.
box 11, folder 1
League of Allied Arts
1938-1981.
Scope and Contents note
Event programs, newspaper articles, correspondence, photographs of Calvin Bailey.
box 11, folder 2
Legal Defense Fund
1975-1984, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Ephemera, articles.
box 11, folder 3
Liberty Savings and Loan Association
1924-1960.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of newsletters, financial statement.
box 11, folder 4
Links, Los Angeles Chapter
1956, 1960.
Scope and Contents note
Cotillion and souvenir programs.
box 11, folder 5
Links, Los Angeles Chapter
1964-1972, undated..
Scope and Contents note
Cotillion programs. Constitution and bylaws.
box 11, folder 6
Lomax, Almena
1961-1968.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of short stories.
box 11, folder 7
Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations
1955-1973.
Scope and Contents note
Proposition 21 report, letter, newsletter, pamphlet.
box 11, folder 8
Los Angeles historical landmarks
1944-1979, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Lists of registered landmarks, history of missions.
box 11, folder 9
Los Angeles history
1958-1977, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Articles, clippings.
box 11, folder 10
Los Angeles 200
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Letter.
box 11, folder 11
Los Angeles Urban Archives, California State University, Northridge
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Copy of report and grant proposal.
box 11, folder 12
Modern Maturity magazine
1978-1980.
Scope and Contents note
articles
box 11, folder 13
Morgan, Charles
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Excerpts from "The Fountain." Handwritten excerpts from "Private Worlds" by Phyllis Bottonie.
box 11, folder 14
Morris, Louise Fisher
1977, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of photographs and biographical sketch.
box 11, folder 15
National Council on Public History
1983-1986.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets and newsletters.
box 12, folder 1
Negro and democracy
1940-1949, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets and bibliographies on civil rights, democracy, and discrimination.
box 12, folder 2
Negro and democracy
1950-1971, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets and articles from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
box 12, folder 3
Negro and race relations
1945-1967.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, newsletters, clippings.
box 12, folder 4
Negro bibliographies
1925-1939.
box 12, folder 5
Negro bibliographies
1940-1956.
box 13, folder 1
Negro in California--art and music events
1946-1947, 1966-1977, 1987, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, programs.
box 13, folder 2
Negro in California--articles
1921-1976, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings and copies of published writings.
box 13, folder 3
Negro in California--community events
1912, 1942-1977.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, programs, pamphlets.
box 13, folder 4
Negro in California--history
1969-1972, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Research notes, correspondence.
box 13, folder 5
Negro music and drama programs
1944-1945.
Scope and Contents note
Paul Robeson, Hilda Simms, Dorothy Maynor, Anne Brown, and Muriel Smith are featured.
box 13, folder 6
"New York's black elite"--article
undated.
box 13, folder 7
Our Authors Study Club--souvenir programs
1954-1961.
Scope and Contents note
Los Angeles Branch of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
box 13, folder 8
Our Authors Study Club--souvenir programs
1965-1974.
Scope and Contents note
Los Angeles Branch of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
box 14, folder 1
Pleasant, Mary Ellen
1925-1933.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence of C.W. Bell, Boyd Stutler, and Stella Ingram Brown, researchers of Mary Ellen Pleasant.
box 14, folder 2
Pleasant, Mary Ellen
1934-1938.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence of Boyd Stutler, and Stella Ingram Brown, researchers of Mary Ellen Pleasant.
box 14, folder 3
Ramsey, Eleanor
1979-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence--California historic resources inventory.
box 14, folder 4
Ray, Francis Marion
1973.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of biography of grandfather by Clarissa Mae Hundley
box 14, folder 5
Roberts, Frederick Madison
1952, undated.
Scope and Contents note
California legislator, editor, and mortician. Photographs, copies of clippings.
box 14, folder 6
"Roots" discussion
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Miriam Matthews' research and notes for discussion of the film "Roots" in Los Angeles
box 14, folder 7
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
1976-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletter.
box 14, folder 8
Selznick, David O.
1976.
Scope and Contents note
Program for "Producer prince: a celebration of David Oliver Selznick."
box 14, folder 9
Shackleford, James
1966, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Research notes and photostats of articles and photographs.
box 14, folder 10
Shaw, Leslie
1985 March.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping and funeral program.
box 14, folder 11
Smith, William E.
1938-1951, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Photostats of clippings, research notes and biographical sketch.
box 14, folder 12
Spectrum: 200 years in Los Angeles
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of grant proposal.
box 14, folder 13
Spencer, Vaino
1980 October 29.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of clipping.
box 14, folder 14
Still, William Grant--clippings
1941-1966.
box 15, folder 1
Still, William Grant--clippings
1970-1975.
box 15, folder 2
Still, William Grant--correspondence and biographical notes
1970-1978, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between Miriam Matthews and the Still family; biographical notes.
box 15, folder 3
Still, William Grant--programs
1955-1979, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Programs of musical performances and tributes.
box 15, folder 4
Still, William Grant--publications
1939-1975.
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Troubled Island" libretto signed by Langston Hughes.
box 15, folder 5
Takara, Kay Brundage
circa 1977.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of essay.
box 15, folder 6
Temple, Ruth
1939, 1969-1983.
Scope and Contents note
Physician and founder of Community Health Association. Photocopies of clippings, biographical notes.
box 15, folder 7
Turner, Rufus P.
after 1982.
Scope and Contents note
1907-1982, electrical engineer, technical writer. Biographical sketch and list of publications.
box 15, folder 8
University of Chicago
1953, 1965.
Scope and Contents note
Publications.
box 15, folder 9
Uprising--newspaper
1968 April, 1968 May.
box 15, folder 10
Watts, California
1965, 1971.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 15, folder 11
Weekes, Leroy
1979 May 5.
Scope and Contents note
Tribute program.
box 15, folder 12
William Grant Still Community Arts Center
1978-1982.
Scope and Contents note
Administrative records, event programs, clipping.
box 15, folder 13
Women For
1970-1970.
Scope and Contents note
Women's volunteer support and action group. Newsletters, pamphlets.
box 15, folder 14
YMCA, YWCA
1941-1972.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, newsletter.
box 16, folder 1
Black California
1940-1947, 1963-1982, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 16, folder 2
Blodgett, Louis
circa 1924, 1962-1965.
Scope and Contents note
Brother-in-law of Miriam Matthews. Clippings, handwritten notes by Miriam Matthews.
box 16, folder 3
Boyd, Robert, Mrs.
1956, 1970, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Obituary, clippings, photocopies of photographs of Emma Boyd.
box 16, folder 4
Bunche, Ralph J.
1950, 1971-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Copies of speeches made at United Nations Inauguration Ceremony for Ralph Bunche Memorial Sculpture, clippings, programs.
box 16, folder 5
California history
1947-1949.
Scope and Contents note
Bibliography
box 16, folder 6
California report
1978.
Scope and Contents note
"State Programs and Appointments with Impact on Black Community"
box 16, folder 7
Churches--First A.M.E. Los Angeles
1925-1972.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, photocopies of book pages, programs.
box 16, folder 8
Churches--Lincoln Avenue Methodist and Second Baptist
1926, 1983.
Scope and Contents note
Program, clipping.
box 16, folder 9
Clayton, Mayme
1973, 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 16, folder 10
Cloud, Frank
1936, 1970.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of Cloud's Children's Pictorial, biographical sketch, photographs by Frank Cloud, Naval Air Station program
box 16, folder 11
Coffey, Alvin
1902, 1937, 1950, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, correspondence, biographical sketch.
box 16, folder 12
Community Health Association
1950, 1970-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, correspondence, health pamphlets. Founded by Ruth Temple, M.D.
box 16, folder 13
Community Reporter
1959-1977.
Scope and Contents note
Newsletter of Community Relations Conference of Southern California.
box 16, folder 14
Compton, California
1970, 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 16, folder 15
Fair housing and employment
1946, 1958-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Memos, pamphlets, newsletters.
box 16, folder 16
Fowler, John
circa 1937.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied book, "Spreading Joy," a collection of his columns in the California Eagle.
box 16, folder 17
Gordon, Walter
1938-1976.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 16, folder 18
Henry, Mary Bradshaw
1979 March 1.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 16, folder 19
Johnson, Nelle
1975 July 6.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping, "Requiem for Aunt Nelle." Ralph Bunche's aunt.
box 17, folder 1
King, La Vetta
1977 August 7.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 17, folder 2
League of Allied Arts
1939-1976.
Scope and Contents note
Programs, clippings. Includes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" signed by Langston Hughes.
box 17, folder 3
Leidesdorff, William Alexander
1849-1855.
Scope and Contents note
Microfilm printout of estate inventory and probate court record, pages 1-15.
box 17, folder 4
Leidesdorff, William Alexander
1849-1855.
Scope and Contents note
Microfilm printout of estate inventory and probate court record, pages 16-33.
box 17, folder 5
Leidesdorff, William Alexander
1845-1864, 1949, 1956, 1974.
Scope and Contents note
Copies of correspondence, articles, map of Spanish California.
box 17, folder 6
Los Angeles Black pioneers
1927, circa 1920s, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings. Four publicity photographs of James Lowe from the film Uncle Tom's Cabin. There are ten photographs of unidentified
women and men and the 34th Street Fire Company firefighters
box 17, folder 7
Los Angeles Black settlers--article
1975.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings of six part series, "Los Angeles Black Settlers and Lies of Negro Pioneers," published in Los Angeles Sentinel.
Research notes of Miriam Matthews who cited many inaccuracies in the articles.
box 17, folder 8
Los Angeles Civic League
after 1932.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlet.
box 17, folder 9
Los Angeles--Fire Department
1898-1900,1966-1974, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings and Miriam Matthews research notes.
box 17, folder 10
Los Angeles--Founders
1946-1966.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings and Miriam Matthews research notes.
box 17, folder 11
Marsh family
1954,1967, 1970.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied clippings and programs relating to Vivian, Leon Sr., and Leon Jr. Marsh
box 17, folder 12
Miller, Loren
1962-1967.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, biographical sketch.
box 17, folder 13
Motion picture companies--Black
1921, 1969, 1977.
Scope and Contents note
Copy of articles of incorporation of Lincoln Motion Picture Company and list of George P. Johnson Negro Film Collection, clippings.
box 17, folder 14
Negro bibliographies
1930-1942.
box 18, folder 1
Negro in California
1914-1927, 1952-1976.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, photocopied programs.
box 18, folder 2
Netherland, Mary C.
1916, 1970, 1971.
Scope and Contents note
Granddaughter of John W. Scott, a soldier with Colonel John C. Fremont. Clippings.
box 18, folder 3
Olympic Games--Los Angeles
circa 1932.
Scope and Contents note
Ticket stubs, photocopies of promotional materials.
box 18, folder 4
Our Authors Study Club
1964-1979.
Scope and Contents note
Program, clippings.
box 18, folder 5
Pleasant, Mary Ellen
1969-1970.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and notes of Marjorie Green, biographer of Mary Ellen Pleasant.
box 18, folder 6
Pleasant, Mary Ellen
1862-1867, 1904, 1930-1947, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied correspondence, court records, clippings, relating to Mary Ellen Pleasant.
box 18, folder 7
Pleasant, Mary Ellen
1895-1899, 1933-1946, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied articles and Miriam Matthews research notes, clippings. Two photographs of unidentified women.
box 18, folder 8
Politics--Los Angeles
1959-1985.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newsletters.
box 18, folder 9
Politics--Westside Republican Women's Club, Federated
1958-1967.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of clippings, programs, commendations.
box 18, folder 10
Programs--miscellaneous
1917-1934, 1949, 1970.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of news clippings and programs of plays, church events, funerals in Los Angeles. From the collection of Mrs. Jessie
Terry's brother.
box 19, folder 1
Reference and bibliography--University of Southern California
1944.
Scope and Contents note
Guide for School of Library Service.
box 19, folder 2
Russell, Clayton
1942, 1981, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of World War II speech, funeral program, newspaper clipping.
box 19, folder 3
San Diego Pioneers
1937, 1958-1969, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied clippings, book pages, about Nathan Harrison, Allen Light, and the pioneer life.
box 19, folder 4
San Francisco
1974.
Scope and Contents note
"A Walking Tour of the Black Presence in San Francisco during the Nineteenth Century" by Elizabeth Parker and James Abajian.
box 19, folder 5
Scott, David Gillis
1926.
Scope and Contents note
Obituary.
box 19, folder 6
Scott, Margaret
1943, 1962-1969.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, biography, Sojourner Truth Industrial Club program, obituaries. Two photographs of Miriam Matthews at Margaret
Scott's 103rd birthday party.
box 19, folder 7
Silhouette Pictorial--magazine
1939 February, March, October, 1940 September.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of issues.
box 19, folder 8
Spikes, Benjamin and John
1942-1951.
Scope and Contents note
Benjamin "Reb" Spikes, composer, author, music publisher. John Spikes, composer, author, conductor, teacher. Photocopied programs
and articles.
box 19, folder 9
Still, William Grant-musical scores
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies.
box 19, folder 10
Still, William Grant-"Lenox Avenue"
after 1936.
Scope and Contents note
Signed by William Grant Still and Verna Arvey to Ivan and Dorothy [Johnson].
box 19, folder 11
Still, William Grant-Phylon article
1951.
Scope and Contents note
Notes and correspondence of Miriam Matthews.
box 19, folder 12
Still, William Grant
1938-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, correspondence from Judy Still Headlee, program.
box 19, folder 13
Tackett, Marnesba
1981 July 22.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 19, folder 14
Towns, Royal E. & family
1970, 1977.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 19, folder 15
Trends in race relations on the West Coast--a symposium
1949.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of articles from Common Ground, volume IX, number 3.
box 19, folder 16
Wilfandel Club officers
1949.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph from brochure.
box 19, folder 17
William Grant Still Community Arts Center
1977-1978.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, dedication program.
box 19, folder 18
Williams, Paul R.
1930-1977, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, biographies, lists of buildings Williams designed.
box 19, folder 19
Williams, Paul R.
1976, 1978.
Scope and Contents note
Historic-Cultural Monument designation of residence, Musilog project.
box 20, folder 1
Alexander, Titus
1896-1936.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, clippings, medical school entry tickets.
box 20, folder 2
Alexander, Titus
circa 1914-1924.
Scope and Contents note
Scrapbook
box 20, folder 3
Blodgett, Louis and Ella
1940-1962.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 20, folder 4
Bunche, Ralph J.
1963-1983.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
box 20, folder 5
Community Health Week
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Poster.
box 20, folder 6
Fowler, John
1937.
Scope and Contents note
"Spreading Joy," a compilation of columns from the California Eagle.
box 20, folder 7
Johnson, Ivan J., III
circa 1934.
Scope and Contents note
Scrapbook.
box 21, folder 1
Johnson, Ivan J., III
1940.
Scope and Contents note
Scrapbook of clippings and photographs relating to California assemblyman campaign.
box 21, folder 2
League of Allied Arts
1974, undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, program honoring the 5th Dimension.
box 21, folder 3
Leidesdorff, William
1847-1848.
Scope and Contents note
Microprint and copy of San Francisco Town Journal during tenure as treasurer.
box 21, folder 4
Los Angeles Black pioneers
circa 1910s-1920s.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, photographs of unidentified women
box 21, folder 5
Moore, Clement C.
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping about "The Night Before Christmas."
box 21, folder 6
Negro History Bulletin
1938 May - 1940 May.
box 21, folder 7
Pleasant, Mary Ellen
1899 July 9.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 21, folder 8
Still, William Grant
1964 February.
Scope and Contents note
Ebony article.
box 21, folder 9
Westbrook, Yvonne
1971 October 24.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping about election bid for San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
box 21, folder 10
Williams, Paul R.
1940- circa 1963.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
Personal Papers
1927-1977
Scope and Contents note
Personal correspondence and memorabilia
box 5, folder 8
Correspondence and personal papers
1927-1977.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence. Photocopy of 1927 study list with grades, University of California Alumnae News Notes, and photograph of Matthews
at Los Angeles Public Library. Photograph in newspaper clipping. Letterhead. Address book, notes.
