Series I: Personal Papers 1948-2010; undated
Sub-Series A: Ernest Smith Personal Papers 1948-2010; undated
Programs- obituaries, reunions, exhibits, and others 1952, 1980s, 2001, 2007
Notes. Contains mostly names and addresses for various individuals and organizations 1997; undated
Red Cross blood donation certificate of appreciation; Washington DC Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. Founder's Roll of Honor; Father of the Year award letter from Committee of Women for Good Government 1971, 2002, undated
City of Los Angeles 60th birthday congratulatory certificate from Tom Bradley December 14, 1989
Great Wall of China excursion certificate and brochure undated
Programs- Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and Leningrad Kirov Ballet 1960-1966
music programs- "Belafonte in Person"; and "the 5th Dimension" 1969; undated
business and membership cards; name tags; pins; and ribbons 1960s-1970s, 2009; undated
autograph book, "school-day memories of Thomas Jefferson High class of Prometheans" 1948
embossed "E.Smith" hardcover notebook (blank) undated
clippings featuring Ernest Smith undated
resume and biography 1974; undated
California State University Los Angeles- certificates of graduation, transcripts, Epsilon Pi Tau materials; UCLA extension course certificate 1973-1975
Pepperdine University- photocopies of diplomas, transcripts, notes, and other related material 1976-1978
State of California Special Teaching Credential; Standard Designated Teaching Credential; other credential material; LA Valley College and California State University Dominguez Hills transcripts 1974-1980
Shenandoah Avenue Block Club documents 2000, 2006
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church programs including program for grand entrance and dedicatory services 1980, 2009-2010
material related to "Sanctuaries of Safety California-Pacific Annual Conference"; and safe sanctuaries policy and procedures, Saint Mark United Methodist Church 2002-2005
United Methodist Ministries- Los Angeles District board of trustees meeting agendas, reports, minutes, flyers, memorandums, and other related documents 2003-2005
Saint Mark United Methodist Church vacation bible school photographs and certificates of appreciation 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010
Sub-Series B: Smith Family Personal Papers 1974-1978, 1997
Lynetta A. (Smith) McElroy- wedding invitations; thank you notes sent to Ernest and Mary Ann Smith; commencement programs and invitations; and other related documents 1975-1987
Cheryl (Smith) Vincent- wedding invitation; commencement programs and invitations; and diploma 1977-1979
Foraker Ulysses Smith, "A Multidimensional Evaluation of Social Systems". A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning, University of California Los Angeles 1974
Foraker U. Smith curriculum vitae circa 1978
Dennis, McDonald, Tinkshell family reunion [t-shirt] 1997
Series II: Professional Materials 1930-2011; undated
Sub-series A: Sheet Metal Contracting 1950-1996; undated
Los Angeles City College Department of Engineering blueprints drafted by Ernest Smith May-June 1960
material related to Contractors State License Board, bonding, and sheet metal contractor licensing 1994-1996
material related to Sheet Metal Workers' Trust Funds; Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Local Union No. 108; Bates Air Conditioning Contractors, Inc.; apprenticeship certificate; and notes 1954, 1957, 1980s, 1995; undated
catalog and manual related to sheet metal work 1966; undated
manuals and other documents related to heating and air-conditioning systems, ventilation, and electrical wiring 1950, 1957, 1960, 1964, undated
"Problems in Engineering Drawing"; "Minute Layouts, Simplifies Complexities of Geometry" [manuals] 1953; undated
"Testimonial Dinner to Mike Quevedo Given by HOD Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Local 300, Alexandria Hotel Los Angeles" [photograph] September 17, 1959
Sub-series B: Teaching and Education 1930-2009; undated
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) personnel file 1930, 1973-1987, 1995
California Retired Teachers Association "portfolio of vital information"; social security booklet on retirement undated
John Muir Junior High School- notes, certificates of appreciation, letters, and personnel file 1971-1987
certificates of appreciation- California Teachers Association (CTA),National Education Association (NEA), United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), LAUSD 1981-1984; 1995; 2002-2010
UTLA Black Education Committee 7th and 12th annual community conference programs April 1980; January 1985
UTLA South Area election material for board of directors position 1983
UTLA retirement dinner dance program; and retirement card June 17, 1995
material related to United Teachers of Los Angeles Race Matters Forum and education consultant Noma LeMoine January 6, 2005; September 2005
UTLA and African American Education Committee Twenty-Sixth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Awards Dinner program April 27, 2006
photograph of UTLA members undated
Road Atlas of United States, Mexico, and Canada in an embossed UTLA folder 1985
CTA, UTLA- embossed folders undated
CTA, UTLA- ribbon and luggage tag undated
CTA and UTLA related notes and contact information 2008; undated
UTLA- African American Educators [tote-bag] undated
"Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee" year-end report the CTA board of directors June 2007
California Teachers Association- "A Guide to CTA's Human Rights and Community Outreach Program and Services" [booklet] 2009
California Teachers Association- material related to CTA/NEA legislative contact program; member expense statements (blank) 2010
California Teachers Association community outreach department folder. Folder contains flyers regarding 40th anniversary of Voting Rights Act of 1965 undated
National Education Association (NEA) publications- NEA Today; RA Today; "Reports on Implementation of Actions of the 2002 Representative Assembly"; and others July 1994; July 2001; July 2003; July 2004; 2009
NEA Representative Assembly- new business motions regarding H.R. 40; inclusion of African American contributions in public school curriculum; and others 2000-2004
NEA- folder, booklet regarding NEA-ATA merger, NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner ticket 2008; undated
NEA Executive Committee Study Group reports on ethnic minority concerns undated
"Motions/Resolutions Presented to the Los Angeles city of Board of Education for Consideration" January 10, 2006
LAUSD- Small Business Advisory Council agenda; Board of Directors Financing Meeting order of business September 13, 1999; January 10, 2006
Material related to LAUSD's Action Plan for a Culturally Relevant Education that Benefits African American Students and All Other Students 2003-2004
LAUSD- Monitoring Report No. 2, "Monitoring the Blueprint for Implementing the Action Plan for a Culturally Relevant Education That Benefits African American Students and All Other Students", Floraline I. Stevens and Associates April 2004
LAUSD, "Closing the Achievement Gap. Improving Education Outcomes for Under Achieving Students" 2004
LAUSD- NCLB review process team training manual circa 2005
LAUSD purchasing branch vendor handbook undated
Black Leadership Coalition on Education (BLCE) Position Paper on Low Achievement of the African-American Learner March 20, 1989
articles and emails regarding minority scholarship opportunities 2000, 2003, 2009
Forum on Education and the African American Student, Sacramento City College. Presented by "The Sacramento Area Coalition for Educational Change for African American Students" May 29, 2004
career and college planning packet with brochures and one-sheets circa 2005
material related to University of California admissions process, enrollment, and Alliance for Equal Opportunity in Education (2 folders) 2006-2008
UC Berkeley- material related to applicants, outreach, recruitment, and marketing 2006-2007
"African American Educational Opportunity Report", UC ACCORD and UCLA IDEA November 2007
material related to resolution regarding "inclusion of African American contributions in all relevant curriculum in public schools" 1996-2001; undated
information regarding inclusion of African American, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans in public school curriculum 1999; March-April 2004
material related to Brown vs. Board of Education- articles, pamphlets, and 50th anniversary commemorative material 2000, 2003-2005
UTLA, LAUSD, NEA, and other education related buttons 2000, 2004, 2007; undated
Sub-series C: Activism and Politics 1960-2011; undated
NAACP- mission statement; constitution and by-laws; leadership, strategic goals, and resolutions; class action compliant NAACP v Ameriquest Mortgage Company 1996, 2001, 2006, 2007, undated
NAACP, "Manual on Branch Election Procedure" 1998, 2000, undated
NAACP- Los Angeles branch planning meeting documents; press releases; executive committee meeting documents; newsletters; flyers; notes; and other material 2003, 2005-2006, 2009
NAACP- material related to voter fund, and political action committee 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
NAACP- criminal justice manual; executive leadership mandatory certification training project; CA-NAACP website user guide 2002; undated
NAACP- town hall meeting "Reparations and Prop. 54 Awareness" including pamphlets, flyers, notes, and other material 2003
NAACP- material sent to Geraldine Washington regarding AB 583 "The California Clean Money and Fair Elections Bill" January 3, 2005
articles and documents regarding Leon Jenkins and a Department of Real Estate hearing; letter from Jenkins to Dr. Geraldine Washington 2006-2007
NAACP- Roy Wilkins Freedom Fund Awards Dinner program and invitation 2002, 2004, 2005
NAACP- Annual Roy Wilkins Freedom Fund Awards Dinner program, invitation, material related to Smith's volunteer of the year award, and other material June 26, 2003
NAACP- Roy Wilkins Freedom Fund Awards Gala, "Remembering the Legacy of Rosa Parks" scripts, programs, and correspondence 2005-2006
NAACP- International Visitor Leadership Program documents regarding potential meeting at NAACP office August 2007
NAACP- Roy Wilkins Freedom Fund Awards Gala agenda, program, and invitation 2009-2010
NAACP- Centennial Convention program, delegate's handbook, and magazine 2009
NAACP- 101st Annual Convention delegates reception ticket; 102nd Annual Convention program 2010-2011
NAACP- ACT-SO 32nd Annual Awards Ceremony program July 8-12, 2010
International Visitor Leadership Program- documents regarding potential meeting at NAACP office August 2007
articles and other documents related to H.R. 40, Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act 1997, 2000-2002, 2006-2007; undated
National Reparations Congress- meeting agendas, programs, meeting minutes, press releases, and other material July-August 2004
"Slavery and Justice" report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice (two copies) undated
"Response of Brown University to the Report of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice"; and articles about the committee 2004, February 2007
material related to voting and voter registration including statistics, flyers, articles, and minority candidate endorsements 1960, 1963-1964, 2001
Letters from Robert Farrell, Tom Bradley, George McGovern, and Edmund G. Brown to Smith regarding various political campaigns he supported 1961, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1975
Committee for Representative Government- articles of incorporation, constitutional by-laws, and correspondence August 1963; undated
California Legislature Assembly- correspondence; California State Seal; Assembly Bills 3 and 76; document entitled "New Assembly and Board of Equalization Districts"; notes 1963-1990; 2001
Proceedings of the Electors of President and Vice President of the United States of America for the State of California held at the State Capitol City of Sacramento State of California December 14, 1964
Zephyr Democratic Club- constitution, envelope, and letter from Robert C. Farrell 1965, 1974, undated
Yvonne W. Brathwaite Campaign 1966-1971, 1977, 1992
"California Legislature at Sacramento. Biographies and Photographs of Senate and Assembly Members and Officers. List of Senate and Assembly Members, Officers, Attaches, Committees, and Rules of the Two Houses" 1967, 1969, 1971, 1975
California delegation to the Democratic National Convention- letter and certificate June 27, 1972
California Democratic Delegation 1972 Democratic National Convention, Miami Beach [folder] 1972
certificates- Smithsonian Construction Contribution; LA Voter Education Project; service to the City of Los Angeles; California State Senate 1976, 1977; 1989; undated
Flyers, pamphlets, press release, and oversized banner regarding Smith's senate campaigns 1978; undated
Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee Democrat of the Year certificate, and congratulatory letter from Julian C. Dixon May 1981
"The Capitol: A Pictorial History of the Capitol and of the Congress". 7th Edition. Sent to Smith by Julian Dixon circa 1982
U.S. House of Representatives- visitor's passes, letter from Charles H. Wilson regarding Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson; Congressional Record Vol. 136, No. 83; DNC contributing member mailer 1990; 1993; undated
President Clinton and Democratic National Committee commemorative prints and certificates; and postcards from Al Gore campaign 1995-1997; 2000-2001
California Legislative Black Caucus Annual Symposium Folder. Folder contains CLBC history and roster; Brown University admissions information; articles regarding most powerful Black Executives and global influentials (Forbes Magazine, Time Magazine); PIC Committee Directory; and other documents 2002, 2003, 2006
email with subject line "A Great Lesson in Bourgeois 'Democracy'- What Went Wrong in Ohio" January 2005
material related to President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign including flyers; stickers; fundraising and campaign documents; notes; calendar; posters; and correspondence 2007-2009
Citizens for Redistricting Commission- notes and correspondence 2010; undated
L.A. Union "One by One by One" [t-shirt] undated
buttons related to politics, activism, and political campaigns circa 1970s-2000s
Series III: Subject Files 1963-2010; undated
Los Angeles City Schools- "Art K-2: An Instructional Guide", "Enjoying Pictures" 1961; undated
"Report on Mississippi" by the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights January 1963
Sacramento Bee article entitled "LA Assemblyman Ferrell Legislates on Weekdays, Preaches Weekends" March 7, 1963
President's Commission on the Status of Women "Report on the Committee on Civil and Political Rights"; and "Report on Four Consultations" August, October 1963
5th and 6th Annual California Negro Leadership Conference programs 1963; 1965
"Negro Women Workers in 1960". U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau. Bulletin 287 1964
"News and Views at Fifty-Ninth" Vol. 1, No. 1 June 1966
"Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders" March 1968
"The Black Man in American Politics: A Course Outline". Published by Center on Urban and Minority Affairs August 1, 1969
"The Black Politician, A Journal of Current Political Thought" Vol. 1, No.4; Vol. 2, No. 1 Spring, Summer 1970
"Black Law Journal", Vol. 1, No. 1-2 Spring, Summer 1971
The Joint Center for Political Studies' Guide to Black Politics 72. Part I. The Democratic National Convention June 26, 1972
"The Hastings Community", Vol. XXIV, No. 1 Winter 1979
The Grantsmanship Center "Program Planning and Proposal Writing"; California Student Aid Commission document regarding Cal Grants 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, undated
"Fact Sheets on Institutional Racism". Compiled by the Council on Interracial Books for Children January 1982
articles, essays, and clippings regarding education and teaching 1983, 2000, 2004, undated
"Black Dispatches, Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the Civil War" Winter 1998-1999
"Promising Initiatives to Improve Education in Your Community: A Guide to Selected U.S. Department of Education Grant Programs and Funding Opportunities" 2000
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) packet containing press releases, fact sheets, brochures, magazines, and other documents June-August 2001
"African American Yearbook: A Unique Resource and Referral Guide for and About African-Americans, 2nd edition" 2002
African American Collaborative [draft] 2003
"Color of Money: 2003. Campaign Contributions, Race, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood". Public Campaign, the Fannie Lou Hamer Project, and the William C. Velasquez Institute December 2003
article entitled "The Special Challenge of Proposition 13" October 24, 2004
email regarding "USA Today article on black spending" March 3, 2005
Tennessee State Board of Education- material regarding African American History Curriculum October 21, 2005
articles related to Hurricane Katrina Bill, HR 4197; and reconstructing New Orleans November 2005
"The State of Black Los Angeles", Los Angeles Urban League 2005
email and transcript of an interview regarding immigration April 2006
"African American Yearbook. The Resource and Referral Guide for and about African Americans, 9th Edition" 2009-2010
pamphlet regarding African American voting history (cover missing) undated
UCLA Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies informational brochures undated
marketing materials for UCLA early academic outreach program; and welcome package undated
essay entitled "White Man what Do You Know About the Negro? Negro What Do You Know About Yourself? by Marion Hill undated
UCLA marketing material and brochures- Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies; campus map; Sunset Village brochure undated
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission- Los Angeles District office promotional material undated
"African Americans in Los Angeles: Prospects for the 21st Century", edited by J. Eugene Grigsby III undated
"McDonald's Salute to Black Inventors. Communication." Black Science Activity Books, Learning Activities (photocopy) undated
Series IV: Photographs and A/V Material circa 1930s-2000s; undated
Sub-Series A: Photographs circa 1930s-2000s
Photographs circa 1940s-2000s
Photographs circa 1960s-1970s; 2000s
Scotch Magnetic Tape reel-to-reel. "Blank 1 +2"; "spliced (blank)"; four unlabeled undated