Inventory of the Dennis Kroll Collection SPC.2019.043
Karen Clemons
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2019-11-18
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Dennis Kroll Collection
Creator:
Kroll, Dennis
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.043
Physical Description:
7 boxes
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1853-2017; undated
Date (bulk): 1930-1960
Abstract: This collection contains material that Dennis Kroll collected that relates mostly to Compton history including information
about the land, institutions, landmarks, and people. Also included in this collection are yearbooks for Compton Senior High
School, Compton Junior High School, Roosevelet High School and others; as well as family photographs.
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[title of item] Dennis Kroll Collection, Courtesy of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California
State University, Dominguez Hills
Scope and Contents
The Dennis Kroll Collection (1853-2017; undated) contains 3.5 linear feet of material collected by Kroll that relates mostly
to Compton history. A majority of the collection contains documents printed from Wikipedia and Ancestry.com, as well as photocopies
of photographs, census records, books, and other material related to the land, institutions, landmarks, and people of Compton,
California. Also included in this collection are yearbooks for Compton Senior High School, Compton Junior High School, Roosevelet
High School and others; as well as family photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Dennis Kroll is a historian who was a graduate of Compton Senior High School (class of 1957). His wife, Barbara (née Baker)
was also a graduate of Compton Senior High School (class of 1959).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection was donated with the cooperation of the Compton 125 Historical Society, 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Compton (Calif.)
Public schools--California--Compton
Public buildings--California--Compton
Yearbooks
Genealogy
Series I: Compton Yearbooks
1930-2009
1954-1960
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains junior high school and senior high school yearbooks from Compton, California.
box 1, box 2, folder 1
Compton Senior High School Yearbooks
1930, 1954-1957, 1959-1960
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Yearbooks for 1930 and 1957 are photocopies. Also includes a photocopy of the 1954 commencement exercises, and some yearbooks
belonged to Kroll (class of 1957) and his wife, Barbara (nee Baker) Kroll (class of 1959) and contain signatures and notes
from other students.
box 2, folder 2
Compton High School 50th Anniversary Photo Album
October 3, 2009
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3-4
Compton Junior High School Yearbooks (photocopies only)
1932, 1942
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 5
Enterprise Junior High School Yearbook
1951
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 6-7
Roosevelt High School Yearbooks (photocopies only)
1949, 1951
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 8-10
Roosevelt Junior High School Yearbooks
1952-1954
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Yearbooks contain signatures and notes from other students.
box 2, folder 11-12
Frank L. Walton Junior High School Yearbooks
1959-1960
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Yearbooks belonged to Bob Austin, and contain signatures and notes from other students.
Series II: Books and Media
1853-2002; undated
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains books and media belonging to Dennis Kroll.
box 2, folder 13
Photocopy of "[Sixty years in Southern California] 1853-1913, containing the reminiscences of [Harris Newmark]"
1916
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 14
Photocopy of "Kelly Field in the Great World War" , 2nd. Edition. Edited by Lieut. H.D. Kroll
1919
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 15
Photocopy of "Water Department city of Long Beach, California. History and Annual Report, 1943-1944"
1944
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 16
"Luskey's Compton Criss Cross City Directory and Home Blue Book Edition"
March 1962
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 1-3
"Clock Identification and Price Guide" by Roy Ehrhardt, books 1-3
May 1977, March 1983, February 1987
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 4
Photocopy of "California Brand Book 2002", State of California Department of Food and Agriculture, Bureau of Livestock Identification
2002
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 5
DV-R labeled "Kroll and Spotsville"
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 6
CD-R labeled "Arne Pico from Denmark Visits USA/PICOPARC"
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 7
Booklet entitled "Theodore R. Goodwin, Three Views" by Ardis Walker, Horace Albright, and Ron Miller. Edited by Tony Kroll.
Keepsake No. 18, published for the 29th Annual Death Valley '49ers Encampment, November 9-12, 1978
1978
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 8
"The Anchor". United States Naval Training Center, San Diego, California. Company 483. [book]
undated
Language of Material: English.
Series III: Research Materials
1900-2017; undated
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains research material mostly from Wikipedia, Ancestry.com, and other websites regarding Los Angeles and Compton
history. Dates in this series reflect both creation date, such as dates visable in photocopied images (when applicable), as
well as dates from when copies were downloaded and printed from websites.
box 3, folder 9
African American Community. Research mostly related to Buffalo Soldiers and Lt. Col. Allensworth
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 10
Benjamin Davis Wilson- Wikipedia entry
June 19, 2017
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 11
Biddy Mason- Wikipedia entry, Ancestry, and other internet research
June 16, 2017
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 12
Chief Two Guns White Calf- photocopy of two images
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 13
Compton City History- mostly images printed from USC Digital Library; copies of city directories; and other printed documents
1894-1956; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 14
Compton Family History- printed photographs, cenus information, and other documents mostly from Ancestry.com
circa 1950; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 15
Compton High School Alumni- documents about graduates printed from Ancestry.com
October 2016; June 2017
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 16
Compton Union High School- photocopies of images of the school and pages from yearbooks
1929-1933; circa 1950s
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 17
Compton Junior College- photocopies of images of campus and other related images
1930s
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 18
two issues of "Compton Business Journal"
March 15-April 15, 1996; January 2000
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 19
Dennis Bruce Shedd memorial service program (two copies)
June 2013
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 20
Photocopies of material related to Dennis Kroll and Charles Kroll from Ancestry.com and Compton High School yearbooks
October 2016, June 2017
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 21
Photocopies of directories, cenusus, and voter registrations for Compton, California and Los Angeles County
1900, 1951, undated
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 22
Dominguez High School photocopy image of the Class of 1962; photocopies of Dominguez Slough map
1962, undated
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 23
Don Klosterman- Wikipedia entry; and tribute article (photocopy)
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 1
Harmon Higgins- mostly images printed from CSU Dominguez Hills digital collections, and other internet research
January 8, 2011; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 2
photocopy of "evacuation and resettlement study" for Taigoro Jack Miyahara
June 3, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 4, Folder 3
Jewish Americans- Jewish Virtual Library article on Los Angeles; and excerpt from American Jewish Yearbook 1909 (photocopies)
March 5, 2015
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 4
Kroll Family- photocopies of images, voter registration lists, material from Ancestry.com, and other documents
1900-1957, 2009
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 5
Los Angeles- photocopies from select pages from "History of Los Angeles County"; Los Angeles City Directory; and other documents
November 18, 2010; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, Folder 6
Long Beach- photocopies of images and a map
1905; 1910; 1946; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 7
Lynwood- photocopies of an image, brief history, and "6-4-4 Plan"
1950s; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 8
Mexican War- photocopies of maps; images; Wikipedia entries for Maximilian I of Mexico and Girandoni Air Rifle; information
about Fort Moore
February 2011, February 2012
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 9
Photocopies of maps; images; Ancestry.com entries; and other material mostly related to Compton history
circa 1900-2010; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 10
Photocopies of material related to gravesites and memorials
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 11
Norwalk- photocopies of images, maps, and city directories
1950s; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 12
Pico Family- photocopies of mostly images of family members and of the Pico house
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 13
Polly Bergen- Wikipedia entry, and photocopies of photographs
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 14
Photocopy of "Stories fo the Rancho San Pedro" by R.G. Gillingham (two copies)
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 15
Theodore (Ted) Koopmans- biography and Ancestry.com census data
1930; December 6, 2006
Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 16
Wilmington- "Wilson College in Wilmington, the First Coed Campus in the West" (photocopy); Wikipedia entries; and other documents
August 24, 2013; undated
Language of Material: English.
box 5
Research related to Compton
circa 1950s-2003; undated
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This box contains photocopies of Compton High School and Junior High School newsletters; programs for events and reunions;
obituaries; information related to alumni; information related to Power Sports Wagon; census records; images; materials related
to the Watson family; and other material.
box 6-7
Series IV: Photographs
circa 1943-1987; undated
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs taken on trips to Virginia City, Nevada, Madonna Inn, Mission San Juan Bautistia, Soledad
Mission, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo; images of Kroll's family; images of the Pico family and Pio Pico State Historic Park;
images taken at Compton [high school] reunions; photocopies of Colin P. Kelly Elementary School class photographs (1943-1951);
and other photocopied images taken in Compton. Also included are images taken by Jerry Gerhard Victor Barsch of buildings
in Compton after the 1933 earthquake.
Oversized photographs of Bunker Hill; Angels Flight; Downtown [Los Angeles] at Broadway; and an autographed Claude and Cliff
Trenier poster are located in Box 1.
