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18th and 19th century cartoons and caricatures

Collection consists of portfolios of mounted British and American 18th and 19th century political cartoons, and Charles Nelan's (2nd ed., 1898) and , volume 1, nos. 1-11, May 16, 1898 to Aug. 2, 1898....

 
1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire photograph album

Photograph album containing 52 snapshots of streeets and buildings in San Francisco, following the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906.

 
19th-century American political and literary figures album of carte de visite portraits

Album of carte de visite portraits of political and public figures, probably from the 1860s, most published by E. Anthony or E. and H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, from photographic negatives by Mathew B. Brady's studio, Brady's National Portrait...

 
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A. Brown Co. records

Andrew Brown (1829-1909) was born in Ireland. In 1852, he sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco. He later went into the mercantile business, purchased thousands of acres of land, built a flour mill and a lumber mill and became...

 
Aaron (Benjamin) papers

UCLA Professor of Law Emeritus Benjamin Aaron's principal field of study was labor law and industrial relations with a special emphasis on comparative labor law. Materials include arbitration case files, conference files, documents pertaining to Aaron's involvement in the National...

 
Abbeys - Collection of Material

The collection consists of materials related to abbeys in Belgium and other parts of Europe.

 
Abdullah (Achmed) papers

Achmed Abdullah (1881-1945) wrote screenplays, novels, plays and short stories. The collection consists of typescripts of screenplays, novels, plays, and short stories written by Abdullah.

 
Abel (Rudolfe) collection of material about Dance in Southern California

Collection consists of programs, clippings, advertising, dance school brochures, and serial publications relating to the dance in Southern California.

 
Abernathy (Charline) papers

Charline Abernathy is a lifelong public servant who is active in Northeast Los Angeles. She was the secretary of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce as well as the President of the Highland Park Ebell Management Company Inc. Dedicated to...

 
Abiko Family Papers

Kyutaro Abiko (1865-1936) was the longtime publisher of the of San Francisco, the leading Japanese daily newspaper published from 1899-1942. He also organized the Central California Land Company. In 1909, he married Yonako Abiko (1880-1944). After the death of Kyutaro...

 
Ackerman (Fremont) papers

Fremont Ackerman worked as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana. He later established his own business as a civil engineer and surveyor in the Southern California area. The collection consists of field books, maps, drawings, correspondence,...

 
Ackerman (Rhea C.) papers

Rhea C. Ackerman (1896- ) worked at Los Angeles Juvenile Hall (1929-43), the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (1943-51), and was the director of public relations at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (1954-59). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia...

 
ACT UP/Los Angeles records

ACT UP is an international direct action advocacy group focused primarily on improving the access to and quality of AIDS healthcare services, as well as coalition building with a broad range of other activist communities. This collection contains ephemera and...

 
Actors' Laboratory records

The Actors' Laboratory of Hollywood was a non-profit professional theater and school which existed from 1941-52. The collection includes financial and legal records, material regarding curriculum, enrollment, policies, and scholarships, minutes from executive board and committee meetings, memos, correspondence, a...

 
Adams (Agnes A., Lady) Papers

Lady Adams (1869-1942) was born Agnes Anne Cook in Scotland. She wrote popular articles for newspapers and magazines. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to Lady Adams's life and writings.

 
Adams (Ansel) papers

Ansel Easton Adams (1902-1984) was born in San Francisco, California. A photographer and conservationist, he helped to establish photography as an art form and is known for his detailed, panoramic photos of the American West. The collection consists of typescripts,...

 
Adams (Charles K.) Santa Fe Railroad collection

In 1868, Cyrus K. Holliday obtained a charter and raised capital for a new railroad that began running in Kansas the following year. He dreamed of a railway to replace covered wagons along the Santa Fe Trail between Independence, Missouri...

 
Adams (John M.) Papers

John Milton Adams (1905- ) was a professor of pediatrics at UCLA (1950-72) specializing in immunology, multiple sclerosis (MS), and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The collection consists of Adams's professional correspondence, publications, and research files.

Adams (Peggy H.) papers

Peggy Hamilton Adams was a fashion designer, editor of the rotogravure fashion page (1921-34) and a host for local radio programs (1929-33) that dealt with fashion concerns of the modern woman. The collection consists of materials related to Hamilton's career...

 
Adams (William B.) papers

William B. Adams was professor of Theater Arts at UCLA. The collection consists of materials relating to the production of Adams' book, (c. 1977).

 
Adams (William S.) Papers

William S. Adams (1919- ) served in the medical corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve (1945-46), and also as a consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. He worked as a physician at the Veterans Administration Center Hospital, Los Angeles,...

 
Addington (Gerald, 4th Viscount Sidmouth of Devon, England) carte de visite photograph album of family and Oxford friends

Victorian photograph album containing carte de visite and cabinet card photographs of Gerald Anthony Pellew Bagnall Addington, 4th Viscount Sidmouth, his family, schoolmates, and Oxford college.

 
African Slavery in Cuba Documents collection

A collection of 19th-century documents related to African slavery in Cuba. Documents include auction records, baptism records, sale documents, and other legal records. By the middle of the 16th century, enslaved Africans were colonial Cuba's primary source of labor after...

 
Ahn (Hyung-ju) Korean Materials Collection

Hyung-ju (also known as Henry) Ahn graduated from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania in 1964, worked as a computer systems analyst for aerospace companies and for Orange County, California (1965-95), and received his...

 
Ainslie (Douglas) letters

Grant Duff Douglas Ainslie (1865-1948) was an English poet, critic, and diplomat. He translated works of Benedetto Croce into English and wrote (1928) and (1942). The collection consists of correspondence to Douglas Ainslie from various persons including one letter from...

 
Ainsworth (Ed) papers

Edward Maddin Ainsworth (1902-1968) worked for the as a copyreader in 1924. He progressed from city editor to state editor, editorial page editor, assistant to the managing editor, and eventually became a columnist. He also wrote several books on California...

 
Ainsworth (Katherine) papers

Katherine Ainsworth (1908- ) worked as a children's librarian for the Los Angeles Public Library (1928-35), school librarian for Los Angeles public schools (1949-51), and head librarian for Monrovia Public Library (1953-67). She was also a regular reviewer for the...

 
Air Pollution - collection of material

Collection contains pamphlets and mimeographed professional papers relating to air pollution and its physiological effects. Also contains a bibliography of journal publications on the subject....

 
Akahori Family papers

Masaru Akahori was a writer, businessman, and an active member of the Japanese American community. He worked for several different Japanese language newspapers both in Japan and in the United States. He was also involved in numerous business ventures, many...

 
Akins (Zoe) papers

Zoë Akins (1886-1958) was born in Missouri and relocated to California in 1928. A playwright, Akins plays enjoyed great popularity in the 1920s and 1930s on Broadway and in screen adaptations. The collection consists of Zoë Akins's literary manuscripts of...

 
Albert and Charles Boni, Inc. records

Albert Boni (1892-1981) founded Albert and Charles Boni, Incorporated with his brother in New York City (1923). They introduced Boni Paper Books, and sold them by mail-order subscription. Active in both literary and political fields, the firm published such controversial...

 
Albertype Company Souvenir Viewbooks

Collection consists of souvenir viewbooks from the Albertype Company, Brooklyn, New York, including views of the U.S., Canada, and Indians of North America....

 
Albright (Horace M.) papers

Horace Marden Albright (1890-1987) worked for the Federal government in the U.S. Department of the Interior (1915-17)and co-founded the U.S. National Park Service serving as assistant director (1917-19) and director (1929-33). She was also the first superintendent of Yellowstone National...

 
Album de photographie [graphic]

Two bound volumes of early albumen prints--possibly produced 1855-1870, by an unknown photographer, probably an amateur experimenter. The photographs are albumen prints of pieces of statuary, floral arrangement still lifes, paintings and drawings, and outdoor shots of trees and gardens....

 
Alexander (Paul J.) papers

Collection consists mostly of photographs of Byzantine manuscripts with some transcriptions, several microfilm, and 1 folder of biographical material on Paul Alexander by his wife....

 
Alfin-Slater (Roslyn) papers

Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater (1916-2002) was faculty in the UCLA Department of Public Health and known in the field for her common-sense approach to diet and nutrition. The papers include correspondence, research notes, administrative materials from the UCLA Department of Public...

 
All World Hebrew Central Organization records

The All World Hebrew Central Organization was a Hebraic organization whose mission was to protect and defend the interests of the Hebrew people. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, and sheet music related to the All World Hebrew Central Organization located in...

Allan (Maud) Papers

Maud Allan (1883-1956) was a interpretive dancer. She made her performing debut in Vienna (1903) and was best known for her solo performance in (1908). She toured India (1913), Southeast Asia (1913 and 1923), South America (1919-1920), and the U.S....

 
Allen (Bennet M.) Papers

Bennet Mills Allen (1887-1963) was a professor of zoology at the University of Kansas (1913) and the Southern Branch of the University of California (1922). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and photos related to Allen's career as a...

 
Allen Family Collection of Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Ephemera

The collection consists mainly of ephemera and printed material, a ball gown worn by the donor's mother to the Inauguration Ball, publications such as "Life" and "Look" and newspapers which cover the Kennedy inauguration and assassination. This collection also includes...

 
Allen (Henry W.) Papers

Henry Wilson Allen was born September 29, 1912 in Kansas City, Missouri; wrote more than fifty western novels for adults and children; during 1930s worked as a stablehand, shop clerk, and gold miner; became screenwriter for MGM in 1937; published...

 
Allen (John H.) Papers

Collection consists of typescripts of manuscripts by John Houghton Allen presented to Lawrence Clark Powell as well as two letters from Allen to Powell.

 
Aller (Lawrence H.) papers

Lawrence H. Aller was an astronomer and professor at UCLA. The collection consists largely of correspondence and Aller's published papers on a variety of astronomical topics.

Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles records

The Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles, California was founded ca. 1921 to provide municipal, county, state, and national governments with professional architects at a reasonable cost. AAALA did not accept or perform architectural services for private individuals or firms....

 
Aloni (Ami) papers

The materials consist of written music, scores, and assorted paperwork related to the career of composer Ami Aloni. Aloni worked as a music director and composer for the film and television industry.

 
Altman (George) papers

George Altman (1884-1962) was a German theatrical producer and director. The collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, bookplates, a 1902 calendar, sketches of stage plans, and a copy of Arthur Schnitzler's , with notations by Altman.

 
Alvin (Joe) papers

The collection consists of material related to the career of journalist and publicist Joe Alvin. Included in the collection are publicity photographs, writings by Alvin and others, correspondence, and memorabilia.

 
American Academy of Ophthalmology (Foundation) Oral History Series

Collection consists of eight volumes of the Ophthalmology Oral History series, A link with our past, from The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The volumes were produced in cooperation with the Regional Oral History Office, University of California,...

 
American Cities, a collection of perspectives

The collection consists of 8 perspective drawings of aerial views of major United States cities.

 
American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California records

Collection consists of legal, educational, and organizational files of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Includes minutes, correspondence, memoranda, clippings, case files, and briefs. Topics covered in case files include the right to counsel, women's rights, Japanese-American relocation...

 
American Composers Forum Los Angeles Chapter records

The American Composers Forum is a national organization that provides opportunities for composers to create and engage their communities in artistic creation and performance. The organization supports composers at all stages in their careers through grants, commissions, performance programs, and...

 
American Hotel (The) and Al's Bar Project records

The American Hotel and Al's Bar Project was a grassroots creative complex on the corner of Hewitt Street and Traction Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Conceptual artist Marc Kreisel designed the project as a work of functional sculpture to circulate...

 
American Institute of Landscape Architects records

The American Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) began as the Southern California Landscape Architects (SCLA) in 1954 after the appointment of the State Registration of California Landscape Architects Board by California Governor Goodwin Knight. The institute was renamed the California...

 
American Newspapers (Various) collection of Reprints and Facsimile Reproductions

Collection consists of reprints and facsimile reproductions of issues of various American newspapers and historical headlines from the Los Angeles times of twentieth century Presidential elections (1900-1968). Also includes (1800), (1863), (1865), (1892), (1879), (1860), (1920), (1881), (1906), (1853), (1851),...

 
American pamphlets collection

Collection consists of American pamphlets....

 
American paperback fiction collection

Collection consists of 3300 items of turn of the century popular fiction, issued in series as well as some non-fiction titles and serials. The major part of the collection consists of duplicate copyright deposit copies from the Library of Congress....

 
Amesti (Jose) Cuaderno de Cuentas dela Casa del J[os]e Amesti del Año de 1840 a 1850

Accounting book of Jose Amesti, an merchant in mid-nineteenth century Monterey, California.

 
Amestoy (Helen) Collection of Materials on Lawrence Clark Powell

Helen Amestoy was a librarian at the Los Angeles County Public Library, and a member of the first graduating class of UCLA's School of Library Science. This collection consists of letters, clippings, and other ephemera regarding Lawrence Clark Powell and...

Ammen (Daniel) papers

Daniel Ammen (1819-1896) served in the U.S. Navy (1836-1868), was in charge of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Bureau of Navigation (1868-78), and served as Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission (1872-76). He was also an advocate...

 
Anderson (Arthur J.O.) papers

Arthur James Outram Anderson was a professor and researcher whose specializations included the American Southwest, Mesoamerica, and the Nahuatl language. Anderson's most significant work that defined his professional career was his collaboration with colleague Charles E. Dibble, of the University...

 
Anderson (Eugene N.) Papers

Eugene Newton Anderson (1900- ) was a professor of history at the University of Nebraska where he was attacked during the McCarthy period by the American Legion for the use of a certain textbook. He later joined the UCLA Department...

 
Anderson (Hugh H.) Papers

Hugh Harris Anderson was a member of the Friends of the American Way and the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play. He assisted Japanese Americans in Southern California at the time of the evacuation and post-World War...

 
Andrews (Colman) Papers

Colman Andrews wrote (with others, c. 1978), (c. 1984) and (1988). The collection consists of Andrews' manuscripts, correspondence, notes, published articles, printed and photocopied articles, and the typed manuscript, advance proof, and paperback edition of in English and Catalan.

 
Andrews (Robert H.) papers

Robert Hardy Andrews (b.1908) was a reporter, then city editor for and later of "Midweek" for the . He was also a writer-producer for radio, motion pictures and television, author of books, screenplays, television scripts and short stories. The collection...

 
Angulo (Jaime de) Papers

Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950) was born in Paris, France. He studied medicine in the U.S. at Cooper Union Medical School and Johns Hopkins. His interests turned to anthropology and linguistics. He wrote two novels, children's stories, poetry and a book...

 
ANTA West records

ANTA West was a non profit corporation organized in the state of California, in September 1957, to stimulate public interest in the performing arts and to foster and support live theatrical activity. The collection consists of files related to their...

 
Anthony (Gordon) Ballet and Theatrical Photograph Albums

Gordon Anthony was born James Gordon Dawson Stannus (1902-1989) in Wicklow, Ireland. His photographs during the ballet revival in England in the 1930s helped the Royal Ballet obtain international prominence. His books include (1950), (1951) and (1975). The collection consists...

 
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (Southern California Chapter) records

The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America was founded in 1949 to encourage interest in rare books and manuscripts and to maintain the highest standards in the antiquarian book trade. The collection consists of the Southern California Chapter files of the...

 
Arabic manuscripts collection

Boxes 1-142 and 169-171 include materials in Arabic relating to Islam and Islamic law. The entire collection is in Arabic....

Arai Family papers

Ryichir Arai was born in 1855 and came to New York in 1876 to start the direct export of silk. Ryichir Arai, Toyo Morimura, and Morimoto Sato were founders of Japanese American Trade, and they promoted closer relations between Japan...

 
Architecture and Urban Planning collection

Collection contains newspaper clippings relating to architecture and urban affairs, including smog control, freeways, and public transit. Also contains reports of the Community Analysis Bureau of Los Angeles....

 
Ardizzone (Edward) papers

Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979) was born in Haiphong, French Indochina. He was a painter and graphic artist. He wrote and illustrated (1936) and illustrated more than 100 books, the most famous of which was The collection consists of original watercolors, manuscripts,...

 
Ardrey (Robert) papers

Robert Ardrey (1908-1970) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied the natural and social sciences at University of Chicago and lectured on anthropology for two years, but later found himself more interested in drama. He became a playwright and a...

 
Arlt (Gustave O.) papers

Gustave O. Arlt served as a professor of Germanic Languages and Dean of the Graduate Division at UCLA prior to becoming the founding president of the Council of Graduate Schools. Even after his retirement in 1970, Arlt continued to be...

Armenian Manuscripts Collection

Collection consists of Armenian manuscripts from the 14th to 19th centuries, mostly from the Minasian Collection. Many are in contemporary bindings....

 
Arnold (Bion J.) reports on operating procedures of suburban railways in the Eastern United States

Bion J. Arnold was a consulting engineer on operating procedures of suburban railways in the Eastern United States. He founded The Arnold Company in Chicago, IL. This collection consists primarily of his consulting reports on railways, most prominently the Bay...

 
Arobateau (Red) papers

Red is a transsexual man, born in 1943. He is of mixed race heritage and identifies as White, Native, Hispanic and African-American. He is a poet, playwright, erotic artist and painter. This collection houses several self published poetry collections by...

 
Aroeste (Jean L.) Papers

Jean Lisette Aroeste (b.1932) was a reference librarian at UCLA (1962), wrote teleplays for the television series(1968-69), and was the co-editor of the (1971). The collection contains manuscripts of two television scripts for the program : “All our yesterdays” (1968),...

 
Artists Exhibition Announcements collection

Collection consists of individual artist exhibition announcements by commercial galleries and art museums. Announcements are for predominantly US artists and contain primarily visual information and occasional biographical data.

 
Ashcraft (Richard) papers

Collection consists of materials related to the career of political science professor, Richard Ashcraft. Includes research files and notes, publications, reviews, lecture notes, and course syllabi and papers. Research includes material on various political science related topics including John Locke...

 
Ashizawa (Riichi) papers

Riichi Ashizawa (also known as George Asher) was a photographer and entrepreneur in San Francisco, California. Ashizawa was a Yamanashi native who came to the United States in 1899. He ran businesses such as Yamato Laundry, Asher's Picture House, Asher's...

 
AT & T Records of the Olympic Torch Relay

The 1984 Olympic torch relay, sponsored and documented by AT & T, began in New York City on May 8, 1984 and ended in the Los Angeles Coliseum on July 28, 1984 at the opening of the 1984 Summer Olympic...

 
Augsburg photographs from 1890-1905

Portfolio of ten mounted photographs by an unidentified photographer of streets, neighborhoods, churches and civic buildings of old Augsburg, probably dating from around 1900.

 
Ausmus (Delbert) papers

Collection consists of notes made by Colonel Delbert Ausmus on 5 x 8 cards in preparation for his oral history interview, A career in the U.S. Coast Artillery Corps, in which he relates his boyhood in the Southern Kansas wheat...

 
Austin (John C.) Papers

John Corneby Wilson Austin (1870-1963) was a 20th century Los Angeles architect. He designed and supervised the construction of the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, California State Building, St. Vincent's Hospital, Griffith Observatory, and St. Paul's Church. In...

 
Austin (Mary H.) Carey McWilliams collection of material about

Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) was an author who published thirty-one books and many short stories, essays, and poems. The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, articles, clippings, and ephemera by and about Mary Austin. The bulk of the collection is made...

 
Austin (Verne) Papers

Austin was born in 1894. He was Commander of the 752nd Military Police Battalion of Tule Lake, California from 1943-45. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. Collection contains records of events and exhibits related to the...

 
Avant-garde poetry tape recordings

Collection consists of 42 reel-to-reel tapes recorded by Michael Silverton for an avant-garde poetry series for New York radio station WNYC in 1966, and another for radio station WBAI in 1967.

 
Avawatz Salt and Gypsum Company records

The Avawatz Salt and Gypsum Company was formed by Herman Henry Kerckhoff in Los Angeles in 1912. The company owned 2,450-acres of mining property in the Avawatz Mountains, located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County. In 2011 the...

 
Avidan (Danielle) and Abitbol (Anna M.) papers

Materials relate to the lives and careers of Danielle Avidan and her mother, Anna Mireille Abitbol. Materials consist of photographs, photo albums, drawings, sketches, and ephemera.

 
Avon Books collection

Collection consists of an archive set up by the UCLA Library of all the books published by the Avon Book Division of the Hearst Corporation, beginning with March 1960.

 
Axe (Ruth F.) collection of material about H.H. Bancroft and Company

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, publications, and ephemera by and about H.H. Bancroft and Co. and A.L. Bancroft and Co. Ruth Frey Axe compiled the collection to complete the Bancroft publications checklist started by Henry Wagner and Eleanor Bancroft.

 
Ayres & Fiege architectural drawings

Ayres & Fiege was a prolific Los Angeles architectural firm founded in 1946 by Donald Ayres and Herbert F. Fiege. The collection consists of the firm's architectural drawings, plans, and specifications from school, church, commercial and residential projects.

 
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Babitz (Mae) papers

Mae Babitz (1911-2003) illustrated architectural landmarks of Los Angeles from 1940 to 1970 and was instrumental in saving Simon Rodia's Watts Towers from destruction. The collection includes artwork as well as personal correspondence and correspondence with the City of Los...

 
Bacher (William A.) papers

William A. Bacher (1900- ) practiced dentistry for 10 years before becoming a radio producer in 1929. He joined 20th Century-Fox in 1943 and produced (1944), (1945), and (1947). He also co-wrote and produced in 1955. The collection consists of...

 
Baden (Nancy) collection about Brazilian Literature

Nancy Baden was a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Cal State Fullerton. Much of her work concentrated on Jorge Amado and literature produced under the period of Brazilian censorship. This collection consists of books that are either by or...

 
Baerwald (Hans H.) papers

Hans Baerwald was a UCLA professor emeritus and internationally renowned scholar of Japanese politics. The collection consists of correspondence, Baerwald's master publication file, lecture notes, professional organization and conference files and research files on subjects such as the purge, the...

 
Bagnall (Sandra) collection on Millicent Hamburger, 1928-2009

Millicent Hamburger was a modern dance teacher who taught at Acalanes High School, in the Bay Area town of Lafayette, California, for three decades. This collection contains production files, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and ephemera generated or collected from Hamburger's...

 
Bagni (Gwen) papers

Gwen Bagni had a decades-long career as a Hollywood writer. She began her screen writing career in the late-1930s, working in film, radio, and television. Among her many credits are popular radio programs such as and ; television series such...

 
Bail (Hamilton V.) Harvard Collection

The Hamilton Bail Harvard collection consists of books, ephemera, and assorted printed material relating to the history of Harvard College.

 
Bailey (Paul D.) papers

Paul Dayton Bailey (1906-1987) was a publisher, editor, and author who chronicled the Mormon Church and the American West and established Westernlore Press in 1941. The collection consists of Bailey's literary typescripts and holograph corrections of books about the American...

 
Baird (William M.) papers

Boxes 10-21 include correspondence, receipted bills, cancelled checks, articles of incorporation, letterbooks, cashbooks, deeds, tax records, ledgers, other legal instruments and business papers, journals, photographs, and newspapers pertaining to the Curtis Ranch, Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, owned and operated...

 
Baker (Betty) papers

Betty Lou Baker (1928-1987) was a writer specializing in historical fiction about the Southwestern U.S. The collection consists of Baker's manuscripts, galleys, newspaper clippings, publicity releases, ephemera, and correspondence. Manuscripts include , , and . Correspondence is with various publishers...

 
Baker (Frank) papers

Frank Baker was an Australian actor and stuntman in Hollywood whose career spanned from 1912 to 1970. This collection consists of ink drawings, color paintings and notes of costumes and locations he made for the films (1928, directed by Chester...

 
Baker (Frederick) collection of Avalon City Council Minutes

Frederick Baker served as city attorney for the city of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California. The collection consists of an incomplete set of copies of Avalon city council meeting minutes for 1913-1942.

 
Balcena (Antony) papers

Antony Galindo Balcena, a Mexican-American, was born in Lompoc, California on April 30, 1954 and died in Los Angeles, California on November 23, 1995. Antony Balcena, (also known as Tony Balcena) was an accomplished dancer, choreographer, and Gay and AIDS...

 
Baldensperger (Fernand) papers

Fernand Baldensperger (1871-1958) was a professor who taught at the University of Nancy (1894), the University of Lyon (1900-10), the University of Paris (1910-35), Harvard (1935-40) and UCLA (1940-45). The collection consists of offprints of articles, several parts of galleys,...

 
Ball (Gordon H.) Papers

Gordon Harold Ball (1899- ) was a professor of zoology at UCLA (1946- ). His research concerned marine invertebrates and the parasitic protozoa, especially the gregarines and malarial organisms. Ball also served as president of the American Society of Parasitologists...

 
Ball (Jane E.) Papers

Jane Eklund Ball (1921- ) was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the author of (1949), (1953), (1969), and (1969). The collection consists of manuscript and typescript drafts, galley proofs, and a first edition presentation copy of , a...

 
Ballantyne (R.M.) papers

R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a apprentice clerk with Hudson's Bay Company in Manitoba, Canada. He requested a wilderness post, and was sent to posts along the north shore of the St. Lawrence (1846-47). His recollections were published in 1848 and...

Ballin (Hugo) papers

Hugo Ballin (1879-1956) was born in New York City. He began his Hollywood career creating motion picture sets for Samuel Goldwyn and later worked as a director and producer. He ultimately gave up his film career to focus on art...

 
Balser (Bob) papers

Bob Balser has been involved in animation production and direction since the 1950s. The collection consists of production-related material for animated projects produced by Bob Balser and his animation studio Pegbar, a small amount of material documenting Balser's involvement with...

 
Balter (Sam) papers

Sam Balter was a sportscaster, hosting feature sports commentary on the Mutual Network and sports columnist for the Los Angeles Herald-Express. The collection consists of materials related to Sam Balter's career, including scripts from his KLAC radio sports program One...

 
Bancroft Library oral history transcripts

Collection consists of volumes of individually catalogued, tape recorded, and transcribed reminiscences of persons living in California. Interviewees include Peter J. Shields, Francis Peloubet Farquhar, Horace Marden Albright, Ida Sproul, Oscar Lewis, Joseph Russell Knowland, Ira Brown Cross, James D....

 
Bandini Family Papers

Juan Bandini (1800-59) was one of the most prominent men of his time in Southern California. He amassed a fortune through merchandising, farming, and stockraising. One of his daughters married the biggest land owner and rancher in Southern California at...

 
Bangs (John A.) collection of George Edwin Burnell and Mary Lamoreaux Burnell lectures

George Edwin Burnell (1863-1948) was a religious educator, and an authority on metaphysical subjects and sacred literature. Mimeographed transcripts of his lectures sold well enough to go into multiple editions. He was also the president and director of the California...

 
Baraka (Amiri) papers

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) was the founder and editor of the literary journals and . An outspoken public intellectual, he was the author of poetry, plays, novels, and essays. The collection consists of poetry manuscripts and correspondence submitted to Baraka while...

 
Barbara Morgan collection

Barbara Brooks Morgan (1900-1992) was an accomplished designer, author, artist, and photographer. She is best known for her photographs of American modern dancers, among them, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Pearl Primus, Jose Limon, and Charles Weidman. She attended UCLA and...

 
Barnett (Linda D.) Collection of Materials about Bret Harte

Linda Diz Barnett is the author of (c1980). The collection consists of photocopies of articles compiled by Barnett, along with her holograph notes about articles and annotations used for her “Bret Harte: an annotated bibliography of secondary comment.”

 
Barnhart (Edward N.) papers

Edward Norton Barnhart was a professor of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley and also served as bibliographer for the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Collection there. This collection consists of copies and originals of reports, research papers, and...

 
Barron (Lester) Collection of Performing Artist Autographs

Collection consists of autographs of famous personalities including performing artists, authors, and politicians. Some are accompanied with personal notes, letters, photographs, or other ephemera. Autographs include signatures of Robert Jones Burdett, Thomas Edison, Arthur Foote, Helen Keller, Rudyard Kipling, Nellie...

 
Barry (Bert B.) Collection of Material about Pinocchio

A collection consisting of material assembled by Bert Byron Barry related to Pinocchio and Carlo Collodi.

 
Barrymore family collection of scrapbooks, stills, and ephemera

The collection consists of clippings, stills and a small amount of ephemera related to the careers of actors Lionel, Ethel, and John Barrymore.

 
Barrymore (Lionel) Music manuscripts

Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) became a leading Broadway actor by 1900 and went on to appear in 250 screen roles. He also wrote several scripts, a novel and composed orchestral music, including a symphony. The collection consists primarily of music compositions...

Bartlett (Adelbert) Papers

Adelbert Bartlett was a commercial photographer based in Santa Monica, California, and the director of the Near East Relief Fund in Los Angeles. The collection contains photographs, negatives, periodicals, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Bartlett's life as a commercial photographer...

 
Bartlett (Paul A.) Collection of Submissions to the Literary Annual, Workshop

Paul Bartlett (1909- ) was born in Missouri. He edited the literary annual, , the only issue of which was published in Ciudad Guzman, Mexico in 1942. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, notes, and letters sent to Paul Bartlett...

 
Bartlett (Paul A.) Papers

Paul Alexander Bartlett (1909- ) was born in Moberly, Missouri, and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He was an instructor in creative writing at Georgia State College (1955) and editor of publications at the University of California Santa Barbara...

 
Barton (Rick) drawings and paintings

Rick Barton was a gay Beat artist who lived in San Francisco in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection is primarily comprised of drawings created by Barton, chiefly in pen and ink, in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

 
Bass (Ellen) papers

Ellen Bass is an American poet as well as co-author of the groundbreaking book, . This collection contains an interview transcript from 2002 with Ellen Bass and co-author Laura Davis addressing the publication of the book and Bass's activist work...

 
Basset (James E.) Papers

James E. Bassett (1912-1978) was born in Glendale, California. He authored several novels, including (1962), (1968), and (1971). was later made into a film. The collection consists of manuscript drafts, galley proofs, correspondence, and advertising material related to (1962).

 
Bast (William) papers

William Bast was a television and film writer, as well as a friend and biographer of James Dean. The William Bast papers consists largely of scripts written over the course of more than forty years.

 
Bauer (John) papers

John Bauer was a managing director and one of the founding members of the Los Angeles Community Concert Association, and a founder of the Ojai festivals. The collection consists of papers relating to Bauer's term of office as managing director...

 
Baum (Richard) papers

The collection consists of materials related to the career of UCLA professor of Political Science, US policy advisor, and China scholar Richard Baum. Baum was founder of the listserv Chinapol and was an influential authority on contemporary Chinese politics who...

 
Bauman (Jacob) Papers

Rabbi Jacob Bauman (1871-1940) was the rabbi of Agudath Achim Congregation, then Congregation Talmud Torah, and finally with Congregation Share Torah, where he remained until his death in 1940. As a scholar, he was concerned with the study of the...

 
Baumfeld (Rudolf L.) papers

Rudolf Lothar Franz Israel Baumfeld (1903-1988) worked with his friend and fellow architect Victor Gruen in New York and Los Angeles. Baumfeld was the principal designer for Victor Gruen and Associates (founded, 1951). He designed several projects in Europe and...

 
Baxter (George) Color Prints and Books

George Baxter (1804-1867) was a printer and wood engraver. He invented a process of printing pictures in natural colors by using an aquatint key plate, and superimposing colors with wood and metal blocks. The collection consists of approximately 100 color...

 
Beck (Frank) Papers

Frank Beck (1893-1962) was an artist who created the cartoon strips (1920-36), (1926-37), (1935-62), and (1940-56). The collection consists of Beck's cartoon strips, original ink drawings, proof sheets, clippings, printed ephemera, correspondence and photographs.

 
Becket (Marta) papers

The collection consists of materials related to the development and growth of the Amargosa Opera House as a performance venue by Marta Becket and Tom Williams and the productions created by Marta Becket since the theatre's opening in 1968.

 
Becks (Hermann) Papers

Hermann Becks (1897-1962) was born in Wesel am Rhine, Germany. He is known for his research and publications in dentistry and experimental biology. The collection consists of correspondence and printed material related to Becks's career as a dentist and research...

 
Beebe (Charles A.) Papers

Collection consists of correspondence and papers of Charles A. Beebe, chiefly as receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Los Angeles. Includes his letter of appointment on January 29, 1863 signed by President Abraham...

 
Beerbohm (Max, Sir) Papers

Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) was born in London, England. He became a satirical essayist, caricaturist, critic, short story writer, and novelist. The collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, notebooks, unpublished poems, original drawings, and ephemera related to the writings of...

 
Beers (Jinx) papers

Jinx Beers was founder of and lifelong lesbian activist throughout Southern California. This collection represents administrative activities of as well as the writing and publication of Beers's memoir and various stories and articles.

 
Beilenson (Anthony C.) papers

Anthony Charles Beilenson was born on Oct. 26, 1932 in New Rochelle, NY; BA, Harvard Univ., 1954; LL.B, Harvard Univ. Law School, 1957; admitted to CA bar in 1957, and began practice in Beverly Hills; worked as counsel, CA State...

 
Belcher (Ernest) Papers

Belcher was born in London, England, in 1883. He studied ballet in London and was the principal danseur at the Alhambra Theatre (1902-09). He founded the Celeste School of Dance in 1916, which supplied dancers for films and produced ballets...

 
Bell (Alexander G.) collection

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was granted patents in 1874 on a multiple telegraph, invented the telephone (1875) and the photophone (1880). The collection consists of works by and about Alexander Graham Bell. Includes pamphlets,...

 
Bell (Alphonzo E.) papers

Alphonzo Bell (1875-1947) was born in Los Angeles, California. He was a farmer, land developer and subdivider near Santa Fe Springs. He developed the residential subdivision, Bel Air, in West Los Angeles and owned substantial developments of crude oil in...

 
Bell (Mackenzie) papers

Mackenzie Bell (1856-1930) published numerous books, articles and poems. The collection contains holograph manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, pictures, and related ephemera. Includes holograph manuscripts of , , and . Also contains materials relating to the Rossettis, Algernon Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton, William...

 
Bellem (Robert) papers

Bellem (1902-1968) was born in Philadelphia. He worked as a journalist for 15 years in Philadelphia, Miami, Albuquerque and California. Bellem sold his first detective story to in 1925. He began writing for in 1934. He also wrote under the...

 
Bell-Muir Family Papers

Clark E. Bell (1881-1960) became agent and inspector of agencies for New York Life Insurance Company. He served as a member of the San Marino, California City Council (1942-47) and as mayor (1947-52). Mabel Muir, was a niece of the...

 
Belt (Elmer) Collection of Vinciana Graphic Arts

The Elmer Belt collection of Vinciana graphic arts is a special collection of original artwork, original printed lithographs, and materials concerning Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian Renaissance. It was donated to UCLA in 1961 by Dr. Elmer Belt, Professor...

 
Bennett (Raphael F.) The shelter of the cloth

Typescript draft of an unpublished novel set in Mexico around 1871. The narrative is primarily a tragic drama with political intrigue, religious turmoil, class conflict, and sexual content, but also describes the clashes between liberal reformers and the Catholic Church...

Bennett (Walter E.) photographic collection

Walter E. Bennett (1921-1995) was the first salaried photographer for , where he worked from 1952 to 1982. The collection consists of photographic materials such as prints, negatives and slides. It also includes miscellaneous manuscripts and ephemera related to Bennett's...

Benny (Jack) papers

Benjamin Kubelsky (1894-1974) was born in Chicago. He began his career as a violinist and turned to comedy in 1918. He was a successful vaudeville performer, actor and radio personality. The collection consists of radio and television scripts, photographs and...

 
Benoliel (José) papers

Collection consists of biographical and bibliographical material, copies of published books and articles of Bénoliel and Xavier da Cunha, letters, manuscripts of published and unpublished books, notebooks, clippings, press notices, and manuscripts of other writers. In addition to Spanish, collection...

 
Benson (Arthur C.) papers

Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925) published his first volume of essays in 1896. In all, he published more than seventy books, including poetry, short stories, novels, biographies, and essays. The collection consists of correspondence and literary manuscripts, an unpublished novel and...

 
Benson (E.F.) Papers

E.F. Benson (1867-1940) wrote more than 75 published works, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The collection consists of holograph drafts of three of Benson's novels, files of publisher's statements, contracts, letters and clippings.

 
Benson (Mary) research material about the African National Congress, South Africa

A collection of research notes related to the South African political history and the African National Congress taken by political activist, bureaucrat, and biographer, Mary Benson, during the course of her political career, 1940s to the mid 1960s.

 
Benson (Robert L.) papers

Robert Louis Benson (b.1925 - d.1996) was a professor in the department of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The collection consists of research notes, the manuscript of (1968), manuscript transcriptions, articles for journals, galley and proof...

 
Bentley (Ester F.) papers

This collection contains photographs, correspondence, awards, clippings, ephemera and memorabilia from lesbian activist, community organizer and social worker, Ester F. Bentley.

 
Bentley Family papers

The Bentley family was prominent in the nineteenth-century publishing industry. Richard Bentley (1794-1871), after joining his brother Samuel in a successful printing business (1819), partnered with Henry Colburn (1829) to begin the long-running Standard Novels series. After dissolving the partnership...

 
Benton (Douglas) papers

Douglas Benton was a television writer, director, and producer who was best known his work in detective show genres. The collection consists of script material and production information and material documenting his production company, Blackjack Productions.

 
Berg (Dave) Papers

Dave Berg was a cartoonist, illustrator, lecturer, writer, and editor with Marvel comics; Mad magazine. Collection consists of original art work, including nude renderings; sketches (some with text) and comic 'strip' panels; holograph and typescript writings (some short stories and...

 
Bernstein (David) papers

From 1979 to 1997, David Bernstein served as investigator and legal researcher for the Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt defense team. The collection consists of research, numerous court documents, transcripts, and Freedom of Information materials that were accrued during the various court...

 
Berryman (Mildred) papers

Mildred J. Berryman was a researcher, writer, photographer, and stenographer based in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a lesbian member of the Church of Latter-day Saints, she did research concerning lesbian and gay communities in Salt Lake City, Utah. This...

 
Bethune Theatredanse records

Materials related to the history and operations of the Bethune Theatredanse dance compnay, and its arts education program Infinite Dreams (formerly known as Dance Outreach), both founded by Zina Bethune. Includes administrative and fundraising records, clippings, photographs, and audio-visual materials...

 
Beyer (Helen P.) Cookery Collection

Collection consists of materials assembled from cooking classes, books, and ephemeral material. Includes recipes and course notes from Le Cordon Bleu, Maxim's, La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine, Gastronomic Institute (Vienna), Gourmet's Oxford Programme, Jack Lirio Cooking School, and others....

 
Beyer (Walter) Papers

Walter Beyer (1913-1969) joined Paramount Pictures in 1952 as a special projects engineer and worked on shutter timing devices, design of stereo-camera setups, experimental stereo projection, and the development of VistaVision, Paramount's wide screen process. In 1955, he joined the...

 
Biafra-Nigeria War Collection of Material

The Biafra-Nigeria war, also known as the Nigerian Civil War, began when the eastern section of Nigeria seceded and declared itself the Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967. The collection consists of printed and photocopied articles, reports, etc. relating...

 
Bibliographical Subject Index

Collection consists of clippings from English dealer catalogs and lists, and arranged alphabetically under subject headings supplied by the compiler. Clippings are mounted on some 4000 sheets, with each clipping headed by an author, catchword title or subject entry....

 
Bibo (Irving) papers

Irving Bibo (1889-1962) wrote tunes for the Ziegfield Follies, Greenwich Village Follies and other theatricals in the 1920s, composed scores for more than 300 motion pictures, and composed college songs including "Sing UCLA." The collection consists of letters, photographs, clippings,...

 
Bierce (Ambrose), Carey McWilliams collection of material about

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) was born in Ohio. He was a journalist, satirist and author of sardonic short stories based on themes of death and horror. The collection consists of correspondence, typescript copies of letters, photographs, clippings, manuscript notes, and ephemera...

 
Bikel (Theodore) papers

This collection primarily consists of correspondence and subject files pertaining to Theodore Bikel's careers in music, stage, film, and television, as well as personal and family matters, and political and social activism. Also included are sheet music, scripts, and screenplays;...

 
Biles (Rosemary) collection about Ralph J. Bunche

Clippings and ephemera related to the career of Ralph J. Bunche.

 
Bilitis (Daughters of) records

The Daughters of Bilitis was founded by four lesbian couples in San Francisco in 1955. Its original purpose was to counteract the loneliness they felt as lesbians, though the organization increasingly began to focus on educating lesbians about their rights...

 
Billingsley (Ray) papers

Ray Billingsley practiced law and participated in other business ventures in Orange, California, including the Orange Auto Power Company. The collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, and memorabilia of Ray Billingsley.

 
Binyon (Laurence) Papers

Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) was a British Museum official for 40 years as well as a art historian, critic, translator, playwright, and poet. The collection consists of 7 versions of Binyon's play, , which was composed by Binyon in 1923 in...

 
Biobooks Records

Collection includes archives of Biobooks, Oakland, California, including correspondence files, ca. 1942-1953, ephemera, U.S. Geological Survey maps of California, print blocks used for publications by Biobooks, as well as the Grabhorn Press, book dealers' catalogs, book covers, unbound texts of...

 
Bird (Isabella) travels on horseback from Baghdad to Tehran in 1890 photograph album

Album containing 101 black-and-white photographs documenting Isabella Bird's journey from Baghdad to Tehran in 1890.

 
Birdwell (Russell) papers

Russell Juarez Birdwell was a reporter for Hearst Newspapers and subsequently the head of publicity for David O. Selznick (ca. 1936-193), for whom he directed the publicity campaign for . Thereafter he worked independently as publicity agent for actors and...

 
Biscailuz (Eugene W.) Papers

Eugene W. Biscailuz (1883- ) was the first superintendent of the California Highway Patrol and the sheriff of Los Angeles county. The collection consists of correspondence, photographic negatives, photographs, ephemera, election returns, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Biscailuz's career.

 
Bishop (Joey) papers

Joey Bishop started his career as a nightclub comedian. He was featured on and (late night talk show), and acted in various motion pictures, including and . In the 1960s and 1970s, he also performed regularly with the Rat Pack....

 
Bixby Smith (Sarah) correspondence

Sarah Hathaway Bixby Smith (1871-1935) was a writer and activist. Her works include: (ca.1920), (1924), (1925), (1926), (1930), (ca. 1933) and (1933). She was significantly involved in women's groups such as the Friday Morning Club and the American Association of...

 
Bjerknes (Jakob) Papers

Jakob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes (1897-1975) was a professor of meteorology at UCLA (1940-1965). He founded UCLA's Atmospheric Sciences Department. His research work focused on the importance of atmospheric fronts and initial formulation of polar front model, and global changes in...

 
Bjork (David K.) Papers

David Knuth Bjork (1891-1962) was a professor (1932-44, 1944-58) and chairman of the UCLA history department (1939-58). He was also the director of the Western Federal Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles (1939-43). The collection consists of photographic prints of...

Black Mask Issues

Black Mask was a general detective pulp magazine.

 
Black (Noel) papers

The collection consists of scripts and production material related to the career of motion picture and television director Noel Black. Among the projects represented are , , , and , among others.

 
Blackburn (Francis A.) Papers

Francis Adelbert Blackburn (1845-1923) taught high school in San Francisco, California and Old and Middle English at the University of Chicago. He retired in 1913 and relocated to Hollywood, California. The collection consists of diaries, travel journals, correspondence, legal papers,...

 
Blair (Maurice G.) papers

Maurice G. Blair (1889-1963) was a vice principal and then a principal in the Los Angeles city schools. He also held various supervisorial posts in the Los Angeles City School System. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, yearbooks, and...

 
Blake (Harry E.) Papers

Harry E. Blake was a member of the Alhambra City Council (1945-56) and served as mayor of Alhambra (1961). The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and clippings of Harry E. Blake as well as publications and other documentation related to...

 
Blaney (Harry F.) papers

Harry French Blaney (1892-1976) worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (1917-62), was a research associate in the Department of Irrigation Research and Soil Science at UCLA (1962-65), and served in the Department of Engineering and Water Resource Center (1965-73)....

 
Blanton (John) papers

John Blanton was an architect that worked predominantly in Southern California. Early in his career, he worked under architect Richard Neutra. In 1964 Blanton began his own practice in Manhattan Beach, California. The collection consists of architectural drawings related to...

 
Bleefield (Therese) Papers

Collection consists of a typescript with holograph corrections, author's proof, page proofs, and index entries on 3 x 5 in. cards of Therese and Charles Bleefield, in their translation of (1949) by Alexandre Tansman....

 
Blevins (Melvin L.) Collection of Material about Water Resources in the San Fernando Valley

Melvin Blevins served with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as watermaster for the Upper Los Angeles River Area, and as senior hydrologic engineer in the Groundwater and Water Rights, Los Angeles Aqueduct Division. The collection consists mostly...

 
Blinn (Marjeanne J.) collection on Frances Clarke Sayers

Marjeanne Blinn, a children's librarian and former student of Frances Clarke Sayers, worked with Sayers on an anthology of Sayers' writings, , published in 1964. The collection includes over sixty 3" reel tape recordings of Sayers' lectures, speeches and workshops,...

 
Blood Relatives and Tomorrow Never Comes motion picture scripts and publicity material

(1977) and (1978) are two feature films produced by Michael Klinger and Julian Melzack. The collection consists of publicity and script material representing the two films.

 
Bloom (Nancy J. Fostvedt Tice) Collection of Family Photographs by Will Connell

Opal Weimer Fostvedt Tice (ca. 1900-1978) was a member of the Los Angeles art community and often a model for photographers in the group. Will Connell (1898-1961) was a self taught photographer (1920s). He opened a studio in downtown Los...

 
Blue (Ben) Papers

Ben Blue (1901-1975) was a dance instructor, dance school proprietor, and night club owner in Hollywood and San Francisco). In 1926, he appeared on screen in short subjects for Warner Brothers and later worked with Hal Roach, Paramount, and MGM....

 
Board of State and Territorial Commissioners of the North, Central and South American Exposition - Minutes of meetings

In 1885, a board of state and territorial commissioners was created to develop the North, Central, and South American Exposition in New Orleans. These two manuscripts are the minutes of the board's meetings, as taken by secretary Charles B. Turrill,...

 
Boder (David P.) Papers

David P. Boder (1886-1961) was a psychology professor at the Lewis Institute (now Illinois Institute of Technology) (1927-52), the trustee and executive director of the Psychological Museum in Chicago (1937-57), and the psychological consultant with the war training program of...

 
Bolger (Ray) papers

Among his many roles on stage, screen and television in a career that spanned sixty years, American comedian and dancer Ray Bolger was best known for his role as the Scarecrow in the 1939 film, . In addition to his...

 
Boll (Theophilus E.M.) Papers

Theophilus E.M. Boll (1902- ) was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania (1922-72). The collection consists of letters, photographs, and research material relating to the English novelist Stephen Hudson and the publication of Hudson's novel , with...

 
Boni (Albert) Collection of Material about Photography

Albert Boni (1892-1981) originated the idea of a very small format for abridged classics called “The Little Leather Library,” which were sold through Woolworth's (1914). He sold the book shop in 1917 and joined Horace Liveright to form the Boni-Liveright...

 
Bonpane (Blase) Papers

Blase Bonpane taught political science and sociology at California State University Northridge (1973-81), was the executive director of the Office of the Americas and the author of many books and articles, chiefly on Central America. The collection consists of correspondence,...

 
Boodin (John E.) Papers

John Elof Boodin (1869-1950) was professor of philosophy at Grinnell College (1900-4), University of Kansas (1904-13), Carleton College (1913-28), and UCLA (1928-39). He also served as president of the American Philosophical Association, Western Division (1932-33). The collection includes correspondence, lecture...

 
Book of Wealth and the Book of the Fair (H.H. Bancroft & Co.) Collection

Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918) established a bookselling and publishing business in San Francisco. The collection consists of engraving plates, portfolios with prints, and editions of Hubert Howe Bancroft's and . Includes cygne noir edition, author's editions, and sections of the...

 
Book Publishers Assn. of Southern Calif.

Collection consists of correspondence and printed material, including publishers' catalogs....

 
Booker (Bob) scripts and record albums

Bob Booker is a writer, producer, and director of television. He has also written and produced comedy albums. The collection consists of photocopies of television scripts such as and . Additionally there are a small number of commercially released comedy...

 
Bookplate Collection

Collection consists of thousands of bookplates from the United States, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Iran, Russia, and South Africa. Includes several hundred children's bookplates, some highlighted by Kate Greenaway and engravings of Gordon Craig, G.H. Shurtleff, Pixie Harris, and wood...

 
Booksellers' catalogs of Beat literature collection

Collection consists of booksellers' catalogs of Beat literature....

 
Booksellers' Correspondence and Letters Written by Women

The collection is comprised of booksellers' letters, women's letters, and correspondence pertaining to Arwarton (Erwarton) Estate in Suffolk, England. Letters and printed materials in the booksellers' correspondence (ca. 1710-1854) are both to and from British booksellers, customers, authors, and others...

 
Booth (Bradford A.) Papers

Bradford Allen Booth (1909- ) was a professor and chairman of the Department of English at UCLA. He was the editor of and wrote many books. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials.

 
Born (Ernest) Collection of Italian Medieval and Renaissance Architectural and Art Photographs

Ernest Born was born in 1898. He studied architecture under John Galen Howard at the University of California, Berkeley and then went to work in Europe. After the war Born returned to architectural practice in San Francisco. He also became...

 
Borough (Reuben W.) papers

Reuben W. Borough (1883-1970) was active in the Populist movement in Los Angeles in the early 20th century. He was a newspaper reporter for the , worked on Upton Sinclair's EPIC (End Poverty in California) gubernatorial campaign, and served as...

Bound Manuscripts collection

The bound manuscripts collection consists of over 700 manuscripts from the 7th to the 19th century and covers a wide variety of topics. The collection includes a papyrus fragment from the 7th century, a North French or Flemish Book of...

 
Bourbon del Monte di San Faustino Family papers

The Bourbon del Monte are an important Italian noble family. Their domain was a Marquisate in central Italy, centered on the town of Monte Santa Maria (today Monte Santa Maria Tiberina). It included areas in today's Umbria and Tuscany, and...

 
Bowers (Edgar) papers

The Edgar Bowers papers consist of the poet's original correspondence, manuscripts, personal papers, photographs, recordings, and publications that document Bowers' family life, personal history, and development as a poet and scholar.

 
Bowring (John, Sir) Papers

Sir John Bowring (1792-1872) undertook commercial missions on behalf of the government, examining the accounting and financial systems of other governments, which led to a change in the English Exchequer. In 1824, his friend Jeremy Bentham founded the , and...

 
Bowron (Fletcher) Collection of Material about the Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project

Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) was born in Poway, California. He served as mayor of Los Angeles for fifteen years (1938-53). The collection consists of unedited transcripts of tape recorded interviews conducted by former Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron for a UCLA...

 
Boyer (Charles) French Research Foundation Collection

Charles Boyer and friends founded the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles, California, in the late 1930s to collect information on France and her people and their historical, artistic, and cultural background. Boyer hoped the Hollywood movie industry would use...

 
Boyer (Charles) papers

Charles Boyer (1899-1978) was born in Figeac, France. He developed an acting career in films produced in France and Hollywood. The collection consists of approximately 200 photographs and publicity stills, souvenir programs, scrapbooks, and other ephemera from Boyer's career in...

 
Boyer (Paul D.) papers

Paul D. Boyer won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997 for his research on the binding change mechanism and rotational catalysis of the ATP synthase complex, which he performed at UCLA in the 1960-70s. This collection contains his professional...

 
Boynton Teachers' Agency Records

Collection consists of letter books and client ledgers for the Boynton Teachers' Agency, annual directories for California county and city schools through high school level, and a small group of directories for other Western states....

 
Bradbury (Ray) papers

Ray Douglas Bradbury (1920- ) has authored numerous novels, short stories, plays, films, poems, and articles, including (1950), , and . The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera by and related to Ray Bradbury.

 
Bradley (Marion Zimmer) papers

Marion Zimmer Bradley was born June 3, 1930 in Albany, New York during the Great Depression. She was interested in science fiction and fantasy as a teenager, participating in amateur fiction contests as an adjunct and as a contestant, most...

Bradley (Mayor Tom) Administrative papers

The collection contains the records of the administration of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, whose tenure in office covered an unprecedented five terms. Although the bulk of the collection spans Bradley's years as mayor (1973-1993), the collection also contains some...

 
Bradley (Tom) Collection of Material about Rapid Transit and Urban Development in Los Angeles

Collection consists of typescript (photocopied and offset) reports on plans for rapid transit and city development in Los Angeles....

 
Brady (Roy) Collection about Wine Societies

Roy Brady was the chairman of the Alta California Wine and Food Society (1965-1983), and wrote for , , and . The collection consists of menus of various wine and food societies from California and Europe, articles by Brady, a...

 
Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries album of Civil War-era carte de visite portraits

Album of carte de visite photographs from the Civil War era, containing portraits, including many of Union Army soldiers and officers, produced at the photography studio of Matthew B. Brady, the National Photographic Portrait Galleries, probably the New York studio,...

 
Bran (Mary) papers

Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, articles, memorabilia, and photographs related to impresario Mary Bran....

 
Brand (Max) stories

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944), best known as Max Brand, was an author of western novels such as (1930), (1938), and (1940). He also wrote spy and crime novels under the pseudonyms Frederick Frost and Walter C. Butler including (1940) and...

 
Brandon (William) Papers

William Edward Brandon (1914- ) was a visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts (1966-67), California State University, Los Angeles (1970-71), and California State University, Long Beach (1970-71, 1974-75). He wrote short stories, screenplays and books including (1943), (1955), (1961),...

 
Brandt (George) Papers

George Brandt(1916-1963)was born in Brooklyn, New York. He became a producer and writer of radio, television and film scripts for NBC, Paramount and Douglas Aircraft. The collection consists of plays, screenplays, television and radio plays, scrapbooks, magazines, and photographs documenting...

 
Braver (Michael) collection of Americanist material

Collection consists of over 300 speeches by Americanist right-wing extremist spokesmen on reel to reel and cassette tapes, as well as Americanist journals, books, pamphlets, booklets, and fugitive materials. Includes speakers from the John Birch Society, the National Socialist White...

 
Brazil (Collection of 18th Century Maps of)

Collection consists of engraved maps of Brazil or portions thereof, which have been removed from various atlases and other works. The maps are printed on quarto sheets or smaller, some hand-colored....

 
Brazilian Newspapers Collection

Collection contains various Brazilian newspapers, primarily from Rio de Janeiro and S_Paulo, bound according to specific subjects or events in Brazilian history. Subjects covered include the death of Ruy Barbosa, the centenary of Brazilian independence, and the end of the...

 
Brennan (Frederick H.) papers

Frederick Hazlitt Brennan (1901-1962) was a rewrite man and political reporter for the (1921-23), a movie critic, feature and editorial writer for the (1923-28), and a scenario writer for Fox Films, MGM, and First National Films (1928-30) before becoming a...

 
Breslow (Lester) papers

Lester Breslow was a former dean of the UCLA School of Public Health, professor emeritus of health services, and one of the leading figures in public health. He was born March 17, 1915 in Bismarck, ND, and received a BS...

 
Briggs family papers

A collection of Briggs family correspondence (1822-1935), WWI booklets, photographs and insignia, news clippings (ca. 1925), and family keepsakes.

 
Bright (Reginald G.) Papers

Reginald Golding Bright (d. 1941) was from a theatrical family. The collection consists of correspondence from dramatists, actors and actresses, producers, managers, critics, and publishers to Bright, a London theatrical agent.

 
Brightfield (Myron F.) Papers

Myron Franklin Brightfield (1897-1964) was a professor of English at UC Berkeley (1926- ). His published works include (1928), (1932), (1940), and (1968). The collection consists of research notes, drafts, and card indexes related to Professor Brightfield's studies of Victorian...

 
Brinskele (Angela) photographs

Angela Brinskele has been the Director of Communications of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives since 2006. Brinskele is also a freelance photographer who aims to preserve women's history through photography. She has been documenting the LGBT community since the...

 
Bristow (Gwen) papers

Collection consists of page proofs and galley sheets of Gwen Bristow's books, including , , , and ....

 
British and American Book Auction Catalogs collection

British catalogs from 1703-1930, the reference collection of English bookseller Frank Marcham, and various American book catalogs comprise this collection.

 
British Charity Commission Endowed School Department Records

Collection consists of six volumes of records of the British Charity Commission Endowed School Department. The first contains the document, Warrant appointing commissioners and secretary under provisions of the Endowed Schools Act, 1869. Meeting minutes are contained in three volumes...

 
British Political Engravings Collection

Collection consists of caricatures of political events of the day. Items are variously initialed PHILO HB, HB, IH, BH, FOZ, and HH....

 
British political texts from the nineteenth century collection

Collection consists of approximately 700 publications, including printed broadsides, tracts, pamphlets and short books, on British political, religious and economic topics. The items were published primarily within the first three quarters of the 19th century....

 
Britton (Nan) papers

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia....

 
Brüning (Eberhard ) Papers

Born in 1925, Ebherhard Brüning was a retired professor of American Studies at Leipzig University, Germany and worked as the literary agent of Albert Maltz. Maltz, one of the Hollywood Ten, worked with Brüning from the early 1950's until Maltz's...

 
Broad (Eli) papers

Eli Broad is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. His philanthropy related to art and education in Los Angeles includes important contributions to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Broad Art Center at UCLA, and the Walt Disney...

 
Broadcasting Equipment photographs

The collection consists of photographs of various types of indoor and outdoor equipment related to mid-twentieth century radio and television broadcasting.

Broadside Ballads from England, Ireland, and the United States collection

Broadside ballads provided lyrics to popular songs, and were sold cheaply on individual sheets of paper. This collection contains approximately 2,000 English, Irish, and American broadsides from the nineteenth century.

 
Brodie (Bernard) papers

Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a senior staff member at the Rand Corporation (1951-66), professor of political science at UCLA (1966-77), fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and author of various books. The collection consists of professional correspondence,...

 
Brodkin (Karen) research files and recorded interviews

Materials on labor, race, gender, the environment and contemporary grass roots social movements in Los Angeles communities. The materials were produced through the academic research of Karen Brodkin, Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Anthropology Department. The collection mainly consists of...

 
Brooke (Henry) 13 Weeks on the Lord Warden

This handwritten journal records the journey of the Englishman Henry Brooke from England to Australia aboard the Lord Warden. The journal is largely an account of the seafaring life, with reference to daily weather, animal sightings, and social events onboard...

 
Broomstick magazine records

, founded in 1978 by Maxine Spencer and Polly Taylor in the San Francisco Bay area, is an independent, self-published radical feminist magazine dedicated to supporting and promoting women and lesbian activism and art for an audience of women over...

 
Broske (Octavia) and George Bancroft Papers

Octavia Broske and George Bancroft were stage and screen actors in the early 1900s. The collection consists of newspaper clippings and ephemera related to their careers, with the bulk relating to Octavia Broske.

Brown (Bob) papers

Bob Brown (1886-1959) was a writer, editor, publisher, and traveler. The collection consists of personal papers, manuscripts (including examples of Brown's visual/conceptual writings), publications, correspondence, photographs, cookbooks and other gastronomic-related items, clippings, and miscellaneous ephemera.

 
Brown (Theodore V.) Papers

Collection consists of about 50 items, including scattered issues of , vol.4, 1898, a scrapbook of clippings about San Jose pharmacist Theodore V. Brown, and some correspondence....

 
Brown (Truesdell S.) Papers

Truesdell Sparhawk Brown (1906-1992) was a asssistant professor (1948-51), associate professor (1951-56), professor (1956-73) and professor emeritus of ancient history at UCLA and chairman of history department (1959-62). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, photocopies, printed books, offprints, pamphlets,...

 
Brown (Vanessa) Papers

Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) was born in Vienna, Austria. She appeared in Broadway plays and films. In 1962, she became a writer-coordinator for the Voice of America. The collection contains books, scrapbooks, writings by Brown, and audio recordings.

 
Bruman (Henry J.) papers

Henry John Bruman joined the UCLA faculty in 1945, chaired its Department of Geography from 1957-62 and retired in 1983 as professor emeritus. Bruman specialized in Latin American cultural-historical geography, plant geography and land use in the American West. The...

 
Brunvand (Jan H.) Papers

Jan Harold Brunvand (1933- ) was a professor of English and folklore. He taught at the University of Idaho, Moscow (1961-65), Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (1965-66), and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. The collection consists of typescript...

 
Buckles (Margot) Collection about Women in Argentina

Collection consists of a typescript list of women's organizations in Argentina, ephemera relating to specific organizations, and printed reports from the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Centro de los Estudios de la Mujer. Includes materials relating to Asociación de Mujeres...

 
Buddhist Churches of America records

The Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) is a national organization of the Jōdo Shinshū Hongwanji sect in the continental United States. Formerly known as the Buddhist Mission of North America (BMNA), the BCA is the largest Japanese American Buddhist organization...

 
Buell (Llewellyn M.) Postcard collection

Llewellyn Morgan Buell was a founding faculty member at UCLA in the English department. His collection consists of approximately 2,300 postcards of landmarks and art in the United States (especially New Hampshire), Europe, Mexico, and North Africa.

 
Bullfighting Collection

Collection consists of ephemeral materials concerning the sport of bullfighting, primarily in Mexico....

Bullock (Georgia P.M.) papers

Collection contains correspondence, clippings, speech files, and scrapbooks relating to the legal career of Georgia Phillips Morgan Bullock, attorney and first woman judge of the California Superior Court.

 
Bullock (Paul) papers

Paul Bullock (1924-1986) was a research economist at the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations (1953-85). The collection consists of audio tapes on reels and cassettes, transcripts, manuscript drafts, and clippings related to Bullock's research for three published books. The books...

Bunche (Ralph J.) papers

Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971) graduated from UCLA and Harvard University, and was a professor at Howard University (1929-1950). He joined the Permanent Secretariat of the United Nations in 1948, served as the undersecretary for special political affairs (1958-67), and then...

 
Burchell (Sidney H.) Papers

Sidney Herbert Burchell, an English born novelist, used 17th century England as a backdrop for most of his novels. The collection contains manuscripts, typescripts, clippings, and photographs related to Burchell's life and work including manuscripts and drafts for several of...

 
Burnett (Sidney) papers

Collection consists chiefly of letters from Sidney Burnett to his wife, Blanche T. Burnett from the Philippines, Shanghai, the Palau Islands, and Bogota, Columbia, but also includes manuscripts and photographs. The letters document his business at Manila, internment by the...

 
Burns (E. Bradford) Papers

Edward Bradford Burns (1932-1995) was born in Muscatine, Iowa. He was an assistant professor of history at UCLA (1964-67) and professor, UCLA (1969-93). From 1979-1983, he served as the first Dean of the Honors Division in the UCLA College of...

 
Burns (Robert) Collection of Material about

Collection consists of letters and clippings from a collection of books pertaining to Robert Burns....

 
Burns (Robert I.) papers

Robert Ignatius Burns was born in 1921 in San Francisco, CA, and attended the University of San Francisco (USF) before entering the Society of Jesus in 1940. Burns was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1952, followed by a...

 
Burroughs (Edgar R.) papers

This collection documents the activities and political opinions of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs was a California-based science fiction and fantasy author. An outspoken political conservative, he created iconic characters like Tarzan and John Carter. He was also the oldest US...

 
Burton (Pamela G.) papers

Pamela Burton & Company, an internationally recognized and award-winning landscape architecture firm, has maintained a collection of archives spanning nearly forty-five years of design work. In 1975, Pamela Burton established the company in Santa Monica, California, where the firm has...

 
Bush (Albert F.) papers

Albert Francis Bush (1916-1976) joined the faculty of UCLA's College of Engineering in 1949, taught in the UCLA Public Health Department, and served for 14 years on the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. He was...

 
Bush (Irvin T.) Papers

Irvin T. Bush (1850-1897) performed in vaudeville productions on both the East and West Coast. The collection consists of theatrical ephemera related to Bush's career as a writer, actor, and female impersonator.

 
Butterworth (Edward) Diary

The diary consists of brief daily entries by Edward Butterworth written during his journey from Boston to San Francisco in 1849-1850.

 
Buxton (Frank) papers

Frank Buxton was an actor, director, writer, host, and producer for assorted motion pictures and television programs. The collection consists of materials created and collected by Buxton related to the various projects he worked on throughout his career. The materials...

 
Byers (Nina) papers

Nina Byers was a theoretical physicist and professor in UCLA's Department of Physics and Astronomy. She joined UCLA in 1961 as an assistant professor, working on particle physics, CP-violation, and pion-nuclear charge-exchange scattering. Byers retired in 1993. This collection consists...

 
Bywaters (Mary M.) collection of dance ephemera

Mary McLarry Bywaters (1904-1988) was a founding member of the Dallas Civic Ballet. The collection consists of programs, advertising material, schedules, committee reports, bulletins, and ephemera regarding regional and guest dance companies performing in Dallas/Fortworth, Texas and the Southwest.

 
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Caddell and Davies Records

Thomas Caddell (1742-1802) was born in Bristol, England. He apprenticed to London bookseller and publisher Andrew Millar in 1758, became Millar's partner in 1765 and took over business in 1767. He was succeeded by his son, Thomas Cadell (1773-1836). The...

 
Caine (Hall, Sir) Papers

Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931) was the author of various novels, plays, short stories, nonfiction, and two silent film screenplays. The collection consists of approximately 100 pieces of correspondence, a few manuscript pages of poetry, and ephemera.

 
Calif. Banks and Banking Collection

Collection consists of ephemeral materials from some 25 California banks, chiefly from those in Los Angeles....

 
Calif. Committee on Therapeutic Abortion records

Ruth Roemer (b.1916) is an activist and advocate on such issues as women's reproductive rights, tobacco laws, health manpower, AIDS, and national health insurance. Before Roe Wade, she helped establish and served as vice-chair of the California Committee on Therapeutic...

 
Calif. Council on Teacher Education Records

The California Council on Teacher Education was an organization advisory to the State Department of Education. The collection consists of committee reports, minutes of conferences, some correspondence regarding the Council, and various other mimeographed materials.

 
Calif. Democratic Council Records

The California Democratic Council (CDC) was established in 1953 and is a federation of local volunteer clubs. CDC endorsements and campaign support led to the first full statewide slate of Democrats in 40 years (1954) and also figured prominently in...

 
Calif. Federation of Teachers Records

Collection consists of California Federation of Teachers files, including newsletters, specific local unions, and topics such as Parentsforum, performance contracting, school district student populations, guidelines for treasurers, American arbitration in the schools, student rights publications, and catalog of publications....

 
Calif. Fruit Labels collection

Collection consists of fruit labels used by California growers. Most are for oranges and lemons, but also include grapefruit, apples, pears, melons, and grapes. Growers include Rialto Orange Company and Fillmore Citrus Association....

 
Calif. ("Green Gates," Coldwater Canyon, Beverly Hills) Photograph album

Photograph album containing photos, dated 1925-1932, of the estate in Coldwater Canyon, Beverly Hills, known as "Green Gates," possibly located at 9606 Heather Road.

 
Calif. Inst. of Tech. Management Library Collection of Labor Union Contracts

Collection consists of collective bargaining agreements negotiated by various union local and companies, mostly in California, collected by Caltech's Industrial Relations Center, which began its process of labor contract acquisition in the mid-1930s in response to inquiries by companies regarding...

 
Calif. Intl. Woman's Year Support Coalition Papers

Collection consists mostly of position papers, fact sheets, survey returns, and a print-out of the names of delegates to the national conference in Houston, Texas, 1978....

 
Calif. Labor Camps Collection of Material

California unemployment labor camps were established in 1931 to provide transient, homeless people with food and shelter in exchange for work beneficial to the state, primarily in forestry and agriculture. This system was a forerunner to the Civilian Conservation Corps...

 
Calif. Library Assn. Library History Committee Records

The Library History Committee of the California Library Association assumed responsibility for collecting historical materials on California libraries beginning in 1965. The collection consists of correspondence, typescript histories of individual libraries, reports and surveys, tape recorded interviews and transcripts, microfilm...

 
Calif. Library Assn. Minutes

Collection consists of three volumes of typescript and manuscript minutes, including correspondence and committee reports, of the Southern California College and University Librarian's Conference, later organized into the Southern Division of the College, University and Research Library Section, California Library...

 
Calif. Medical-Economic Survey Records

Collection consists of the correspondence, tabulations, and questionnaires of the California medical-economic survey directed by Dr. Paul A. Dodd concerning the cost and adequacy of medical and dental care among various income groups in the state....

 
Calif. Republican Assembly Records

The California Republican Assembly (CRA), a statewide volunteer organization, was founded in 1934. The CRA furnished Republican candidates with preprimary endorsements as well as financial and volunteer support. The assembly wielded a major influence on modern American politics by serving...

 
Calif. State Capitol (Sacramento) Collection of Material about the Restoration of

Collection consists of two volumes on the restoration of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento, along with a notenook on photographs....

 
Calif. State Univ. (Fullerton) Oral History Program - Japanese American Project - Oral History collection

Collection consists of oral history interview transcripts from the California State University, Fullerton Japanese American Oral History collection. Includes interviews related to Japanese American evacuation during World War 2, Nisei and Sansei experiences, Tule Lake Segregation Center, and the Manzanar...

 
Calif. State Univ. (Long Beach) Center for Women's Studies ACLU lawsuit records

The documents contained in this collection range from 1974-1991, focusing on issues facing the Women's Studies Program at California State Univeristy, Long Beach (CSULB) in the 1980s. In 1982, 13 faculty members and three students filed a lawsuit with the...

 
Calif. State Univ. (Long Beach) Center for Women's Studies records

In the early 1970s a Women’s Studies Program began at California State University Long Beach. The program was considered a controversial presence and complaints led to the firing of two faculty directors. This collection contains files covering the Women’s Studies...

 
Calif. Works Progress Admin. Translation Project Records

Boxes 1-4 include typescripts of translations of scholarly articles and publications....

 
California Calendar Collection

Collection consists of 18 volumes of , published by Hastings House. Includes calendars for the years 1942, 1947-52, and 1955-65....

 
California Congress of Parents and Teachers records

Collection consists primarily of correspondence, manuscripts, reports, and related printed material of Mrs. Harry R. Archbald, President of the First District (Los Angeles County)....

California ephemera collection

Collection consists of broadsides, clippings, brochures, and other ephemeral materials relating to California. Subjects include: abortion, Alcatraz Island, building and loan associations, California politics and government, Covina, drugs, Fort Ross, Greek-Americans, International Gay and Lesbian Archives, Japanese American National Museum,...

 
California land claims, v. 1-24, and misc. vols.

This is an augmented index to the California Land Claims, v. 1-24, a record of claimants and briefs for ranchos in the 1850s and 1860s.

California postcards collection

There were few areas or events not recorded on postcards by the early 1900s. Although their popularity dropped off after World War I, tourist view cards became the standard after World War II. The collection consists of postcards of various...

 
California to Portland, Oregon trip by steamer and train photograph album [graphic]

Album of amateur photographs documenting a trip by steamship and train from California [San Francisco?] to Portland, Oregon to visit the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905.

 
Call (Lamoni) papers

Lamoni Call (b.1865) was a dissenter from the Mormon faith. He published various pamphlets questioning Mormon beliefs, including (1926). The collection consists of Call's correspondence, manuscripts, notes, books, and memoranda. Almost all the items relate to his research and writings...

 
Calloway (Betsy) papers

Betsy Calloway was the principal owner and operator of Maud Gonne Press, a feminist publisher and press operating throughout the 1970s. The press was named after Maud Gonne, an Irish revolutionary, feminist and actress. This collection contains personal correspondence from...

 
Calvert (Mellie M.) Papers

Ms. Calvert was a historian and taught science at Canoga Park High School. The collection consists of Calvert's records as Historian of Canoga Park High School and includes school histories, student speeches, lists and biographical material about alumni, yearbooks, and...

 
Camões(Luís de) Collection of material relating to

Collection consists of printed and manuscript material related to Luís de Camões. Includes dramas relating to Camões, book dealers catalogs, reminiscences, reprints, periodicals, broadsides, and newspapers. Includes materials in Portuguese....

 
Cammermeyer (Margarethe) papers

Margarethe (Grethe) Cammermeyer was born in 1942 in Oslo, Norway. Her career as nurse in the military included distinguished service in Vietnam, work for the Veteran’s Administration, and a position as Chief Nurse of the Washington National Guard. As a...

 
Campbell (James D.) Collection of Material about Charles Lamb

James Dykes Campbell (1838-1895) was a partner in Ireland, Fraser, & Company, the leading mercantile firm in Mauritius. He retired in 1881 and settled in England the following year where he met Robert Browning, and was associated with the Athenaeum....

 
Campbell (Lily) B. papers

Lily Bess Campbell (1883-1967) was a professor of English at UCLA (1922-50), won the achievement award from the American Association of University Women in 1960, and was named Woman of the Year by the in 1962. The collection consists of...

 
Campbell (Robert) papers

Robert B. Campbell (1898-1985) married Blanche Gramlich (1923) and moved to Los Angeles. They opened a bookstore across the street from the Southern Branch of the University of California. When UCLA moved to Westwood, the Campbells moved their store to...

 
Cantor (Eddie) Papers

Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) was a vaudeville performer and singing waiter. He turned to radio in the 1930s and was the highest paid radio star by 1936. The collection consists of radio and television scripts, sheet music, orchestrations, photographs, awards, tributes,...

 
Caperton (Lady) - Fac=simil of the album presented to Lady Caperton by the Directorate of the Port of Montevideo

Facsimile of the photograph album documenting a luncheon hosted by the port directors of Montevideo at the Park Hotel on March 2, 1918 presented to Lady Caperton, wife of Admiral William Banks Caperton of the United States Navy.

 
Carnap (Rudolf) papers

Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) was born in Germany. He was one of the developers of theories of symbolic logic (1920s-1930s), a leader in the field of logical empiricism and the first to apply mathematical logic to scientific language. The collection consists...

 
Carpenter (Edwin H.) collection on Lawrence Clark Powell

Collection consists of correspondence and clippings of Edwin H. Carpenter relating to Lawrence Clark Powell....

 
Carr (Donald E.) Papers

Donald Eaton Carr (1903- ) was the author of various articles and 7 books. The collection consists of manuscripts, galleys, and related correspondence. The manuscripts for Carr's books in the collection focus primarily on water and air pollution.

 
Carr (William C.) papers

Carr was a real estate agent in Pasadena, California, who founded the Friends of the American Way in February 1944 with a group of Pasadena residents and served as the organization's first chairman. The Friends of the American Way worked...

 
Carrick (Edward) Papers

Edward Carrick was a set designer and theater historian. He wrote several books including (1948), (1982), (1941), and (1968). The collection consists of Carrick's correspondence with Lee Freeson, and correspondence and ephemera related to his late father's career, shedding further...

 
Carter (Henry E.) Papers

Henry E. Carter served as deputy attorney general of California (1894-1899), was a California state assemblyman (1901-05, 1919-21, 1923, 1925, and 1927-28) and state senator (1905-09 and 1928). The collection consists of correspondence and papers of Carter's law practice in...

 
Cartier (Marie) Papers

Marie Cartier is a teacher, poet, writer, healer, artist, activist and facilitator. She also has a first degree black belt in karate. She currently teaches at the University of California Irvine in the Film Department and at CSU Northridge in...

 
Cartoons and caricatures collection

Collection consists of cartoons and caricatures, including a group of 1907-10 original cartoons from Puck by Kep, and others from France....

 
Cartter (Allan M.) papers

Allan Murray Cartter (1922-1976) was an accomplished economist, scholar, and professor. He is known for his many contributions in graduate education evaluation, income analysis, and research in education. The collection contains a sampling of some his academic and professional contributions,...

 
Caruso (Dee) papers

Dee Caruso has written for film and television. The collection consists of files related to Caruso career representing projects such as Get Smart, and The World's Greatest Athlete, among others.

 
Carver (Thomas N.) papers

This collection consists of manuscripts, lectures, articles, speeches, correspondence, memos, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed materials related to the life and career of economics professor Thomas Nixon Carver. Carver was the author of many books, including (1913), (1915), and (1921). Correspondents...

 
Carvey (Tom B.) Papers

Tom B. Carvey (b.1922) was the first president of the Palos Verdes Democratic Club (1948), secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee, a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions (1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968), chairman of the first California Democratic...

Cashin (Bonnie) collection of fashion, theater, and film costume design

The collection contains Bonnie Cashin's personal archive documenting her design career. The collection includes Cashin's design illustrations, writings on design, contractual paperwork, photographs of her clothing designs, and press materials including press releases and editorial coverage of her work. Personal...

 
Cate (Garth) Papers

Collection consists of letters sent to Garth Cate from Wytter Brynner, Helen Worden Erskine, May Sarton, and Sigen Toksvig (Mrs. Francis Hackett), as well as ephemera relating to those persons....

 
Caughey (John W.) Papers

John Walton Caughey (1902-1995) was a UCLA professor of history (1930) specializing in Los Angeles, California, the West, and issues arising from McCarthy era. In 1949, he began to fight against the University of California loyalty oath. The collection consists...

 
Cernuda (Luis) Library Collection

Collection consists of the personal library of Luis Cernuda....

 
Chalmers (Stephen) Papers

Stephen Chalmers (1880-1935) was born in Scotland. He became an active member of the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Society of Saranac Lake (New York) and wrote many volumes about Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection consists primarily of letters (ca. 1915-1922)to...

 
Chamberlain (Ernest R.) Papers

Ernest R. Chamberlain's was a political publicist. He worked for Clifford E. Clinton in his clean-up campaigns against Los Angeles vice and corruption, for Fletcher Bowron's election after the recall of Mayor Frank Shaw in 1938, and worked for Bowron's...

 
Champion (Gower) Papers

Gower Champion (1919-1980) was born in Geneva, Illinois. He appeared in Broadway musical reviews and various movies. He produced and directed the Academy Awards show (1969) and choreographed and directed many movies. The collection consists of scripts and related materials...

 
Chandler (Dorothy) Papers

Dorothy Buffum Chandler (1901-1997) married Norman Chandler, the son of owner Harry Chandler, in 1922. She was a member of the UC Board of Regents (1954-68), helped restructure the Times-Mirror Corporation (1950s-60s), spearheaded the fundraising drive to establish the Los...

 
Chandler (Philip E.) papers

Philip Edward Chandler (1908- ) worked in nurseries in Los Angeles area, and became a highly respected garden designer. He also taught at Santa Monica College for many years. The collection consists of correspondence, client files, plant lists, teaching and...

Chandler (Raymond) papers

Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888-1959) published his first novel, , to great success in 1939 and began writing screenplays in 1944. The collection consists of correspondence, books, photographs, speeches, and literary manuscripts by Raymond Chandler.

 
Chapin (Anne M.) papers

Anne Morrison Chapin was a playwright, and screenwriter. The collection consists of motion picture, television, and stage scripts and story material, with a small mount of clippings, correspondence, and contracts related to Chapin's career.

 
Chapman (Frank A.) collection of Newspaper Political Cartoons

Newspaper political and popular cartoons dating from 1913-1984 collected by Frank A. Chapman. The majority of the collection derives from the and the . The collection contains the work of nationally syndicated cartoonists as well as Los Angeles-based cartoonists, including...

 
Charlot (Andre) Papers

André Charlot (1882-1956) was a press manager, business manager, and manager of various Parisian theaters and music halls, including the Folies-Bergères and Châtelet. In 1912, he was appointed joint manager of the Alhambra in London, and was managing director of...

Chase (Stanley) papers

Stanley Chase (1928-) was a theater, film, and television producer. The collection consists of production and business files, original production drawings, posters, press clippings, sound recordings, and scripts from his major projects.

 
Chatto & Windus (Firm) Records

Collection includes business correspondence to the publishing firm of Chatto & Windus from the following authors: Sir James Alexander, concerning Cleopatra's needle, London; Frank Barrett; Karl Blind; Mathilde Blind; Ebenezer Cobham Brewer; Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke; Lady Florence Caroline Dixie;...

 
Chicago to California - photograph album of a trip

Album of photographs, possibly taken in June 1906, recording a trip west to California from Chicago, Illinois.

 
Child Development Collection

Collection consists of documents and proposals pertaining to parent involvement in day care, originally gathered for the White House Conference on Children and Youth. Includes proposals for Parent and Child Centers and several Federal anti-poverty programs developed in the 1970s....

 
Children's books relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific collection

Books in this collection are primarily illustrated 20th century imprints....

 
Children's Literature in Semitic Languages collection

Collection consists of four books for kindergarten and early grades in both Hebrew and Arabic, including fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and alphabet books. Contains by Emanuel Gamoran (1932, 1934), by Avi Margalit (c1968) (all published in the U.S.), and ,...

 
Chilean Electoral records (reproduced) collection

Collection consists of photocopies from the Chilean Registro Electoral of the presidential elections of 1958 and 1964....

 
Chin (Hei Sop) Archival Collection

Hei Sop Chin (1905- ) was the editor of the (1955), wrote the textbooks (1958) and (1959), founded, edited, and published the news weekly , or (1961-1965), was the head of the lithograph department at the University of Southern California...

 
China Democracy Movement and Tiananmen Incident Archives

The present finding aid represents the fruits of a multiyear collaborative effort, undertaken at the initiative of then UCLA Chancellor Charles Young, to collect, collate, classify, and annotate available materials relating to the China Democracy Movement and tiananmen crisis of...

 
Chinese Community Newspaper Archive

The Chinese Community newspaper, started publication in the early 1980s and was the first Chinese newspaper to be published in Southern California. The collection consists of a weekly Chinese language newspaper that chronicles Southern California's suburban Chinese Community.

 
Chinese Historical Society (S. Calif.) Southern California Chinese American Oral History Project

The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the UCLA Asian Studies Center initiated the Southern California Chinese American Oral History Project in September 1978. The project collected oral histories from 165 Chinese residents who discussed their lives in Los...

 
Chuman (Frank F.) Papers

Chuman, a Nisei, was born in California in 1917. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (1938) and the University of Maryland Law School (1945). He was the administrator at the Manzanar Camp hospital from 1942-43. He later...

 
Chuquet Indexes to Pamphlet and Book Collections

Collection consists of boxes of index cards to the books and American pamphlets of the Chuquet Collection....

 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Collection of Material

Mormonism was established in the 1820s in western New York under the leadership of Joseph Smith. Its largest institutional manifestations are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The...

 
Church of Scientology - Collection of Material Related to

The Church of Scientology was developed in the U.S. in the 1950s by the author L. Ron Hubbard (1911-86) and was based on Dianetics, a form of psychotherapy originated by Hubbard and later incorporated into Scientology. The collection consists of...

 
Church of World Messianity Records

Collection consists of newsletters and publications of the Church of World Messianity....

 
City of Burbank underground water rights litigation records

Collection consists of court documents, correspondence, and historical research information related to litigation (1940-78) between the City of Los Angeles and the cities of Burbank, Glendale, and San Fernando over the rights to underground water....

 
Clark (Burton R.) papers

Robert Burton Clark, UCLA Professor Emeritus of Higher Education and Sociology, was one of the first sociologists to study higher education from a global perspective. His research interests include comparative higher education, development of graduate schools, entrepreneurial universities, and sustaining...

Clark (Cumberland) Cuneiform Tablet collection

Twenty-five cuneiform tablets from the ancient Mesopotamian school environment called eduba (literally, "house of tablets") and includes examples ranging from simple sign exercises to advanced Sumerian literary exercises. The majority of the texts come from the Old Babylonian period, which...

 
Clark (David L.) Los Angeles Oral Histories Collection

David L. Clark (1945- ) taught oral history and Los Angeles history at UCLA, UCLA Extension, and California State University, Los Angeles (1974- ). The collection consists of more than 100 papers presented by students in the oral history and...

 
Clark (Susan) papers

Susan Clark was a motion picture and television actress. She may be best known for her role as Katherine on the television series Webster. The bulk of the collection consists of scripts from the television series Webster. Additionally there are...

 
Clark (Tom) Papers

Thomas Willard Clark (1941- ) was the poetry editor of (1963-73), senior writer of (1978-79) and instructor in poetics at New College of California (1988- ). He wrote numerous books of poetry, wrote a biography of musician Neil Young (1971)...

 
Clayton (William) Papers

Collection consists of typescript copies of correspondence, 1901-1934, including material relating to the J.D. & A.B. Spreckles Securities Company, and the San Diego & Arizona Railroad; an engraved memorial to William Clayton; and typescript manuscript dated August 17, 1959 regarding...

 
Clements (George P.) Papers

George P. Clements (1867-1958) was an organizer (1918) and manager of the Agricultural Department of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (1918-39), a counselor on agriculture and conservation (1939-47) and Director of the Los Angeles County Farm Bureau. The collection...

 
Cleveland (Robert C.) papers

Robert C. Cleveland, noted architectural, interior design, and commercial photographer based in Pacific Palisades, California. The collection contains items spanning his military and professional career including photographic prints, negatives, books, book manuscripts, and publications featuring his work.

 
Clewe (Jane) papers

Jane Clewe was a donor and member of many activist and community organizations devoted to lesbian and women's issues. This collection contains newsletters and organizational materials from many of these organizations as well as a large collection of magazines from...

 
Clifton's Cafeteria collection of circulars

Clifton's Cafeteria was opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1931 by Clifford E. Clinton, who also opened several other branches of his restaurant in later years. Clinton was also active in local politics and an advocate for civil reform. His...

 
Clinton (Clifford E.) Papers

Clifford E. Clinton (1900-1969) was a restauranteur active in Los Angeles politics. He was involved with the recall of Los Angeles mayor Frank Shaw and supported Fletcher Bowron as mayor of Los Angeles (1938), helped organize the Citizen's Independent Vice...

 
Clothing and Dress - Collection of Material about

Collection consists of magazines, catalogs, clippings, miscellaneous pictorial materials, and ephemera related to the history of clothing and dress. Includes European and U.S. fashion magazines, fabric swatches, and pattern designs. Materials in this collection are primarily in English and may...

 
Cobden (Richard) Letters

Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was born in Dunford, Sussex, England. He was a middle-class manufacturer and MP. He became interested in the Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association in 1838 and helped to transform it into the National Anti-Corn-Law League. Cobden was elected...

 
Cohen (Henry) papers

Henry Cohen (1933- ) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was an assistant professor of history at California State College at Long Beach (1964-69), assistant professor (1969-71), then associate professor of history at Loyola University in Chicago. The collection...

 
Cohen (Sidney) collection

Sidney Cohen conducted early LSD research in the 1950s and was a noted U.S. public expert on drug abuse from the 1960s to the 1980s. Cohen was a Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and served in the Nixon Administration as...

 
Cohen (Theodore) Papers

Theodore Cohen (1918-1983) was the civilian chief of the Labor Division for the American Occupation of Japan (1946), and the Adviser on Economic Programs to the chief of the Economic and Scientific Division (1947). In 1950, he went in to...

 
Colburn (Tara) photographs of India, Iran, and Nepal

Collection consists of photographs recording the daily life and family relationships among tribal peoples of India in some of its least-known and most rarely photographed regions. The photos were taken in the 10-year course of Tara Colburn travels while searching...

Cole Family papers

Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) practiced law in San Francisco (1850) before relocating to Sacramento in 1851 where he served as the district attorney of Sacramento City and County (1859-62). He was later elected as a Union Republican to the thirty-eighth Congress...

 
Coleman (James S.) Papers

Collection documents the activities of James Smoot Coleman, teacher and scholar, whose academic career spanned from 1953 to 1985. The materials primarily document his professional involvement with the Rockefeller Foundation, but also include a small amount of documentation on his...

 
Coleman (Wanda) papers

Wanda Coleman was born on November 13, 1946 and grew up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. Coleman's poetry is widely anthologized and published, and her poetry collection received the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. In addition to...

 
Collection of Cuban railroad documents

Cuban railway history began in 1834 with the Compañía de Caminos de Hierro de La Habana, which primarily transported sugar from Güines to Havana. The Collection of Cuban railroad documents range from 1841-1867 and contains manuscript documents from the Compañía...

 
Collection of Cuban slavery documents

The forced enslavement of individuals in Cuba began in the early 1500s and continued until 1886. Spanish colonists first enslaved Cuba's indigenous population, and then began forcibly transporting individuals from Africa in the late 1700s as Cuba's sugar industry, which...

 
A Collection of Material from the Trianon Press

The collection consists of reproductions of engravings, etchings, and other artwork published by Trianon Press, a publishing house started by Arnold Fawcus who was well known for producing high quality facsimiles.

 
Colles (William M.) letters

William Morris Colles (1855-1926) was a prominent literary agent in London, and a author. The collection consists of letters from various authors to Colles and his associates. Correspondents include James Barrie, Arnold Bennett, E.F. Benson, Ford Madox Ford, Rider Haggard,...

 
Collignon (Raymonde) Papers

Madame Gaspard-Michel, known professionally as Raymonde Collignon (b.1894) made professional debut in 1916 as a singer and dancer at Aeolian Hall with Edwin Evans, shortly thereafter appearing at the London Coliseum, and later at the leading London theaters and concert...

 
Collings (Jesse) Tour in the United States and Canada

The bulk of this manuscript is comprised of typewritten letters authored by Jesse Collings, Britain's Under-Secretary of the Home Office from 1896-1902, describing places visited during his 1899 trip to North America. The typescript is supplemented with illustrations, photographs, ephemera,...

 
Colodny (Nikki) papers

Dr. Nikki Colodny was a pro-choice activist, abortion provider, and women's health advocate operating in Toronto, Ontario throughout the 1980s and 1990s. This collection contains records from several clinics and advocacy organizations with which she was active, in addition to...

Colorado River and creation of the Salton Sea photograph albums

Two albums of photographs documenting the California Development Company's project to construct a system of canals to divert water from the Colorado River for irrigation of the Imperial Valley, the subsequent breaks in the levees, and the flooding between 1905...

 
Columbia Pictures stills and key books

Columbia Pictures history can be traced back to 1918 when brothers Harry and Jack Cohn formed a partnership with their associate Joe Brandt, to produce low-budget short films and featurettes; the three were former employees of Carl Laemmle. They called...

 
Comfort (Will L.) papers

Will Levington Comfort (1878-1932) was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was a newspaperman (1890s), a war correspondent and author. He also issued two periodicals chiefly concerned with spiritualism. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, printed material and drafts of his...

 
Commercial Catalogs Collection

Collection consists of brochures and catalogs of commercial products, mostly from California, including clothing, toys, hardware, furniture and interior decorating, electronics, automobiles, art, gardening, food and drink, jewelry, musical instruments, perfume, saddles, sporting goods, and travel merchandise. Stores include Broadway,...

 
Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts Records

The Towers in the Watts area of Los Angeles, nine major sculptures of structural steel covered with mortar, were built by Simon Rodia. He called the towers "Nuestro Pueblo," and built them without the use of machine equipment or scaffolding....

 
Commonplace Book

This commonplace book's unidentified author was a student at Oxford. Much of the small volume is filled with accounts and receipts; these include statements of the author's expenses, ranging from tutors and booksellers to tobacco and candles. It also includes...

 
Community Playhouse Association of Pasadena Records

The Community Playhouse Association of Pasadena was formed in 1917 to contribute to the cultural and educational life of the community. The Association included the Pasadena Playhouse (1925) and the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts (1928). The collection consists...

 
Compton-Burnett (I.) literary manuscripts

I. (Ivy) Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) was an author who wrote over twenty novels. She received the James Tait Black memorial prize for (1955). The collection consists of manuscripts of four novels and one typescript by Compton-Burnett including , , and .

 
Compulsory Military Conscription and the Vietnam Conflict Collection of Material

Collection consists of materials relating to the U.S. military, the Vietnam conflict, and related topics. Subjects include the draft, recruiting, reserves, desertions, peace movements, War Resistance League, political activities of servicemen, atrocities, casualties, conscientious objectors, war resisters leaving the U.S....

 
Condee (Newcomb and Grace) Theater Playbill scrapbooks

The collection consists of theatre playbills and programs collected and compiled into six scrapbooks by Newcomb and Grace Condee.

 
Conder (Charles E.) Papers

Charles Conder (1868-1909) was born in London. He studied painting in Sydney, Melbourne and Paris. He specialized in portrait and landscape painting. The collection consists of letters to Conder and to his wife from English and French personnages of the...

 
Conference Press Records

The Conference Press was spontaneously formed in the 1930s when three UCLA students visited William Saroyan at a Hollywood film studio. In 1936, the Press published Saroyan's , a collection of short stories. One of the stories, The Man With...

 
Conley (John) Papers

John Conley was a scholar, educator, short story writer, poet, and translator. He was a student of Yvor Winters and remained a lifelong friend of Winters and his wife, Janet Lewis. As a student at Stanford, he met and became...

 
Connell (Del) Comic Book Art Collection

Collection consists primarily of original pencil drawings and comic strip proof sheets for daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips. Also includes original comic book tissue drawings and finished ink comic book art work. Features various cartoon characters including Mickey Mouse,...

Connell (Will) papers

Will Connell (1898-1961) was a self-taught photographer. He opened a studio in downtown Los Angeles in 1925 and became a member of the Camera Pictorialists. He taught at Art Center College in Pasadena from 1931 until his death. His work...

 
Connelly (Philip M.) Collection of Los Angeles CIO Industrial Union Council Records

Collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, and photographs relating to the Los Angeles labor movement and activities during the 1940s and 1950s. Includes files on 1948 national CIO convention, Henry Wallace third party movement, Mexican and South American labor, U.S. motors...

Connexxus/Centro de Mujeres collection

The Connexxus/Centro de Mujeres Collection contains the administrative records of Connexxus / Centro de Mujeres, one of the first Los Angeles non-profit organizations that catered and provided services to lesbians.

 
Conrich (Robert S.) Collection of Material Relating to the Incorporation of West Hollywood, Calif.

Robert S. Conrich was the host at the first meeting of the West Hollywood Incorporation Committee in August 1983, and he volunteered to work temporarily at City Hall after Hollywood achieved cityhood. He was the author of a weekly column...

 
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics : Records of the UCLA Website

The records include documentation of the original papers in which discoveries were first reported, biographical material, including some photographs, and descriptions vetted by Field Editors.

 
Cook (James, Captain) Playbills

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) joined the British Navy as a seaman in 1755 and rose rapidly in rank during the Seven Year's War. He surveyed the St. Lawrence River, and played an important role in the capture of Quebec. In...

 
Cooley (Spade) papers

This collection includes photographs, business documents, media, and memorabilia relating to the entertainment career of the “King of Western Swing,” Donnell “Spade” Cooley, as well as correspondence and other personal materials, and periodical coverage of his 1961 murder trial. After...

 
Coolidge (Clark) Correspondence

Clark Coolidge (1939- ) was the producer of (weekly hour of new poetry) at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California (1969-70), the author of various books of poetry, and co-editor of (1964-66). The collection consists of correspondence to Coolidge from various poets.

 
Cooper (Alice C.) papers

Alice Cecilia Cooper (1878-1960) was the supervisor of English for the Oakland Public Schools in Oakland, California. She also taught in Los Angeles schools, San Francisco City College, University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford. The collection consists of Cooper's...

 
Cooper (Charles E.) Papers

Charles E. Cooper was educated in Holton, Kansas. He bred thoroughbred horses and established the Rancho San Luis Rey in San Diego County (1930s), a 5,000 acre ranch that became known as one of the largest and most successful breeding...

 
Cooper Ornithological Society, Southern Division records

The Cooper Ornithological Society was founded in 1893, and was named after the zoologist James G. Cooper. The collection contains 3 volumes of incoming correspondence from various ornithologists to Frank Slater Daggett, the accessions records of the Dickey Ornithological Library,...

 
Copp (Joseph) Papers

Joseph Copp opened his first landscape architecture business in 1937 and was the landscape architect for various political and professional people in the U.S. The collection consists of architectural drawings, blueprints, and tracings.

 
Corelli (Marie) Papers

Marie Corelli was the pen name of Mary MacKay (1855-1924). She was the best selling author of her time, writing 27 novels, several collections of short stories, a book of verse, and a number of essays. The collection consists of...

 
Corle (Edwin) Papers

Edwin Corle (1906-1956) was born in Wildwood, New Jersey. He wrote several books and contributed articles and stories to the , , , , and others. The collection consists primarily of manuscripts and typescripts for several of Corle's books as...

 
Corleone (Sophia) papers

Sophia Corleone organized, along with co-coordinator Gail Suber, the Lesbian Writers Series of readings at A Different Light Bookstore in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. This collection contains materials relevant to the planning of the series as...

Cornell (Ralph D.) papers

Ralph D. Cornell was the supervising landscape architect at UCLA from 1937-72. Some of Cornell's other landscape architecture projects included Pomona College, Torrey Pines Park, Los Angeles Music Center, and La Brea Tar Pits. The collection consists of office files,...

 
Corsini collection of manuscripts from their collection of books on the Plague

Collection consists of nine account books, four medical manuscripts, and three other manuscripts. Includes account books for 1531-1640, 1541-1546, 1551-1615, 1578-1584, 1581-1586, 1613-1627, 1623-1654, 1642-1657, and 1659-1660. Medical books include , , , and Lampronti's . Also includes , ,...

 
Corwin (Norman) collection of material by and about

Collection consists of scripts, programs, and clippings related to the career of Norman Corwin. Includes scripts for The world of Carl Sandberg, The charter in the saucer, Lust for life, and The golden door. Also includes a hard bound copy...

 
Cory family papers

Harry Thomas Cory (1870- ) was an assistant engineer at A. & M. Railway in 1888, before undertaking numerous engineering projects including one with the Southern Pacific Railroad, where he was personally in charge of diverting the Colorado River from...

 
Cote (Renee) papers

Renee Cote was a psychotherapist and lesbian activist. This collection includes the thesis for her master's degree as well as an additional publication.

Cotsen (Lloyd E.) cuneiform tablets collection

The collection consists of 215 cuneiform tablets, the majority of which were written by students in ancient Mesopotamian schools. Tablet subjects include writing composition and language, mathematics, science, law, and religion. The chronological range of the tablets extends from the...

 
Council for the Study of Mankind Records

The Council for the Study of Mankind was an organization based in Santa Monica, California, made up of educators and scholars and associated with civic, professional and business leaders. Their intent was to further understanding to find solutions for the...

 
Council of Social Sciences Data Archives (U.S.) Records

Collection consists of correspondence and printed materials of the Council of Social Sciences Data....

 
Cousins (Norman) papers

Collection covers the range of Cousins' career as magazine editor, author, and professor, with particular concentration in the subject areas of world government and medical issues, mostly concerning the role of the mind in healing the body. It consists of...

 
Couts (Cave Johnson) [Diary]

A complete photographic copy of Cave Johnson Couts' diary, which includes descriptions of his experience at West Point, his military service as an officer of the 1st U.S. Dragoons on the Western frontier and in Mexico, and as an escort...

 
Cowan (Robert E.) collection of early California manuscripts

Collection consists of miscellaneous manuscripts pertaining to California history.

 
Cowan (Robert E.) Library and Bibliographical Lists

Robert Ernest Cowan (1862-1942) was a San Francisco bookseller (1895-1920) and author of bibliographies of history of California and the Pacific Coast. He was also the librarian for William Andrews Clark, Jr. (1919-33). Cowan's collection of books and manuscripts form...

 
Cowan (Robert E.) Papers

Robert Ernest Cowan (1862-1942) wrote bibliographies of California history and the Pacific Coast, and worked as a librarian for William Andrews Clark, Jr. from 1919 to 1933. His collection of books and manuscripts form the nucleus of the UCLA Department...

 
Cox (James R.) Bibliography of the Albright Library

James R. Cox (1926- ) was the head of UCLA's Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77), Acting Associate University Librarian for Public Services (1977-79), and Assistant to the University Librarian (1979-83) before becoming the University Librarian for Griffith University...

 
Cox (James R.) Papers

James R. Cox (1926- ) began working at the UCLA library in 1954, serving in gifts and exchange, as head of the Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77). He became the Acting Associate University Librarian for Public Services (1977-79),...

 
Crabs (Donald) papers

Donald Crabs was a UCLA professor who specialized in theater design. He studied scenery and lighting design, as well as set design for television and film. Starting in 1965 he taught set and stage design in the UCLA Department of...

 
Crabtree (Charlotte) papers

Records about the development of California and National History Standards for K-12 education from 1986-1990s, evidence of intense conservative political reaction to the standards, book drafts for , and academic work done during Charlotte Crabtree's career as a Professor of...

 
Craft and Folk Art Museum records

The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) and its predecessor, The Egg and The Eye Gallery, was an active part of "Museum Row" at 5814 Wilshire Blvd. on Los Angeles' Miracle Mile in the mid-Wilshire district, showing fine craft, international...

 
Craftsman Style homes in West Park Tract of Los Angeles photograph album

Photograph album of houses in the West Park Tract of Los Angeles, now the Vermont Harbor neighborhood, probably dating from the years 1908-1910.

 
Craig (Edith) Papers

Edith Craig (1869-1947) was a member of the Lyceum Theatre Company for many years, working with her mother and brother, Edward Gordon Craig, under the direction of Henry Irving. She designed and made costumes for many London productions, but in...

 
Craig (Edward G.) Notes and Drafts for a Plea to George Bernard Shaw

The portfolio contains a notebook and two typed manuscripts that trace the development of the essay entitled, "A Plea to G. B. S." in (1931; republished as in 1932). Edward Gordon Craig's essay "A Plea to G. B. S." is...

Craig (Edward G.) papers

Edward Henry Gordon Craig (1872-1966) was a member of the Lyceum, London, where he received training as an actor and began his career in stage design and production (1889-95). He was appointed Royal Designer for Industry of the Royal College...

 
Craig (Robert F.) Papers

Collection consists of correspondence, publications, and campaign literature, and memorabilia related to national and California politics, particularly the California Republican Assembly. Includes rosters of state and county Republican Central Committees, rosters of Republican clubs, correspondence with Thomas E. Dewey, and...

 
Cram (Donald J.) papers

Donald J. Cram, a Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist, came to UCLA in August of 1947 where he taught and conducted research for over four decades. The field of host-guest complexation chemistry was in large part developed by Cram and his...

 
Crandall (Shannon) Papers

Shannon Crandall (1871- ) was born in Colusa, California. She was president of the California Hardware Company (1918), director of the Security First National Trust and Savings Bank and president, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (1929). The collection consists of...

 
Crawhall (Joseph) Papers

Joseph Crawhall was an illustrator, making colored woodblocks for books such as (1864) and (1883)He also illustrated (1864), (1873), and Border Notes & Mixty-Maxty (1880). The collection consists of proof copies, scrapbooks, and limited editions of Crawhall's works and clippings...

 
Cray (Ed) Papers

Edward Cray (1933- ) was an instructor in folklore and folksong at UCLA (1958-60), associate editor and business manager for magazine (1961-64), director of publications for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California (1965-70), associate professor (1976-90), then...

 
Crews (Judson) Papers

Judson Campbell Crews (1917- ) was a lecturer in social development studies at the University of Zambia, Lusaka (1974-78) wrote numerous books of poetry and contributed to some 350 periodicals. The collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, published works and...

 
Crites (Arthur S.) illustrations for Pioneer days in Kern County

Forty-six black-and-white photographic prints used to illustrate an autobiographical account by Arthur S. Crites of his family, early education, and life as a young man and miner in Kern County, California.

 
Crites (Arthur S.) Papers

Collection consists of literary manuscripts of Arthur S. Crites' (1951) and (1952). Includes galley proofs, page proofs, typescripts with holograph corrections, and 62 photographs used in . ...

 
Cromwell (P.W.) Detroit Political Cartoons collection

Collection consists of 28 pen and ink drawings with captions by cartoonist P.W. Cromwell about political issues in Detroit, Michigan from 1910-30....

 
Crouch (Lois) Papers

Lois Crouch (1915- )was the director of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles (1948-50), a member of the Commission for the Reorganization of Los Angeles City Government (1951-52), chairman of the sub-committee on citizens participation for the Citizens...

 
Crouch (Winston W.) Papers

Winston Winford Crouch (1907- ) was a professor of political science at UCLA (1936-75) and wrote several books. The collection consists of subject files relating to Crouch's study of California and local government.

Cruikshank (Margaret) papers

The Margaret Cruikshank Papers consist of drafts, background/research notes, correspondence and publicity materials for three published works edited by Cruikshank: (1980, 1982, 1985), a collection of autobiographical writings; (1982), a women's history and lesbian studies text and (1984), a lesbian...

 
Crum (Dorothy B.) collection

Collection consists of Crum's family papers, books, a manuscript, and photographs taken by Crum's grandfather James Mullen, who was commissioned by the Union Army to document the progress of the Civil War.

 
Crystal Ice Mfg. Co. Records

The Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company began as the Whittier Ice and Cold Storage Company in 1914 by C. Caldwell and delivered ice to homes in Southern California. The collection contains ledgers, legal documents, sales forms, receipts, and a time book...

 
Cuban Revolution Collection

The Cuban Revolution originated with discontent over the repressive regime of Fulgencio Batista, who sought greater popularity by staging rigged elections in 1954 and 1958. In 1953, student revolutionary Fidel Castro led an attack on a military base. Preparing a...

 
Cummings Collection of Hebraica and Judaica Card Index

Collection consists of catalog cards of the books in the Cummings collection of Hebraica and Judaica in the UCLA Library. The books have been individually catalogued and integrated into the Library's reference holdings....

 
Cummings Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts

Collection consists of Hebrew manuscripts, mainly Eastern European and some Iraqi, including Cabalistic works such as by Moses Cordovero (16th century) and (1705); prayer books including one from Yemen in the late eighteenth century; a red and black manuscript of...

 
Cunningham (Janet) papers

Janet Cunningham moved from New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA) to Los Angeles in 1978 with her son Beau to pursue a career as a Hollywood writer. In 1981 she opened the Contemporary Artists Space of Hollywood (C.A.S.H.) nightclub and gallery next...

Cure (Alfred C.) photograph albums

Early photographs of castles and country houses, landscapes, and portraits in England, Gibraltar, and Ireland, taken between 1850 and 1856 taken by Alfred Capel Cure.

 
Curran (Pauline G.) papers

Collection contains manuscripts of plays, poetry, and short stories by Pauline Garner Curran. Also includes her diary (1900-1902), two notebooks, photographs, bookplates, letters, and clippings. Contains sheet music for , with words by Curran, and a printed pamphlet, (1943) by...

 
Curry (Dan) papers

Dan Curry, born Daniel F. Curry, is an Emmy Award-winning fine artist and filmmaker. He is best known --- and has won seven Emmy awards for --- his work as Visual Effects Producer of , , , and . This...

 
Curtis (George de C.) Papers

George de Clyver Curtis (1872-1966) was a homesteader in Lakeside (later called Ramona), California and a beekeeper. He wrote plays, poems, and books, including (1948) and (1955). The collection consists of Curtis' personal papers, diaries, photographs, correspondence, and a 1925...

 
Curtis (Tony) Papers

Tony Curtis (b.1925) received his theatrical training and had his professional debut in New York before signing to Universal films (1949). He became a movie star by 1951, and starred in the early '70s TV series . He is also...

 
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Dakin (Susanna B.) A Scotch paisano: Hugo Reid's life in California (1832-1852)

Hugo Reid was nicknamed the Scotch Paisano during his days as a Scottish settler in Mexican Southern California. He was born in 1810 and he settled in the San Gabriel area in the 1820s, became a Mexican citizen, married a...

 
Dalton (Melville) papers

Melville Dalton (1907-1978) was a sociologist and UCLA professor of sociology who focused his career on studying staff relationships in industry. This collection contains manuscripts of Dalton’s professional writings and correspondence largely relating to publications, including the publication of Men...

 
Daly (Carroll J.) Papers

Carroll John Daly (1889-1958) was a crime fiction writer. His publications include (1927), (1933), (1936), and (1951). He also wrote dozens of stories for pulp detective magazines and television scripts. The collection consists of 163 typescripts of short stories, a...

 
D'Amico (Jeanne) Papers

Jeanne D'Amico started her affiliation with the Los Angeles Olympic movement in 1969. She was a full-time staff member in preparation for the 1976 Olympic bid, an assistant to John C. Argue in preparing the 1984 bid, and a member...

 
Dance Programs Collection

Collection consists of some 1000 twentieth-century dance programs, primarily American, but many for foreign dance companies on tour in the U.S.

 
Daniels (Danny) papers

Danny Daniels was a tap dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur. The collection consists primarily of material from his long career on stage and in film and television. There are also records from his eponymous dance school, as well as other business...

 
Dated Documents from England, France, Italy, Spain, and Austria Collection

Collection consists of sixteen original documents from England, France, Italy, Spain and Austria, most of them written in Latin or French, with one in German. Latin documents include: grant of privileges to the monastery of Peleias by Alphonso IX, King...

 
Davidson (Gordon) Papers

Collection consists of material related to the career of theatrical producer and director Gordon Davidson....

 
Davis (Elizabeth G.) papers

Elizabeth Gould Davis was an American lesbian librarian and author who wrote the feminist text The First Sex. Her unpublished follow up manuscript for The Female Principle is contained within this collection.

 
Davis (H.L.) Papers

H.L. Davis (1884-1960) was a poet and novelist. His poetry was first published in Chicago's in 1919. In 1927, he wrote a pamphlet, , with James Stevens, attacking the literary establishment of Oregon and Washington. He also wrote novels, stories...

 
Davis (John E.) Log of H.M.S. Samarang

This illustrated log records the travels of H.M.S. Samarang, a ship of the British Royal Navy that was engaged in surveying coastal areas of Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Panama, and Mexico from 1831-1834.

 
Davis (Joseph L.) Papers

Joseph Le Compte Davis (1864- ) was an assistant district attorney of Los Angeles county (1893-95). The collection consists of Davis' business and personal correspondence, legal materials, scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, photographs, greeting cards and other memorabilia.

 
Davis (William H.) Copies of Manuscripts Holdings in the Calif. State Library, Sacramento

William Heath Davis (1822-1909) was a merchant in San Francisco, a real estate developer in San Diego, and an author. The collection consists of 2 reels of 35mm. positive microfilm of correspondence and other material related to Davis' business in...

 
Davis (William H.) Papers

William Heath Davis (1822-1909) was born in Hawaii. He learned merchandizing from his uncle Nathan Spear. Davis was also a real estate developer and an author. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, accounts, bills, business records, cash and cargo...

 
Dawson (John M.) papers

The collection consists of correspondence, John M. Dawson's dissertation and calculations, conference proceedings and reports....

 
Dawson's Book Shop records

Ernest Dawson founded Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles, California, in 1905 at 713 South Broadway. Dawson specialized in rare books and went on buying expeditions in Europe and at book auctions in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. The store...

 
de la Pena (Terri) Papers

Terri de la Peña is a novelist, short story writer, and children's book author whose writings deal with complex issues of identity, homophobia, assimilation and resistance focusing on the lives of Chicana lesbians. This collection contains materials related to the...

 
De Lacy (Robert) photographs

Robert DeLacy was a film director. The collection consists of photographs related to DeLacey's career.

 
De Mille (Agnes) papers

Agnes De Mille (1908 or 1905- ) appeared as a dancer in the Grand street follies (1928), creating the choreography for a revival of the Black crook in Hoboken the following year. She danced and choreographed in London before returning...

 
Decorative Designers Firm - Collection of Materials by and Relating to

Emma Redington (Lee) Thayer (ca. 1874-ca. 1973) was the co-founder of Decorative Designers, a New York City based firm that produced binding designs, dust jackets, book illustrations, and advertising material. She specialized in conventionalized decorations and designed most of the...

 
DeForest (Charlotte B.) Papers

Charlotte DeForest was the daughter of pioneer missionary, John H. DeForest, of the American Board Mission; after graduation from Smith College, she returned to Japan and worked as a missionary educator. She was the President of Kobe College for women,...

 
Del Amo Foundation Spanish Civil War Collection

Collection consists of 4 volumes containing 200 black and white and color photographic reproductions of propaganda posters issued by both the Republican and Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War, 5 volumes of photographs of events and personalities of the...

 
Delabere family papers

Boxes 1-14 include journals and accounts containing daily memoranda of the activities of the Delabere family and the administration of their estate....

 
Democracy and Unification in Korea collection

The collection is mostly about Korean human rights and democratic development during the 1970s and 1980s in the United States. Also, it contains information on how American religious and citizen groups participated in activities in Washington, DC and abroad to...

 
Dennis (Faith) Travel Journals and Scrapbooks

Travel journals and scrapbooks created by Faith Dennis, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-1985.

 
Denslow (Pat) papers

Pat Denslow (30 April 1918 - 11 September 2005) was a lesbian activist and organizer. She worked heavily with both the Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) as well as Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC). This collection includes interview...

 
Dent (J.M.) & Sons - File Copies of Printed Books

Joseph Malaby Dent (1849-1926) was an English bookbinder who created finely produced classics by Shakespeare, Scott, Dickens and Jane Austen. He also published illustrated books and the series, which was to contain the most important works of world literature with...

 
Derkum (Adam C.) Papers

Collection consists of photographs and papers related to Adam C. Derkum's career as a high school teacher in the Philippines....

 
Derrick (Clarence J.) Papers

Collection consists of photographs and manuscripts of technical writing by Clarence J. Derrick. Subjects include the importance of earthquake amplitude in aseismic design, the distortion analysis method, the significance of model tests, and two sets of experiments. ...

 
Desti (Mary) Papers

Mary Desti (1871-1931) was the owner of Desti Beauty Products cosmetics firm and New York City studio which sold art objects, perfumes, and clothing. She wrote (1929). The collection consists of general and business correspondence, papers related to organizing clubs...

 
Diamond Jubilee procession photograph album

Published/distributed: [London] : Marion and Co., 22 and 23, Soho Square, London, W., [1897] Album of 24 albumen prints of views of the Diamond Jubilee procession, celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession through London on June 22, 1897.

 
Diana Press records

These records trace the history of Diana Press, a lesbian/feminist printing and publishing house started by Coletta Reid and Casey Czarnik in Baltimore, Maryland in 1972, and relocated to Oakland, California in 1977. Most notably, Diana published works by Rita...

 
Dick (Hugh G.) Papers

Hugh Gilchrist Dick (1909-1971) was a professor in the English Department at UCLA (1942-1971) and a joint professor at the School of Library Science (1967-71). The collection consists of Dick's professional and personal correspondence, and papers relating to his work...

 
Dickens (Charles) Playbills Relating to

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was born at Portsea, near Portsmouth, England. He was originally a journalist, but also wrote fictional sketches of London life and novels. He held private theatrical events at his London home as well. The collection consists of...

 
Dickey (Donald R.) Papers

Donald R. Dickey (1887-1932) was a zoologist, specializing in the mammals and birds of North and Central America. The collection consists chiefly of personal and family letters and a copy of Dickey's will.

Dickson (Edward A.) Cuneiform Tablet collection

The majority of the eight tablets are administrative in nature, citing loans, receipts, and inventories. Most of the administrative texts date to the Ur III period (Third Dynasty of Ur). One tablet contains a royal inscription from the Early Old...

 
Dickson (Edward A.) Papers

Edward Augustus Dickson (1879-1956) was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He worked for the and the before joining the which he later purchased. Dickson was also a founding member of the Lincoln-Roosevelt League, a delegate to the Republican National Convention (1932),...

 
Diemer (Robert B.) papers

Robert B. Diemer (1888-1966) was the general manager and chief engineer of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The collection contains a manuscript history of the North Platte River project (ca. 1912-25), copies of papers, articles, statements, memorabilia, photographs,...

 
Diller (Phyllis) papers

This collection includes business papers, correspondence, sheet music, media, and memorabilia from the private collection of comedian and actress Phyllis Diller. Diller broke ground as one of the first and most prominent woman comedians through her stand-up act, films, television...

 
Dillon (Fannie C.) papers

Fannie Charles Dillon (1881-1947) was a teacher, pianist and composer of piano, vocal, orchestral and chamber music. She taught at Pomona College (1910-13), and in Los Angeles high schools (1918-41). In 1924, she founded the Woodland Theater at Fawnskin, Big...

 
Dillon (Richard H.) Collection of Photographs of San Francisco and the Mother Lode

Richard Hugh Dillon (1924- ) was a librarian and the author of many articles and books on California, including (1961), (1966), (1967), (1970), and (1982). The collection consists of ca. 300 photographs of old and new San Francisco Chinatown and...

 
Dillon (Richard H.) papers

Richard Hugh Dillon (1924- ) wrote many articles and books on California. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence with various publishers, magazine articles, books, speeches, reviews, research materials, royalty statements, photographs, drafts, proofs, ephemera, personal material, and a manuscript...

 
Dimon (W. Eugene) papers

The W. Eugene Dimon papers contain newsletters, correspondence, albums and artifacts created by the Japanese who were detained at the Pomona Assembly Center in California from May to August 1942 and then transferred to the Heart Relocation Center in Wyoming...

Diseños: maps and plans of ranchos of Southern California

Oversize folio of approximately 150 hand-drawn maps of Mexican land claims in California.

 
Dissertations on Greek and Roman Antiquity Collection

Collection consists of dissertations completed in various academic disciplines related to Greek and Roman antiquity....

 
Dixon (Compton C.) vs. State of Calif. Transcripts

The people of the State of California, plaintiff, Compton C. Dixon, defendant, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, department no.40, Honorable Clement D. Nye, Judge, no.92,401. Reporters' transcript.

 
Dixon (Wilfrid Joseph) papers

Collection consists of materials relating to the work of UCLA biomathematician Wilfrid Joseph Dixon, including Russian language biomathematics and statistics texts....

 
Dixon (William H.) Papers

William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879) was an author who wrote several books and contributed to the and the . He was the editor of the (1853-69), and helped to found the Palestine Exploration Fund. The collection consists of correspondence from various...

 
DjeDJe (Jacqueline C.) papers

Jacqueline C. DjeDje joined the UCLA faculty in 1979. She was Chair of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology and Director of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. DjeDje specialized in African and African American music, West African fiddle music, gospel music, and...

 
Dobson (Sylvia) Papers

Sylvia Dobson was a schoolteacher and a close friend of the modernist and imagist poet Hilda Doolittle. This collection contains correspondence between Dobson and Doolittle between 1934 and 1951, in addition to Dobson's notes on the letters written after Doolittle's...

 
Dodd (Lawrence E.) papers

Collection consists of personal papers of Dr. Lawrence E. Dodd, professor of physics at UCLA, including correspondence, research notes and materials, photographs, and printed material.

 
Dodd (Paul A.) papers

Paul Albert Dodd (1902-1992) was a professor of economics (1932-61), director of the Institute of Industrial Relations (1945-47), dean of the College of Letters and Science (1946-61), acting vice chancellor (1959-60), and professor emeritus (1961) at UCLA. He also served...

 
Doheny (Estelle) Miscellanea

Carrie Estelle Betzold (1875-1958) married Edward L. Doheny, a Wisconsin-born Colorado miner who discovered oil in Los Angeles in 1892. When her husband died, Estelle Doheny inherited a fortune, with which she created a fine book collection. The collection consists...

 
Donaldson (Will) collection of material by Theodore Dreiser and Dreiseriana

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (1871-1945) was an author whose publications include: (1990), (1911), (1912), (1914), (1919), and (1925). After 1925, he ventured into social commentary and political analysis. The collection contains letters, clippings, photographs, films, manuscripts, and a scrapbook. There...

 
Donated Oral Histories collection

Topics of the interviews and lectures are wide-ranging and include the Los Angeles Airport; American photography; Allensworth, an African-American community in San Joaquin Valley, California; African-American life in Los Angeles; Afghanistan in the 1960s and 1970s; gardening with California natives...

 
Douglas (Norman) Papers

George Norman Douglas (1868-1952) was a British author, scientist, diplomat, and editor. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, corrected proofs, and notebooks related to Douglas' early scientific interests and literary career.

 
Doumani (Roy and Carol) Papers

Roy Doumani graduated from UCLA with a BA in business and finance in 1958. In 1978, architect Robert Graham started construction on their 7500 sq. ft. seaside home in Venice, California. The house, containing works by prominent artists, was bequeathed...

 
Dow (Arthur W.) and Students of the UCLA Dow Assn. Collection of Material

Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) was a artist and author. He taught at the Pratt Institute (1895-1904), the Art Students' League in New York (1897-1903), and Teachers College, Columbia University (1904- ). The collection consists of prints done by Arthur Wesley...

 
Dowdy (Andrew H.) Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy

Andrew Dowdy (b.1904) was the chairman and professor of the Department of Radiology, and one of the five original founders of the School of Medicine at the UCLA. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) started as a Democratic Congressman from the Boston...

 
Dramatic Arts Sales Catalog collection

Collection consists of 223 sale catalogs of books, relating to the theater, drama, motion pictures, ballet, and kindred subjects....

 
Draper (Barbara) Papers

Collection consists of a manuscript bibliography from 1569-1977 of Sir Francis Drake by Barbara Draper....

 
Drawings of cities collection

Collection consists of drawings of cities....

 
Dreier (Hans) Collection of Motion Picture Set Designs

Hans Dreier (1885-1966) was a set designer and art director at Famous Players-Lasky-Paramount and eventually became head of Paramount's art department. He received Academy Awards for (1944), (1949), and (1950). The collection consists of photographs of motion picture sets as...

 
Druks (Renate) Collection of Material by and Relating to Anaïs Nin

Renate Druks is a Southern California film director and scenic designer. The collection contains letters to Renate Druks from Anaïs Nin, three photocollages by Druks, 29 sketches by Renate's son, Peter Loomer Druks, photographs and negatives, a review of the...

 
Duarte (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce Minutes

Duarte is a small unincorporated town of some 2000 people located sixteen miles east-northeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. In the 1950s, its main industries were citrus fruit and avocado packing and poultry. The collection consists of 5 volumes of...

 
Duarte Reading Circle Records

The Duarte Reading Circle was established in 1909 for the purpose of promoting interest in reading and creating sociability within the community of Duarte, California. The collection consists of 10 volumes of the minutes of the Duarte Reading Circle meetings.

 
Duggan (Robert D.) Communist Party Collection

The Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) was organized in 1919 by the left wing of the Socialist Party and other groups. Under the new communist international strategy of the united front, American Communists began to work through labor and...

 
Dumani (Sharif) collection of punk flyers

Sharif Dumani is a first-generation Costa Rican/Lebanese American native of Los Angeles, an archivist with an MLIS degree from UCLA, and a multi-instrumental musician. As a musician he has played, recorded, and toured with a wide range of underground artists...

 
Dunne (John G.) papers

All materials relate to John Gregory Dunne's novel Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike. Between 1966 and 1967 Dunne researched his novel in Delano, California. The collection include the manuscript, Dunne's research, including interviews, daily notes log, and...

 
Duque de Palmella manuscripts collection

Collection consists of bound volumes of holographic Portuguese manuscripts, including a manuscript compilation of 16th and 17th century Portuguese law with an index....

 
Durham (Philip) Index and Bibliography collection

Philip Durham (1912-1977) was a professor in the English department at UCLA (1953-77), and a Fulbright professor of American literature (1955-56). The collection consists of Professor Philip Durham's indexes of various pulp magazines and the beginnings of several bibliographies, a...

 
Durham (Philip) papers

Philip Durham (1912-1977) was a professor of American literature at UCLA (1953-1976), Fulbright professor of American literature at the University of Helsinki(1955-56) and the author of several books. The collection consists of manuscripts, proof sheets, correspondence, books (many edited or...

 
Durrell (Lawrence) papers

Collection consists of materials related to Durrell's career as a writer. Includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, drawings, photographs, sound recordings, and books. Correspondence includes letters to various persons and correspondence between Lawrence Clark Powell and others regarding the Durrell collection. Manuscripts...

 
Dwan (Robert) papers

Robert (Bob) Dwan served as director for the CBS radio and NBC television game show series , hosted by Groucho Marx, from 1947 to 1961. The bulk of the collection consists of radio and television scripts for the program .

 
Dwiggins (Clare V.) papers

Clare Victor Dwiggins (1874-1958) was a cartoonist and illustrator for newspapers, journals, news syndication services, and books. He also composed a number of nationally syndicated comic strips including “Ophelia,” “Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer,” “Peter Tumbledown,” “School Days,” “Footprints on...

 
Dwyer (Sandy) papers

Sandy Dwyer is a lesbian activist, playwright and journalist living and working in Los Angeles, California. This collection represents materials used by and produced by Sandy Dwyer in the course of her life. The bulk are scripts and promotional materials.

 
Dyer (Brainerd) Papers

Brainerd Dyer (b.1901) was a history professor (1935-72) and chair of the History department (1947-53) at UCLA. He also wrote several books, including: (1939), (1943), and (1946). The collection consists of Dyer's correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets, journals, reprints, research notes and...

 
Dykstra (Clarence A.) papers

Clarence A. Dykstra (1883-1950) was the director of personnel and efficiency for the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles (1926-30), professor of municipal administration at UCLA (1923-30), the city manager of Cincinnati, Ohio (1930-37), provost at UCLA (1945-50),...

 
Dyson (Verne) papers

Verne Dyson (1879- ) was a feature writer for the (1907), and joined the staff of the as manager of the Pasadena news bureau and Sunday editor. At the end of World War I, he went to Shanghai, China to...

 
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E Clampus Vitus Records

The revival of E Clampus Vitus was begun by Carl I. Wheat and others around 1931 as a parody of mining fraternities of the nineteenth century. E Clampus Vitus events were organized around historical anniversaries or in a place of...

 
Early American Documents Collection

Collection consists of early American documents, including letters from Georgia, and other documents from Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and other states....

 
Early California residents' portraits

Collection of 127 cartes de visite, 5 cabinet cards, and 19 tintypes from ca. 1864-1890, of early residents of California.

 
Early Los Angeles photograph album

Album belonging to Mrs. A.S.C. Forbes of Los Angeles, containing 87 black & white photographs documenting the early history and development of the city of Los Angeles.

 
Earthquake Photographs Collection

This is a collection of materials related to major California earthquakes of the first half of the 20th century, including San Francisco, El Centro, Santa Barbara and Eureka, as well as the Helena, Montana earthquake of 1935.

 
Ebsworth (Joseph W.) Papers

The Reverend Joseph Woodfall (1824-1908) collected and edited English ballads and poetry. His publications include and the . The collection consists of holograph letters signed from various persons to the Reverend Ebsworth of Edinburgh and holograph notes by Ebsworth on...

 
Edelstein (J.M.) Correspondence

Collection consists of correspondence between Edelstein, Humanities bibliographer at the UCLA Library, and various poets. Correspondents include: Wilder Bentley, Paul Frederic Bowles, David Bromige, Diane Di Prima, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Josephine Herbst, Jack Hirschman, David Kherdian, Ron Loewinsohn, Harold Palmer...

Edson (Katherine P.) papers

Katherine Philips (1870-1933) was a member of the Friday Morning Club in Los Angeles (1908-11), worked on the gubernatorial campaign of Hiram Johnson, was appointed to the California Industrial Welfare Commission, became a member of the State Republican Party (1916-20)...

 
(Edwards) Anne papers

Anne Edwards (1927- ) was a freelance film and television writer, and an author. Her published work includes (1968), (1971), (1972), (1975), (1976), (1981), (1988), (1987), and (1988). The collection consists of Edwards' literary manuscripts, galleys, screenplays, research materials and...

 
Egly (Paul) papers

The papers related to Judge Paul Egly's tenure of office as a Los Angeles Superior court Judge in the Los Angeles school segregation case, over which he presided from late 1976 until his resignation in March, 1981.

 
Egypt (antiquities of) photograph album

Two albums of photographs of Egypt by Antonio Beato, probably assembled in 1887 for the Vanderbilt family trip to Egypt, using photographs taken by Beato between 1862 and 1887, during the years he worked from his studio in Luxor.

 
Egyptian Manuscripts in Arabic Collection

The entire collection is in Arabic....

 
Ehrlich (Richard) Photographs of the Holocaust Museum

Richard Ehrlich is a California-based urological surgeon and photographer. In 2007 he toured and photographed the Holocaust archives of the International Tracing Service (ITS) based in Bad Arolsen, Germany. This collection consists of 55 color photographic prints of the archive...

 
Eichelberger (Robert L.) Papers

Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (1886-1961) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1909. During World War II, he was assigned command of the 77th Infantry Division, and in charge of the first offensive victory against Japanese land forces in Papua, New...

 
Eisenberg (Frances R.) L.A. City Schools Loyalty Oath Collection

Frances R. Eisenberg was an English and journalism teacher at Canoga Park High School in Los Angeles, California. She was charged with teaching communism in her classes in 1940s, and during the early 1950s, as an English teacher at Fairfax...

 
Eldredge (Helen W.) Papers

Helen (Woodsmall) Eldredge (1879-1959) was born in Selma, Alabama. She founded a physical education movement in India, traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East and became a writer and lecturer in Oriental subjects and international affairs. The collection includes...

 
Ellis and Campbell records

Collection consists of 8 reels of microfilm containing correspondence of the Canadian law firm of Ellis and Campbell, as well as some newspaper clippings and lists of the letters, summarizing their contents....

 
Ellis Booksellers Records

Frederick Startridge Ellis (1830-1901) was born in Richmond, Surrey, England. He opened a bookstore in Covent Garden in 1860 dealing in old books and manuscripts. He was the official buyer for the British Museum for many years and published works...

 
Ellis (Havelock) Papers

Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) was a physician, anthropologist, novelist, and author of numerous theoretical works on human sexuality. His writings dealt with psychological, anthropological, and biological aspects of sexuality. The collection consists of the original typescript of with proofs and books...

 
Elster (Ernestine S.) Files of the Calif. State Resources Commission

Ernestine Sondheimer Elster served as a member of the California State Historical Resources Commission, and as Director of Publications at the UCLA Institute of Archaeology. The collection consists of meeting notebook files used by Dr. Elster while serving as a...

 
Elston (Allan V.) papers

Allan Vaughan Elston (1887-1976) was a free-lance writer of western fiction and mystery stories. His publications include (1941), (1954) and (1973). The collection consists of research notebooks, typescripts, novels, magazines containing short stories, and stories clipped from magazines, all by...

 
Emerson (Robert M.) Papers

Professor Emeritus Robert M. Emerson has worked for the Department of Sociology at UCLA for 45 years as a leader who was instrumental in building ethnomethodology as a field of inquiry. The collection consists of field notes, subject interview transcripts,...

 
Emmy Awards Collection of Music Scores

This collection is comprised of non-published manuscripts of scores and orchestral parts used for Emmy Award presentations primarily between 1969-1970 and 1980-1988. The manuscripts included in this collection mainly consist of segments of theme songs drawn from popular television shows...

 
Enderton (Herbert B.) papers

Herbert B. Enderton was a mathematician and logician who taught mathematics at UCLA for over four decades, edited the Journal of Symbolic Logic's Reviews Section for more than three decades, chaired the UCLA Logic Colloquium, and was an internationally renowned...

Endore (S. Guy) papers

S. Guy Endore (1901-70) was a prolific author of books as well as television and movie scripts. His script, , was nominated for an Oscar in 1945. He was reputedly blacklisted by the Hollywood studios for his political views in...

 
Engelke (Marian E.) Printing Ephemera Collection

Marian Elizabeth Engelke served as a staff artist at UCLA (1964-84). The collection consists of signs, brochures, and pamphlets designed and printed by Engelke during her career as a staff artist at UCLA. The collection also contains material designed and...

 
Englekirk (John E.) Papers

John Eugene Englekirk (1905- ) was a professor of Spanish and Portuguese. He taught at the University of New Mexico (1928-39), Tulane University (1939-58), and at UCLA. He also served as treasurer (1938-40), president (1940-42), and vice-president (1955-57, 1961-63, 1967-69)...

 
Englund (Ken) papers

Ken Englund (1911-1993) wrote material for vaudeville routines, radio shows, stage musicals, screenplays, and contributed scripts to television programs. He also served as president of the Writers Guild of America, West. The collection consists of materials related to Englund's career...

 
Engravings (Hand-Colored Wood) of Fairgrounds Collection

Collection consists of eleven framed English hand-colored wood engravings of the type sold by itinerant traders in fairs....

 
Engravings of theaters and stage sets collection

The collection contains 28 engravings of theaters and stage set designs of the 17th and 18th centuries. Artists include Giacomo Torelli, Caspar Amort, Melchior and Matthäus Küsell, and Daniel Pomerade.

 
Ennis House Foundation Records

Collection consists of board documents, financial records, correspondence, grant proposals, materials related to fundraising activities and the earthquake renovation, publications, and photographs....

 
Entzmann (Arnold) Papers

Arnold Entzmann lived in San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake. The collection consists of over 1000 photographs taken of San Francisco by Arnold Entzmann documenting the earthquake and resultant fire. The collection contains copy negatives, photograph albums...

 
Ephemeral Mexican Popular Literature Published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo Collection

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (1850?-1917) ran a printing house that issued a series of small theatrical works which were put in his . Some of his publications were illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada. Between them they produced "Perico el incorregible," "Casa...

 
Epitome Publications Records

Elwin Volk was editor and Dennis McCalib was designer of Epitome publications in Los Angeles. Boxes 8-14 include original manuscripts, drawings, music, portfolios of materials, and ephemera.

 
Epstein (Marsha) Papers

Marsha Epstein is a lifelong activist for LGBT rights, and an advocate for the inclusion of bisexual accounts as part of the history of the gay rights movement. This collection contains both personal and professional materials representing Marsha Epstein's life...

 
Escondido Land and Town Company Records

Earl Montgomery Cranston (1863-1933) was born in Middleport, Ohio. He received his law degree at Cincinnati Law School and practiced law for 30 years in the Denver firm of Cranston, Pilken & Moore. He bought stock in Escondido Land and...

 
Esper (Dwain) papers

This collection primarily contains material belonging to movie producer and director Dwain Esper and his wife Hildagarde, including photographs, correspondence, business records, and advertisements, many of which are connected to Esper's movies and career.

 
Espey (John J.) Papers

John Jenkins Espey (1913- ) taught at Occidental College (1938-48) and at UCLA (1948-73). The collection consists of correspondence, a copy of a reprint, and two programs. Includes correspondence between Espey and Ezra Pound. The collection also includes a copy...

 
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg collection

Collection consists of materials related to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg....

 
Ethiopian Poster Collection

Collection consists of posters on topics covering politics, religion, popular music, general health education, HIV/AIDS, tourism, commercial advertisement, film and television, sports and culture. The posters are mostly in full color with texts featuring Amharic, English, French, Italian, Arabic and...

Ethiopic manuscripts Collection

Collection contains 64 Ethiopian manuscripts.

 
Eugster (Donald C.) papers

Donald Carl Eugster (aka Carl Eugster, Donald Eugster) is a composer, lyricist, and arranger for musicals and the theater. This collection includes his original scores, announcements of performances, correspondence, programs, and recordings of his work.

 
European Photograph Albums and Los Angeles Area Documents Collection

Collection consists of European photograph albums, and old photographs, letters, and legal documents pertaining to the Los Angeles and Alhambra areas....

 
Evans (Edmund) Etchings After Randolph Caldecott Collection

Edmund Evans (1826-1905) was born in Southwark, London, England. In 1840, he was apprenticed to wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. He started a business as a wood-engraver, first on Fleet St., then on Racquet Court and became known as a color engraver....

 
Evans (Edmund) Letters to

Edmund Evans (1826-1905) was a color engraver. After his death, the business was carried on by his sons Edmund, Wilfred and Herbert. The collection consists of letters to Edmund Evans, mostly in his capacity as a wood-engraver and color printer,...

 
Evans (Rex) Papers

Rex Evans (1903-1969) appeared in several films, including (1936) and the (1940). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts of revue sketches, music scores, photographs, portraits, scrapbooks, and ephemera documenting Evans' career in cabaret, movies, and theater.

 
Evans (William T.) Wentworth Manor, Montclair, New Jersey American collection of paintings - album of photographs

Collection of photographs from 1904 of American paintings in the collection of dry goods magnate William T. Evans of Montclair, New Jersey.

 
Everest (F. Alton) papers

F. Alton Everest was an audio and acoustical engineer from the 1930s to the 1980s. The collection consists of a small amount of materials related to his early career and ephemera from the 17th Film Festival in Asia in 1971.

 
Everest Rancho, Arlington, Calif. photograph album

Thirteen black-and-white photographs of buildings on Everest Rancho, a citrus ranch [and land development company?] owned by Hiram B. Everest, in Arlington, Riverside County, California, dated June 1902-Feb. 1904.

 
Everson (William) papers

This collection consists of a typescript draft of the poems, A chronicle of division and a holograph manuscript draft in a notebook of New growth, a new greening : an epithalamian by William Everson, also known as Brother Antoninus....

 
Ewart (Wilfrid) Papers

Wilfrid Herbert Gore Ewart (1892-1922) was a British captain in the Scots Guards in World War I. He wrote articles and books about the action of the batallion. The collection consists of Wilfrid Ewart's typescript and holographic literary manuscripts, many...

 
Ewing (Majl) Hogarth Press manuscripts collection

Majl Ewing (1903-1967) was a instructor in English (1930-31), assistant professor (1931-45), associate professor (1945-52) and professor (1953-67) in the UCLA Department of English. He served as chair of the department from 1948-55. He was also a member of the...

 
Ewing (Majl) literary correspondence and manuscripts collection

Majl Ewing (1903-1967) was a instructor in English (1930-31), assistant professor (1931-45), associate professor (1945-52) and professor (1953-67) in the UCLA Department of English. He served as chair of the department from 1948-55. He was also a member of the...

 
Ewing (Majl) papers

Majl Ewing (1903-1967) was born in Rochester, Kentucky. He was an instructor in English (1930-31), assistant professor (1931-45), associate professor (1945-52) and professor (1953-67) in the UCLA Department of English. He served as chair of the department from 1948-55. He...

Exhibit Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts

Collection consists of Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Armenian manuscripts dating from 1492-1848. The collection includes bound manuscripts, scrolls, manuscript fragments, decorative book covers, and artifacts. Subjects include history, lexicography, belles-lettres, theology, and philosophy.

 
Expositions and Fairs collection of material

Collection consists of pamphlets, brochures, catalogs, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera related to various expositions and fairs. Events include: World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), Midwinter International Exposition (San Francisco, 1894), Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (Omaha, 1898), Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, 1901),...

 
Extremist Book Collection

This collection contains a variety of extremist literature predominantly from the 1930s to the 1960s. The collection consists of books espousing political viewpoints of the extreme left and right, extremist periodicals, and bookdealer catalogs.

 
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Fadem (Joyce A.) papers

Joyce Abrams Fadem (b.1932) was a educator and a prominent member of the California Democratic party. She served as director of political action and legislation for the California Teachers Association, Los Angeles (1969-71), was a member of the California Democratic...

Faderman (Lillian) papers

Faderman's papers consist of drafts of her published papers and book reviews and manuscript and typescript versions of three of her books: (1981); (1991) and (1994). The papers also include background research for her various publications; correspondence relating to her...

 
Fahey (John) papers

John L. Fahey can be considered one of the founding fathers of the field of clinical immunology and was the founding president of the Clinical Immunology Society in 1986. He discovered Immunoglobulin D (IgD) while at NIH and delineated other...

 
Fainer (Joseph L.) papers

Joseph Lionel Fainer (1897-1960) was the special prosecutor in the Harry Raymond bombing case. The collection materials focus on his involvement with the trial and consist of trial notes, photographs, and clippings.

 
Fairbanks (Harold W.) papers

Harold W. Fairbanks (b.1860) was an expert on the geology and geography of the Pacific Coast, and author of over 40 articles. His published works include (1899), (1902), (1903), and (1903). The collection consists of manuscripts and published materials.

 
Fante (John) papers

John Fante (1909-1983) was an American writer of Italian descent whose depiction of 1930s Los Angeles in his novel Ask the Dust (1939) earned him his greatest acclaim. The work inspired later artists such as Charles Bukowski and Robert Towne....

 
Faragoh (Francis) theater arts images collection

Collection consists of pictures and photographs relating to stage, theater, and theater personalities. Includes the Frances Faragoh collection of portraits of late 19th and early 20th century actors and actresses, and a collection of almost 200 pictures of stage-settings and...

 
Farin (Linda) papers

Linda Farin was a successful lawyer in Austin, Texas. After seeing Donna Deitch's film , she became inspired to produce a realistic and positive lesbian erotic film and began forming a cohort of lesbian writers in order to develop a...

 
Farington family correspondence

This collection contains multigenerational correspondence and personal notes of the Farington family. Reverend William Farington (1704-1767) was the vicar of Leigh and rector of Warrington in Lancashire, England. His son, Joseph Farington, RA (1747-1821), was a landscape painter best known...

 
Farmer (Moses G.) papers

Moses Gerrish Farmer (1820-1893) was born in Boxcawen, New Hampshire. While he was a school principal in Dover, New Hampshire, he invented a machine to print paper window shades. He invented what became the first electric fire alarm system in...

 
Farquhar (Francis P.) collection of offprints, ephemera, and other material

Collection consists of a group of miscellaneous publications, brochures, flyers, announcements, and ephemera, as well as materials relating to the American Alpine Club....

 
Farquhar (Francis P.) Papers

Francis P. Farquhar (1887-1974) was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He participated in expeditions to Mount Olympus, Greece (1914 and 1951) and to the North Pole (1949). The collection contains photographs and negatives of mountains, photographs of public buildings, a photograph...

Farquhar (Robert D.) architectural drawings

Collection consists of architectural drawings, blueprints, sketches, and plans of Robert D. Farquhar, and one photograph of Bourgeois, Arthur Brown's collaborator for the San Francisco Hall. Includes drawings for Florence Brown residence in Bel Air (Los Angeles), Mrs. Henry Weyse...

 
Farr (Lee) papers

Collection consists of material related to the career of actor Lee Farr. Included are clippings, photographs and negatives, interview transcript, TV stills, scrapbook, and memorabilia....

 
Farrar (Irwin E.) Papers

Irwin Elmer Farrar (1893-1983) was the president of Sierra Alfalfa Company, and later of the Farrar-Loomis Seed Company, experimenting with a new kind of sugar beet and seed. He served as secretary of the Corona Chamber of Commerce, founded the...

 
Farrell (Charles H.) Collection of Plays

Collection consists of typescript copies of various plays, some with manuscript stage directions, including an adaptation of George Du Maurier's , by Paul M. Potter....

 
Farrell (Cliff) Papers

Cliff Farrell (1899-1977) was the telegraph editor, night news editor, and sports news editor for the (1925-56). He also wrote many western novels, more than 600 short stories and novellas for fiction magazines. The collection consists of thirteen manuscripts of...

 
Federal Records Center Misc. Records

Collection consists of 41 reels of microfilm from the U.S. Federal Records Center, Wilmington, California. Reels 1-34 are records of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona Territory, 1899-1912, including Commissioner's correspondence, receipts, and census figures....

 
Federal Theatre Project collection of material

The Federal Theatre Project was funded by the U.S. government as part of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) to create jobs for unemployed theatre workers during the Great Depression (1935-39). The collection includes copies of scripts from a collection on...

 
Federal Theatre Project Scripts and Publications

The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a part of the Works Progress Administration (1935-39) and was the first arts endeavor to be extensively funded by the U.S. government. The FTP staged plays reflecting the reality of Depression-era America, created opportunities...

 
Federal Writers' Project of California records

Records of the Southern California section of the Federal Writers' Project, including writing and research for the WPA Guide to California, the Los Angeles guide, the local history research material (never published), art object inventory, records of personnel, war and...

 
Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations Records

The Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations was founded by residents of the Santa Monica Mountains during the winter storms of 1952 to protect, promote and further the interests and welfare of residents and property owners, to preserve and enhance...

 
Feldman collection of Hebrew manuscripts

Collection consists of 51 Hebrew manuscripts and 3 printed works on a variety of subjects, including religion, mysticism, Jewish law, liturgy, medicine, history, biography and science.

 
Feldman (Ruthe) collection of Ansel Adams photographs of Yosemite printed by Alan Ross

A collection of 15 photographs of Yosemite taken by Ansel Adams and printed by Alan Ross, collected by Ruthe Feldman.

 
Felver (Christopher) photographs

This collection is comprised of eighteen portraits of Beat Generation luminaries and seven poets, writers, and artists photographed by Christopher Felver between the years 1980 and 2001. The portraits are presented as silver gelatin prints and include such subjects as:...

 
Fenichel (Otto) papers

Otto Fenichel was born on December 2, 1897 in Vienna. He decided to become a psychoanalyst and began his training while a medical student. He received his MD from the University of Vienna in 1921 and moved to Berlin in...

 
Ferrocarril Central from Callao to Chicla, Peru Photograph album of views

Album of photographs of travel through Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Hawaii, probably dating from 1883-1889.

 
Figueiredo (Fidelino de) Letters to

Fidelino de Sousa Figueiredo (1988-1967) was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley before returning to Brazil where he taught Portuguese literature at the University of São Paulo (1938-51). He applied a critical spirit to the study of literaure, focusing on...

 
Fiji photograph album

Album of 83 photographs, unsigned, but probably taken by Geoffrey Chapman Ingleton while traveling in Fiji in the 1930s. The photographs capture the ocean and landscape of Fiji, the native peoples, their dress, customs, games, and dwellings, and scenes of...

 
Filter (Karen) photographs

Karen Filter is a photographer who documented the Los Angeles punk scene from 1979-1985. Originally from Canton, Ohio, she attended college at UCLA and received a B.A. in Fine Arts in 1976, and later attended the Brooks Institute of Photography...

 
Finci and Musafia families papers

The collection consists of family photographs and records of the Finci-Musafia family documenting their life in pre-WWII Sarajevo, their experience in the Holocaust in Italy and Switzerland, their emigration to the United States, and their life in Los Angeles.

 
Fine (Mort) Papers

Collection contains radio, motion picture, and television scripts written by Mort Fine and David Friedkin. Also contains business records of Friedkin & Fine, including contracts, production reports, story ideas, and business and personal correspondence. Includes scripts for such television programs...

 
Firmage (George J.) Papers

George James Firmage (1928- ) was born n New York, New York. He was a publications supervisor in the advertising and marketing services department of the First National City Bank in New York (1954) and wrote several books. The collection...

 
Fish (Wendell W.) Papers

Collection consists of materials related to Wendell Wilbur Fish's advertising typography, including writing paper and envelopes printed for his own business, and brochures printed for Los Angeles businesses such as Bullock's. Also includes announcements, business cards, and other printed material....

 
Fisher (Hugo) Papers

Hugo Fisher (1921- ) was a lawyer and politician. He was a California state senator (1959-62), a member of the central committee of the San Diego County Democratic Party (1951) and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention (1952,1956,1960). The...

 
Fisher (John W.) papers

The collection consists of the personal papers of John W. Fisher, owner of The Fisher Lumber Company, Santa Monica, California. The collection includes letters and postcards, photographs, financial records, clippings, certificates and membership cards, a few event programs and an...

Fisher (Margery T.) papers

Margery Turner Fisher (1913-1992) was an author and critic. She taught English at Oundle School (1939-45), organized courses on reading and writing for pleasure, and created her own journal, Growing point, for reviewing children's books. The collection consists of journals,...

 
Fisher (Sandra) papers

Sandra Maureen Fisher was an American artist born on May 6, 1947 in New York City to Ethel and Gene Fisher. She received her art degree from the Chouinard Art School, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles in 1968....

 
Fiske (John) Papers

John Fiske (1842-1901) was born Edmund Fisk Green in Hartford, Connecticut. He wrote books on a variety of subjects including: (1879), (1888), and (1902). The collection consists of John Fiske's correspondence with various persons about historical and philosophical writings, as...

 
Fitzsimmons (Cortland) Papers

Cortland Fitzsimmons (1893-1949) was a screenwriter and novelist. The collection consists of manuscripts by Fitzsimmons including , , , , , , and .

 
Flatau (Kurt L.) papers

Kurt Louis Flatau (1895-1950) wrote for various newspapers, lectured on world affairs, gave news commentaries on radio stations KMPC and KMTR (now KLAC), and was the political editor for magazine. The collection consists of Flatau's radio broadcast scripts with related...

 
Fleischmann (Ernest) papers

Ernest Fleischmann (1924-2010) was a German-born conductor and impresario who ran the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1969-1998 and helped to elevate it to a world-class symphonic orchestra. He was recognized as an accomplished talent scout, recruiting conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen and...

 
Fleishman (Stanley) Collection of Material About Obscenity and its Legal Aspects

Stanley Fleishman (1920- ) was a lawyer specializing in defending the civil rights of authors, publishers and distributors, especially those accused of violating obscenity laws. He argued free speech cases 11 times before the Supreme Court, was involved in constitutional...

 
Fleishman (Stanley) Papers

Stanley Fleishman (b.1920) specialized in defending the civil rights of authors, publishers and distributors, especially those accused of violating obscenity laws. He successfully defended the bookstore prosecuted for selling Henry Miller's book, , and argued free speech cases 11 times...

 
Foley (Rudy T.) papers

Rudy Thomas Foley (1947-1984) wrote plays, fiction, and poetry. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, audiotapes, reviews, programs, fliers and newsletters, clippings, and presentation copies of books.

 
Foley (William I.) papers

William I. Foley (1856-1920) was the Private Secretary to and law partner of California's 20th Governor, Henry T. Gage. The collection consists chiefly of copies of letters from Foley as the Governor's Private Secretary.

 
Forbes (Jack D.) Papers

Jack D. Forbes (1934- ) wrote many books, including (1960), (1964), and (1965). The collection consists of published and unpublished manuscripts concerning the history of the Apache, Navajo, and Yuma Indians.

 
Forman (Henry J.) Papers

Henry James Forman (1879-1966) was a reporter and staff correspondent for (1903-05); news editor for (1906); associate editor of (1906-10); and managing editor of (1913-19). He taught creative writing at Temple University and reviewed books for the . Forman also...

 
Forrester (A. Theodore) Papers

Theodore Forrester was a renowned physicist, engineer and inventor, famous for his research in ionization, quantum optics, and satellite acceleration. The collection contains research, drafts, publications, and publisher's correspondence concerning Forrester's work on ionization.

 
Forster (John) Pioneer data from 1832

John Forster was an Englishman who moved to Los Angeles in the 1830s, and become a Mexican citizen with substantial property. This manuscript contains reminiscences of his experiences in California, with an emphasis on the battles between American and Californio...

 
Fortress Monroe photograph album

Souvenir album, probably from ca. 1910, of Fortress Monroe (now known as Fort Monroe) in Hampton, Virginia, containing 22 captioned Albertype or collotype reproductions of historic and contemporary photographs of the fort.

 
Foster (Joseph O.) Papers

Joseph O'Kane Foster (1898- ) was a writer and consultant for a BBC documentary film on D.H. Lawrence, editor for the , a contributor to and other journals as well. He also wrote many books. The collection consists of holographic...

 
Foster (Martha) papers

Martha Foster was a lesbian poet and fiction writer who lived in Los Angeles, California. This collection includes correspondence, photographs and manuscripts.

 
Fowler (Josephine) papers

Josephine Fowler was a scholar, writer, and activist who researched early activity of the Communist Party in the United States, particularly by Asian immigrants and Asian Americans, as well as gay and lesbian activism. The collection consists of copied primary...

 
Fowler (Matthew Van Benschoten) [Diary]

In this diary, U.S. Customs inspector M.V.B. Fowler describes daily life in San Francisco, and a southbound trip aboard the steamship Panama, from San Francisco to Panama.

 
France, Egypt, Greece, and Italy photograph album

Photograph album of architectural, landscape, and streetscape photographs by various 19th-century European photographers, featuring views of antiquities, cathedrals, castles, harbors, and street scenes in cities throughout France, Egypt, Greece, and Italy.

 
Frankel (Bessie H. [Bartlett]) Papers

Bessie Herbert (Bartlett) Frankel was a founder of the California Federation of Music Clubs and served in various offices of the Federation at the state and national level. She was also active in various music organizations in Southern California and...

 
Franklin (Bonnie) Papers

Bonnie Franklin is best known for her role as Ann Romano on the television sitcom, One Day at a Time (1975-1984). The bulk of collection are bound scripts for television program, One Day at a Time. Additionally, there are a...

 
Free Church Training College in Aberdeen, Scotland photograph album of faculty and students

Victorian photograph album containing cabinet card and carte de visite photographs of faculty and students of the Aberdeen Free Church Training College of Aberdeen, Scotland, presented in 1892 to John Adams, principal and rector of the school.

 
Freedman (Daniel X.) papers

Collection consists of correspondence, class syllabi, lectures, notes, grant applications, laboratory notebooks and data, manuscripts and typescripts of publications, lectures, speeches, interviews, publications, notes of committee meetings and draft reports, patient case notes and correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, awards,...

 
Freedman (David) Papers

David Freedman was the son of a Romanian political refugee, and grew up in a New York tenement. He wrote short stories and later wrote material for comedians, plays, books of Broadway musicals, and wrote and produced several radio programs....

 
Freespirit (Judy) Papers

Judy Freespirit was born Judith Louise Berkowitz in 1936 in Detroit, Michigan to a working class Jewish family of Eastern European descent. She pointed to her early life as formative for her political and activist work and credits theatre and...

 
French Autograph Collection

Collection consists of autographs, letters, manuscripts, drawings, visiting cards, and other material in French from artists, poets, writers, politicians, and musicians. Autographs include: Adolphe Adam, Benjamin-Constant, Hector Berlioz, Chateaubriand, Alphonse Daudet, Alexandre Dumas (fils), Georges Feydeau, Edmond de Goncourt, Victor...

 
French Political Broadsides collection

Collection of broadsides, by various regimes, and occasionally popular societies, composed and posted between the years 1793 and 1871.

 
French Revolutionary Period Collection of Print Material

Collection consists of five distinct categories of bound and unbound material related to the French Revolution. See "Series & Subseries" for complete scope and content notes.

 
Freud (Ralph) Theatre, Motion Pictures and Television Interviews

Ralph Freud (1901-1973) was a stage actor in Detroit before becoming the director at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. In 8 years, he played over 200 roles and directed more than 40 productions. In 1938, he became a lecturer for theater...

 
Frey (Charles D.) papers

Charles Frey (1886-1959) worked in the editorial and art department of the (1905-06), and the (1906-09). In 1917, he organized the Chicago branch and served as the national director of the American Protective League. The collection consists of correspondence and...

Friedlander (Jonathan) collection of Middle Eastern Americana

Jonathan Friedlander, a scholar of Middle Eastern Studies and photographer of Americana began his personal collection of items documenting how Americans view the Middle East in 1971. The American Orientalism collection consists of photographic materials, pulp fiction, men's adventure magazines,...

 
Friedlander (Sheldon K.) papers

Professional and research papers of Sheldon K. Friedlander, UCLA Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 1978-2007. Friedlander conducted research in the areas of: aerosol science and technology, particulate systems, diffusion and interfacial transfer, air pollution control, air quality engineering, nanoparticle...

 
Friedländer (Paul) Papers

Paul Friedländer (1882-1968) was a professor of classics at UCLA in the 1940s. The collection contains Friedländer's correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and printed items including materials for his , notes on Plato, books, hard-bound periodicals, offprints and pamphlets from the Friedländer...

 
Friedman (Arthur B.) Prison Record Interviews

Arthur B. Friedman (1919- ) taught acting and radio in the UCLA Theater Arts Department, acted in films, television, and plays, developed sports broadcasting training program at UCLA, and ,with his students, produced a series of documentary films on...

 
Friedman (Arthur B.) Turning Point interviews

Arthur B. Friedman (1919-2001) taught acting and radio in the UCLA Theater Arts Department, acted in films, television, and plays, developed sports broadcasting training program at UCLA, and conducted over 100 interviews with pioneers of entertainment in the program, ,...

 
Friends of the Los Angeles River records

The Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) is a non-profit, urban environmental organization, founded in 1986 and focused on saving, restoring, and reviving the Los Angeles River. FoLAR--with a board of directors, a technical advisory board, and a program...

 
Frierman (Jay D.) papers

Jay D. Frierman (1923-1999) was a UCLA professor and Consulting Archaeologist who conducted archaeological excavations throughout the Middle East and southern California, and supervised numerous archaeological projects at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park. Frierman was a...

 
Frierman (Jay D.) photographs of S. Calif. architecture collection

Jay D. Frierman was a professor of history and archaeology at UCLA and served as the curator of the Near Eastern archeology and ethnography at UCLA's Museum of Cultural History. The collection consists of approximately 148 photographs taken by Frierman...

 
Fritz (Bernardine) Papers

Bernardine Fritz was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. She worked as a reporter for the and the before moving to Europe in 1925. She lived in London and Paris, and traveled extensively throughout India and China. After settling in...

 
From the Earth to the Moon - collection of research materials for the HBO Television Series

was a Clavius Base/Imagine Entertainment production that followed the experiences of the Apollo astronauts in their mission to place a man on the moon. The collection covers a variety of subjects related to events and issues of the United...

 
Frumkin (Si) papers

Si Frumkin was born in Kaunas/Kovno, Lithuania on November 5, 1930. He survived the Dachau concentration camp and emigrated to the U.S. in 1949. In 1968 he founded the Southern California Council for Soviet Jews (SCCSJ.) He frequently spoke on...

 
Fujii (Ryoichi) Papers

Ryoichi Fujii (1905-1983) was a bilingual journalist, political commentator, and political activist. Between 1936 and 1940, he was a member of the American Communist Party active in Southern California. During the wartime years, Fujii was interned first at Santa Anita...

 
Fujioka (Shiro) Papers

Fujioka was born in 1878 a native of Aomori Prefecture. He arrived in the United States in 1897 and attended Columbia University. He was a journalist for various Japanese language newspapers in the United States, including the (), the ()...

 
Fujita (Akira) papers

Fujita was born February 17, 1920 in Brawley, California. In 1922 he was taken to Miho in the city of Shimizu, Japan, where he was raised by his maternal grandparents. He attended Waseda University from 1937-40. He returned to California...

 
Fultz (Francis M.) papers

Francis M. Fultz (1857-1948) was a school superintendent before becoming the director of conservation and reforestation in Los Angeles City Schools (1925-1932). He also lectured on subjects ranging from California, Hawaii and Yellowstone to camping, wildflowers and weeds. The collection...

 
Furbay (John H.) papers

John Harvey Furbay (1903-1999) was a professor, professional consultant, and college administrator who worked and studied in both the United States and Africa. The collection consists of Furbay's letters, educational and politically related ephemera, and personal papers.

 
Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, Collection of Scripts for the Television Series

was a television program devised and produced by Albert McCleery. The 1958 series was a sixty minute format and lasted one season. The collection consists primarily of various drafts of scripts, two notebooks with cast lists and salaries for...

 
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Gabrielson (Walter) papers

Walter Gabrielson (1935-2008) was a southern California painter, sculptor, professor, and arts writer. He served as professor at California State University Northridge (1966-1981) and helped form the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (1973-1988). The collection consists of professional records...

 
Gaer (Joseph) papers

Joseph Gaer (originally Joseph Fishman) (1897-1969) was a lecturer in contemporary literature at UC Berkeley (1930-35), editor-in-chief and chief field supervisor for the Federal Writers Project (1935-39), consultant to the administrator of the Farm Security Administration (1939-41), special assistant to...

 
Gaines (Laurell) papers

Laurell Gaines was a dancer who performed in vaudeville, musical revues and Hollywood films from the 1920s-1940s. This collection contains newspaper clippings, letters, programs, portraits and publicity photographs. It covers both her U.S. engagements and her tour of Asia and...

 
Galloway Family papers

Collection contains letters from various persons to Alexander Galloway and to his son, Richard H. Galloway, many relating to Egypt. Correspondents include Jeremy Bentham, Marquis de Lafayette, Sir Charles Napier, and William Turner. Also contains miscellaneous materials removed from an...

 
Galpern (Lasar) papers

Lasar Galpern (b.1896) was a ballet master and teacher, guest artist, and director of various ballet companies in Europe (1919-32) before relocating to the U.S. in 1932 where he was affiliated with a number of dance performances in New York....

 
Galsworthy (John) papers

John Sinjohn Galsworthy (1867-1933) was born in Kingston Hill, Surrey, England. He studied law, but did not practice. He wrote plays and novels including (1906) and (1906). The collection consists of correspondence between John Galsworthy and Dr. J. Morris Slemons,...

 
Gamble (David P.) papers

Anthropologist David P. Gamble was born in 1920 in Northern Ireland and passed away in California in 2011 after a long career of research and teaching. The collection contains a variety of material related to Gamble's more than six decades...

 
Gamet (Kenneth) papers

Kenneth Gamet (d.1971) wrote scripts for radio, screen, and television. He also co-founded the Screen Writers Guild. The collection consists of story outlines, treatments, production notes, memoranda, correspondence, radio scripts, television scripts, original screenplays and supporting materials. Television scripts include...

 
Gans (Edward) Collection of Materal about Numismatics

Collection consists of 112 items including pamphlets, a small group of mailings from Numismatics forum, a typescript Catalog of Gans' Numismatic Library, and a run of , September 1950-December 1958....

 
Gant (Charles G.) California Democratic Council records

Charles Green Gant (b.1916) served as president of the Northridge Democratic Club (1958) and the Santa Ana Democratic Club (1960-61), California Democratic Council (CDC) director for the 35th congressional district (1963-65), was the manager of the 1964 CDC convention, and...

 
Garber (Linda) papers

Linda Garber is an associate professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Santa Clara University. She received her BA in English and American Literature as well as her teaching credentials from Harvard in 1987. She received her MA in Modern...

 
Gardner Family papers

The Gardner family was important in the land development and citrus production of Orange County, California. His son, Dian Rathbun Gardner, was a attorney who helped establish the Gardner Company by the family heirs after the death of his mother,...

 
Garemani Family collection of Persian and Arabic manuscripts and books

The collection consists of Persian and Arabic printed works and manuscripts dating from approximately 1514-1899. Subjects include history, literature, medicine, mathematics, diplomatics, theology, and poetry.

 
Garfinkel (Harold) papers

Harold Garfinkel was a professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1954 to 1987. The papers include: materials relating to Garfinkel's study of correspondence received by California Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown regarding the criminal...

 
Garin Compatriotic Union Records

The Garin Educational Union was founded in 1908 in Boston to provide educational work in Garin (now known as Erzurum), Turkey. After the 1915-23 Turkish massacres of Armenians, its name changed to the Garin Compatriotic Union (Karnoy Hayrenakts'akan Miut'iwn). In...

 
Garnier (Ralph L.) papers

Collection contains plates for engravings, testimonials, two engravings on silk, correspondence, manuscripts, and related printed material concerning Ralph Garnier's career as a printer and engraver in Los Angeles. Includes his manuscript and typescript notes on the early history of printing...

 
Garrett (Alexandra) papers and Records of the Beyond Baroque Foundation

Alexandra Garrett was associated with the short-lived literary magazines and . The first office of Beyond Baroque, a non-profit cultural and educational foundation in the Venice section of Los Angeles, opened in 1968. In the same year, the first issue...

 
Gaspar (Bela) Collection of Patents for Color Photography

Collection contains some of the original patents of Bela Gaspar, inventor of a three-color separation process. Includes U.S., Canadian and European patents. Also contains British government patent publications from 1855-1939....

 
Gautereaux (Standley) Papers

Collection consists of manuscripts and other papers....

 
Gawsworth (John) Papers

Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong (1912-1970) was the founding editor (1939-41) and London editor (1957-8) of the , London editor of the (1946-9), and editor of (1948-52). He also published books of poetry under the pseudonym John Gawsworth. The collection consists...

 
Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center records

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is a community services center serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Los Angeles. Its former name was the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center. The collection contains institutional documents as well as...

 
Gehry Nelson (Doreen) Method of Design-Based Learning (formerly City Building Education™) records

Doreen Gehry Nelson, Professor of Education and Adjunct Professor in the College of Environmental Design at California Polytechnic University in Pomona and Professor of Design-Based Learning at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena began researching transfer of learning to...

 
Gelpke (Rudolf) collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts

Collection consists of 24 bound manuscripts. Subjects include astronomy and astrology, belles-lettres, grammar, history, philosophy and theology.

 
Genie (pseudonym) - David Rigler collection of research materials related to the linguistic-psychological studies of Genie

"Genie" (b. 1957) is the pseudonym of a young girl raised in an abusive and isolated environment until the age of 13. The collection consists of material that chronicles her discovery and the study and rehabilitation efforts of researchers. Items...

 
Germain (Diane) papers

Diane F. Germain is a French-American lesbian-feminist psychiatric social worker. She conducts the Lesbian History Project and created and conducted a strength group for Women Survivors of Incest and/or childhood molestation. She was one of the founding members of Dykes...

 
Gernreich (Rudi) papers

Rudi Gernreich (1922-1985) was a controversial Austrian-American fashion designer and dancer, created clothes that celebrated the natural shape and movement of the body, including his most famous designs, the topless swimsuit and the thong swimsuit. In addition to fashion photographs,...

 
Gerson (T. Perceval) Papers

T. Perceval Gerson (1872-1960) was a member of the Severance Club, a cultural conversation group, serving as president from 1917 until his death. He founded the Hollywood Bowl Association serving as charter board member and leader. Gerson was also a...

 
Gerston (Larry N.) Calif. Democratic Council Collection

Larry N. Gerston is a professor of political science at San Jose State University. His work concerns issues of regional government, highway travel, light rail, and traffic and housing. The collection consists of materials concerning the history of the California...

 
Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe records

In the fall of 1975, a group of women opened Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe in Eugene, Oregon with the idea of supporting a Women's Center. The restaurant functioned as a collective without designating a manager or hierarchical structure and...

 
Gibbs (Jewelle T.) research material on the police beating of Rodney King

Contains research materials related to the 1993-1994 study on "The Impact of the Police Beating of Rodney King on the Attitudes and Behaviors of African American Youth in South Central Los Angeles." The majority of the collection consists of recorded...

 
Giles (Herbert A.) Papers

Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) was professor of Chinese at Cambridge (1897-1932). His published books include (1898), (1911), and (1911). The collection consists of Giles' correspondence, articles by Giles from , 44 issues of (1925-30), a copy of , and a...

 
Gilien (Ted) Photographs of postwar Japan and the Philippines

This collection contains approximately 500 photographs taken by combat artist and painter Ted Gilian ca. 1945-1946 documenting war destruction in Japan and the Philippines. He later used many of the photographs as source materials for his paintings.

 
Gilks (Al) papers

Cameraman and cinematographer Al Gilks is credited with over sixty films. The collection consists of photographs, clippings, scripts, and printed trade publications related to Gilks?s career from the 1920s to the 1950s. Additionally there are mounted photographs related to his...

 
Gillespie (Archibald H.) Papers

Archibald H. Gillespie (1812-1873) was a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps detached as a special messenger (November 1845) and sent to California to deliver dispatches from President Polk to John C. Fremont concerning the possible annexation of California...

 
Gillett (Clarence) Papers

Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, essays, and publicity materials generated, received and distributed by the Congregational Committee for Christian Democracy for which Clarence Gillett served as executive secretary. Includes related materials from other groups working to assist relocated Japanese...

Gilmore (John) papers

John Gilmore (1935- ) was a instructor in creative writing at Antioch College/West and Glendora College (1974-76) and a author. The collection contains research materials for manuscripts and published copies of Gilmore's works, including , , , and the screenplay,...

 
Glasgow (Lukman) papers

Lukman Glasgow (1935-1987) was the director of the Los Angeles County Cultural Arts Center (1976-77), executive director of the Contemporary Crafts Gallery in Portland, Oregon (1978-79), and director of the Downey Museum of Art (1979-85). This collection consists of his...

 
Glass (Maude E.) Papers

Born Maude Emily Taylor in 1897, Maude Emily Glass began writing in her youth, inspired by advice given in letters from Julian Hawthorne, the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a television drama based on the life of her friend Ruth...

 
Glassford (Pelham D.) Papers

Pelham Davis Glassford (1883-1959) commanded the 103rd Field Artillery in the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I and retired from the army in July 1931. He was appointed police chief of Washington, D.C. In May 1932, a...

 
Glazer (Benjamin F.) Papers

Benjamin Glazer (1887-1958) was born in Belfast, Ireland. He was an attorney, a journalist with the and wrote several plays and stage adoptions. In the 1930s, he worked for Paramount, chiefly as a producer. The collection consists of manuscripts, copies,...

 
Gleason (J. Duncan) papers

J. Duncan Gleason (1881-1959) was born in Los Angeles. He worked as an illustrator for the Union Engraving Company and later for New York magazines, including . He also painted impressionist style landscapes and worked as a studio artist for...

 
Gleason (Madeline) Papers

Madeline Gleason (1913- ) was a poet, playwright, and painter. She founded the San Francisco Poetry Guild, organized the first poetry festival in America (1947), and taught master workshop in poetry at the Poetry Center, San Francisco State College (1959-60)....

 
Glen Tilt 1871 photograph album

Two souvenir albums of photographs, dated 1871, of landscape and deer hunting in the countryside around Glen Tilt, near Blair Atholl, in Perthshire, Scotland.

 
Glück (Gustav) papers

The collection contains correspondence, reviews, articles, and photographs, of art historian Gustav Glück....

 
Gold (Julius) papers

Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and research materials....

 
Goldberg (Gerald J.) papers

Gerald Jay Goldberg (b.1929) was a professor of English at UCLA (1964-), and author of , which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize (1970), (1962), (1965), (1968), (1972), and (1982). The collection consists of manuscripts, page proofs, galley proofs, books,...

 
Goldberg (Jackie) papers

Jackie Goldberg is an openly lesbian politician, teacher, and former member of the California State Assembly. This collection represents Jackie Goldberg's campaign for City Council in Los Angeles in 1993. Included are campaign materials as well as news coverage of...

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company records

The Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company was founded on July 23, 1925 in Los Angeles by William Nickerson Jr., George A. Beavers, Jr., and Norman O. Houston. Their mission was to provide dignified employment for African Americans and to...

 
Goldman (Eric F.) Papers

Eric Frederick Goldman (1915-1989) was born in Washington, D.C. He was a professor of history at Princeton University, special consultant to President Johnson (1963-66) and wrote many books. The collection consists of a manuscript with holograph corrections, galley proofs, and...

 
Goldman (Henry) papers

The Henry Goldman collection consists of various educational materials, all of which document his trajectory of scholarship as an early to mid-twentieth century academic. It includes samples of his academic writings, commencement memorabilia, and lecture and study notes that span...

 
Goldschmidt (Walter R.) Papers

Walter Rochs Goldschmidt (b.1913) was a professor in UCLA's department of Anthropology (1946-69), founder and member of the board of directors (1957-60), African Studies Association, president of the Southwestern Anthropological Society (1950-51), president of the American Ethnological Society (1969-70), and...

 
Goldstone (N.J. "Bud") collection on Simon Rodia's Towers

N.J. "Bud" Goldstone was a professional engineer and member of the Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts, Inc. In 1959, he designed and executed an engineering test that proved the Towers' structural safety. The bulk of the collection consists...

 
Golove (Degania) papers

Degania Golove, 1929-2015, was a celebrated activist and historian who focused on lesbian history. She was a longtime volunteer and one-time coordinator of the June L. Mazer Archives. This collection includes Golove's compilation of Women's Studies syllabi, correspondence between Golove...

 
Gonzalez (Manuel P.) Papers

Manuel Pedro González was a Professor of Spanish American Language and Literature at UCLA (1924 to 1958), the founder and first president of the International Institute of Professors of Ibero-American Literature (1938-1940), and established the Fundación José Martí in Havana...

 
Goodman (Henry) collection of theater playbills

Henry Goodman, Ph.D., faculty emeritus at UCLA, had distinguished career as professor of theater. The collection, assembled by Goodman, consists of 18th, 19th, and 20th century British theatre playbills, a small number of American and foreign language playbills, five scrapbooks...

 
Goodspeed (Edgar J.) Papers

Edgar J. Goodspeed (1871-1962) taught at the University of Chicago in 1894 and wrote more than fifty books. The collection consists of an original typescript, layouts, galley proofs, page proofs, and published copy of Edgar J. Goodspeed's book titled, (1950).

 
Goodwin (John E.) Papers

John Edward Goodwin (1876-1948) was head of stacks and loans at Stanford University Library and a librarian at the University of Texas before becoming a librarian at the University of California Southern Branch (later UCLA) in 1923. The collection consists...

 
Goodwin (Mary P.) Antarctica Collection

Mary Pearson Goodwin (1920- ) was born in Newport, Rhode Island. She was a prolific and award-winning medical illustrator and a member of the first public expedition to Antarctica in mid-1960s. The collection contains books, journals, notebooks, photographs, clippings, drawings,...

 
Goodwin (Willard E.) papers

Willard Elmer Goodwin, M.D. (1915-1998) was the founding chair of the Division of Urology in the Department of Surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine, best known for his innovative techniques in urology and his work in organ and graft...

Gordon, Jr. (Walter L. )/Beverly, Jr. (William C.) collection

Collection of approximately 800 digitized photographs and other items collected by Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and given to William C. Beverly, Jr., who donated the collection to UCLA. Collection includes photos given to Walter by his former boss, Charlotta Bass,...

 
Gores (Walter W.) Papers

Walter W.J. Gores (1894- ) was a graphic artist and author of (1940). The collection consists of ephemera and artwork relating to Gores' career as a graphic artist.

 
Gorney (Roderic) papers

Roderic Gorney (1924- ) is a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. He is a practicing psychiatrist-psychoanalyst, a published author, and has focused his clinical teaching on psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy of adults. His...

 
Graham Family Papers

Malbone Watson Graham (1898-1965) was a professor of political science at UCLA (1924- ). His published works include (1924) and (1948). Ethel Gladys Murphy married Graham in 1921. She served as president of the American Association of University Women and...

 
Graham (Margaret C.) papers

Margaret Collier Graham (1850-1910) is a California writer and a City of Pasadena pioneer. Graham began making a name for herself by publishing stories about California life. The collection contains her earliest essay written in 1895, her first printed book,...

 
Granby (Joe) papers

Joseph Granby was an American actor whose career spanned the early-1900s to the 1960s. During that time he was involved in vaudeville, theater, film, radio, and television. The collection consists of photographs, scrapbooks, theater programs, playbills, and a small amount...

 
Granger (William P.) Papers

William P. Granger (1834-1903) was a civil engineer who worked on many railroad projects in Tennessee, Boston, Maine, and later, with the Southern Pacific Railway. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, photographs, and clippings concerning the Maclay Rancho in...

 
Grant (Gogi) Collection of Musical Arrangements

Scores and parts for 36 musical arrangements of popular songs sung by Gogi Grant.

 
Grant (J.A.C.) papers

James Allen Clifford Grant, Political Science Professor Emeritus joined the UCLA faculty in 1930 and retired in 1969. While at UCLA, Grant chaired the Political Science Department and the Academic Senate and was instrumental in the foundation of the UCLA...

 
Gray (Charles E.) Papers

Collection consists of two book-length unpublished manuscripts with carbon copies entitled , and . ...

 
Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands photograph album

Collection of photographs by various photographers, dated 1885-1905, documenting the architecture and landscape of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands.

 
Greek antiquities in Athens Photograph album

Modern album containing 26 black-and-white photographs of sites of Greek antiquities in Athens, Greece, taken by an unidentified photographer probably sometime during the 1870s.

 
Green (Dorothy) Papers

The collection covers the papers and campaign documents of the various policy areas on which Mrs. Green worked, from national campaign finance reform to water policy in Southern California, including the California League of Conservation Voters, Common Cause, Heal the...

 
Greenson (Ralph) papers

The Ralph Greenson papers includes correspondence, writings (including lectures and published papers), tape recordings, and materials relating to teaching. In 1953, Greenson started teaching at UCLA. He is best known for writing . He also wrote , as well as...

 
Greenwood (Barbara) papers

Barbara Greenwood was a California specialist in early childhood education and a supervisor of nursery school training at UCLA. The collection consists of manuscripts, printed pamphlets, correspondence, and photographs.

 
Gregory (Elizabeth H.) Collection of Material About American Aviation

Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory (1872- ) was a journalist and lecturer in the field of aviation. She was a correspondent for the , , the , the and the. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related ephemeral materials collected...

 
Grier (Barbara) Periodical Collection

Barbara Grier was a well known writer, publisher, and lesbian-feminist activist. Her carefully assembled periodical collection contains a wide range of feminist and LGBT newspapers, magazines, journals, and small press publications.

 
Griffin (S.A.) collection of underground poetry, Scott Wannberg, and The Carma Bums

S.A. Griffin is a poet, performance artist, publisher, and actor with deep roots in the Los Angeles poetry and punk scenes beginning in the 1980s. The collection contains monographs, serials, manuscripts, correspondence, ephemera, audiovisual material, artwork, and memorabilia reflective of...

 
Griffis (Elliot) papers

Materials related to Elliot Griffis....

 
Griffith (Edward H.) Papers

Director, writer, and producer Lt. Edward Hilaire Griffith was born Aug. 23, 1875, in Lynchburg, Va. Educated in England and Europe, Griffith started out as a newspaper reporter and a magazine writer. He became an actor/writer for the Edison Company...

Griffith Family Papers

Griffith Jenkins Griffith (1850-1919) engaged in mining operations in Mexico. In 1882, he purchased Los Feliz Rancho near Los Angeles, and acquired extensive real estate in the city. In 1896, he donated most of his ranch to the city for...

 
Griswold (Wesley S.) Papers

Wesley Southmayd Griswold (1909- ) was a feature writer and editor for the (1930-41), a publicist for the Travelers Insurance Company (1941-42), a copy editor for the (1946-51)) and a copy editor (1945-46) and West Coast editor (beginning in 1951)...

 
Gross (Milt) Papers

Milt Gross (1895-1953) was born in Bronx, New York. He was a Yiddish dialect comic writer and cartoonist drawing various strips for (1915-17), the and (1923-31) and King Features Syndicate (1931-46). He was also a screenwriter for Republic Studios, wrote...

Grot (Anton) papers

Antocz Franciszek Groszewski (1884-1974) was born in Kelbasice, Poland and came to the U.S., 1909. His film career began in 1913 when he was hired by the Lubin Company to paint and design sets. He relocated to Los Angeles in...

 
Groves-Lord (Gianna) papers

Gianna Groves-Lord was a professional chef who later turned to floristry. The bulk of her papers consists of personal records related to United States immigration and employment.

 
Gruen (Victor) collection

Victor Gruen (1903-1980) was an architect. He established Victor Gruen Associates in Los Angeles (1951) and designed shopping centers, including Northland Center in Detroit, Southdale Center in Minneapolis, The Mall in Fresno, California and Midtown Plaza in Rochester, New York...

 
Guenther (Adaline C.) papers

The collection is composed of correspondence, photographs, typescripts, and memorabilia; it has a double focus, the American Veterans Committee and Adaline Guenther herself.

 
Guest (Barbara) Papers

Barbara Guest, 1920-2006, was an American poet and prose stylist who gained prominence in the 1950s and 1960s as an active member of the New York school of poetry. This collection consists of one annotated manuscript of her biography about...

 
Gullans (Charles B.) Papers

Charles Bennett Gullans (1929-1993) was a poet, bibliographer, and an English and creative writing professor at UCLA from 1961 until his death. He also founded the Symposium Press in 1978. The collection consists of Gullans' literary manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, a...

 
Guy (Roma) Papers

Roma Guy (1942-) is a social justice advocate and founding member of the San Francisco Women's Building. Jean Crosby was a founding member of the San Francisco Women's Centers. This collection contains writings and materials collected by Roma Guy during...

 
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Haas (Charles E.) Papers

Charles Edmund Haas (1873-1960) was a clerk in the U.S. State Department (1905-06), Los Angeles deputy city attorney (1907-13), deputy county counsel (1913-18), judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court (1926-31) and later a presiding judge (1948), Los Angeles Superior Court. The...

 
Haas (Robert B.) Collection of Material about William Chauncey Bartlett

Robert Bartlett Haas (b.1916) was a faculty member at UCLA (1949- ) and the director of arts and humanities extension (1958). W.C. Bartlett (1818-1907) was a lawyer (1848-55), an anti-slavery preacher in Indianapolis (1857), an itinerant preacher in the California...

 
Haase (John) Papers

John Haase (b.1923) was a dentist in the Los Angeles area. He was a member of the American Academy of Oral Roentgenology, Royal Society of Health, Authors League of America, and Dramatists Guild. He also contributed to dental journals and...

 
Hachimonji (Kumezo) papers

Kumezo Hachimonji was born in 1888. A native of Miyagi Prefecture, he graduated from Thoku Gakuin in Sendai and arrived in the United States in 1918. He received his BS from Columbia University. Before World War II he owned and...

 
Hagemann (E.R.) Papers

Edward R. Hagemann (1921- ) taught in the English department at UCLA. The collection consists of typescript, proof sheets, and galleys for Hagemann's (c. 1982).

 
Hagemann (E.R.) Papers and Collection of Detective Fiction

Edward R. Hagemann (b.1921) taught in the English department at UCLA. His published works include (c1982) and (1985). The collection consists of 15 boxes of files relating to detective fiction, 841 titles of books and journals principally relating to detective...

 
Haggard (H. Rider) book collection

Monograph/serial collection....

 
Haggard (H. Rider) papers

Collection contains some 400 pieces of correspondence, including letters to J.C. Jeaffreson, Lord Curzon, and letters to and from Andrew Lang. Also includes fragments of manuscript notes, scrapbooks of clippings, a photograph album, and other ephemera....

 
Hagman (Donald G.) papers

Collection consists of manuscripts, applications for research grants and fellowships, teaching materials, papers related to public service activities, research materials, committee work documents, and correspondence of UCLA law professor Donald Gerald Hagman. Topics include planning, taxation, local government, and the...

 
Hailmann (W.N.) Kindergarten collection

William Nicholas Hailmann (1836-1920) was a leading exponent of the doctrine of Froebel in early childhood education. He was the director of the German-American Academies (1865-73) and Milwaukee (1873-78) and the German-American Seminary in Detroit (1878-83), served as superintendent of...

 
Haines, Evans, and Merrell Family Papers

The Haines, Evans, and Merrell Families were all related. The collection consists of the Civil War diaries of John H. Merrell, and miscellaneous personal correspondence and ephemera of the Haines and Evans families, mostly letters to Sarah Elizabeth (Haines) Evans.

 
Halasz (George) scrapbooks

George Halasz was a theatrical critic for the , under the column, . Additionally, he wrote features for , the , and the . In 1935 Halasz moved to Hollywood and became a script reader and writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and...

 
Hale (Randolph) Valley Music Theatre Scrapbooks

Randolph Hale was vice president and treasurer of the Valley Music Theatre, in the San Fernando Valley. The collection consists of two scrapbooks related to productions staged at the Valley Music Theatre. Included are playbills and cast (group) photographs representing...

 
Hall (David S.) Papers

Collection consists of correspondence, books, journals, clippings, and other printed materials related to abortion and sterilization in the course of Dr. David S. Hall's work as Senior Public Health Educator, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health for Los Angeles County....

 
Hall (D.J.) papers

D.J. (Debra Jane) Hall is a southern California representational, figurative painter, best known for her portraits of women by poolside. Papers record her personal life and artistic career, including family records, teaching materials, research materials for projects and artwork, documentations...

 
Hall (Doris D.) collection of travel and recreation ephemera and La Dow family documents

Doris D. Hall was a resident of Los Angeles, California. This collection consists of printed materials related to travel and recreation within California and the greater U.S., ephemera, and home entertainment products of the 1930s-1980s. Also included are the La...

 
Hall (Nancy L.) papers

Nancy Lee Hall (1923- ) was born in Rochester, New York. She was a design craftsperson (1964), drama teacher in the San Diego Unified Public Schools (1968) and a social worker at the Alcoholism Counseling and Education Center (1972). She...

 
Hall (Norman S.) papers

This collection consists of 111 screenplays and 19 television plays by Norman Shannon Hall, and 17 items (plays, screenplays, and television plays) by friends of Hall. Among them are Robert Cedric Sheriff's and Porter Emerson Browne's .

 
Hall (Warren A.) papers

Warren Acker Hall was born on Aug. 12, 1919 in Hot Springs, SD. After receiving his Ph.D in engineering from UCLA in 1952, he went on to faculty positions in universities across California, including UCLA, UC Davis, and UC Riverside....

 
Halleck, Peachy & Billings Correspondence and Papers

Correspondence and papers relating to land and land litigation (including original documents and diseños, and transcripts) and to various legal cases, some concerning Chinese immigration, ships, and the funding bill in San Francisco; accounts; and tax records. Also included: correspondence...

Halleck, Peachy & Billings Records

Halleck, Peachy & Billings was one of the leading San Francisco law firms in the settlement of titles to Mexican land grants. The firm was dissolved in 1861. The collection contains correspondence, mainly relating to land litigation of Halleck, Peachy...

 
(Ham) Ho Young papers

Ho Young Ham was born in Seoul, Korea on May 5, 1868 and immigrated to Hawaii in 1905 with his wife, Hannah Chur Ham (1882-1979). The Ho Young Ham papers consist of artifacts, audio recordings, books, clothing, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs,...

 
Hamilton (Andrew) papers

Andrew Jackson Hamilton (1911-1976) was a U.S. Navy public information officer on the West Coast and in the Pacific on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during World War II, and public information manager (1946-60) and Public Affairs Officer...

 
Hamilton (Donald) Papers

Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (1916-1924) created the Matt Helm series of detective novels, wrote western novels and other books, and contributed articles on hunting, yachting, and photography to magazines. The collection consists of Hamilton's correspondence, articles, various editions of his books,...

 
Hamilton (Harold L.) papers

Collection includes reports, speeches, memos, newsclippings, photographs and books related to the history of the Electro-Motive Division of the General Motors Corporation and the history of the Diesel locomotive on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary.

Han (Yu-shan) collection

Yu-shan Han (1899-1983) taught at the History Department, UCLA (1941 to 1966). The collection consists of 24 histories of academies in China published between 1684-1910, a printed text of the (1798), a set of original woodblocks for the, imperial examination...

 
Hanke (Lewis) Papers

Lewis Ulysses Hanke (b.1905) was a Latin American historian. He taught at the University of Hawaii (1926-27), University of Beirut (1927-30), Harvard University (1934-39), University of Texas (1951-1961), Columbia University (1961-67), UC Irvine (1967-69), and the University of Massachusetts (1969-75)....

 
Hanna (Phil T.) Papers

Phil Townsend Hanna (1896- ) worked for the , and the Los Angeles Bureau of the Associated Press, was the editor of , and secretary of the Wine and Food Society. He also wrote many books. The collection consists of...

 
Harary (Isaac) Papers

Isaac Harary (1923- ) was born in New York City, New York. He was an assistant clinical professor of physiological chemistry (1955-1961), associate professor of physiological chemistry and nuclear medicine (1961-65) and professor of biological chemistry (1965-87) in the UCLA...

 
Hardie (Martin) Correspondence

Martin Hardie (1875-1952) studied etching with Sir Frank Short of the Royal College of Art, and exhibited his own etchings and water colors at the Royal Academy by 1908. He wrote many books, including (1906), (1921), and a three-volume history...

 
Har-ma Press records

Correspondence between Muir Dawson, Harold Smith, and Roger Levenson, and other documents regarding the development, manufacture and sale of the Har-ma printing press.

 
Harmon (John B.) Papers

John B. Harmon (1822-1897) practiced law in Sacramento and Virginia City, Nevada. In 1864, he moved to San Francisco where he was associated with P.G. Galpin, Moriss M. Estee and D.P. Belknap. The collection consists of correspondence and legal papers...

 
Harmon (Larry) zine collection

Larry Harmon started the independent zine in 1987. Harmon's zine included detailed researching and reporting of the odd tales of Southern California. Harmon participated in the Kill Zinesters Summer Vacation Tour of 1996 with Darby Romeo of and Noel Tolentino...

 
Harris (Ellen S.) papers

The Ellen Stern Harris papers document the efforts and accomplishments of a California environmental activist whose concerns ranged from protecting the California coastline to cleaning up campaign finances. Harris established herself as a leading activist through exhaustive correspondence, editorials, committee...

 
Harris (Robert E.G.) Collection of Material about the Spanish Civil War

Robert E.G. Harris (b.1903) taught English and journalism at Los Angeles City College (1929-42), was the editor of (1945-50), a professor of journalism (1950-71), department chairman (1955-60), and emeritus professor at UCLA. The collection consists of copies of newspaper articles...

 
Harris (Townsend) Papers

Townsend Harris (1804-1878) was born in Sandy Hill, New York. In 1855, he was appointed U.S. Consul General to Japan. He negotiated commercial treaties with Siam in 1857 and Japan in 1858. After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860,...

 
Harrison (Benjamin) Papers

Benjamin Harrison (1888-1960) was a lawyer and Democratic Party leader in California. He served as city attorney for Needles (1918-37), was appointed U.S. district attorney for the Southern district of California (1937), and U.S. district judge for the area in...

Harrison (Gilbert A.) collection of material by and relating to Gertrude Stein

Gilbert Harrison was a UCLA alumnus and former editor-in-chief of magazine. He began corresponding with Gertrude Stein in 1933, and continued to correspond with Stein until her death in 1947. The collection contains galley and page proofs for books by...

 
Harrison (Gilbert A.) Papers

The Gilbert A. Harrison Papers contain correspondence, typescripts, publications, and newspapers collected by Gilbert Harrison, an alumnus of UCLA. The majority of the materials pertain to two controversies at UCLA - the suspension of five student leaders for suspected "radical"...

 
Harte (Bret) Letters

Bret Harte (1836-1902) settled in San Francisco in 1860 where he worked as a printer, clerk, and secretary in a government office. He wrote short stories and became the first editor of the (1868-71) in San Francisco. The collection consists...

 
Hartman (Paul) papers

Paul Hartman (1910-1973) was born in San Francisco, California. He was a dancer, actor, magician and singer appearing in vaudeville, the theater, film and television. The collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, diaries, clippings, programs, sheet music, books, pamphlets, and memorabilia...

 
Hartzell (James) papers

James Hartzell was an official of the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. The collection consists of correspondence, press releases and pamphlets related to the one-day symposium and , and photographs of the placing of a memorial plaque at Bilignin, France, the...

 
Harvey (Rowland H.) Papers

Rowland Hill Harvey (1889-1943) was a social worker in Chicago and Los Angeles (1910-15), and later, an associate professor of history at UCLA. He wrote (1935) and (1949). The collection consists of manuscripts and printed material documenting Rowland Hill Harvey's...

 
Haugen (Genevieve) papers

Consists primarily of writings, correspondence, and photographs of the aviator and writer Genevieve Haugen.

 
Havet (Louis) papers

Collection consists of manuscript notes, proofs and offprints, autograph letters and postcards, lecture notes, documents, and newpaper clippings....

 
Hawkins (Alma) papers

This collection contains the professional and personal files of Alma Hawkins, the creator and original chair of the UCLA Dance Department; faculty member at UCLA, George Williams College, and Santa Monica College; and practicing dance therapist.

Hawkins (Augustus F.) papers

Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907- ) was a member of the California State Assembly (1935-63) a Democrat in the U.S. Congress (1963-91), Chairman of the Committee on House Administration (1981-84), Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor (98th-101st Congresses), and...

 
Hayden (Jeffrey) Primary Colors: The Story of Corita video logs

, produced by South Carolina ETV and The Saint/Hayden Company, is the story of Corita (also known as Corita Kent or Sister Mary Corita). Included are three binders of interview transcripts from the documentary, a press kit, and what...

 
Hayes (Robert M.) Papers

Robert Mayo Hayes pioneered in the development of digital data storage and retrieval, information transfer, systems analysis and design research. His work has had a major impact on information policy and the economics of library operations. Spanning two decades (1955-1976),...

 
Hayman (Al) letters

Al Hayman was a theatrical producer and manager. The collection consists of carbon-copy holograph letters written by Hayman and compiled in two bound volumes.

 
Haynes (John Randolph) papers

John Randolph Haynes was an active reformer and member of the Progressive movement. His wife, Dora Haynes was a suffragist, leading the campaign for women's right to vote in California. Together, they founded The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes...

Hazard-Dyson Los Angeles photograph album

Album, compiled by G.W. Hazard, containing 989 photographs of early Los Angeles and surrounding cities.

 
Healey (Dorothy) Papers

Dorothy Healey (b.1914) was a member of the Young Communist League (1928-), and the Communist Party (1932-1973). She was appointed a deputy labor commissioner by Governor Culbert Olson (1940), and served as the Chairman of the Los Angeles Communist Party...

 
(Heard) Gerald papers

Henry Fitzgerald Heard (October 6, 1889-August 14, 1971) was interested in parapsychology, Vedanta, philosophy, and religion. He took honors in history at Cambridge, 1911, where he also did his postgraduate work in philosophy of religions. He lectured at Oxford University...

 
Hearn (Guy E.) papers

Eddie Hearn (1913-1987) was a founding member of the UCLA Theater Arts Department, and was largely responsible for the UCLA Macgowan Hall production facilities. He retired from UCLA (1978) and began designing or consulting on theaters around the world and...

 
Heavy Metal Music Material Collection

Collection of published works, archival material, and ephemera related to heavy metal music and fan culture.

 
Hedrick (E.R.) papers

E.R. Hedrick (1876-1943) was a professor of mathematics at UCLA (1937- ), and provost. He also served as vice-president for the University of California, was the editor-in-chief of the (1921-37), vice-president (1916) and president (1929-30) of the American Mathematical Society,...

 
Heghen (Mary) Papers

Collection consists of photographs and manuscripts....

 
Heifetz (Harold) Nineteenth Century English Illustrations Collection

Harold Heifetz (1919- ) was a playwright and author. The collection consists of 59 engravings and lithographs representative of 19th century book illustration. Illustrations are mostly English, although a few French and German prints are included.

 
Heisler (Stuart) Papers

Stuart Heisler began his career in the film industry in 1913. He became a film editor and later a director of motion pictures. In the late 1950s and throughout the 60s, Heisler also did a substantial amount of television work....

 
Hellman (Irving H.) Papers

Irving H. Hellman (1883- ) was the vice-president and director of the Hellman Commercial Trust & Savings Bank, director of the Merchants National Bank and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. His hobby was horseback riding, and he was president...

 
Helstien (Melvyn B.) papers

Melvyn B. Helstien received his PhD in theater from the University of Minnesota in 1962. He became a UCLA professor in the Department of Theater Arts in 1963, served as department vice-chair from 1971-1973 and again from 1981-1985. He retired...

 
Hendrix (Kathleen) collection on Paul Monette

Kathleen Hendrix, humanitarian and former Los Angeles Times journalist, was a friend of both Paul Monette (1945-1995) and his partner in later life, Winston Wilde. Monette is best known for his contributions to contemporary gay American literature as a novelist...

 
Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records

Collection consists of photographs relating to buildings and properties constructed by Herbert M. Baruch Corporation of Los Angeles during the 1920s and 1940s.

 
Herrscher (Edmond) papers

Edmond Herrscher was an attorney and businessman in California who was involved in the early development of Century City. The collection consists of clippings, legal documents, photographs, and writings related to Herrscher's business and personal life.

 
Hershberger (William D.) Papers

William Delmar Hershberger (1903-1987) received his Ph.D in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania (1937). He worked on submarine detection using underwater sound, applied pulsed microwaves to target detection, laid out the first complete radar equipment used in the...

 
Herzig (Jack and Aiko) papers

Community advocates Jack and Aiko Herzig played a pivotal role in the World War II Japanese American redress movement through their historical research at archives and libraries across the nation. Their discoveries aided in redress for thousands of Americans illegally...

Hesser (Edwin B.) papers

Edwin Bower Hesser (1893-1962) was a prominent photographer who worked in New York and Los Angeles during the golden age of Hollywood and developed his own color photography system known as Hessercolor. The bulk of the collection consists of photographic...

 
Heusken (Henry C.J.) Papers

Henri C.J. Heusken (1832-1861) served as secretary and interpreter for Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul-General in Japan. The collection consists of the manuscript of the . The diary, illustrated with 37 original ink wash vignettes by the author, is...

 
Hibi (Matsusaburo) Papers

This collection consists of correspondence, exhibition catalogs, a scrapbook, sketches, watercolors, drawings, oil paintings, and monotype prints by Issei artist Matsusaburo Hibi. Many of these materials relate to the time Hibi spent in the Tanforan Assembly Center (California) and the...

 
Hichborn (Franklin) Papers

Franklin Hichborn (1868-1964) was a legislative reporter in Sacramento for the (1897-1951), a advocate for public ownership of public utilities, and a trustee for the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. Boxes 1-184 include correspondence, articles, speeches, reports, financial...

 
Hickman (Charles S.) Papers

Charles Sharpless Hickman (1913-1959) was the Los Angeles music critic for the and various other publications, including the . The collection consists of clipped articles, manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, pictures, and ephemera.

 
Hickok (Beverly) papers

Beverly Hickok is an author, retired librarian, and native Californian who came out as a lesbian during the 1940s. The papers includes a variety of personal and professional documents, photo albums, journals, travel notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, published...

 
Hicks (Frederic) papers

This collection documents the activities and writings of Frederic Hicks. Hicks was a distinguished scholar of Mesoamerican ethnohistory and anthropology. The collection chronicles Hicks' work at Cerro Portezuelo, his editing of the Codex Vergara, and his professional life at the...

 
Higa (Taro) Papers

Thomas Tarō Higa, a Hawaiian-born Kibei, was born in 1916. He was a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion. The collection consists of documents of Higa's speech tour (1944) sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), photocopies of newspaper...

Higgins (Colin) papers

Colin Higgins (1941-1988) was a screenwriter and director of the film comedies , , , and . The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, screenplays in various drafts, research materials, production reports, army and college notes, and photographs.

 
Higgins (Ethel B.) Papers

Ethel Bailey Higgins was the curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum, and the author of (1931) and (1949). The collection consists of manuscripts, photocopies, and printed booklets about the flora and fauna of San Diego County,...

 
Hileman (Sam) papers

This collection documents the collaboration of Sam Hileman, also known as Samuel Palmer Hileman, Jr., and Carlos Fuentes in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. The contents of this collection reflect Hileman’s working process while translating literary works. The...

 
Hill (Gladwin) papers

Gladwin Hill (b.1914) was a reporter, wire editor, feature writer, columnist (1932- ), and war correspondent in Europe (1944-46). He later served as chief of the Los Angeles bureau of the (1946-68), was a member of the board of directors...

 
Hines (Jack) Papers

John Chesterfield Hines (1877-1962) was a author, singer in Broadway productions, and a radio personality. The collection consists of Hines' manuscripts, galley proofs, correspondence, a scrapbook, photographs, clippings, and books.

 
Hinkley (Don) papers

Don Hinkley was an American television writer. The collection documents a brief portion of Hinkley's career.

 
Historic Monterey photographic album

Small album of 21 amateur glossy sepia photographs of buildings, landscapes, and historical sites in and around Monterey, California.

 
History of Photography collection of material

Collection consists of examples showing the development of photography from daguerreotypes to Velox prints. Includes ambrotypes, tintypes, albumens, cabinet portraits, and a cyanotype. Also includes a group of prints made from copy negatives of holdings in the Historical Collection of...

 
Hoage (Leon) collection of material about the Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Leon Hoage was hired by New Jersey Governor Harold Hoffman to help investigate the 1932 kidnapping of the Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. Collection consists of photographs, clippings, and Photostats of evidence used in Bruno Richard Hauptmann's trial, and correspondence between...

 
Hockett (John A.) Papers Regarding the CA State Commission on School Districts

John Alpheus Hockett (1894-1988) began teaching in the Department of Education at UC Berkeley in 1928 before coming to UCLA in 1941 as director of elementary education. He worked to establish a democratic educational system in West Germany after World...

 
Hodge (Frederick W.) Papers

Frederick Webb Hodge (1864-1956) worked for the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), edited the , was the editor of the , co-founder and president of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), director of the Museum of...

 
Hodgson (James D.) collection on labor

Collection consists of Hodgson's library of books on labor and labor relations, mostly concerning the U.S....

 
Hodgson (James D.) Papers

James Day Hodgson (1915- ) worked for the Lockheed Corporation as vice president of industrial relations (1968-69) before serving as U.S. Undersecretary of Labor (1969-70), then Secretary of Labor (1970-73). He returned to the Lockheed Corporation as senior vice president...

 
Hodgson (Robert W.) Papers

Robert Willard Hodgson (1893-1966) developed the College of Agriculture at the Southern branch of the University of California and became professor of subtropical horticulture (1935). He was named assistant dean of the College of Agriculture and assistant director of the...

 
Hodkinson (W.W.) papers

W.W. (William Wallace) Hodkinson (1881-19710) opened one of the nation's first movie theaters in Ogden, Utah in 1907. He became a leading West Coast film distributor, and founded Paramount company in 1914 for distributing films of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players...

 
Hoff (Syd) Papers

Syd Hoff (1912- ) contributed cartoons to , , , and the . He also drew the syndicated cartoon, Laugh it off, wrote and illustrated books, and has published compilations of his cartoons. The collection consists of some 600 original...

 
Hoffberg (Judith) artists and mail art files

Judith Hoffberg was an art librarian and curator who was a major influence in the emergence of books as an artist's medium. The collection consists of ephemera related to artists and mail art including gallery exhibition announcements, lists of art...

 
Hoffman Library Card Index

A collection of catalog cards from the Hoffman Library, 1929.

 
Holling (Holling C.) papers

Holling Clancy Holling (1900-1973) was an instructor, freelance designer, advertising artist, and book illustrator. He and his wife Lucille Webster Holling collaborated on many books, including (1935) and (1936). He later wrote and illustrated fiction, combining nature and history themes,...

 
Holling (Lucille W.) papers

Collection consists of diaries, journals, letters, sketches, notes, designs, a photograph of illustrator Lucille Webster Holling, Webster family papers, and a plaster cast of husband Holling Clancey Holling by LCW.

 
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Collection of Books About in Literature

Collection consists of 251 books about Hollywood or having a Hollywood locale. The collection is chiefly fiction but includes some non-fiction, exposés and biographies. Includes Victor Appleton's (c. 1912), Mary Astor's (1960), Henry Farrell's (c. 1960), Christopher Isherwood's (c. 1945),...

 
Hollywood Park records

The Hollywood Turf Club, later renamed Hollywood Park, opened in 1938. Known as the Track of the Lakes and Flowers, it served as home for a number of talented jockeys, trainers, and prominent thoroughbreds. The collection consists of minute books...

 
Hollywood Studio Strike collection

The Hollywood studio strike began on March 12, 1945 when the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) went on strike to protest the studios' delay in granting a contract renewal for interior decorators despite opposition from the larger, more established International...

 
Hollywoodland and Dana Point, Calif. - Collection of Material about

Collection consists of material relating to the development of Hollywoodland, including albums containing approximately 225 photographs of Hollywoodland and Dana Point, California dwellings and business buildings. ...

 
Holmes Book Co. (Los Angeles) Records

Collection consists of the archives of the Holmes Book Company store on West 6th Street in Los Angeles (the company had another store, in Oakland, California). Includes accounts receivable, paid bills, orders, publishers' correspondence, receipts, and cancelled checks....

 
Holstein (Theodore D.) Papers

Theodore David Holstein (1915-1986) was a physicist who worked on atomic physics at Westinghouse Research Laboratories (1941-1959), and served on the physics faculty at the University of Pittsburgh (1959-65) and at UCLA where he studied electron and energy transport phenomena...

 
Holt (Frances L.) Journal

Journal documenting Frances Long Holt's pleasure trip to North America in 1872. The author also describes a weeklong stay in Havana, Cuba and a brief stop in Quebec.

Holtzman (Howard) collection on Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) was a modern dance pioneer influenced by Walt Whitman, Emerson and American Transcendentalism. She first gained recognition and support for her work after moving to London (1899). In 1904, she met Edward Gordon Craig, and they worked...

 
Holzapfel (Rudolph) Collection About Edward Gordon Craig

Edward Henry Gordon Craig (1872-1966) was a member of the Lyceum, London, where he received training as an actor and began his career in stage design and production (1889-95). He was also an author, the Royal Designer for Industry of...

 
Hood Family Papers

Thomas Hood (1799-1845) was an author and artist. He sketched and wrote for local newspapers in Dundee, England (1815-18), was the assistant sub-editor and constant contributor to (1821), editor of the (1829) and magazine (1841). His son Thomas Hood (1835-1874),...

 
Hooker (Edward N.) Papers

Edward Niles Hooker (1902-1957) was an English professor at UCLA. He produced an annotated two-volume edition of the works of John Dennis (1939, 1943), and with Professor H.T. Swedenberg, edited the California edition of John Dryden, the first volume of...

 
Hooker (Evelyn C.) papers

Evelyn Gentry (1907-1996) was born in North Platte, Nebraska, and grew up near Sterling, Colorado. She joined the psychology faculty at UCLA University Extension in 1939. In 1954, she received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)...

 
Horn (Zoia) papers

This collection documents the activities, writings, and political opinions of Zoia Horn. Horn was a California-based librarian, administrator, and activist. She is best known for refusing to testify in the 1972 Harrisburg Seven trial, becoming the first librarian to be...

 
Horner (Harry) papers

Harry Horner was a Hollywood art director and production designer who worked on such films as (1949), (1961) and (1969). His collection consists of set designs and includes blueprints, drawings, boards, fabric and color samples. Includes designs for , ,...

 
Horner (James) papers

James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953-June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of over 100 film scores. The collection mostly consists of music scores (both loose and bound volumes), production notes, and sketches. The collection also contains...

Horsley (William) papers

William Horsley (1870-1956) founded the Centaur Film Company (later, Nestor Motion Picture Company) in Bayonne, New Jersey in 1907. His film company and other independents merged to create Universal Pictures Company in 1912. The collection contains photographs, correspondence, magazines and...

 
Horst (Henry M.) Papers

Collection consists of correspondence, papers, and published works of Horst....

 
Hoshide (Chiyoko) Papers of Kaku Aiso (née Kaku Sato)

Chiyoko Doris Hoshide, née Chiyoko Aiso, grew up in Los Angeles and graduated in geography from UCLA. The collection consists of diploma and certificates relating to the educational achievements of the Chiyoko Hoshide's mother, Sato Kaku.

 
Hoshimiya Family Papers

Tosuke Hoshimiya was born in 1886. A native of Miyagi prefecture, he graduated from Thoku Gakuin and arrived in the United States in 1906. He served as principal for various Japanese language schools in the Los Angeles area (Brawley, Moneta,...

 
Houghton (Vernon W.) Papers

Collection consists of six albums of professional and personal materials of architect Vernon W. Houghton. Includes blueprints, plans, photographs, sketches, correspondence, photostats, and memorabilia. Includes building designs for the Philippines, San Francisco, San Diego, and the Los Angeles area. Also...

 
Hougland (Willard) Papers

Willard Hougland was a writer, publisher, anthropologist, impresario, businessman and gourmet cook. He also ran a rare book store and art gallery in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. The collection contains correspondence, a short story, a poem,...

 
Houseman (John) Papers

John Houseman wrote, produced, directed and translated plays, founded theater companies, collaborated on radio series, produced film, television, and stage productions, and acted in movies and television shows. The collection consists of correspondence, director's scripts for stage, movies, radio, &...

 
Houser (Frederick F.) Papers

Frederick Francis Houser (1904- ) was a member of the California Republican State Central Committee (1930-40), a member of the California legislature for the 53rd Assembly District (1931-33,1939-43), Republican nominee for Congress (1932,1934, and 1936), served as lieutenant governor (1943-46),...

 
Houston (Ivan J.) papers

Ivan J. Houston was born in Los Angeles, California in 1925. He worked at Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company for forty years, including at the executive level when he became the company's President and CEO in 1970 and Chairman...

 
Howard (Donald S.) papers

Donald Stevenson Howard was worked as a social welfare administrator, professor at and dean of the School of Social Warfare at the University of California at Los Angeles. He also served as the deputy director of UNRRA China Mission, Foreign...

 
Howard (Eric) Papers

Eric Howard (1895-1943), was a lecturer and instructor at the extension division, University of California. His publications include (1923). The collection consists of manuscripts of poems, articles, an unpublished novel, and published works by Howard.

 
Howard (George) Papers

Collection contains letters to George and Eleanor Howard from Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin, as well as manuscripts by Miller and Nin, and ephemera. Also contains letters from Henry Miller to Laura. Manuscripts include , , , and Nin's ,...

 
Howell (Thomas R.) papers

Thomas R. Howell was an internationally renowned biology and ornithology educator and researcher. The collection consists of materials related to his academic work as a professor, field studies, and involvement in professional organizations. Materials include field notebooks, Nicaragua research files,...

 
Hubbard (Jack M.) Papers

Jack M. Hubbard was employed by the Manhattan Project as a meteorologist. The collection consists chiefly of bound volumes of manuscript writings and reports with some correspondence about various stages of his career.

 
Huberty (Martin R.) Papers

Martin R. Huberty (1894-1960) joined the staff of the Irrigation Division, College of Agriculture, Davis and Berkeley (1921), transferred to Riverside (1936), and to Los Angeles (1939) where held various positions including professor of irrigation engineering, chairman of the Department...

 
Huff (Sidney L.) papers

Colonel Sidney L. Huff was an aide to General MacArthur for fifteen years from 1936 to 1951, including the years of World War II, the occupation of Japan, and the Korean Conflict. The collection consists of military documents, correspondence, ephemera,...

 
Hundley (Norris) papers

Collection consists of correspondence and research files related to Norris Hundley's editorship of the , the case of City of Los Angeles City of San Fernando et al., and his various publications. Additional materials include lecture slides and photographs. Other...

 
Hunt (Violet) Manuscript Notebook

Isabel Violet Hunt (1862-1942) published poetry in magazine at age 13, and later, wrote collections of short stories and novels. She was also an active feminist, joining the Women's Social and Political Union. The collection consists of a manuscript notebook...

 
Hunter (Todd) papers

Todd Hunter was a CBS radio and television figure in Hollywood in the mid-twentieth century. The collection includes a number of television play scripts and related materials (script sides, cue sheets, songs, notes). Though it is unclear whether Hunter authored...

 
Huntington Hartford Foundation records

Huntington Hartford established the Huntington Hartford Foundation (1948-1965) to foster community creativity in the arts through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial supplies at the Foundation's location in Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, California. In 1954, the Huntington Hartford...

Huntsman-Trout (Edward) papers

Edward Huntsman-Trout (1889-1974) was a landscape architect. He worked in Boston and Ohio before starting a practice under his own name in Los Angeles. The collection consists primarily of blueprints and tissue designs as well as correspondence, sketches, and photographs...

 
Hussey (Roland D.) papers

Roland Dennis Hussey (1897-1959) was a professor of history at UCLA (1930- ), and chairman of the History department history (1950, 1952-54). During World War II until 1947, he was assistant chief of the Office of American Republic Affairs, and...

 
Hustvedt (Sigurd B.) Papers

Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt (1882-1954) was a professor in the English department at UCLA and helped to found the California Folklore Society in 1942. The collection consists of 2100 index cards related to one of Sigurd Hustvedt's books, (1936) as well...

 
Hutchinson (John) Papers

John Hutchinson (b.1921) was a professor of industrial relations at the UCLA Graduate School of Management (1964- ), a arbitrator in industrial disputes a member of the American Political Science Association, and author of articles on politics and industrial relations....

 
Huttenback (Dorothy) Papers

Dorothy Huttenback (1896-1987) was the manager of the Music Guild of Los Angeles (1952- ), which brought well-known chamber music ensembles and artists to the Wilshire Ebell Theater. She served for 33 years as president of the organization. The collection...

Huxley (Aldous and Laura) papers

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) was a prolific writer of novels, essays, poetry, criticism, and screenplays. The Aldous Huxley Papers portion of the collection consists correspondence between Aldous Huxley and publishers Harper & Row, personal correspondence, holographic notes, literary manuscripts and...

 
Hyatt (Edward) papers

Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and printed materials relating to the career of Edward Hyatt, Superintendent of Schools in California.

 
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I Spy Collection of Scripts and Production Material for the Television Series

was televised from September 1965 to September 1968. The show featured Bill Cosby and Robert Culp as two American undercover agents who traveled around the world on various missions. The collection consists of original scripts with various drafts and...

 
Ichioka (Yuji) papers

Yuji Ichioka (1936-2002) was an American-born Japanese (Nisei) historian who pioneered in studies of Japanese American experiences. Coining the term "Asian American," Ichioka was also instrumental in developing an academic field of Asian American Studies since the late 1960s. The...

 
Ilmiyah collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts

Collection consists of Persian and Arabic manuscripts about language and philosophy, as well as jurisprudence, religion, astronomy, medicine and philology.

 
Immigrant Research Collection

This collection was created by a variety of research institutions and organizations involved in immigration issues. The Collection consists of brochures, newsletters, publications, and other printed material relating to research in immigration.

 
In the Life records

In the Life Media was founded in 1992 with a mission of bringing real LGBT stories into the media. The collection consists of records related to the production company In the Life and the production of its flagship television program...

 
Independent Progressive Party and Californians for Liberal Representation records

The records of the Independent Progressive Party and Californians for Liberal Representation as collected by Jack Berman capture the trajectory of liberal and progressive politics as it unfolded in Los Angeles from 1938-1986. The bulk of the collection is comprised...

 
Inesita papers

Inesita (1921-) is a Los Angeles-based dancer whose work and oeuvre is devoted to traditional forms of Spanish dance, including flamenco, the Bolero School of Dance of the 18th century, and other regional dances of Spain. Since the age of...

 
Inglis (John B.) collection of manuscript transcripts of rare books and tracts, and Latin and Greek classics

John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870) was a prominent scholar book collector in the 19th century European book trade. This is a collection of his transcriptions and translations of various classical and early modern works in nineteen bound volumes.

 
Institute for Dance and Experimental Art Records

The records, including tapes of performances, of the Institute for Dance and Experimental Art (I.D.E.A.).

 
International Times records

Collection consists of "underground" newspapers of the late 1960s, mostly from the US, and subject files, correspondence, press releases, manuscripts, clippings, fliers, magazines, and photographs related to the International Times....

 
Int'l. Senior Citizens Assn. Records

The International Senior Citizens Association (ISCA) was formed in 1963 to coordinate on an international basis work of those senior citizens engaged in promoting the welfare of senior citizens, and to provide a means of communication throughout the world for...

 
Intriligator (Michael D.) papers

Michael D. Intriligator was an American economist. He joined the UCLA faculty in 1963 as an assistant professor of economics, and later held appointments in political science and policy studies. His research interests were mathematical economic theory, strategy and arms...

 
Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program Ephemera and Posters

Informational packets and posters related to the Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program for the January 2005 Transitional National Assembly election.

 
Irish Independence Movement Scrapbooks

This collection is comprised of eleven scrapbooks containing articles regarding the Irish Independence Movement, the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the establishment of the Irish Free State, the Irish Civil War, and the historical figures associated with these events, such as Eamon de...

 
Irrigation and Soil Science Collection

Collection consists of materials assembled by the UCLA Department of Irrigation and Soil Science for their faculty's reference use. Subjects include soil moisture movement, soil chemistry, soil analysis, plant-water relations, water requirement studies, drainage methods, hydrology, groundwater, wells, water quality,...

 
Irrigation Canals in Fresno County - Collection of Material about

Collection consists of correspondence and documents pertaining to the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company vs the Kings River and Fresno Canal Company, 13th District Court, County of Fresno, and the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company vs the Kings River and...

Ishigo (Estelle) papers

Estelle (Peck) Ishigo (1899- ) was born in Oakland, California. She attended Otis Art Institute where she met and married San Franciscan Nisei, Arthur Ishigo (ca. 1929). Following Pearl Harbor, both were fired from their jobs and Arthur was ordered...

 
Ishioka (Eiko) papers

Material in this collection relates to the career of the multi-faceted designer Eiko Ishioka, encompassing her work in the performing arts, especially on various stage productions; for exhibitions, fashion shows, and athletic teams; in advertising; and in book, periodical, record...

 
Isthmus of Tehuantepec Map Collection

Maps of the area commissioned by the Tehuantepec Rail Road Company, New Orleans....

 
Italian Broadsides Collection

Boxes 1-17 include unbound and bound Italian broadsides dating primarily from the period of Napoleonic domination of Italy, especially in Rome, Bologna, Naples, and the Papal State. Some are printed in both French and Italian in parallel columns, reflecting the...

 
Italian campaign in Somalia and Ethiopia Photograph album

Two photograph albums, dated May 1936, documenting the southern campaign of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, as Italian troops under the command of General Rodolfo Graziani moved into Ethiopia from Italian Somaliland.

 
Ivins (Stanley S.) Papers

Collection consists of 11 reels of positive microfilm of a card index, notebooks, and transcripts concerning polygamy and Mormonism. Includes transcripts from the , , , and ....

 
Iwasaki (Shuko) Papers

Iwasaki was born in 1871 in Japan. A native of Tottori, he arrived in the United States in 1903. He had a small business in Southern California and was interned in a relocation camp after the outbreak of World War...

 
Iwasaki (Yasukichi) Papers

Iwasaki was born in 1876. A native of the Shiga Prefecture, he arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1899 and entered the United States in 1901. He worked as a section hand in Missoula, Montana, a cannery worker in...

 
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Jackson (George P.) Collection of Southern Hymnody Index

George Pullen Jackson (1874-1953) taught German at various institutions beginning in 1905, was a professor of German (1918-43) and emeritus at Vanderbilt University, President of the University Philharmonic Society in Grand Forks, North Dakota (1913-18), the founder of the Nashville...

 
Jackson (Holbrook) Papers

Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) was born in Liverpool, England. He began publishing articles at age 16 while working as a clerk. He co-edited the in 1907 and edited , which he later bought out in order to edit his own literary...

 
Jacobs-Bond (Carrie) Papers

Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862-1946) was a song composer, and president of the publishing firm of Carrie Jacobs Bond & Son. The collection consists of music and poetry manuscripts by Carrie Jacobs-Bond, citations and tribute books in honor of her, scrapbooks, clippings,...

 
Jacobson (Carl) collection of Hollywood Anti-Nazi League records

Carl Ingold Jacobson was the City Councilman for the 13th District on the Los Angeles City Council from 1925-1933. The Hollywood Anti-Nazi League for the Defense of American Democracy, commonly known as the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, was a Los Angeles-based...

 
Jacoby (Grover) Records of the Variegation and Recurrence Poetry Journals

Grover Jacoby was the editor of two national quarterly journals of poetry: and . The collection consists of material pertaining to the poetry journals and includes letters to the editor, reviews and comments, extracts from the two quarterlies appearing in...

Japanese American Incarceration Collection

The collection consists of publications and press releases by the United States War Relocation Authority (WRA), in addition to yearbooks and pamphlets created by Japanese American incarcerees and advocacy groups, with an emphasis on the Manzanar and Minidoka incarceration camps.

 
Japanese American Research Project (Yuji Ichioka) collection of material about Japanese in the United States

Collection consists of materials collected by the Japanese American Research Project (JARP) related to the history of Japanese and Japanese Americans in the United States. Contains more than 100 groups of personal papers related to individuals and/or families, and these...

 
Jarvis Family Papers

Ellis Adams Jarvis (1900- ) was a teacher in San Pedro (1924- ), and later served as a superintendent of Los Angeles City Schools (November 1956-January 1962). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia and related printed material...

 
Jeffers (William M.) Papers

William Martin Jeffers (b.1876) left school at age 14 to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. He worked his way up the organizational ladder from call boy to vice-chairman of the board of directors (1946-1953). In 1942, Jeffers agreed to...

 
Jefferson Family Papers

The Jefferson family papers consists of the scrapbooks of John Wayles Jefferson and Beverly Jefferson; photographs of John Wayles Jefferson, Anne Wayles Jefferson, and Beverly Jefferson; and other material of a genealogical nature of Carl S. Jefferson and his wife,...

 
Jefferson (Gail) papers

Gail Jefferson (1938-2008) was an internationally renowned scholar in the field of Conversation Analysis, and developed transcription taxonomy standards used in the detailed analysis of conversational exchanges. The collection contains transcripts, talks, reports, articles, drafts, project proposals, news clippings, notes,...

 
Jennings (John) papers

John Edward Jennings, Jr. (1906-1973) was an author, writing under his own name and the pseudonyms Bates Baldwin and Joel Williams. His publications include (1938), (1939), (1945), (1946), (1950), (1950) and (1954). Collection includes galleys and typescript drafts.

 
Jensen (Joseph) Papers

Joseph Jensen (1886-1974) was a petroleum engineer and geologist for the Tidewater Oil Company and predecessors (1917-55). In 1927, he was appointed to the Water and Power Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and personally participated in the...

 
Jesuits. Paraguay. [Documents concerning the Investigation of the Documents concerning the Investigation Dispute between Bishop Bernardino de Cardenas and the Jesuits of Paraguay.]

Book of testimonies compiled by the "oidor" (judge) of the Buenos Aires Audiencia, Don Pedro de Rojas y Luna, in his investigation of the 1644 conflict between the Jesuits of Paraguay and the Bishop Bernardino de Cardenas.

 
Jetter (Betty) papers

Betty Jetter was active in lesbian separatist communities and conversations, particularly with the Califia Community, which organized feminist educational retreats. She was also a poet and participant in local lesbian politics. This collection contains personal correspondence and material about Califia...

 
Jewish Feminist Conference records

According to its statement of purpose, the Jewish Feminist Conference asked, "Why is this conference different from all other conferences? This conference is being organized by Jewish lesbians and Jewish feminists. For many of us the dynamic of being Jewish...

 
Jikihara (Toshihei) papers

Toshihei Jikihara 直(1869-1929), a Japanese immigrant, was a longtime resident of Upland, California and best known as a poet. He came to the United States in 1903 from Okayama Prefecture and thereafter held many occupations including labor camp operator, farmer,...

 
Jimenez (Mario A.) Costa Rica Collection

Mario Alberto Jiménez (1911-61) was a Costa Rican journalist. The collection consists of 19th and 20th century Costa Rican documents, correspondence, pamphlets on various subjects, photographs, post cards, and miscellaneous ephemera.

 
Joglars Records

Clark Coolidge (1939- ) was the producer of (a weekly hour of new poetry) at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California (1969-70), the author of various books of poetry, and the co-editor of (1964-66). The collection consists of materials relating to the...

 
Johnson (Elle) papers

Eleanor ("Elle") Johnson (1922-2006) was a Los Angeles based dancer, choreographer, and teacher known for combining motifs of Afro-Cuban dance with modern dance. The collection is comprised of her personal papers ranging in date from 1949 to 2006, consisting primarily...

 
Johnson (Frederick) Papers

Frederick Johnson (b.1904) was a anthropologist and curator of the R.S. Peabody Foundation. He became chairman of the Committee on Radioactive Carbon 14 set up by the American Anthropological Association. Johnson later became president of the Radiocarbon Dates Association. The...

Johnson (George P.) Negro Film collection

George Perry Johnson (1885-1977) was a writer, producer, and distributor for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company (1916-23). After the company closed, he established and ran the Pacific Coast News Bureau for the dissemination of Negro news of national importance (1923-27)....

 
Johnson (Martha E.) Papers

Martha Ennis Johnson (d. 1984) was the associate dean of financial aid at UCLA before she became the director of the Venice Service Center in Los Angeles. She was also an author who wrote , short stories and a one-act...

 
Johnston (Michelle) papers

This collection contains the transcripts of a series of conversations that took place between Michelle Johnston and four other women through the Prodigy internet service provider between 1991 and 1992. Johnston documented and donated this collection of transcripts to the...

Jones (A. Quincy) papers

Archibald Quincy Jones established a private architectural practice, partnering with Frederick E. Emmons, 1951-69; Jones served as visiting professor and fifth year design critic (1950-78) and dean (1975-78) at the School of Architecture and Fine Arts at USC; served as...

 
Jones (Adrienne) Papers

Adrienne Jones (b.1915) worked as office and managerial worker, cattle rancher, and with youth groups. She is also a free-lance writer and novelist. The collection consists of Jones' manuscript drafts, galley proofs, books, related papers, correspondence with editors and publishing...

 
Jones (Archdale J.) Papers

Collection contains rough drafts for a television program, , which attempted to locate missing persons. Also contains photographs, as well as clippings and publicity materials relating to Archdale Jones....

 
Jones Family papers

The Jones and Conger families were among the pioneers of California and Nevada. Thomas Conger became state senator in California. Conger's son-in-law, John P. Jones, became senator in Nevada and was the founder of Santa Monica. Jones' son, Roy Jones,...

 
Jones (Idwal) Papers

Idwal Jones (1888-1964) was a journalist, and author of short stories, articles and books. The collection consists of correspondence and ephemera, manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, and first editions of works by Jones including , , , , , ,...

 
Jordan-Smith (Paul) papers

Paul Jordan Smith (1885-1971) was a journalist, editor, and bibliofile. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts of articles, books, and book reviews, lectures and teaching materials, notes on Robert Burton, poems, inscribed books, collected literary articles, clippings, bookplates, portraits, memorabilia,...

 
Judaic Pamphlets Collection

Collection consists of some 140 miscellaneous pamphlets from the collection of The Reverend Dr. Moses Gaster, Chief Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Great Britain. Includes Jewish sermons, Order of Service, commentaries, etc. Pamphlets are chiefly from England in...

 
Jurmann (Walter) papers

Collection consists of material related to career of the composer Walter Jurmann, including scores, lyrics, business and personal papers, correspondence, photographs, and biographic items.

 
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Kaesz (Herbert D.) Papers

Herbert D. Kaesz was a professor of chemistry in UCLA’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1959, and joined UCLA’s Inorganic Chemistry unit within the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department in 1960, where he...

 
Kagiwada Brothers papers

Eiho and Yoshifusa Kagiwada were brothers, born in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. They emigrated to the United States where Eiho obtained a BS at Southwestern University and Yoshifusa obtained a BS from the University of Southern California. They subsequently...

 
Kahn (Marvin) papers

This collection documents apartment buildings in Westwood, along with social and professional activities of the contractor and property manager, Marvin Aaron Kahn.

 
Kalia (Ravi) collection relating to the planning of Chandigarh, Punjab, India

With the partition of India in 1947, Lahore, the ancient capital of the Indian state of Punjab, became part of Pakistan. As other towns served as the temporary capital, a site at the center of the Indian state was chosen...

 
Kalil Family papers

This collection consists of the family papers of Charles and Violet Kalil, who moved to California in the late 1930s. It includes photo albums, greeting cards, postcards, letters, clippings, keepsakes and a scrapbook.

 
Kalish (Donald) papers

Donald Kalish, born December 4, 1919, was a logician, UCLA professor, and anti-war activist. His areas of expertise included logic and set theory. Kalish was known for his activism and opposition to the Vietnam War, as well as US military...

 
Kall (Alexis) papers

Alexis Kall (b.1878) taught at the Imperial University in St. Petersburg, Russia. The collection consists of Kall's correspondence, papers, notebooks, and memorabilia. There is also a typescript manuscript on Stravinsky by Kall.

 
Kalpakian (Laura A.) papers

Laura Anne Kalpakian (b.1945) has worked as a professor of English and writing, book critic, and free-lance writer. Her major works include: (2002), (1999), (1999), (1995), (1992), (1989), (1987), (1986), and (1978). Her stories and essays have also appeared in...

 
Kanai (Lincoln) papers

Correspondence, primarily of Lincoln Kanai, governmental documents, pamphlets and bulletins relating to the relocation and internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans during WWII.

 
Kanehara (Setsu) Papers

Setsu Kanehara was born in 1916 in Oakland, California. She was sent to Japan and graduated from a girls' middle school in Miyazaki Prefecture. She returned to the United States in 1936. A poet and author, she used Setsuko Nagata...

 
Kaplan (Abraham A.) papers

Abraham Abbott Kaplan (1912-1980) was a lecturer in labor economics, author of several books, and an arbitrator in industrial disputes. He also worked for the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations extension service, the UC University Extension, the Department of Theater...

 
Kaplan (Joseph) Papers

Joseph Kaplan (1902- ) was a professof of physics at UCLA, chairman of the department and the director of the Institute of Geophysics. He was also a member of the National Academy of Science, and served as chairman of the...

 
Kappa Phi Zeta, Alpha Chapter Records

Kappa Phi Zeta was a professional library sorority founded in 1926 at the University of California at Los Angeles. The collection contains records from the Alpha chapter including the constitution, by-laws, minutes, initiation documents, guest book, scrapbook, financial sheets, and...

 
Karlson (Phil) Papers

Phil Karlson (1908- ) was born Philip N. Karlstein. He worked in many positions at Universal Studios, including propman, film editor, associate producer, and finally as feature editor in 1944. He was known for directing realistic crime films. The collection...

 
Karubian (Richard [Rouhollah]) collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts

Collection consists of Persian and Arabic manuscripts dating from the Safawid period to the end of the 19th century. Most of the manuscripts reflect trends in early modern Iranian intellectual history, including original compositions, items from school curricula, and works...

 
Kasai Family papers

The collection consists of the personal and business records of Henry Yoshihiko Kasai. Included are documents and records from Mr. Kasai's involvement in community and civil organizations in Utah and records regarding his internment during World War II. Also among...

 
Kaufman (Harry) Papers

Harry Kaufman (1894-1961)was a pianist and music teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. He was also a successful piano soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and Europe, and accompanied such artists as Joseph Szigeti, Toscha Seidel, Nathan Milstein,...

 
Kawano (Shigeichi) Papers

Shigeichi Kawano was interned at Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming during World War II. The collection consists primarily of documents related to the Center.

 
Kay (Jack) Papers

Collection consists of 7 volumes of descriptive catalogs and photograph albums depicting homes decorated by interior designers Harry Gladstone and Jack Kay, his brother-in-law....

 
Keddie (Nikki R.) papers

Nikki Keddie is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History. Keddie taught Middle Eastern and Iranian history at UCLA. Her research focused on Iran, Islam, Middle Eastern women, and comparative world history. This collection, spanning 1947 to 2003, consists of...

 
Keiser (Glen) Comic Books, Fantasy Drawings, and Realia Collection

Collection consists of comic books, fantasy drawings, and realia. Includes material from D.C. Comics, Marvel Comics, and other independent publishers. Among the various titles are , , , and ....

 
Keller (Henry W.) Papers

Henry Workman Keller (1869-1958) was a land developer in Southern California. He was a part owner of the South Coast Land Company, president of Bolsa Chica Land Company, vice-president and general manager of the Riverside-Portland Cement Company, manager of the...

 
Kelley (John R.) Los Angeles Board of Education collection

Collection consists of newspaper clippings and printed materials relating to the activities of the Los Angeles Board of Education. Topics include American Legion, election campaigns, Municipal League of Los Angeles, Pro America Association, purchasing, and teacher groups. Collection also contains...

 
Kemble (E.W.) - Collection of illustrated books by E.W. Kemble

E.W. Kemble (1861-1933) contributed illustrations and cartoons to magazines and weekly periodicals. He also illustrated published works by authors such as Mark Twain, and authored books himself. His works include (1896), (1898), and (1900). The collection consists of 11 books...

 
Kennard (Robert A.) papers

Robert A. Kennard (1920-1995) was an African American architect in Los Angeles. He designed over 40 residences and later focused on public works, including Carson City Hall and Community Center and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Headquarters. The collection...

 
Kennedy (Charles R.) papers

Charles Rann Kennedy (1871-1950) wrote short stories, articles and poems, was an actor, a press agent, and a theatrical business manager. He also taught for several years at the dramatic department of Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, New York. The...

 
Kennedy (John F., President) Collection of Material about his Assassination

Collection consists of newspapers, chiefly from Dallas relating to the assassination of President Kennedy and the weeks following. Includes 13 issues of the , 16 issues of the , 6 issues of the , and issues of the , ,...

 
Kerby (Philip P.) Papers

Philip Pearce Kerby (1911-1993) was born in Pueblo, Colorado. He worked for many newspapers and journals as a reporter, editorial writer and editor. He founded the Los Angeles political journal, and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in...

 
Kern (George A.) Papers

George Alexander Kern (1880?-1957) was a Los Angeles based landscape architect and a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The collection consists of notes, clippings, blueprints, photographs, drawings, and memorabilia relating to George Alexander Kern's career as...

 
Kessler (Jascha F.) Papers

Jascha Frederick Kessler (1929- ) was an English professor who wrote poetry, plays, translations, and short stories. He taught at New York University (1954-55), Hunter College (1955-56), Hamilton College(1957-61), and UCLA (1961- ). He was also the director of the...

 
Keys (James M.) The Spanish missions of California and their influence today

Dissertation on the Spanish influence on California, beginning with the missions. Keys examines both the early mission system and the restored missions in contemporary California life.

 
Khantamour (Krikor M.) papers

Collection consists of photographs, writings, notes, correspondence, and ephemera of Dr. Krikor Khantamour, mostly writings and notes in Armenian connected with Armenian studies and history....

 
Khayyam (Omar) Collection of Material

Omar Khayyam (1048?-1131) was a Persian poet, astronomer, and mathematician of the early Seljuk period and is best known for a collection of Rubáiyát, or quatrains, known as the . The collection contains materials related to the work of Omar...

 
Kiers (Margriet) and Hicks (Kenna) papers

Margriet Kiers and Kenna Hicks were long-term romantic partners and were active members of the lesbian feminist activist community in Santa Barbara. This collection is comprised of periodicals, newsletters, correspondence and membership material from Santa Barbara as well as national...

 
Kight (Morris) Papers

Morris Kight was an early advocate of integration and began his career as an underground gay liberationistin 1967. He was a spokesperson in the Gay Liberation Front of Los Angeles, helped found the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade Committee, was...

Kikuchi (Charles) papers

Charles Kikuchi (1917- ) worked for the California State Employment Service, surveying Nisei occupations. He was recruited by Berkeley sociologist Dorothy Swaine Thomas for the Japanese Evacuation and Relocation Study (JERS). He began to keep a diary and completed field...

 
King Family papers

Andrew Jackson King (1836- ) was a lawyer (1858- ), district judge, a member of the California Legislature (1859-1860), and later, a Los Angeles county judge (1869). He also published the , the first daily newspaper south of San Francisco...

 
Kingman (Ruth W.) Papers Related to the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play

Ruth W. Kingman was the Executive Secretary of the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers related to the activities of that organization and Ruth W. Kingman's involvement in it....

 
Kiosko (Literatura de)

"Kiosk literature" (literatura de kiosco), were sold at kiosks on the street in Spain and encompass a great number of different subjects and subgenres within the genre of the novelette, from the comic genre, the detective novel, and the novel...

 
Kirsch (Robert R.) Papers

Robert R. Kirsch (1922-1980) was a journalist, lecturer and author. He worked as a reporter, feature writer and literary critic for various southern California newspapers, was a lecturer in journalism at UCLA (1953,1959-60,1961-72), dean of college at International Community College...

 
Kitaj (R.B.) papers

R.B. Kitaj was an influential and controversial American artist who lived in London for much of his life. He is the creator of many major works including; (1964), 1972-3; (1975-76) and (1983-4). Throughout his artistic career, Kitaj drew inspiration from...

 
Kitano (Harry H. L.) Papers

Harry Kitano was born in San Francisco, Calif. on Feb. 14, 1926 to Motoji and Kou Yuki Kitano. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Kitano family was sent to the Assembly Center at the Santa Anita Race Track in...

 
Kivelson (Margaret G.) papers

Margaret G. Kivelson is a professor of Space Physics, Emerita in UCLA's Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. This collection, spanning 1950–2008, focuses on Kivelson’s research on magnetospheric plasma physics of Earth,...

 
Kiyohara (Danzo) Papers

Danzō Kiyohara was born ca. 1881 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. He arrived in the United States in 1894 and attended the University of California. Later he became a businessman in Southern California and was active in various business ventures including...

 
Klein (H. Arthur) Papers

H. Arthur Klein (b. 1907) was a journalist and author. He lived in Berlin and London, and worked for news services as a feature writer and reporter. The collection consists of Klein's correspondence, manuscripts, publishers files, researchers files, photographs, diaries,...

 
Kleinberg (Judy) papers

Judy Kleinberg is an artist that appears to be mostly involved in the mail art scene. The collection consists of subject files and files pertaining to The 20 ANSWERS Mail Art Collaboration created by Kleinberg and Harry Warschauer in the...

Kleinrock (Leonard) papers

Leonard Kleinrock, UCLA faculty in Computer Science since 1964. He received his BA from CCNY and MA and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kleinrock ran the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Network Measurement Center (NMC), the first...

Klemin (Alexander) papers

Alexander Klemin (1888-1950) was the head of the Aeronautics Department at MIT (1917), head of the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University's College of Engineering (1925-45), and the author of , , and . The collection contains correspondence,...

 
Klingberg (Frank J.) Papers

Frank Joseph Klingberg (1883-1968) was born in Kansas was on the faculty at University of Southern California (1912-18)and appointed chairman of the History Department of the new Southern Branch of the University of California, serving for 18 years. He was...

 
Knight (Clifford) Papers

Clifford Knight (1886- ) contributed fiction and short stories to several magazines, including and , and wrote mystery novels. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera.

 
Knopoff (Leon) papers

The Leon Knopoff Papers (LSC Manuscript Collection 1876) document the professional and research career of the seismologist, geophysicist, and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Professor Leon Knopoff (b.1925-d.2011). Knopoff was known for his range of theoretical advances including a...

 
Knudsen (Vern Oliver) papers

Vern Oliver Knudsen (1893-1974) was a professor in the Department of Physics at UCLA before serving as the first dean of the Graduate Division (1934-58), Vice Chancellor (1956), Chancellor (1959). He also researched architectural acoustics and hearing impairments, developed the...

 
Kolin (Alexander) papers

The collection consists of correspondence (including letters from Albert Einstein), United States patents for Kolin's inventions, and awards.

 
Koontz (Louis K.) Papers

Louis Knott Koontz (1890-1951) was born in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He was a professor in the History department at UCLA, author of (1925) and (1941) and managing editor of the (1936-47). The collection consists of materials pertaining to Koontz's university...

 
Koosis (Ella S.) Collection of Material Relating to Dance

Collection consists primarily of periodicals, ballet programs, and ephemera related to dance. Also includes holograph diaries of Ms. Koosis as well as some French and German language programs and periodicals....

 
Korean-American Oral History Project collection

The Korean-American Oral History Project at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center was founded to develop oral history source materials on Korean American history during the 1903-45 period, and to facilitate their use by researchers. The tape-recorded oral histories of...

 
Korematsu (Fred T.) v. United States Coram Nobis Litigation collection

The Korematsu litigation documents are the record of the Korematsu team's litigation work. Not only were they actively engaged in litigation and court affairs on behalf of Mr. Korematsu, but they also saw themselves equally engaged in community outreach, educational...

 
Kovacs (Ernie) papers

Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962) was one of the leading innovators of comedy in television. He also published a novel and acted in movies. The collection consists of Profuselies cartoons, scripts, recordings of Kovacs' television shows, manuscripts of his novel, , as...

 
Kownacki (Richard) Collection of Material about Ruhollah Khomeini

Collection consists of ephemera critical of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Includes material relating to marketing, as well as artifacts and cartoons....

 
Kralj (Kim) papers

Kim Kralj is a community activist and art dealer based primarily in Los Angeles, California. The collection consists primarily of agendas, minutes, subject files, and general notes of action regarding West Hollywood's recognition and promotion of its gay and lesbian...

 
Kramer (Stanley) papers

Stanley Kramer (1913- ) was born in New York City. He began working in the film industry in the 1930s as a researcher, film editor, and writer, eventually working his way up to the position of associate producer by the...

 
Krauss (Friedrich S.) Papers

Friedrich S. Krauss (1859-1938) was an Austrian ethnographer and folklorist. He specialized in Slavic ethnography and folklore. During the course of his fieldwork, he amassed one of the largest collections of Guslar epic songs. He later turned his attention to...

 
Krauss (Wilhelm W.) Papers

Wilhelm W. Krauss (b.1894) collaborated in writing the book, (1926), lectured on topics of race and eugenics, and wrote several manuscripts on racial topics. The collection consists of manuscripts, research notes, printed materials, photographs, and correspondence relating to Krauss' work...

 
Krick (Irving P.) papers

Collection consists of original meteorological and climatological data (including weather maps and charts) collected by Irving P. Krick and his associates in various states of the U.S., Alberta, Canada, and France.

 
Krisel (Marcella S.) Collection of Lectures by Alan Watts in Los Angeles

Alan Wilson Watts (1915-1973) was a professor of comparative philosophy (1951-57), dean (1953-56), and writer and lecturer (1956-73) at the University of the Pacific, Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. He helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the U.S., was...

 
Kulik (Buzz) papers

Buzz Kulik was born Seymour Kulik in Kearny, NJ in 1922. He was an American film and television director. This collection comprises a wide variety of documents and objects related to Buzz Kulik's prolific career. The majority of these items...

 
Kuper (Hilda) papers

Hilda Kuper (1911- ) was a professor of Anthropology at UCLA (1963-78) specializing in South Africa, Swaziland, and the Swazi. The collection consists of Dr. Kuper's correspondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, photographs, research, and teaching materials.

 
Kuper (Leo) Papers

Leo Kuper (1908-1994) was a faculty member in UCLA Department of Sociology (1961-77), director of the UCLA African Studies Center (1968-1972) and published many articles and books. The collection consists of research materials, manuscripts, books, other printed materials, audio tapes,...

 
Kuper (Theodore F.) Papers

Theodore Fred Kuper (1886-1981) was a lawyer, the national director of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation (1923-35), executive director of the George Washington Foundation for Citizenship and Education(1928-30), executive manager (1932-36) and law secretary (1936-43) of the New York City...

 
Kurnik (Stanley) Papers

Stanley Kurnik was a Los Angeles poet, author, teacher, and composer who ran the Los Angeles writers' workshops and Los Angeles poets' workshops at the First Unitarian Church. The collection consists of manuscripts, teaching, research and personal material, theater programs,...

 
Kurtzman (Allan H.) collection of material about Beat Writers and Artists

Collection consists of printed material about William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Michael McClure....

 
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L.A. Rebellion collection

As part of an effort to desegregate the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television in the late 1960s, a group of African and African-American students enrolled as part of an Ethno-Communications program. Here, these students gained access to the...

 
La Tourette (Frank) papers

Frank D. La Tourette was a television writer, producer, director, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1980s. The collection consists of printed materials such as clippings and publications, correspondence, and...

 
L.A. Watts Times newspapers and ephemera collection

The Watts Times was founded in 1965 following the Watts Riots. In 1976, Charles Cook purchased the publication and changed the name to L.A. Watts Times. The collection consists of original L.A. Watts Times newspapers, a small amount of awards,...

 
L.A. Youth newspapers and records

This collection documents the publications, copyright agreements, digital archives, and release forms of the independent student-written publication L.A. Youth, which ran from 1989 to 2013. It was the largest teen-run newspaper in the United States, and became known for tackling...

 
Laban (Juana de) papers

Juana de Laban (1910-1978) was the director of graduate studies in theater at Baylor University, a distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin, and served on the dance faculty at UCLA for nearly a decade. She was active in many...

 
Laird (Brian) collection of readings by Lawrence Clark Powell

Audio recordings and videotapes of Lawrence Clark Powell's readings of , , and , which were recorded from 1996 through 1998. Powell (1906-2001) was the UCLA Librarian from 1944-1961 and a prolific author on a variety of topics, including California...

 
Lamb (Harold) Papers

Harold Albert Lamb (1892-1962) wrote historical articles and stories for magazines, and adventure books. The collection consists of manuscripts, books, stories clipped from magazines, scrapbooks, letters, drawings, maps, pamphlets, notebooks, and other ephemera.

 
Lambert (Gavin) Collection of Books and Tapes

This collection of Gavin Lambert materials consists of books, videocassettes, audio cassettes, and a computer disk.

 
Lamers (William M.) papers

Collection consists of materials relating to the manuscript of William Mathias Lamers' book, (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961), a biography of Major General William Starke Rosecrans of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Collection includes the preliminary manuscript,...

 
Lamis vs. Doyle and Sachs collection of court records

Judith M. Doyle became a therapist in 1977, and was executive director of One in Long Beach, Inc., which runs a gay and lesbian service center. She was a chairwoman of the AIDS Walk/Long Beach and is one of the...

 
Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society records

Collection consists of correspondence, announcements, and notices addressed to T. Cann Hughes, an active member of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, and related manuscripts, pamphlets, ephemera, and clippings, all collected by him....

 
Lancey (Thomas C.) Papers

Thomas Crosby Lancey (1824-1885) joined the U.S. Navy (1846) serving as baggage master on the before being transferred to the U.S. Sloop of War as captain's coxswain. He kept a journal of daily occurrences which formed the basis of the...

 
Landes Manufacturing Co. Portfolios

The Landes Manufacturing Co., established in 1953, was known for its for experimental outdoor furniture designs and technical innovations. The collection consists of five portfolios containing black and white and color images documenting furniture designs produced by the Landes Manufacturing...

 
Lange (Harold M.) collection of material about Malawi

This collection consists primarily of reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes of educational committees involved in establishing and or improving educational programs in Malawi as well as reports, correspondence, and pamphlets concerning the Malawi Polytechnic University Project. This collection also includes...

 
Langsner (Jules) papers

Jules Langsner was born on May 5, 1911, in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California, on September 29, 1967. Langsner was surrounded by intellectuals and artists from a young age, and became a celebrated art writer,...

 
Lankes (J.J.) collection of bookplates designed by

A collection of bookplates designed by J.J. Lankes.

 
Lanman (Charles) papers

Charles Lanman (1819-1895) was an editor, librarian, and author. He also wrote travel accounts of his explorations in wilderness areas of the eastern United States, and is best known as the publisher of the , first issued in 1859. The...

 
Larkin (George) Papers

George Larkin (1888-1946) starred in many silent films and wrote mystery scripts with his wife, Olive Kirby Larkin, including (1922) and (1924), which became silent films in which George Larkin also starred. The collection consists of manuscripts jointly written by...

 
Larson (Arnold B.) Collection About the Los Angeles Press Club

Arnold Byron (Wolf) Larson (1901- ) worked for many newspapers and news services in the Midwest and California as a reporter, editor and columnist. He later went into private practice as a publicist for various organizations and agencies, including the...

 
Lask (George E.) Papers

George E. Lask (1866-1936) was a prominent stage director in San Francisco and New York. Lask is famous for staging the first American production of the musical in New York in 1900. The original sextet in the show that Lask...

 
Lassen (Harry S.) Papers

Collection contains 1758 travel slides taken by Lassen on his travels around the world. Most are from Africa and South America, but slides from Asia, Europe and North America are also included. Also contains titles for slides, Lassen's notes on...

 
Last Call at Maud's collection

Maud's was a San Francisco lesbian bar open from 1966-1989. This collection contains material related to the creation of the 1993 documentary . Included are press packets, documentation of the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary at the Pacific Design...

Latin American Labor Movements collection of newspapers

A collection of newspapers published by Latin American labor movement.

 
Laughlin (Helen M.) Papers

Helen Mattheson Laughlin (1883-1960) was the Dean of Women at UCLA. She supervised the working conditions and standards of pay for the many women working part time at the university and was active in providing a housing service and vocational...

 
Laughton (Charles) Papers

Charles Laughton (1899-1962) was a theater and film actor, radio personality, and public performer. The collection consists of photographs, publicity materials, press clippings, correspondence, radio and theatre scripts, screenplays, assorted readings, and miscellaneous items.

 
Lauritzen (Jonreed) Papers

Jonreed Lauritzen (1902- ) contributed travel and descriptive articles to , , and other magazines. He also wrote many children's books. The collection consists of the corrected typescripts and galley proofs of Lauritzen's novels, , and .

 
Lawrence Architectural Pottery (Max and Rita) records

Rita and Max Lawrence began the firm Architectural Pottery (1950) to produce and market the pottery container designs of students of LaGardo Tackett, professor at California School of Art. In 1971, the company name was changed to Group Artec and...

 
Lawrence (D.H. and Frieda) collection of material about

D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) was a novelist, essayist and poet. He became best known as the author of (1928), banned for many years for its explicit treatment of sex. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and corrected proofs, a painting, and...

 
Lawrenson (Harry) papers

Harry Lawrenson was an editor for Movietone News. The collection mostly represents Lawrenson’s military service during WWII and includes scrapbook pages and military service documents. Additionally there are of a small number of photographs that appear related to Movietone News.

 
Layne (J. Gregg) Articles Submitted to the Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly

Joseph Gregg Layne (1885-1952) was a leading authority and bibliographer of Californiana as well as president, member of the board of directors and editor of the . The collection consists of about 40 original typescripts of articles by various persons,...

 
Layne (J. Gregg) papers

Joseph Gregg Layne (1885-1952) was a leading authority and bibliographer of Californiana as well as president, member of the board of directors and editor of the Quarterly for the Historical Society of Southern California and an organizer for E Clampus...

 
Le May (Alan) papers

Alan Le May (1899-1964) began his career as a journalist and author of westerns, some of which were adapted to the screen. He also produced a number of short stories and screenplays in addition to 17 novels. The collection contains...

 
Leader (Roz) Art Poster collection

Roz Leader is the former owner of Art Leaders, Ltd., a company in Los Angeles specialized in museum and gallery posters. During her years as a poster publisher and distributor, Leader assembled a collection of over 1300 art posters, which...

 
League of Allied Arts records

This collection documents the history and administration of the League of Allied Arts, one of the oldest existing Black women's non-profit arts organizations in Los Angeles. Founded in 1939 by Dorothy Vena Johnson and Juanita Miller, the League was established...

 
Lee (Bradner W.) papers

Collection consists of correspondence and legal papers for cases handled by Los Angeles attorney Bradner W. Lee, who practiced law with his sons Bradner W. Lee, Jr. and Kenyon F. Lee.

 
Lee (Edwin A.) Papers

Edwin Augustus Lee (1888-1966) was born in Redding, California. He was the Dean and Professor of the UCLA School of Education (1940-55). While at UCLA, he expanded the School of Education from a credential program for elementary and secondary teachers...

 
Lee (Peter H.) collection of books and letters from Wallace Stevens

Collection consists of letters from Wallace Stevens to Peter H. Lee, and books from Lee's collection by Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and Robert Lowell.

 
Lee (Rose H.) papers

Rose Hum Lee was the first woman and the first Chinese American to head an academic department of an American university when she was appointed in 1956 to chair the Sociology Department at Roosevelt University in Chicago. The bulk of...

Lee (S. Charles) papers

S. Charles Lee (1899-1990) graduated from Technical College, Chicago in 1918 and the Armour Institute of Technology in 1921. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1922 where he designed numerous theaters and office buildings (1927-40), developed the Los Angeles International...

 
Leeds (Charles T.) Papers

Charles Tileston Leeds (1879-1960) was a commissioned officer in the Army Corps of Engineers stationed in the Philippines and New Mexico, a member of the California Debris Commission, in charge of the construction of the Colorado River drainage basin and...

 
Leeper (John P.) Correspondence

John Palmer Leeper (b.1921) served as the director of the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas (1954-90). Blanche Magurn Leeper (b.1911) was assistant curator of Oriental Art at the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, assistant...

 
Legal Broadsides (Mexico, printed by Pedro Ocharte)

Three notarial documents from the end of the sixteenth century in the city of Puebla document the system through which financial transactions and powers of attorney were formalized through the use of a public scribe in early colonial Mexico.

 
Leibniz (Gottfried W., Freiherr von) Papers

Leibniz (1646-1716) was a philosopher, mathematician, and political advisor. He invented differential and integral calculus. His major writings include (1671), (1686), (1697), and (1698). The collection consists of 35 reels of positive microfilm of more than 100,000 handwritten pages of...

 
Leicestershire - Views of ancient buildings

Modern album, probably from the 1950s, of mounted 19th-century steel-engraved plates of manor houses, churches, and landscapes of Leicestershire, England. |b Twelve of the plates are described in v. 1 of William Upcott's Bibliographical account of the principal works relating...

 
Lengyel (Cornel A.) Papers

Cornel Adam Lengyel (1915- ) was a poet, historian, playright and translator. The collection consists of literary manuscripts of plays, poems, fiction, and history.

 
L'Enseignement de l'Universite du College de France et des colleges a Paris

Collection consists of printed and manuscript materials on the teaching of philosophy in France, bound in four old leather volumes....

 
Leonard (Harold) motion picture research files

Harold Leonard was a critic and film historian. The collection consists of Leonard's research files dealing mainly with critical and historical aspects of motion pictures.

 
Leonard (Robert W.) Papers

Robert Walton Leonard (1910- ) joined the Department of Physics faculty at UCLA in 1941. He taught and researched the physics of acoustics, and his particular interests were in the mechanics of wave motion and the propagation of sound in...

 
Leopold (Werner F.) Costa Rica Photograph Collection

Collection consists of postcards, photographs, and photograph albums related to life in Costa Rica collected by Werner F. Leopold. The bulk of the collection documents social life and customs in Costa Rica and includesurban, rural, and nature scenes. Also includes...

 
Lerner (Arthur) Papers

Arthur Lerner (1915- ) was a poet and professor of psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. The collection consists of manuscripts and proofs of the book (1978), edited by Dr. Arthur Lerner.

 
Lesbian Catholics Together records

The group Lesbian Catholics Together was concerned with carving out space for discussion and community specifically geared towards Lesbian Catholics. This collection contains liturgical materials, bulletins, brochures, and retreat information, all which reflect their mission.

 
Lesbian Love records

B. Love was a radio personality who hosted shows on the listener-sponsored radio station KPFK, based out of North Hollywood, California. The content of the programs was based on lesbian lives and ranged from issues of spirituality to call-in shows...

 
Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles records

The Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles (LNLA) was formed in 1985 as a consciousness-raising group for registered nurses (RNs) who commonly shared one thing: "being a woman, being a feminist, and being a lesbian." The LNLA Records hold organizational documents,...

 
Lesbian Schoolworkers records

With a commitment to "fighting racism, sexism, class and oppression within our own movement and this society," the Lesbian Schoolworkers organized in 1977 to defeat the Briggs Initiatives. Their records consist of an organizational history, principles of unity and structure,...

 
Lesbian Visibility Week records

Lesbian Visibility Week is a week-long event devoted to raising awareness of lesbian issues and identities, and raising and celebrating the profile of the lesbian community. It is a combination of cultural programming, workshops addressing current and impending needs, awards...

 
Leslau (Wolf) papers

Wolf Leslau (1906- ) was a professor of Hebrew and Semitic linguistics at UCLA (1955-76) and the author of many books. The collection consists of a manuscript with holographic corrections and research materials relating to Leslau's (1973) and materials relating...

 
Lesperance (Leo B.) Papers

Leo Benjamin Lesperance served as President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley, and was engaged in real estate development. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, plot maps, broadsides, promotional literature, and related printed material...

 
Lessa (William A.) papers

William Armand Lessa (1908-1997) was assigned to the postwar allied administration of Italy as a military government official administering towns and other population units. In 1947, he joined the UCLA Anthropology Department. He investigated comparative religion, myth and ritual, while...

 
Levin (Emanuel) Collection of Bonus Army Materials

In 1932 about 15,000 unemployed veterans known as the Bonus Army conducted regular marches to Congress, petitioning for immediate payment of certificates owed them by the federal government. Emanuel Levin was one of the leaders. After President Hoover authorized transportation...

 
Levine (Gene N.) Japanese American Research Project Records

Levine was born on May 15, 1930 in Medford, Massachusetts. He received his AB from Boston University in 1952 and his Ph.D from Columbia University in 1959. He was a research associate at the Columbia University Bureau of Applied Social...

 
Levy and Goldwater families of Los Angeles, California photograph album

Album of 188 photographs documenting family, friends, marriage, and travels of Hortense Levy Goldwater, dated 1897-1901. The album opens with a family photo, dated 1898, of Hortense's parents, Michel Levy and Rebecca Lewin Levy, Hortense, her sister Therese, and her...

 
Lewis (Harry L.) and Mooers (De Sacia) papers

Harry L. Lewis (1883-1963) was an oil speculator, periodicals publisher, sports agent, boxing promoter, horse racing organizer and manager, and real estate developer. He was married to actress De Sacia Mooers (1879-1960), who acted on stage in New York and...

 
Lewis (Jerry) papers

Charles Jeremy Lewis was an American politician who served in the California State Assembly from 1969 to 1979 and then the US House of Representatives from 1979 to 2013. This collection contains papers, photographs, and videotapes which were formerly held...

 
Lewis (M.G.) Commonplace Book

This commonplace book belonged to M. G. ("Monk") Lewis, a Romantic writer with ties to Jamaica who wrote the notorious Gothic novel The Monk (1796). Contents are varied, ranging from jokes, observations, and songs to oriental tales literary excerpts.

 
Lewis (William) Papers

William Lewis decided on a dancing career after seeing the Frisco Kid perform in the early 1920s. He began in vaudeville with the group, Sunshowers, and later with a travelling minstrel show. His wife Elsie studied Russian ballet and tap...

 
Ley (J.W.T.) Correspondence

The Dickens Fellowship was founded on October 6, 1902. The organization's purpose continues to be to create a common bond of friendship between admirers of English novelist Charles Dickens (1812-70) and to preserve properties associated with Dickens and his works....

 
Leyda (Jay) Papers

Jay Leyda (1910-1988) was a critic, filmmaker, author, editor and educator. Leyda also worked as a technical advisor on Russian subjects for Hollywood and taught at Yale, York University and New York University. The collection consists of manuscripts and page...

 
Libby (Willard F.) papers

Willard F. Libby (1908-1980) was a professor in the UCLA Department of Chemistry (1959), and director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA. In 1960, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the radio-active dating...

 
Liega (Carlos) Collection of Material about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Carlos Liega was a German sugar planter in Sinaloa, Mexico. The collection consists of clippings, magazines, pamphlets, caricatures, pictures, and ephemera relating to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

 
Lillard (Richard G.) papers

Richard Gordon Lillard (1909-1990) was an English professor and author. He taught at Los Angeles City College (1933-34, 1935-42, and 1962-65), Indiana University (1943-47), UCLA (1947-65), and California State University, Los Angeles (1965-1974). In 1948, he won the Silver Medal...

 
Lima to Huanuco, Peru - Photograph albums of journey from Lima to Huanuco, Peru

Three albums containing photographs of a journey by Gustav Glage, a German engineer, from Lima to Huánuco, around 1910.

 
Lincoln (Abraham) collection

Collection consists of articles, books, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia, photographs and other pictorial materials relating to Abraham Lincoln.

 
Lincoln (Abraham) photographs from the collection of Frederick H. Meserve, New York

Looseleaf notebook from 1941-1942 containing a set of 18 double leaves of 129 small photographs of Abraham Lincoln, collected by Frederick Meserve, and presented to his friend, Ralph A. Gregory, who was also a collector of Lincolniana.

 
Linden (Robin R.) papers

Robin Ruth Linden is a writer and sociologist whose research has explored women's health, the politics of technomedicine, the Holocaust, reflexive ethnography and life histories. She received the Helen Hooven Santmyer Prize in women's studies and was the Associate Dean...

 
Linderman (Frank B.) Papers

Frank Bird Linderman (1869-1938) wrote (1920) and (1921); wrote several volumes of Indian lore and fiction portraying the frontier and Native American life, including (1922), (1930), (1932), and (1933). The collection consists of holograph and typescript literary manuscripts of Native...

 
Lindsay (Vachel) Papers

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) was a highly successful poet on recital tours, especially from 1914-1920. His appeared in 1923. The collection consists of letters of Lindsay to Wilhelm Miller and family, manuscripts, scrapbooks, ephemera, and presentation copies of books by...

 
Lindsey (Ben B.) papers

Ben B. Lindsey (1869-1943) is recognized as the founder of the U.S. juvenile court system, having served as the first juvenile judge of Denver, Colorado from 1907-1927. The collection spans his judgeship in Colorado as well as his service on...

 
Lingenfelter (Richard E.) Papers

Richard Emery Lingenfelter (1934- ) was a professor of geophysics and planetary physics at UCLA (1969-79), and the author of several books on western American history. The collection consists of Professor Lingenfelter's research notes, copies of articles, manuscripts and galley...

 
Lipton (Lawrence) papers

Lawrence Lipton (1898-1975) is known for his participation in the Beat experience in Venice, California. He wrote many books and various magazine articles. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs related to Lipton's career as a writer.

 
Literatura de Cordel collection

The term , which translates from Portuguese to “literature on a string,” describes the tradition of selling printed poems in pamphlets that are pinned to strings in the open-air markets of Northeastern Brazil. One of the largest of its kind...

 
Lithographs of French churches and chateaux collection

Collection consists of lithographs printed by Godefroy Engelmann of French churches and chateaux. Artists include Jean-Honoré Fragonard....

 
Littlefield family correspondence

Lambert Littlefield and some members of his family came to California from Maine in the 1850s and engaged in gold mining, lumbering, and mercantile pursuits. The collection consists of correspondence between Littlefield and family members including letters from Sutter Creek...

 
Litz (Robert) papers

Robert Litz was a writer for theater, film, and television. The collection consists of script and project files representing his career.

 
Lockey (Joseph B.) Papers

Joseph Byrne Lockey (1877-1946) was a assistant professor of history (1922-25), associate professor (1925-29) and professor (1929-1946) at UCLA specializing in Pan-Americanism. The collection consists of typescripts and photocopies of correspondence, documents and papers relating to the history of Central...

 
Lofchie (Michael) collection of Zanzibar Publications

The collection includes predominantly pre-independent newspapers from Zanzibar, an island of Tanzania off the coast of East Africa, from 1909-1965. The collection holds about 120 volumes covering 22 titles of newspapers. In addition, the collection includes bulletins, journals or journal...

 
Long (Alice L.) Papers

Alice Lavinia Knoblauch married Haniel Clark Long in 1913. She painted, wove, and wrote poetry, which her husband collected and preserved. A collection of her poetry was privately printed (1967). The collection consists of manuscript material, printed material relating to...

 
Long Beach Collection of Material

Collection consists of mailings and other ephemera relating to various political, social, and cultural organizations active in Long Beach, California from 1970-74....

 
Long (Haniel) papers

Haniel Clark Long (1888-1956) was a poet who helped found the Writers' Editions Incorporated in Santa Fe, New Mexico (1933). His publications include (1936), (1945), (1926), and ) (1939). The collection consists of literary manuscripts, journals, notebooks, correspondence, ephemera, and...

 
Long (Philomene) Papers

Collection consists of a transcription of a final conversation with Stuart Z. Perkoff by Philomene Long, and a video recording of Philomene Long's film, ....

 
Longeuil (Alfred E.) papers

The materials consist of lecture transcripts and audio reels by UCLA Professor Alfred E. Longueil, for five different classes: Chaucer, History of English Poetry (122a), History of English Poetry (122b), Functions of Literary Criticism (201), and Romanticism (224).

 
Longmire (William P.) papers

William Polk Longmire Jr. (b.1913) was a professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1943-48), and chairman of the department of Surgery at UCLA (1943-1948). He also served as chairman of the American Board of Surgery (1961-62), and...

 
Longstreet (Stephen) Papers

Stephen Longstreet (1907- ) was a painter, writer, art critic, lecturer on art, and professor of modern writing at the University of Southern California (1975-80). The collection consists of literary manuscripts, drawings and collages by Stephen Longstreet.

 
Lonyay (Gróf K.) papers

Collection consists of literary manuscripts, galleys, notes, scrapbooks, and ephemera of Count Carl Lonyay. Includes the manuscript of his unfinished autobiography, (boxes 3-4), and his manuscript, (1963)....

 
Lopez (Enrique H.) papers

Enrique Hank Lopez (1920-1985) was a Chicano writer, teacher, attorney, and actor born in Chihuahua, Mexico. The collection is primarily comprised of manuscripts for novels, short stories, essays, plays, screenplays, and articles written by Lopez, both published and unpublished. It...

 
Lorson (James) collection of material about Frederic Prokosch

A collection of notes, checklists, invoices, auction catalogs and correspondence related to James Lorson's collection of works by Frederic Prokosch. James Lorson was a southern California bookdealer.

 
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy records

The Tourism Industry Development Council (TIDC), later changed to Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), was founded in 1993 by Maria Elena Durazo, then president of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE) Local 11, Tom Walsh, HERE Local...

 
Los Angeles and surrounding areas photograph album

Family album of snapshots of views of Los Angeles and surrounding areas, probably taken between 1920 and 1925.

 
Los Angeles Block Book Company Records

Collection consists of a listing of apartments and courts, eight units and over, in Los Angeles in 1958. Includes property addresses, name and address of owner and number of units and rooms, arranged alphabetically by property addresses....

Los Angeles, California, the United States, and the World collection of maps

The collection consists of maps of Los Angeles and other parts of the United States including: California Geological Survey maps, tract maps of the San Francisco Bay area, beach cities of Southern California, New Mexico oil fields, maps from the...

 
Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society records

The Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society was founded sometime in the 1940s and was committed to cultivating the musical arts. The collection contains contracts, correspondence, and material related to reading premiers for student orchestral compositions and membership.

 
Los Angeles City and County Consolidation Collection

Collection consists of government files and correspondence pertaining to issues surrounding proposals of consolidation of Los Angeles city and county governments. Includes county sanitation district notes, mayor's budget messages, annexation and consolidation laws, board of works annual reports, city planning...

 
Los Angeles County Chicano Employees Association (LACCEA) collection

The Los Angeles County Chicano Employees Association is an association that was formed by Latino employees of Los Angeles County in 1969. The primary motivation and goal of this organization has been to provide legal services in order to protect...

 
Los Angeles County tax collector property index map books

Collection consists of Los Angeles County tax collector property index map books....

Los Angeles Daily News negatives

was originally named the by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. when he started it in 1923. He copied the tabloid format of the , although he rejected lurid and sensational journalism. In 1926 the paper went bankrupt and was taken over...

 
Los Angeles Daily News Photographs

was originally named the by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. when he started it in 1923. In 1954, it merged with the and became the . It lost reporters, columnists, and its more liberal flavor, and ceased publication in the early...

 
Los Angeles Daily News records

Collection consists of records of the Los Angeles Daily News, including photographs, ephemera, newspaper clipping files, and name and subject card indexes.

 
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Employees - Collection of Printed Material about Strikes by

Collection consists of newsletters, flyers, and printed memos issued by the striking employees of the , as well as some similar materials from striking newspaper employees in the San Francisco area. Includes copies of the mimeographed newsletter, , providing daily...

 
Los Angeles Historical Society Records

The Los Angeles Historical Society was founded in 1924 and disbanded in 1956. The society was formed for the purpose of gathering and preserving materials relating exclusively to the history of Los Angeles, rather than to undertake historical research itself....

 
Los Angeles Municipal Court Records

Collection consists of Los Angeles Municipal Court case records relating to spiritualism and sex trials....

 
Los Angeles Olympic Games (1932) Collection

Collection consists of programs, clippings, and souvenir materials relating to the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Includes souvenir programs, stamps, cards, photographs, tickets, newspaper sections, scrapbooks, a map, pennants, flags, and rings. Also includes a complete run of official...

 
Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee Government Affairs records

Collection consists of alphabetically-listed country files and subject files, including telexes, clippings and photocopies of articles, and correspondence, with holograph notes by William B. Hussey, head of the Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee Government Affairs Department....

 
Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee records

Collection consists of business records, publication and poster samples, architectural drawings, newspaper clippings, videotapes, slides and other photographic material, audio recordings, awards and certificates of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) in the staging of the Games of the...

 
Los Angeles Realty Board records

The Los Angeles Realty Board was organized in 1903, bringing together real estate agents into a professional organization with a governing board. This group was influential in the growth and development of Los Angeles neighborhoods and communities.

 
Los Angeles School Monitoring Committee Records

The Los Angeles School Monitoring Committee assembled reports which it submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Paul Egly in connection with a case relating to the racial integration of the city's schools, Mary Ellen Crawford, etc., , Petitioners Board...

 
Los Angeles Times bombing collection of photographs

Collection consists of photographs of key persons connected with the trial of the Los Angeles Times bombing (Oct. 1, 1910). Includes photographs of the accused, law enforcement agents, and main figures at the trial. Also includes Oscar Lawler's identification of...

 
Los Angeles Times Oriental Excursion Party to Japan, China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines in 1906 photograph album

Photograph album documenting an excursion to Japan, China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines in fall 1906.

 
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive

The was founded in 1881 and was incorporated as the Times-Mirror Company in 1884. The collection consists of photonegatives as well as photographic prints documenting events and people in Southern California, the U. S., and the world. The material originates...

 
Los Angeles Unified School District Architect's Renderings and Campus Photographs

This collection includes photographs and architect's renderings of Los Angeles Unified School District campuses and other materials related to construction including blueprints.

 
Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education records

The Los Angeles City Board of Education serves as the governing, policy-making body for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The collection spans from 1875-2012 and consists of Minutes books, Board and committee reports, administrative guides, annual reports, bulletins,...

Los Angeles Urban League records

The Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League stems from a 1921 organization founded by Katherine Barr and others who attended Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The league gathered information about racial discrimination against African Americans and...

 
Los Angeles War Council Official Bulletins

Collection consists of official bulletins of the Los Angeles War Council from 1942-1943....

 
Los Angeles, Whittier, and surrounding area photograph album

Photograph album containing 329 small snapshots of people, places, and events in Los Angeles, Whittier, and surrounding towns, dated Mar. 30, 1900 through Mar. 1, 1903.

 
Los Angeles Women's Community Chorus records

The Los Angeles Women’s Community Chorus is a Los Angeles based non-profit chorus of and for women. Established in 1976, the chorus intended to raise feminist and political consciousness by presenting choral music of all genres (historical, contemporary, classical, folk,...

 
Louie (Steve) Asian American Movement collection

The Steve Louie Asian American Movement collection contains materials produced during the organizing efforts of the Asian American Movement of the 1960s-1970s. The collection includes newspapers, subject files, posters, t-shirts, buttons and other ephemera. The items were gathered from across...

 
Louis (Debbie) Collection on Civil Rights

Collection consists of printed materials and ephemera documenting the civil rights movement from the 1950s to 1971.

 
Lowenfels (Walter) Papers

Walter Lowenfels (1897-1976) was a poet and the managing editor of the Pennsylvania edition of the (1940-55). The collection consists of materials related to the literary anthology, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, galleys and a folder of reviews.

 
Lubetzky (Seymour) papers

Seymour Lubetzky (1898-2003) was a professor in the UCLA School of Library Service (1960-69) and a descriptive cataloging theorist. The collection consists of subject and correspondence files, lecture notes, and audio tapes from the 1930s through the 2000s related to...

 
Luce Family Papers

Moses Augustine Luce (1842-1903) practiced law in San Diego, California specializing in real estate and probate cases. He was also the director and vice-president of the California Southern Railroad and president of the Golden Hill Land & Building Company, and...

Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon drawings

Collection consists of fashion sketches by Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon. The color sketches are in pen or pencil with descriptions....

 
Luckenbill (Dan) papers

Daniel Walter Bernard Luckenbill (b.1945) began work at the UCLA Library (1970) and continues in the Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections. He studied writing with Christopher Isherwood, John Rechy, and Elisabeth Nonas. His first stories were published in the...

 
Lumet (Baruch) Papers

Baruch Lumet (1898- ) was a actor in theater and movies, and a author. He wrote and acted on New York City radio programs (1932-42), made his Broadway debut in (1934), toured North America in his one-man show, (1939-46), wrote...

 
Lummis (Charles F.) Papers

Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928) was the city editor of the , a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library (1905-11) and editor of the magazine. He also co-founded the Southwest Museum (1907) and was the founder of the Sequoia League...

 
Lurie (Alison) papers

Alison Lurie (1926- ) was a professor of English at Cornell University and won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her (1984). The collection consists of an original first draft typescript of Alison Lurie's book, and a carbon typescript...

 
Luthardt (Robert) Papers

Robert Luthardt (1917-1977) was an art director and production designer for the motion picture and television industries, and a designer of restaurants and private residences. The collection consists of production files containing photographic and other research materials, plans for many...

 
Lybeck (Ruth) Papers

Collection consists of material related to the political campaigns of California congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas.

 
Lyman (John) papers

Collection consists of personal papers, including class records, term papers, subject and project files, miscellaneous printed items and personal publications....

 
Lynch (Henry B.) papers

Henry Baker Lynch (1879- ) was a hydraulic engineer who worked for the Water and Light departments of Glendale and Burbank (1909-19), the Glendale Water System, Crescenta Mutual Water Company, and the Haines Canyon Water Company at Tujunga. The collection...

 
Lyon (Charles W.) Papers

Charles W. Lyon (1887-1960) practiced law until 1955, and served as a state assemblyman and state senator. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, speeches, and awards related to Charles W. Lyon while serving as a California state senator and as...

 
Lyon (Margerie) Collection about Ted Shawn and the Dance

Edwin (Ted) Meyers Shawn (1891-1972) was a choreographer, teacher, lecturer, and impresario, as well as a dancer for over sixty years. He made his professional debut in 1913, ballroom dancing with his partner, Norma Gould. He married Ruth St. Denis...

 
Lytton (Edward B.) Letters to Camille Ernst

Edward George Earle Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873) was a successful novelist and member of Parliament. The collection consists of letters from Edward Bulwer Lytton to Camille Ernst and includes transcripts of all letters.

 
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MacAdams (Lewis) papers

Lewis MacAdams is a Los Angeles-based poet, journalist, and filmmaker, and has authored over 20 books of poems and stories. Collection materials include MacAdams' monographs; environmental and cultural journalism; film projects; correspondence with poets and artists; files related to the...

 
Macartney (George) 1st Earl Macartney papers

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), was a British diplomatist and colonial governor. Collection consists of papers and correspondence related to Macartney's governorship in Madras under the British East India Company from 1781-1786. The collection consists of approximately 236 items,...

 
MacBeth (George) Papers

George MacBeth (1932-1992) is regarded as having a powerful influence on British poetry. His radio programs featured new poets and he was praised for his ability to recognize poetic excellence. He also wrote novels and nearly twenty volumes of verse....

 
MacCulloch (Bunny) papers

Nancy (Bunny) MacCulloch was a lifelong activist and community partner, serving as an active participant and board member of several organizations including the Southern California Women for Understanding, Connexxus, and the West Coast Lesbian Collections. She and her partner June...

 
Macdonald (Barbara) papers

Barbara Macdonald (1913-2000) was a social worker, lesbian feminist activist and ageism activist. Her work was the inspiration for the First West Coast Conference of Old Lesbians in 1987. Out of the conference came the creation of Old Lesbians Organizing...

 
MacDonald (Jeanette) Papers

Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) was a Broadway chorus girl in 1920, and rapidly reached stardom in stage musicals and operettas. Her film debut was in 1929. She married actor Gene Raymond in 1937. She later retired from screen to seek a...

 
Macgowan (Kenneth) papers

Kenneth Macgowan (1888-1963) was a drama critic for newspapers and magazines, a publicity director, producer and director with the Actor's Theater (1927-29), and the first department chair at the UCLA Theater Arts Department (1946-58). He was also interested in the...

 
MacIntyre (Carlyle F.) Papers

Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890-1967) is known for his poetry and translations of Baudelaire, Verlaine, Goethe and Rilke. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, research notes, ephemera, photographs, and correspondence of Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre.

 
MacKenna (Kenneth) collection of material about George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) started his writing career ca. 1876 and went on to become a playwright, wit, and critic. He won the Nobel Prize for literature (1925) for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its...

 
MacKnight (Ninon) papers

Ninon MacKnight (1908- ) drew sketches for the children's page of the newspaper, and illustrated children's historical books, then illustrated picture books for younger children. Published works for which she was illustrator include (1939), (c1946), (1947), and (c1948), which she...

 
Macomber Family Collection about Race Horse Breeding

The Macomber family of race horse breeders and ranchers lived in Los Angeles, Tulare and San Jose, California. The collection consists of photographs, ephemera, an album, and a catalog relating to the horse breeding and ranching interests of the Macomber...

 
Macpherson (Robert) Vatican sculptures photograph album

In addition to the photo inventory checklist leaf, album includes all 126 numbered photographs listed of Greek and Roman sculpture in what was then referred to as the Vatican Museum, as well as 6 interior views, lettered A-F: Braccio Nuovo,...

 
Maghribi manuscripts collection

Collection consists of Maghribi manuscripts, including Koranic material....

 
Magoun (Horace W.) Papers

Horace Winchell Magoun (1907- ) was a professor and chairman of the department of anatomy (1950-55), then professor and dean of the graduate division of the UCLA School of Medicine beginning in 1962. The collection consists of Magoun's papers, published...

 
Malanga (Gerard) Papers

Gerard Joseph Malanga (1943- ) was a cinematographer, executive producer, casting director, and actor in Andy Warhol Films (1963-70), had several one-man photographic exhibitions, and was a poet. The collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, periodicals, books, subject files, photographs,...

 
Mamoru (Eto, Reverend) Papers

Eto Mamoru was born in 1883, and was a native of Taketa City, Ōita prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Kōbe First Middle School and Nihon Taiiku Daigaku. He fought in the Russo-Japanese War from 1904-05. He was an instructor...

 
Mandel (Frank) Papers

Frank Mandel (1884-1958) was a playwright and a producer for Warner Brothers (1937-38). The collection consists of manuscripts of plays by Frank Mandel and other authors, manuscript fragments of poetry and prose, correspondence to and from Mandel, and financial records...

 
Mandell (Alan) papers

Alan Mandell is an accomplished theater and film actor, theater manager, stage director, and producer. He was a founding member of the San Francisco Actor's Workshop and the San Quentin Drama Workshop, managed the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, and...

 
Mandell Gallery records

The Mandell Gallery exhibited contemporary art made from materials previously associated with a craft tradition, such as fiber, hand blown glass, and ceramic art. It was located in Los Angeles, California and established, owned, and operated by Elizabeth Mandell, running...

 
Manes (Hugh R.) papers

Hugh R. Manes (1924-2009) was a civil rights attorney most well-known for representing victims of police misconduct in the Los Angeles area. Manes practiced law for more than forty years and also advocated for disenfranchised groups during peak civil rights...

 
Manners (Sam) papers

Sam Manners was a television and motion picture producer with credits such as , , and . The bulk of the collection consists of bound scripts from Manners’ television and motion picture projects. Also included are a small amount of...

 
Manuel (Alvin G.) business correspondence with Richard Aldington

Alvin George Manuel's client, the writer Richard Aldington (1892-1962), was born in Hampshire, England. Aldington began his literary career in London as a part-time sports journalist, became a founding poet of the Imagist movement, wrote novels about World War I,...

 
Manus (Carmen) Collection of Dutch Underground Newspapers

Carmen Manus was a member of the Dutch underground in Haarlem during World War II, and was a newspaper carrier for the underground paper . The collection contains Dutch underground newspapers concerning the end of World War II, the book,...

 
Manuzio Family Collection of Portraits

The Manuzio family were renowned Venetian printers. Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 50-1515) was a Venetian printer who founded the Aldine Press and started the Hellenic Academy at Venice that contributed to the cause of learning in Italy. The collection consists...

Manzanar War Relocation Center records

The Manzanar War Relocation Center was located in the Owens Valley in Central California. The United States Army initially established the camp as the Owens Valley Reception Center under the management of the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), March-May 1942....

 
Maquet (Jacques J. P.) papers

Collection documents the academic and research activities of UCLA Professor of Anthropology Jacques Jerome Pierre Maquet and includes: correspondence, course and lecture files, field notes, film, photographic prints and slides, publications, research proposals, speeches and presentations, and subject files. Field...

 
Mardirosian (Vahac) papers

Reverend Vahac Mardirosian has been a major advocate of Mexican-American educational reforms in Los Angeles and San Diego school districts since the early 1960s. This collection contains material related to his pastoral work, his involvement with the 1968 East Los...

 
Margolis (Ben) Papers

Ben Margolis (1910- ) helped draft the United Nations charter, the rule of law, and the conduct of the United States government in Viet-nam and the Dominican Republic (1965). The collection consists of government documents regarding Ben Margolis including material...

 
Marmor (Judd) papers

Judah (Judd) Marmor, M.D. (1910-2003), Los Angeles psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, acknowledged for his leadership role in the movement to declassify homosexuality as a mental disease, which was removed from DSM-II in 1973. The collection contains Dr. Marmor's research and reference...

 
Marryat (Frederick) Collection of Engravings from the Michael Sadleir Collection

Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) served in the British Royal Navy and received many commendations including the CB for conduct in Burma, the gold medal of the Royal Humane Society for his gallantry in saving life at sea and the decoration of...

 
Marschak (Jacob) Papers

Jacob Marschak (1898-1977) was a professor of economics and operations research at the UCLA Graduate School of Management (1960- ). He helped develop the information theory of economics and was a leading researcher in econometrics. The collection consists of Marschak's...

 
Marsh (Dorothy) Collection of Calif. Osteopathic Assn. Records

Dorothy Marsh was president of the California Osteopathic Association (COA) during the time it merged with the California Medical Association in 1962. The doctors of osteopathy not accepting the merger formed an independent organization called the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons...

 
Marsh (Elizabeth) Narrative of her Captivity in Barbary [...et al.]

This bound manuscript contains two separate narratives. Narrative of her , a draft of the earliest Barbary captivity narrative to be published by an Englishwoman, details Elizabeth Marsh's 1756 capture by pirates. The second piece, , and of a ,...

 
Marsh (Warner L.) Papers

Warner Lincoln Marsh (b.1899) was a landscape architect for the Los Angeles City Park Department (1925) before starting his private practice as a planning consultant and landscape architect. In addition to his private practice, he was employed as a research...

 
Marshall Family Papers

The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of the Fenner, Marshall, and Fraser families as well as their friends. The rest of the collection includes memorabilia of Hollywood High School and the city of Hollywood (1928-1941), UCLA yearbooks and...

 
Martin Breslauer, Inc. collection of catalogues

Collection consists of various catalogs issued by the Breslauer firm through the years; earlier catalogs are in German and later ones are in English; the books "by or about" are all in German.

 
Martin (Harold H.) papers

Harold H. Martin was an architect in Southern California in the early twentieth century. The collection consists of drawings, hand-colored photographs, and plans for Mission Style churches and homes Martin designed.

 
Martin Janis Gallery Papers

Martin Janis first opened his gallery on Ventura Blvd. before moving it to 710 North La Cienega Blvd. The collection consists of clippings from prominent magazines and newspapers, catalogs, small amounts of correspondence, gallery ephemera, and invitations and announcements for...

 
Martin (John) Papers

John Martin founded the Black Sparrow Press in Los Angeles in 1966 to publish modern fiction and poetry in fine press editions. In May 2002, Martin sold the rights to his premier authors (Bukowski, Bowles, and Fante) to Harper Collins,...

 
Marvick (Dwaine) papers

Collection consists of correspondence, computer codebooks, computer data printouts, course materials, election surveys, field reports, notes, master reprint file, and publications. Includes questionnaires related to: Detroit Area Study (1964); Demographic and Electoral Statistics in Los Angeles County (1963); India National...

 
Masaoka (Joe G.) Papers

Joe Grant Masaoka was born in Fresno, California, and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was Regional Director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in Denver, Colorado, from 1942-51 and established the Northern California regional office in San...

 
Mashbir (Sidney F.) papers

Sydney Forrester Mashbir worked in the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section as a military intelligence officer during the occupation of Japan, 1945-47. The collection contains mimeographed summaries of radio broadcasts, newspaper accounts, various special reports, and publications on the Japanese...

 
Material about cooperatives collection

Consists of materials about cooperatives....

 
Mathias (Mildred) nursery catalogs collection

Collection consists of seed and flower catalogs from nurseries in California....

 
Mathies (M. Lorraine) Papers

Mary Lorraine Mathies (1919- ) worked as a collections librarian at the Federal Advanced Teachers College in Lagos, Nigeria, while a library consultant for USAID and the Nigerian Ministry of Education (1962-63). In 1964, she became the head of the...

 
Matthews (Miriam) collection of Los Angeles Newspapers on African Americans

Collection consists of newspapers collected by Miriam Matthews, mostly published for the African American community in Los Angeles and concerning African American topics. Titles include the (1958-1959), (1955-1985) and the (1958) as well as some clippings and pages of other...

 
Matthews (Miriam) papers

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...

Matthews (Miriam) photograph collection

The Miriam Matthews photograph Collection consists of 4,600 black and white photographs of varying sizes, negatives, captions and descriptions from museum exhibitions, and a slide carousel. The collection reflects Matthews' dedication to the preservation of African American history in Los...

 
Matthews (William) papers

William Richard Matthews (1905-1975) was born in London, England. He was an English professor at UCLA and director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. His published works include , comp. (with Roy Harvey Pearce), (1945); comp., (1950), editor...

 
Maull (Otto) papers

Otto Maull (1887-1957) was a German geologist and author who spent time in Latin America, which resulted in the publication of (1925) and (1930). The collection consists of manuscripts, notes, pamphlets, reprints, offprints, newspapers, magazines, and clippings mostly in German,...

 
Maxwell Hunley rare books records

This collection consists of the records of the firm Maxwell Hunley Rare Books, Beverly Hills, CA. The collection includes correspondence, both business and personal; records of customers' collecting interests; invoices of sales and of Hunley's purchases from other dealers; and...

 
Mazarinades Collection

Collection consists of bound and unbound mazarinades, 17th century French political pamphlets relating to the civil wars involving Cardinal Mazarin. Collection is arranged primarily by Moreau number, with Moreau's additions and supplements, Socard's additions, and unrecorded titles and fragments....

 
Mazer (June L.) papers

June L. Mazer was born in Baltimore, MD in 1929. Her educational experiences combined with her tenure at the Children's Experimental Theatre in Baltimore, the Center for the Healing Arts in Los Angeles, and the California Institute of Psychodrama in...

 
McAdoo (William G.) Papers

William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) was a lawyer with a practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee before relocating to New York City in 1892. He developed system of rapid transit tunnels under the Hudson River and was president (1902-13) of the company which...

McAfee (Byron) papers

Byron McAfee (1883-1966) was an American-born ethnohistorian and linguist who studied Nahua language and culture in Mexico. The collection consists of McAfee's research papers and original manuscripts from Mexico's colonial period.

 
McAtee (Waldo L.) Pamphlets

Waldo Lee McAtee was a principal biologist and technical adviser at the Bureau of Biological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The collection consists of 21 pamphlets mostly related to language and its use written and privately printed by McAtee.

 
McAvoy (May) papers

May McAvoy was a silent screen actress who gained popularity during the early 1920s. She also reigned as Rose Queen for the 1923 Tournament of Roses. The collection consists of photographs, film stills, clippings, and ephemera related to her career.

 
McBride (George M.) papers

George McBride was the chair of the Geography department at UCLA from 1923 until 1942, subsequently serving in South America as the Technical Advisor to the Ecuador-Peru Mixed Boundary Demarcation Commission from 1942-1949. The collection is comprised of materials created...

 
McCallum (Donald F.) papers

Donald F. McCallum was an art historian, professor, and chair at UCLA's Department of Art History. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 23, 1939, he earned his AB at UC Berkeley (1962), and his PhD at the Institute of...

 
McCandless (Ruth Strout) Collection on Nyogen Senzaki

The Ruth Strout McCandless collection on Nyogen Senzaki contains materials related to Ruth McCandless' collaboration and association with Nyogen Senzaki and the American Zen Buddhist movement. Senzaki (1876-1958) was a Japanese Zen monk who left Japan for the United States...

 
McCarthy (Eugene J.) presidential campaign material collection

The collection contains materials related to the 1968 presidential campaign of Democrat Eugene McCarthy....

 
McCormick (Deborah) papers

Deborah McCormick was one of the founding members of the Flint, Michigan-based weekly women's radio program "Face the Music." Featuring music by lesbian and women musicians, the program ran throughout the 1980s and 1990s, ending in 1997. This collection contains...

 
McCoy (Herbert N.) Papers

Herbert Newby McCoy (1870-1945) was a chemist who taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Utah and was the vice-president of Lindsay Light & Chemical Company. He wrote (1919) with his wife-to-be, Ethel Terry and contributed to...

 
McCoy (Horace) papers

Horace McCoy (1897-1955) wrote hard-boiled detective fiction and sold his first screenplay, , in 1933; his first and most notable novel was (1935). During the next twenty years, he wrote scripts for several Hollywood studios and produced five additional novels....

 
McCroskey (Samuel L.) Papers

Samuel Lusker McCroskey (1893-1960) was a brigadier general in the U.S. Army and Commandant of the Biarritz American University in France. After retiring from the Army, he joined Douglas Aircraft as a project engineer on the Nike and Hercules missiles....

 
McCue (Andy) collection of baseball fiction books

Collection consists of books, stories, and serials related directly or indirectly to baseball and collected by Andy McCue....

 
McCutchan (Joseph W.) Papers

Joseph Wilson McCutchan (1917-1982) was a professor in the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science. He made contributions to the development of courses in design and thermodynamics, and gained prominence in area of saline water conversion. As head of...

 
McDermott (Genevieve A.) Collection of Calif. Assn. of Student Councils Records

Genevieve Ardolf McDermott was a graduate student in the UCLA School of Education. Her 1971 Ph.D dissertation investigated the development of the philosophy of student participation, the structural changes in the administration of the Association, the programs and activities over...

 
McDill (George W.) Papers

George McDill (1874- ) was a prominent Los Angeles attorney, judge, and president of the Los Angeles School Board. The collection consists of McDill's working papers and files, and relate primarily to his activities on the School Board during 1933-37.

 
McFee (William) Papers

William McFee (1881-1961) was born at sea en route to England from India. He was an engineer before becoming a full-time writer in 1923. He wrote novels, short stories, and essays, almost all of which concerned the sea. He also...

 
McFie (W.T.) Well Supply Co. Records

W.T. McFie Well Supply Company provided drilling tools used by most of the early petroleum industry operators in the Los Angeles basin. The collection includes ledgers, inventories, and account books.

 
McGovern for President Committee records

The collection consists of financial records from the McGovern for President Committee.

 
McGovern (Melvin P.) Papers

Melvin P. McGovern was a high school teacher and reports officer at the Granada Relocation Center in Amache, Colorado. The collection consists of various reports, publications, photographs, and ephemera related primarily to the Granada Relocation Center (GRC) at Amache. The...

McGrath (Alice G.) papers

Alice McGrath (1917-2009) was a political activist who first became known for her work to overturn the improper convictions of Mexican American youth in Sleepy Lagoon Trial in which the defendants were tried as a group under inhumane conditions. McGrath...

 
McGuire (Ruth) Papers

Ruth McGuire Phd was one of the cofounders of The Women's Foundation of California and a member of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. In 1968 she published a short...

 
McKay (Todd) musical compositions and papers

Todd McKay was a resident of southern California who composed music. The collection consists mostly of his compositions but also includes a number of photographic negatives and a small amount of personal papers.

McKee (Ruth E.) papers

Ruth Eleanor McKee (1903- ) spent ten years at the Library of Hawaii publishing poetry in small magazines and published her first novel on the history of Hawaii in 1934. While working as a historian for the War Relocation Authority...

 
McKinlay (Arthur P.) Collection of Arator Manuscripts

Arthur Patch McKinlay (1871-1958) was a professor of Latin at the Latin department at Lincoln High School, the University of California at Berkeley (1913), UCLA (1919-1941), and at the University of Texas (1943-44). He was known by his literary research,...

 
McManus (George) papers

George McManus (1884-1954) was a cartoonist and created the comic strips and his most famous strip, . became internationally known, appearing in 750 newspapers throughout the world and a play based on the strip toured the country in the 1920s....

 
McWilliams (Carey) - Collection of Material about Carey McWilliams

Carey McWilliams (1905-1980) was a lawyer, author, and editor of . Some of his books include: (1929), (1939), (1943), (1946), and (1979). The collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings by and about McWilliams. Also includes some pamphlets and magazines.

 
McWilliams (Carey) Correspondence

Carey McWilliams (1905-1980) was a writer, lawyer, journalist, lecturer, activist, as well as Chief of the California Division of Immigration and Housing (1938-1942) and editor of (1955-1975). This collection contains correspondence, primarily letters written to McWilliams.

McWilliams (Carey) papers

Carey McWilliams (1905-1980) was a writer, lawyer, journalist, lecturer, activist, as well as Chief of the California Division of Immigration and Housing (1938-1942) and editor of (1955-1975). The collection contains personal diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, publicity materials, and assorted correspondence and...

 
McWilliams (Carey) Papers - Card Files

Carey McWilliams (1905-80) was an attorney with the firm, Black, Hammack and McWilliams in Los Angeles (1927-38), chief of the Division of Immigration and Housing for the State of California (1938-42). McWilliams later worked for (1945-75). He also wrote numerous...

 
Meals for Millions Foundation records

The Meals for Millions Foundation of Los Angeles was a non-profit organization dedicated to the eradication of hunger in the world through "three-cent meals." The plan was formulated by Clifford Clinton (of Clinton Cafeterias of Los Angeles), who, with the...

 
Medavoy (Mike) papers

Mike Medavoy is a film producer and executive. The collection consists of general memoranda and correspondence related to Orion Pictures, the Motion Picture Association of America, and philanthropic endeavors.

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (Ferrari-Rouse)

This finding aid lists the Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts holdings of the Department of Special Collections as cited in (1991), compiled by Mirella Ferrari and edited by R.H. Rouse (Call Number - Z6621 C123m 1991). The catalog identifies the contents,...

 
Meehan (Elizabeth) Papers

Collection consists of television scripts, screenplays, and treatments by Elizabeth Meehan and various collaborators, including her first draft treatment, part 1 of by Charles Dickens, July 31, 1935....

 
Meggendorfer (Lothar) Papers

Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925) was a illustrator for Fliegende Blätter and Münchener Bilderbogen. During the late 1800s, he began designing and illustrating mechanical piture-books for children, and is considered the creator and chief innovator of moveable toy books. The collection consists...

 
Mellon (Knox) California Democratic Council papers

William Knox Mellon, Jr. was a professor of history at Immaculate Heart College and the Democratic nominee for the CA 24th District for Congress in 1962. Mellon became treasurer of the Oral History Association. Collection consists of correspondence, records, and...

 
Mellon (Knox) collection of material about the John Birch Society and other radical conservative organizations and causes

William Knox Mellon, Jr. (b.1925) was a professor of history at Immaculate Heart College, the Democratic nominee for the California 24th District for Congress (1962), and the treasurer for the Oral History Association. The collection consists of periodicals and various...

 
Melnitz (William W.) papers

William Wolf Melnitz (1900-1989) was a theater director in Europe (1923-1939), a professor in the Theater Arts Department at UCLA (1947-60), author, and the first Dean of the College of Fine Arts at UCLA (1961-67). In 1967/68 he became a...

 
Memos (Roger) scripts

Television producer Roger Memos is best known for his work on television talk shows. The collection consists of script files and occasional production information from the television talk shows , , , and .

 
Mendenhall (Ruth) papers

Ruth Mendenhall was a mountaineer who was involved in a number of first ascents and succeeded in climbing all of California’s 14,000-foot peaks. The bulk of the collection consists of carbon copy letters written by Mendenhall detailing her mountain climbing...

 
Mennevée (Roger) collection of research material relating to French political, social, economic, and artistic life, 1910-1965.

Roger Mennevée was a researcher, journalist, editor and publisher of a private newsletter: Les Documents Politiques, Diplomatiques et Financiers. The archive was assembled by Mr. Mennevée from the more than 50 years of extensive research in the preparation of his...

 
Menosky (Joseph) papers

Joe Menosky is a writer, producer, and story editor who has worked in both television and film. He is best known for his work in science fiction, most notably the television series Star Trek Voyager. The bulk of collection consists...

 
Menu collection

Collection consists of menus from California and the greater Los Angeles area. Also includes menus from associations, travel menus, and menus from various U.S. and foreign locations....

 
Menzies (A.) and Capt. James Colnett Journals

Collection consists of photocopies of Menzies' Journal of Vancouver's voyage, April to October, 1792, and Colnett's Journal aboard the Prince of Wales....

 
Merritt (Ralph P.) papers

Merritt was born on February 26, 1883 in Rio Vista, California. He received his BS, University of California, Berkeley, 1907. He was the president and managing director of Sun Maid Raisin Growers from 1923-28 and later became the project director...

 
Mesmer (Joseph) Papers

Al Mesmer (1855-1947) was the president of the North Los Angeles Development Company, served as a member of the Freeholder's Charter Commission to frame a city charter for Los Angeles, and served as Los Angeles park commissioner. The collection consists...

 
Mexican Pamphlets and other printed material collection

Mexican pamphlets, broadsides, and other printed materials that cover a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, social issues, and commerce, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of these ephemeral items were printed in Mexico City and, thus,...

 
Mexican postcards collection

Collection consists of 103 postcards sent from Mexico to France and Germany. Many of them feature views of Mexico City and vicinity, and of the people of the country. There are also views of the major cities, including: Veracruz, Puebla,...

 
Mexican proclamations issued during the Mexican-American War collection

The collection features series of printed proclamations put forth by governors and key administrators of the Federal District during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The majority of the collection consists of broadsides which would have been posted and read out loud...

 
Mexico, Chalco - Collection of original manuscripts… relating to famine

Manuscript of the 1741 famine that struck Mexico City and the central region of New Spain. Several bound, hand-written notebooks attest to the efforts of Mexico City officials in their recollection of maize from the intra-lake region and central valleys....

 
Mexico City Treasury (Tesorería) - Account book for the year 1715, under the charge of Don Juan Antonio Vasquez Yañes

Account book written by Gabriel Mendieta Revollo for the Mexico City treasury in the year 1715, when under the charge of Don Juan Antonio Vasquez Yañes. Primarily consists of payment receipts for high officials and local merchants that assisted the...

 
Mexico Photograph album

Album of photographs (12 x 19 cm or smaller, some cropped) taken in Mexico, probably between 1883 and 1900.

 
Meyerstein (Edward H.W.) Papers

Edward Harry William Meyerstein (1889-1952) wrote poetry, novels, plays, short stories, and non-fiction. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, books with holograph notes, and corrected proofs of books.

 
Middle Eastern Posters Collection

The collection consists of posters from Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Poster topics are related to ancient civilization, architecture, art, asthma, conflict, culture, disability,...

 
Middlebrook (J.E.) South African souvenir

Souvenir album from 1898 of platinum photoprints, or platinotypes, by J.E. Middlebrook, documenting South African cities and towns at the turn-of-the-century.

Mikels (Elaine) papers

Born in Los Angeles in 1921, Elaine Mikels spent her early life in California attending UCLA, UC Berkeley, and USC, later receiving a Master's in Social Work. During this time, Mikels' struggles with expressing and living out her lesbian identity...

 
Military and Govt. Material Issued in France During WWII Collection

Collection consists of trench papers issued by French military units, 1939-1940; clandestine papers issued during the German occupation of France; and pamphlets and articles relating to the Fifth Republic....

 
Miller (Freyda) photographic portfolios

The collection contains three portfolios. The first, entitled The Naked Tree (edition no. 4), is comprised of hand-tinted photographs by Miller and was produced in 2000. The second, Here Comes the Bride and Other Nightmares, was produced in 2006 and...

 
Miller (Geoff) Los Angeles Magazine records

Geoff Miller was co-founder and served as editor and publisher of Los Angeles Magazine. The collection consists of a small number of published writings by Miller, a small number of photographs, a small amount of material documenting Los Angeles Magazine’s...

 
Miller (Henry) papers

Henry Miller (1891-1980) was a prominent American writer and artist. This collection of his personal papers contains correspondence, manuscripts, legal documents, printed materials, film and audio recordings, and original artwork.

 
Miller (J. Evan) collection of Cinerama Theater Plans

The cinerama process, originally developed by Frederick Waller (1939), was the first effective wide-screen process. The Cinerama Releasing Corporation (CRC) faced competition from cheaper wide-screen processes and began major construction on new buildings designed specifically for the Cinerama process (mid-1950s)....

 
Miller (James M.) Calif. Missions Collection

James Marshall Miller was a historian with an interest in the missions of Spanish California. He surveyed many of them and supervised adobe work in the restoration of Mission La Purísima Concepción. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, clippings, and...

 
Miller (Jean) papers

Jean Lewis Miller was a Bay Area feminist lesbian activist and Berkeley Public Library employee. Her papers document her political and legal struggles with the city of Berkeley. The collection also contains suffragist literature, unpublished manuscripts and personal documents.

 
Miller (Loye) Papers

Loye Holmes Miller (1874-1970) was a professor of biology at UCLA and contributed 100 papers on fossil and recent vertebrates of the Pacific Coast to various publishers. The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, recordings, and photographs.

 
Mills (George P.) Papers

Collection consists of clippings, newspapers, flyers, bulletins, reports, photographs, campaign materials, correspondence, legal documents, notebooks, speeches by Mills, books, musical notation, memorabilia and a typescript biography of Mills by his wife....

 
Mills (Hugh) Papers

Hugh Mills (1906-1971) was a British playwright and novelist. His most widely known work is the novel , for which he also adapted the screenplay. The collection consists of Mills' manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia. Manuscripts include , ,...

 
Millspaugh (Jesse F.) Papers

Jesse Fonda Millspaugh (1855-1919) was an educator in Salt Lake City, Utah and Winona, Minnesota before relocating to California where he was president (1904-17) and president emeritus (1917-19) of the Los Angeles State Normal School, dean of the Southern Branch...

Minasian (Caro) collection of Armenian material

The Caro Minasian collection was acquired by the UCLA Charles E. Young University Research Library in 1968 from Isfahan born physician and collector, Dr. Caro Owen Minasian. The Collection consists of: Armenian manuscripts, among which is the noteworthy Armenian Gospel...

Minasian collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts

Collection consists of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu manuscripts relating to Persian and Arabic lexicography, Persian literature, history, Shiite theology and jurisprudence, practical arts, and philosophy and logic....

 
Miner (Earl R.) Papers

Earl Roy Miner (1927- ) was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin. His published works include (1961) with Robert H. Brower, (1969), (ed. 1971), (1971), (ed. 1972), (1972), (1973), (1996). The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, and various printed materials. Correspondents include Conrad...

 
Mink (James V.) papers

James Vantine Mink III (1923- ) was a University Archivist (1961- ), director of the oral history program (1965-72), and head of the Department of Special Collections (1972- ) at UCLA. The collection consists of correspondence and research materials for...

 
Minkowski (Hermann) mathematical notebooks

H. Minkowski (1864-1909) was the joint winner of the Paris Academy of Sciences Grand Prix des Sciences Mathématiques in 1883. He developed what he called the "geometry of numbers," and worked in mathematical physics the last years of his life,...

 
Mirisch Corporation records

Collection consists of correspondence, contracts, production files, and copies of scripts for films and television shows produced by Walter M. Mirisch and the Mirisch Corporation....

 
Misc. Ephemera Collection

Collection consists of broadsides, clippings, brochures, and other ephemeral material relating to all areas of the world except the United States.

 
Misc. Phonograph Records Collection

Collection contains phonograph records, and occasionally album notes and photographs, featuring music, news, interviews, speeches, poetry, and stories. Subjects include the , Uraguayan life, Australian ballads, , , Charles Laughton reading from the Bible, Bertolt Brecht singing two songs from...

Miscellaneous manuscripts collection

Collection consists of miscellaneous 18th, 19th, and 20th century manuscript materials, typewritten transcripts, holographs, and facsimiles. Includes literary manuscripts, correspondence, letters, diaries, scripts, legal documents, photographs, and audio tapes related to various prominent literary, political, and intellectual figures....

 
Mistral (Gabriela) collection

The collection consists of artwork, certificates, diplomas, newspaper issues and photographs relating to the Chilean writer and poet Gabriela Mistral (born Lucila Godoy y Alcayata) (1889-1957). Ranging in date from circa 1924 to 1948, the collection highlights the fame and...

 
Mittler (Elliot) collection of Welton Becket and Associates Photograph Archives

Welton Davis Becket (1902- ) was a Los Angeles based architect with Becket, Wurdeman, and Plummer (later renamed Welton Becket and Associates) - one of the largest firms in Los Angeles with building credits throughout the world. He also served...

 
Miyakawa (T. Scott) papers

T. Scott Miyakawa (November 23, 1906- ) earned his BS from Cornell in 1929 and his Ph.D from Columbia University and taught at Boston University from 1946-72. His efforts to collect documentary materials related to the history of Japanese Americans...

 
Mockingbird (Tequila) LA Punk Museum collection

Tequila Mockingbird is a writer, producer, singer, musician, and actress whose work is foundational to the Los Angeles underground. She created and helms the LA Punk Museum, an art experience comprised of a series of pop-up art and music events....

 
Moede (Helen M.) papers

Collection consists of reports, day books, one reel of film, and related printed material of Helen Moede, counselor and teacher at Los Angeles Juvenile Detention Center. Includes her writings on Girls' Club activities and reports of Girls' Cottage, Los Angeles...

 
Moll (Elick) Papers

Elick Moll (1907- ) was a screenwriter for Samuel Goldwyn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Twentieth Century-Fox, a television writer, and frequent contributor of short stories to various magazines. The collection consists of manuscripts and clippings relating to Elick Moll and his books.

 
Mommaerts (W.F.H.M.) papers

Wilfried Francius Henricus Maria (W.F.H.M.) Mommaerts (1917-1994) was a Belgian-born physiologist and Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the UCLA School of Medicine's Department of Physiology, whose research focused on cardiovascular function and disease. This collection, spanning 1943-1991 (bulk 1985-1991),...

 
Monash (Paul) Papers

Paul Monash was a writer and producer and served as a producer for the television shows and among many others. He also produced motion pictures, such as and . The collection consists of first and final draft scripts and writer's...

 
Monday Evening Concerts of Los Angeles Programs

The Monday Evening Concerts, first known as Evenings on the Roof, began in 1939 under the direction of Peter Yates. The concerts featured chamber music and experimental works. The collection consists of programs for the Monday Evening Concerts of Los...

Monette (Paul) papers

Paul Landry Monette (1945-1995) was a novelist and poet. He received a best biography nomination from the National Book Critics' Circle and won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 1992. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, notes, screenplays,...

 
Monhoff (Fred) Papers

Frederick Monhoff (1897- ) was a design instructor at the Otis Institute in Los Angeles, California (1926-50), lectured for UCLA Extension, and was a design architect for the Los Angeles county Architectural Divisions. The collection consists of material related to...

Monro (Harold) papers

Harold Edward Monro (1879-1932) founded Samurai Press, founded and edited the Poetry Review (1912), Poetry and Drama (1913-14) and the Monthly Chapbook (1919), and founded the Poetry Bookshop (1913). Although he is better known as an editor than a poet,...

 
Monrovia (Calif.) Records

The town of Monrovia, California was founded by W.N. Monroe in 1886. The collection consists of correspondence and reports of the various departments of Monrovia's city government including material on the development of water resources in the Monrovia area.

 
Montague (Richard) papers

Richard Montague was a mathematician, theorist and UCLA Professor of Philosophy, known as the namesake behind Montague Grammar theory of natural language semantics. The collection consists of correspondence, lecture notes, research notes, and personal materials relating to Montague's role as...

 
Montevideo Photograph album

Album of photographs of Montevideo, Uruguay and surrounding area from 1892 by John Fitz-Patrick.

 
Montevideo Vistas 1919 photograph album

Souvenir album, dated May 2, 1919, containing 50 gelatin print photographs of the city of Montevideo.

 
Monuments de l'Egypte ancienne et moderne photograph album

Album of photographs of Egypt by W. Hammerschmidt, from 1860-1869 when Hammerschmidt worked in Egypt.

 
Moody (Alan) papers

Alan Moody (1900-1944)was an architect, playwright and novelist who made his home in Southern California. The collection consists of manuscripts, a book, press clippings and reviews relating to Alan Moody.

 
Mooney (Thomas J.) legal documents and papers

Collection of materials relating to the prosecution and eventual gubernatorial pardon of Thomas J. Mooney, a labor activist who was convicted of murder in relation to a bombing at the San Francisco Preparedness Day Parade on July 22, 1916. Along...

 
Moore (Ernest C.) Papers

Ernest Carroll Moore (1871-1955) was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He was the president of the Los Angeles State Normal School (1917-19), professor of education and director, UCLA (1919-29), vice-president of UCLA (1929-31), provost of UCLA (1931-36) and professor of philosophy...

 
Moore (Everett T.) Papers

Everett Thomson Moore (1909-1988) was the head of the UCLA library reference department (1946-61), assistant university librarian, and a member of the school of Library Service faculty (1961). The collection consists of Moore's correspondence, files, and materials relating to intellectual...

 
Moorhead (Carlos J.) papers

Carlos J. Moorhead was the Representative for the Forty-third Assembly District of California from 1966 until 1972. Collection consists of correspondence, an extensive array of legislative material, and printed ephemera.

 
Moreland (Watt L.) Papers

Watt Loren Moreland (1879-1959) was the owner of the first motor transport company in Southern California, and active in water development. The collection consists of correspondence, papers, clippings, photographs, ephemera, and printed materials.

 
Morgan (Barbara and Willard) photographs and papers

The Barbara and Willard Morgan photographs and papers relate to the personal lives and professional careers of artists and photographers Barbara Brooks Morgan (1900-1992) and Willard Detering Morgan (1900-1967). The collection includes correspondence; writings; publications; professional papers; exhibition materials; and...

 
Morgan (Barbara) photographs

The collection contains nineteen mounted photos by Barbara Morgan, on subjects including dance, Camp Treetops, nature, and one from the Junkyard Series.

 
Morgan (Barbara) Wight Gallery collection

The collection includes 143 mounted photographs, 137 of which were taken by Barbara Morgan and 6 by her husband, Willard D. Morgan. The photographs include images of dancers, nature, Camp Treetops, a Southwest series, New York cityscapes, and a junkyard...

 
Morgan (Charles) KPFK radio commentaries collection

Collection consists of Charles Morgan KPFK radio commentaries....

 
Morgan (Sydney) Commonplace Books

Three volumes of commonplace books by Sidney Owenson (aka Sydney Owenson, later known as Lady Morgan). The volumes were filled during the prolific first decade of her writing career.

 
Morris (Donald R.) papers

Donald R. Morris (1924-2002) was best known for authoring (1965), a history on the Anglo-Zulu War. He also wrote two novels, (1951) and (1957), and a number of articles for publication in various periodicals. His spent his career in the...

 
Morrison (Jack) Papers

Jack Sherman Morrison (1912-1997) was a theater arts professor, fine arts dean, theater director, advisor to the dean of the UCLA College of Fine Arts, and winner of the UCLA Life Achievement Award in 1980. The collection consists of Morrison's...

 
Morse (Willard S.) Collection of Material About Bret Harte

Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring,...

 
Morton (Lawrence) collection of materials relating to the Monday Evening Concerts

Lawrence Morton (1904-1987) played the organ for silent movies and studied in New York before moving to Los Angeles, California, in 1940. He was the executive director of (later renamed ) from 1952-71. The collection consists of concert programs, 6...

 
Morton (Lawrence) papers

Lawrence Morton (1904-1987) played the organ for silent movies and studied in New York before moving to Los Angeles, California, in 1940. He was a music critic for magazine, was the executive director of , director of the Ojai Music...

 
Morton (Marjorie) Collection of Material about Charlotte Chorpenning

Charlotte Chorpenning (Charlotte Barrows, 1872-1955) co-founded the Children's World theatre (late 1940s). The theatre was known for producing and adapting fairy tales and children's literary classics for plays. The collection consists of correspondence and notes assembled by Marjorie Morton, a...

 
Mortzschky (Herbert) Color Slide Collection

Collection consists of about 1200 color slides taken by Mortzschky, a large number of Los Angeles and other areas of California....

 
Moser (Barry) Wood Engraving Blocks and Prints

Barry Moser (1940- )was a graphic artist and printmaker who worked in ink and wood. The collection consists of wood engraving blocks, pencil sketches, incipient drawings and illustrations for books he illustrated including , , , , and .

 
Moser (Barry) Wood Engraving Blocks Illustrating the Gold Rush

Barry Moser (b.1940) is a graphic artist and printmaker. He has illustrated several books, including (1977), (1977), (1978), (1980), and (1982). The collection consists of 25 wood engraving blocks by Moser for (1985).

 
Moser (James E.) Scripts

The collection consists of radio and television scripts related to the career of writer James E. Moser. The bulk of the collection consists of scripts related to the radio and television show . Also included are scripts for the television...

 
Mosk (Richard) and Yoshida (Shinzo) correspondence

This collection contains the correspondence between Richard Mosk and Shinzo Yoshida from middle school to adulthood, writing about their cultures, languages, religions, school, careers, travels, wives, and children. Spanning over fifty years and written in both English as well as...

 
Motion Picture Background Stills collection

This is a collection of stills from Twentieth Century Fox Studios. The photographs are background stills used in various movies, and for the most part, are unidentified. The collection is arranged under the headings given by the Fox Studio archives.

 
Motion Picture Patents Company trial records

Collection consists of briefs, court records, newspaper clippings, and related printed ephemera concerning the trial U.S. vs. Motion Picture Patents Co. et al. from the files of the law firm Caldwell, Masslich & Reed, which represented the principal defendants....

 
Motive posters

Collection consists of 4 posters from the underground newspaper Motive, Nashville, Tenenssee. They are: Monument to Patty II by Rita Dilbert Messenger, Lunar module #100+4 by Ginger Legato (1970), Our money floats what the military scraps (photograph by Edith Aberle),...

 
Mountaineering Bibliographies collection

Bibliography in four volumes with holograph and typed listings of some 290 titles on mountaineering, from 1633-1963 in English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, and Latin. It was compiled by two decorated English peers, Colonel Oscar Vaughn Viney and his son...

 
Muir (Percy H.) papers

Percy H. (Percy Horace) Muir (1894-1979) was a prominent twentieth-century antiquarian bookseller, book collector, and bibliographer. He joined the London antiquarian booksellers Elkin Mathews, Ltd. in 1930, and remained with this firm until his death. This collection contains materials relating...

Mulholland Highway, City of Los Angeles photographs

Two albums of photographs documenting the construction of Mulholland Drive and Mulholland Highway in May 1924.

 
Mullendore (Joseph) Music Manuscripts

Collection consists of assorted music manuscripts related to the career of music composer Joseph Mullendore.

 
Mulock Family papers

Dinah Maria Mulock (1826-1887) wrote stories for young people, as well as poetry and novels. Her brother Benjamin (1829-63) was a civil engineer, and her other brother, Thomas, spent much time at sea. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and...

 
Munby (A.N.L.) papers

A.N.L. (Alan Noel Latimer) Munby (1913-1974) was in the antiquarian book trade with Bernard Quaritch, Limited (1935-37) and Sotheby & Company (1937-39, 1945-47) before becoming Librarian (1947) and Fellow (1948) at King's College, Cambridge. He was also a J.P.R. Lyell...

 
Muñoz (Rosalio) papers

Rosalío Muñoz is a Chicano journalist and activist who has been a longtime member of the Communist Party. As a student activist, Muñoz developed his leadership through serving as Student Class President of Franklin high school and later as UCLA’s...

 
Murakami (Noboru) papers

Noboru Murakami was born ca. 1889 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He arrived in the United States in 1907. Subsequently, he served as Secretary of the Japan Hotel and Apartment Association of Southern California prior to World War II. Mr. Murakami...

 
Murchison (Austin H.) Papers

Collection consists of papers relating to the Oklahoma Free State Fair, and correspondence with various U.S. congressmen and government officials....

 
Murmann (Eugene O.W.) Papers

Murmann is the author of (c1914). The collection consists of manuscript material for an unpublished cookbook, photographs and original drawings and watercolors of flora and fauna, lecture notes and glass slides prepared for Murmann's lectures on furniture designs and nature...

 
Murphy (Franklin D.) Collection of Material about Sean O'Casey

Franklin David Murphy (1916-1994) was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the Chancellor at UCLA (1960-68). Murphy had collected books by Sean O'Casey, and began a correspondence with him in 1956. O'Casey (1880-1964) was a playwright. His plays include...

 
Murphy (Franklin D.) Papers

Franklin David Murphy (1916-1994) was the Chancellor at the University of Kansas (1951-60), Chancellor at UCLA (1960-68), Chairman of the Board and CEO (1968) and Chairman of the Executive Committee (1981-86) of the Times Mirror Company. Murphy was active in...

 
Murphy (Marilyn) papers

Marilyn Murphy was a lesbian activist and author. She had a long-running column, "Lesbian Logic," in in the 1980s and a selection of her columns appeared in the 1991 book, She was an active member of the organization Old Lesbians...

 
Music Center records

The Music Center of Los Angeles County, a seven-acre performing arts complex in downtown Los Angeles, opened when the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion raised its curtain for the first time on December 6, 1964. The Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum...

 
Music manuscripts leaves collection

Collection consists of collections of leaves removed from music manuscripts....

 
Musicians' Autographs collection

Collection contains musicians' holographs, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Ferruccio Bevenuto Busoni, Luigi Cherubini, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, Charles Francois Gounod, Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Franz Liszt, Gustav Mahler, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Engelbert Humperdinck, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Camille...

Muybridge (Eadweard) photographs

Eadweard Muybridge was a British photographer who spent much of his working life living in California and travelling in other parts of the U.S. and western Northern America. The collection consists of 46 albumen prints. Thirty-nine were taken by Muybridge...

 
Myers (Willys A.) collection of material about magic

Willys A. Myers was a U.S. Vice Consul in the first half of the twentieth century. Also an amateur magician, he collected a number of materials related to magic and magic tricks, covering the years from around 1900 to around...

 
Mystery Writers of America Records

Mystery Writers of America, Incorporated (MWA) was founded in 1945 to promote and protect the interests and welfare of mystery writers and strives to increase the esteem and literary recognition of the genre. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, and...

 
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Nadeau (Remi A.) Papers

Remi Allen Nadeau (1920- ) was a author, editorial writer, and a member of the Friends of the UCLA Library. His published books include (1948), (1950), (1960), (1965), and (1974). The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, galley and page proofs,...

 
Nagrin (Daniel) Collection of Material

Daniel Nagrin (b.1917) was an American modern and theatrical dancer and choreographer. He performed in numerous dance productions, staged the dances for a jungle musical film, (Warner Brothers, 1954) and partnered Miriam Pandor in the dance numbers in (Paramount, 1952)....

 
Naiditch (Sally) recordings of "The Monday Night Class"

The Monday Night Class was made up of professionals and their spouses who wished to continue their education in the humanities and social sciences. Members of the group included physicians, phychiatrists, dentists, business people and people associated with the entertainment...

 
Naples - Collection of Material about the History of

Boxes 1-4 include manuscripts and printed items relating to the history of Naples, with items grouped together and bound in vellum....

 
Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, and Capri Photograph album of views

Photographs of the architecture and landscapes of Naples and nearby towns and islands, probably produced between 1890 and 1909 by Edizioni Brogi, the photography studio directed by Carlo Brogi and his uncle, Alfredo Brogi.

 
Nassar (Cheryl) papers

Cheryl Nassar was a photographer and active member of the lesbian activist community in Southern California. This collection contains photographs and ephemera from lesbian and gay pride events throughout the region.

 
Nathan (Robert) papers

Robert Nathan (1894-1985) was a poet and novelist. Many of his novels were adapted to the screen. The collection consists of manuscript versions of poetry, verse, short stories, novels and screenplays by Nathan.

 
National Coalition for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) class action litigation trial records

Collection consists of the trial papers of the National Coalition for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) class action litigation. Materials were collected by Jack and Aiko Herzig....

 
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force records

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (currently the National LGBTQ Task Force) is an American non-profit organization focused on building, supporting and educating a grassroots community around LGBTQ rights and causes. This collection contains photocopies of administrative documents and...

 
National Lesbian Conference records

The National Lesbian Conference was the first and only of its kind, attempting to set a national lesbian activist agenda. The event took place in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991 and drew over 2,500 registered attendees. The gathering was comprised of...

 
National Lesbian Feminist Organization Records

The National Lesbian Feminist Organization (NLFO) was founded in 1978 as a grassroots organization in order to "act on a feminist platform which deals with the oppression of lesbians in all its manifestations,including but not limited to discrimination based on...

 
National Socialism in Germany and the U.S. collection of material

Collection consists of pamphlets, newspapers, books, magazines, pictures, photographs, filmstrips, slides, ephemera, and objects relating to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei in Germany and National Socialism in the United States. Includes handbills, posters, prints of watercolors by Adolf Hitler, SS banners,...

 
Nava (Michael) Papers

Michael Nava (1954- ) was the deputy city attorney for the City of Los Angeles (1981-84) before starting his own private law practice. He has also published many books. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, notes, calendars, memorabilia, photographs,...

 
Naval review photos

Album of 16 photomechanical prints--specifically, collotypes--of ships of the Royal Navy, drawn up for review at Spithead, June 26, 1897, to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

 
Naylor (William Edward) papers

The collection contains the research files of William Edward Naylor dating from 1969 to 1986 which document his work at the Network Measurement Center, as well as the development of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). It includes computer...

 
NBC Matinee Theater (Television Series) Collection of Scripts and Production Material

(October 1955-June 1958) was hosted by John Conte. The series featured some 7,000 actors in approximately 650 productions and was produced by Albert McCleery. The collection consists of scripts and production material for numerous episodes of the series .

 
Neilson (Harry B.) Papers

Collection consists of original drawings, watercolor paintings, manuscripts, and proofs by children's book illustrator Harry B. Neilson. ...

 
Nelson (Ralph) papers

Ralph Nelson (1916-1987) was an actor, director, producer, and playwright. He wrote the play (winner of the 1943 John Golden prize and National Theatre awards), and won National Theatre awards for and . In 1956, he won a Emmy award...

 
Neuhart (John and Marilyn) papers

John and Marilyn Neuhart were graphic and exhibition designers and UCLA professors who also worked at the Eames Design Office in Los Angeles. This collection includes research files for their books on the Eames Office, material documenting the design and...

 
Neumann Family Papers

Robert Gerhard Neumann (b.1916) was a professor (1947- ), director of the Institute of International and Foreign Studies (1959-65), and chairman of the Atlantic and West European Program (1965-66) at UCLA. He was also a member of the central committee...

Neutra (Richard and Dion) papers

Richard Josef Neutra (1892-1970) was born in Vienna. He was the city architect for Luckenwalde, then worked as a draftsman-collaborator with Erich Mendelsohn in Berlin before immigrating to the United States in 1923. He worked with Frank Lloyd Wright (1924)...

 
Neutra (Richard J.) blueprints and materials related to Auerbacher Lodge

Collection consists of Neutra's specifications, schedules, construction details, and blueprints for the Auerbacher home in Running Springs, California....

 
New York Poets Audiotapes

A collection of recordings of New York poets from the late 1960s done by producer, writer, and music critic, Michael Silverton. The recordings were made for the New York Poets series, on Pacifica's WBAI station.

 
New York to California photograph album of a cross-country trip

Album of amateur photographs, dated April-Nov. 1903, documenting a trip by a group of German-speaking travelers from the area around Troy in upstate New York, to Los Angeles, Calif.

 
New Zealand - Photograph album of a trip through the South Island of New Zealand

Souvenir album documenting a journey taken by a party of travelers, through the South Island of New Zealand, probably between 1894 and 1900. Many of the large albumen prints are stock photos, signed "Iles Photo," from the studio of Arthur...

 
Newhouse (Robert M.) Papers

Robert Milton Newhouse (1907- ) was a psychoanalyst and served as the regional chief of Long Beach-San Pedro Mental Health Services (1963-70). The collection consists of legal records, some correspondence, but chiefly mimeographed material related to the Mutual Housing Association,...

 
Newmark Family papers

Collection consists of photographs, books, and memorabilia of the Newmark family of Los Angeles. Includes galley and page proofs of the second edition of Harris Newmark's Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 (1926)....

 
Newnes' Penny Library of Famous Books

Series of unabridged versions of classic works of English literature, published weekly--beginning with number 1 published on January 14, 1896--by George Newnes, and sold for a penny apiece. The "Penny Delightfuls" in the Penny Library of Famous Books were intended...

 
Newnham (Anthony) Papers

Charles Anthony Newnham (1926-1992) began working at Bertram Rota bookdealers (1947- ), later becoming a director. He started his own book business (1955) before relocating to Austin, Texas to work for Franklin Gilliam at the Brick Row Book Shop. He...

 
Nichols (Dudley) collection of material about

Collection consists of personal and business financial records, published articles, correspondence, and memorabilia....

 
Nichols (Dudley) Papers

Dudley Nichols (1895-1960) was a journalist and screenwriter. He wrote or co-authored screenplays for some of John Ford's best-known films, including (1935), which won an Academy Award, and (1939). He also wrote scripts for Howard Hawks, Jean Renoir, Fritz Lang,...

 
Nichols (Frederick G.) Papers

Frederick George Nichols (1878-1954) served as the state supervisor of commercial education for the New York State Educational Department (1909-11) before becoming a professor of education (1922-44) and emeritus professor at Harvard University. The collection consists of memoirs relating to...

 
Nicholson (Henry B.) papers

Henry Bigger Nicholson (September 5, 1925-March 2, 2007) was Professor and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, dedicated to studying Aztec history, art and religion. The Henry Nicholson collection spans almost the entire 20th century,...

 
Nicodemi (Giorgio) papers

This archive consists of Professor Giorgio Nicodemi's working files of readings (preprints, printed lectures, honorary essays, etc.); photographs of artists' works (most annotated by Nicodemi); clippings; notes; small books and more ephemeral publications; and a few letters and other correspondence,...

 
Nielson (Layne) collection on George Hoyningen-Huene

Baron George Hoyningen-Huene, celebrated fashion photographer and motion picture color consultant, photographed for and from 1925 to 1945 and coordinated aesthetics for film director George Cukor. In addition to drafts of Baron George Hoyningen-Huene’s unpublished memoirs, the collection includes his...

 
Nielson (Layne) papers

Layne Nielson is a fashion and graphic designer who designed fashion accessories and stationery for Rudi Gernreich and for his own label. The collection includes fashion samples and accessories, as well as sketches, publicity, stationery, examples of Nielson's design work...

 
Nielson (Sass) papers

Sass Nielsen worked at Disney Studios in Burbank, California throughout the 1990s. Her advocacy work, growing out of the group Hollywood Supports (a nonprofit organization promoting awareness of AIDS and gay issues) concerned the extension of health benefits for same...

 
Nin (Anaïs) papers

The papers of Anaïs Nin document the life of the noted diarist and novelist. Nin began her diary at the age of 11 in 1914 when she moved to the United States with her family. She continued to write in...

 
Nishimura (Yoshio) papers

Yoshio Nishimura was born ca. 1875 in Nara Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Hokkaid. He arrived in the United States ca. 1906. He was a laborer, socialist, and newspaperman; editor for (the ) and (), both printed for Japanese laborers...

 
Nixon (Charles R.) papers

The materials in this collection document the professional role of Charles R. Nixon, a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UCLA, as a scholar of political theory, African politics, and American Politics. The bulk of the collection consists of articles,...

 
Noel (Frances) Papers

Frances Noel was born in Saxony, near the Bohemian border in 1873. She left home to travel the world in 1893 but finally settled in Los Angeles after marrying Primrose D. Noel in 1904. She played a very active role...

 
Nomland (John B.) Correspondence

John B. Nomland (1923- ) served as architecture-fine arts librarian at University of Southern California, 1952-54, was a librarian and associate professor at Los Angeles City College in 1954 and became a bookseller. The collection consists of correspondence files related...

 
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Pamphlets and Publications Collection

The Bruman Maps and Government Information Library (MGI) was housed in UCLA University Research Library and collected official publications of the U.S. government, the State of California, California counties and cities, selected U.S. state and local governments, foreign nations and...

 
Nordell (Pat) papers

Pat Nordell is a Los Angeles-based lesbian sports coach and photographer. Nordell was a star athlete and popular personality through her high school years and afterwards in amateur and intramural sports in the Midwest. After finishing a teaching degree at...

 
Norfolk County, England Carte de visite photograph album of families

Album, probably from ca. 1865, but added to over the years, possibly up through 1910, containing carte de visite photographs of members of various prominent families of Norwich and other towns of the County of Norfolk, England.

 
Norris (Charles G.) Papers

Charles Gilman Smith Norris (1881-1945) was a novelist, dramatist, and editor. His published works include (1918), (1921), (1923), (1925), (1930), (1933), (1935), (1938), and (1944). The collection consists of Norris' literary manuscripts, many with holographic corrections.

 
Norris (Kathleen T.) papers

Kathleen Thompson (1880-1966) was a author who wrote short stories and contributed to magazines. Her published works include: (1911), (1924), (1928), (1937), (1941), and (1959). The collection consists of Norris' literary manuscripts, some with holographic alterations.

 
North American Indian cultures collection

An artificial collection of commercially produced glass slides depicting various North American Indian cultures.

 
North (Edmund H.) Papers

Edmund Hall North (1911-1990) was a free-lance screenwriter (1934- ), and served as president of the screen branch of the Writers Guild of America, West (1956-57). He won the Screen Writers Guild Award for “One night of love”, and won...

 
Norton (Morgan G.) papers

Morgan Glenn Norton was a Southern California based aviator and aircraft inspector who served as Supervisor of Final Inspection on aircrafts at Lockheed between ca. 1941-1945. The collection consists of papers relating to the operation of aircraft, including civil aeronautics...

 
Norwegian fjords album of photographs

Album of photographs, taken by William Dobson Valentine, probably between 1890 and 1900, of views of the mountains, fjords, glaciers, waterfalls, and coastal villages of Norway.

 
Noviomagus (Society) Records

The Society of Noviomagus was founded in 1828 in England by a small circle of members of the Society of Antiquaries. The collection consists of correspondence, invitations, minutes of meetings, holographs of both serious and humorous addresses, membership rosters of...

 
Nutting (Myron C.) papers

Collection consists of correspondence, memorabilia, genealogical material, clippings, manuscript material, and photographs of the paintings of Los Angeles artist Myron Nutting. Manuscripts include lectures, speeches, and notes by Nutting, holograph notes about him made by Edward Gordon Craig, and notes...

 
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Obama (Barack) Presidential Election Memorabilia from Kenya

On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected president of the United States of America. Because President Obama's father was from Kenya, Kenyans have closely followed Barack Obama's political career since his election to...

 
Objects collection

The Objects collection contains a variety of things from a variety of sources. Although there is no unifying principle, a great number of the objects relate to printmaking and book arts.

 
O'Connor (Frank B.) Collection of Materials of or about Los Angeles County Agencies

Collection consists of printed materials and photocopies of proceedings, reports, and other materials produced by various Los Angeles County agencies, mostly Board of Supervisors, 1977-79, as well as clippings relating to transportation and other topics, mostly from the ....

 
Ogden (C.K.) Papers

C.K. Ogden (1889-1957) published (1923), which set forth principles for the understanding of the function of language. In 1922, he became editor of the international psychological journal , and used it as a vehicle for publishing research on international language...

 
O'Gorman (Ella F.) papers

Ella Foy O'Gorman (1862-1965) was born in Los Angeles, California and worked as a school teacher in Washington. She did genealogical research and wrote books about her family history, including (1932) and (1947). The collection consists of O'Gorman's photographs, diary,...

 
Oi (Matsunosuke) Papers

Matsunosuke Oi was born in 1885 in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He arrived in the United States in 1906 and was a merchant and community leader in Southern California and an active officer in various Japanese associations including being a founding...

 
Oka (Shigeki) Papers

Shigeki Oka was a native of Kochi Prefecture, Japan, born 1878. He was employed by Yorozu Chh before relocating to the United States in 1902. He was an influential journalist in the pre-war Japanese community. He was briefly interned at...

 
Okura (Pat and Lily) papers

The lives of Pat and Lily Okura represent Japanese American civil rights leadership in the face of adversity and discrimination. Their life histories give testament to service and dedication for social justice, especially for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)...

 
Old Lesbians Organizing for Change records

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) is a national organization for lesbians over the age of 60. Using education and public discourse, the core mission of OLOC is to combat ageism and increase the visibility of older lesbians. The majority...

 
Oliver Eckhardt Players records

The Oliver Eckhardt Players were a repertory company, producing such plays as , , and . The collection consists of scripts for plays produced by the Oliver Eckhardt Players.

 
Olson (Everett Claire) papers

Dr. Everett C. Olson, a zoologist, paleontologist and geologist, began his long-term field program in the American Southwest, studying Permian vertebrate fossils during the 1930s while working within the University of Chicago's Department of Geology. In 1969, Olson joined the...

 
O'Neil (Edward N.) material on Index Plutarcheus

This collection consists of Dr. O'Neil's work on the Index Plutarcheus....

 
Ordenanzas del baratillo de Mexico Compuestas por don Pedro Anselmo Chreslos Jache

This humorous and sarcastic mid-eighteenth century treatise attributes a heavily anti-Spaniard perspective to Mexico City's multiracial lower-class population, particularly in relation to themes such as peninsular privilege and racial discrimination. Taking the form of traditional Spanish legal codes, the text...

 
Orphanos (Stathis) papers

Stathis Orphanos (1940- ) was a author, bookseller and photographer. He began bookselling with Sylvester and George Fisher in 1972 as Sylvester & Orphanos, and issued their first catalog in 1973. They began publishing limited editions as Sylvester & Orphanos...

Orsini Family Papers

The Orsini are one of most important families in Italian history. At the height of their influence, in the late Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, the Orsini were crucial players in Italian politics; they were closely allied to the...

 
Osborne (Henry Z.) Papers

Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) was the owner of the , and the , which he directed until 1897. He served as the receiver of public moneys of the Bodie land district, collector of customs of the Los Angeles district, and...

 
Ouspenskaya (Maria) Papers

Maria Ouspenskaya (1876-1949) performed on Broadway and ran a New York acting school before going to Hollywood, California (1936). The collection consists of scripts, reviews, publicity material, and photographs related to Maria Ouspenskaya and her acting career, the Moscow Art...

 
Owens (Trudy) Collection of Materials Relating to the Credentials Committee of the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Collection consists of Materials Relating to the Credentials Committee of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, at which Trudy Owens was a member. Includes briefs of certifications, contests, challenges, press releases, and ephemera....

 
Owens Valley photograph album

Album containing 28 gelatin silver photographs of Owens Valley and surrounding area, dated between July 1905 and February 1906.

 
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Pace (Irene G.D.A.) Papers

Irene Greene Dwen Andrews Pace (1892- ) was an author. Her publications include (1936), (1940), and (with Edmund Andrews, 1944). The collection consists of two scrapbooks, a diary, a commonplace book, correspondence, three literary productions, and typescripts of an article...

 
Pacht (Jerry) papers

Jerry Pacht, born on January 24, 1922, was a Municipal and Superior Court judge in Los Angeles, CA. He was known for being an activist and particularly for his ruling in favor of Angela Davis against the UC Regents. The...

 
Pacific Electric Railway Company motor coaches and railroad cars photographs

Collection of 875 unmounted photographs (including duplicates) of motor coaches and railroad passenger cars in operation between 1927 and 1950 on routes of the Pacific Electric Railway Company and related bus and train systems of Los Angeles, California, and environs.

 
Pacific Palisades Property Owners Association records

Organizational and legal records of the Pacific Palisades Property Owners Association (PPPOA), including maps, drawings, plans, photographs, and audio recordings that were created and/or collected by its directors. The documents collected by PPPOA are from various sources, including Los Angeles...

 
Pacific Photo Club collection

The records consist primarily of black-and-white photographs created by members of the Pacific Photo Club, an organization of amateur photographers active during the first three decades of the 20th century. The collection was accumulated by George R. Bunn, a member,...

 
Pacifism collection

Collection consists of mimeographed and printed newsletters, journal issues, brochures, programs, announcements, correspondence, meeting minutes, and ephemera....

Packman (Ana B. de) papers

Ana Bégué de Packman (1882-1973) served as Secretary of the Historical Society of Southern California from the 1930s through the 1950s. The collection consists of Packman's photographs, newspaper articles, manuscripts, genealogies, maps, ephemera, and correspondence pertaining to the history of...

 
Padgett (Ron) Papers

Ron Padgett (1942- ) was a poetry workshop instructor at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, New York City (1968-69), poet in various New York City Poets in the Schools programs (1969-76), writer in the community, South Carolina Arts Commission (1976-78), director of St....

 
Padve (Martha) papers

Martha Padve was involved in the Southern California art community as a trustee of the Pasadena Art Museum (1967-74), co-chairman for the building fund for the Norton Simon Museum of Art (1968-70), chairman of the Pasadena Planning Commission (1973-81), developer...

 
Pala and San Diego County, California Photograph album

Photographs of scenes of Pala and other areas of San Diego County, including four panorama photos, possibly taken by a member of a surveying crew around 1914.

Palmer Family papers

Henry Austin Palmer came to California in 1862 and was employed in a banking and assay office in Folsom until 1864, and then spent a year in assaying in Michigan Bluff. He became the first cashier of the Union National...

Pamphlet maps collection

Collection consists of hundreds of pamphlet maps of various places around the world.

 
Panorama Postcards collection

Collection consists of panoramic postcards, primarily from California. Also includes cards from the United States, Italy, Canada, Hong Kong and Panama....

 
Panoramic Photographs collection

Collection consists of black and white panoramic photographs; subject matter is mostly California and the Western United States.

 
Panunzio (Constantine) collection of material on Japanese American Incarceration

The collection consists of UCLA Professor Constantine Panunzio's collection of printed materials such as articles, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets and reports relating to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

 
Parish (John C.) Papers

John Carl Parish (1881-1939) was a history professor who taught at Colorado College, the State University of Iowa, and UCLA. He edited the State Historical Society of Iowa's monthly journal, (1920-22), the , and the . His published books include...

 
Parsons (George W.) Scrapbooks

George W. Parsons (1850-1933) was a charter member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce serving as director and chairman on the Committee on Mines and Mining as well as on the Transportation Committee. He was active in promoting Southern...

 
Partido Social Cristiano (Venezuela) Collection of Material

A collection of political material representing the Venezuelan third-way political party, the Partido Social Cristiano de Venezuela. The collection documents circulated political materials leading up to the election of its party founder and head, Rafael Caldero, to the Venezuelan presidential...

 
Passchendaele campaign, in and around Ypres, Belgium during World War I photograph album of battlefield scenes

Album of photographs, many by Australian official photographer Frank Hurley, documenting one of the major battles of World War I, the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, between July and November 1917.

 
Pateman (Carole) Papers

Carole Pateman (1940- ) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Department of Political Science. She was the first woman President of the International Political Science Association (1991-1994) and was President of the American Political Science Association (2009-2011). Her...

 
Paul (Elliot) Papers

Elliot Paul (1891-1958) was a journalist for European editions of American newspapers, co-founded the literary review, (1927) in Paris, and a screenwriter. The collection consists of screenplays and proof sheets of books by Paul including , , , , ,...

Pauley (Edwin W.) papers

Edwin Wendell Pauley was born in 1903. In 1940 Pauley served as a member of the University of California, Board of Regents, a position he kept for 30 years. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs, photo albums, and...

 
Paulist Productions records

Paulist Productions was founded in Los Angeles in 1960 by Ellwood "Bud" Kieser (b. March 27, 1929-d. September 16, 2000), a Catholic priest and member of the Paulist Fathers. Its initial television series, , originally consisted of little more than...

 
Paxton (John) papers

John Paxton (1911- ) worked as a press agent (1937-38), associate editor for magazine (1937-38) and a publicist for New York Theatre Guild (1941) before coming to Hollywood to work as a scriptwriter with RKO. The collection consists of Paxton's...

 
Payn (James) Papers

James Payn (1830-1898) was a English author and magazine editor. The collection consists of original holograph manuscripts of Payn's novels , , and .

 
Payne (Robert) Papers

Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (1911-1983) was a professor of English poetry and lecturer in naval architecture (1943-46), head of the English deptartment at Alabama College, Montevallo (1949-54), war correspondent in Spain (1938), correspondent for the in Changsha, China (1942), the...

 
Payne (Theodore) papers

Theodore Payne was a horticulturalist, nurseryman, and expert on California native plants. Materials in the Theodore Payne papers include personal and business records, records pertaining to his professional interests and activities, photographic material, publications on horticulture and gardening, landscaping records,...

 
Peace and Freedom Party Collection

Collection consists of ephemeral materials, internal papers, and campaign literature relating to the Peace and Freedom Party....

 
Pearcy (Susan D.) wood and linoleum block prints of United Farm Workers

Susan Due Pearcy is an internationally known artist and printmaker working in the tradition of the transcendentalists. This collection consists of sixteen of her linoleum and woodcut block prints depicting scenes of the migrant field work from her time volunteering...

 
Pearlstein (Leo) papers

Leo Pearlstein is an American public relations executive known as the "Culinary King of Public Relations" and one of the pioneers of food consulting. The collection is comprised of recipes, photographs, press releases, magazine clippings, letters, memoranda, emails, menus, leaflets,...

 
Peer (John A.) Papers

Collection consists of correspondence and legal and business papers of Peer, including bills and receipts, concerning his activities as an inventor of devices for improved smelting and refining of gold ore....

 
Pegge Family Papers

Samuel Pegge (1704-1796)was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge (1726), vicar of Godmersham, Kent (1731), rector of Whittington, Staffordshire (1751), and a antiquarian. His son, the younger Samuel Pegge (d. 1800), became a barrister, a groom of his majesty's...

 
Peggy Christian (Firm) Records

Collection consists of material related to the Peggy Christian Bookseller. Includes correspondence, catalogs, business records (1947-83), and ledgers (1954-82). Also includes working papers for an article regarding the Newberry and Caldecott awards and correspondence of James Sanborn....

 
Pena (Terri de la) Poster

Terri de la Peña (1947- ) is the author of (1992), the first Chicano lesbian novel, and (c. 1994). The collection consists of one limited edition publicity poster for Terri de la Peña's novel, .

 
Penn (William) collection of genealogical research on William Penn and his descendants

William Penn (1644-1718) was an early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, pamphlets, clippings, and books concerning the life of William Penn (1644-1718) and genealogy research about his descendants.

 
Perceval (Don Louis) Illustrations Collection

Don Louis Perceval grew up in California and studied at Chouinard Art Institute, London's Royal College of Art and the Heatherley Art School. In addition to his work as a commercial artist, he also served on the faculty of Chouinard...

 
Percival (Olive) papers

Olive May Graves Percival (1869-1945) was an avid collector of books, hats, dolls, daguerreotypes, silver, textiles, quilts, fans, bookplates, Lalique, and Oriental art. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, negatives, scrapbooks, guest books, typescripts of articles and poems, bookmarks, bookplates,...

 
Perkins (Harry) Correspondence

Collection consists of about 400 pieces of correspondence to and from Harry Perkins, general manager of the National Orange Show, relating to the 1913 show....

 
Perkoff (Stuart Z.) Papers

Stuart Z. Perkoff (1930-1973) was a Beat era poet living in Venice, California. The collection consists of his manuscripts and 46 handwritten journals.

 
Perloff (Harvey S.) Papers

Harvey S. Perloff taught architecture and urban planning at the University of Chicago (1947-55), was dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning (1968-1983), director of the Resources for the Future, Incorporated, appointed by President Kennedy to...

 
Persian and Arabic manuscripts in Special Collections Catalog

Includes bibliographical references and indexes....

 
Persian Calligraphic Samples Collection

Collection consists of Persian loose sheets illustrating calligraphy....

 
Peruvian 18th and 19th Century Correspondence and Documents Collection

Collection consists of eighteenth and nineteenth century correspondence and documents from Peru. Correspondence includes letters from important figures in Peruvian history, including presidents Ramón Castilla, Juan Antonio Pezet, and Manuel Pardo. Also includes a letter from Bolivian president Jose Balivian,...

 
Peruvian Manuscript Account Books Collection

Collection consists of seven manuscript account books from Peru, 1734-1806. Includes account books for the Abbey of Santa Clara, the hospital of Santa Ana, the hospital of San Andrés, and the guardianship of Feliciano Torrejón by Dr. Sebastián de Ygarriza....

 
Peruvian Manuscripts collection

This seven volume collection of manuscripts and printed materials on colonial and independent Peru focuses on the late eighteenth century, although its contents span from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Three volumes of Royal Decrees feature important institutional...

 
Peters (House) papers

Actor House Peters, Jr., was the son of actors House Peters and Mae King Peters. The collection consists of two scrapbooks and an autobiographical book about Peters, Jr.

 
Peters (Thomas K.) Papers

Thomas Kimmwood Peters (1879-1973) was a pioneer newsreel cameraman who filmed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, the construction of the Panama Canal, and other events. He was also a motion picture producer, cameraman, and inventor. The collection consists...

 
Petersen (Herman) Papers

Herman Petersen (1893-1973) was an author of mystery and detective fiction. He sold his first story, “The seven gilded balls,” to in June 1922, and sold 17 more while the magazine was under the direction of editor George W. Sutton,...

 
Pezoldt (Sylvia R.) Papers

Sylvia Ruby Pezoldt (1895-1963) was a journalist, poet, and author of short stories, and non-fiction. She also conducted writing courses and was a member of the National League of American Pen Women. The collection consists of Pezoldt's manuscripts, correspondence, photographs,...

 
Phelps (Waldo) papers

Waldo Phelps(1918-2004) was a professor of Rhetoric in the English Department at UCLA from 1949-1988. This collection includes cassettes of an oral history interview and recordings of public ceremonies at UCLA. Also included is a football signed by the 1985...

 
Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity (International) Records

Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity (founded 1911, merged with Phi Alpha Delta in 1972) was a national legal fraternity for women that promoted a higher standard of professional ethics and culture among women in law schools and in the legal...

 
Phi Delta Delta: Magazine of Phi Delta Delta International Legal Fraternity Collection

Collection consists of an incomplete run of issues of the , the national publication of the Phi Delta Delta women's legal fraternity....

 
Philippine comics collection

The Philippine Comics Collection contains comics that showcase the creative minds of Filipino artists in the Philippines. Through their creation of storylines, and original characters, the local komik scene is flooded by original creations. The material of the komiks can...

 
Philippine Zines Collection

The Philippine zines reflects the feelings, aesthetics, and cultural and political ideologies of various individuals and artist collectives from the Philippines. The zine's content mostly includes creative works, such as comics, illustrations, poetry, and short stories to reflect topics, such...

 
Phillips (J.J.) Papers

Collection consists of the manuscript of Jane Phillips' book, , a copy of the published book (1985 expanded reprint), and 7 letters and one card to her from Henry Miller, with a photocopy of a January 2, 1967 letter....

 
Phillpotts (Eden) Collection of Material

Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) published over 250 works including some 150 novels plus poems, essays, plays, short stories, and mysteries. The collection consists of about 900 letters from Phillpotts to his literary agent, W. Morris Coles, various publishers, and to friends...

 
Philmus (Lois C.) papers

Collection consists of correspondence, typescripts, notes, and research materials for articles written for , , Douglas Aircraft Company, and other airplane and aerospace publications, as well as a photocopy of Philmus's manuscript and copy of the book (1966).

Photograph Album collection

This collection, like , contains photographs etc. of both persons and places and is intended as a supplement to other collections in Library Special Collections. It contains both bound and boxed sets of photographs which are too bulky to be...

 
[Photograph album of city and landscape views of Brazil]

Large photographs (23 x 29.5 cm) are mounted to rectos and versos of 33 leaves of heavy white cardboard, one to a page; smaller photographs (13 x 18 cm or smaller) are mounted two, three, or five to a page;...

Photographers' collection

Collection consists of original photographs and negatives of various 19th and 20th century photographers covering a broad range of subjects and includes portraits, landscapes, panoramic views, cityscapes and buildings from various geographic locations and photographs from various historical periods.

 
Photographic Exhibitions Catalogs Collection

Collection consists of catalogs of photographic exhibitions, many removed from the Will Connell Collection, arranged alphabetically by sponsoring agency. Includes exhibitions from the U.S., Europe, Toronto, Canada, Bombay, India, and Melbourne, Australia. Organizations include London Salon of Photography, Camera Pictorialists...

 
Photographs referred to in Engineer's Report (Buenos Aires Southern Dock Company, Ltd.)

Album of 55 gelatin silver prints (178 x 235 mm), including two 4-part folding panoramas (178 x 940 mm), dated Oct. 3, 1902-May 7, 1903, documenting the construction of a large dock facility on the southern side of the Riachuelo...

 
Pictorial Calif. Photographic Mockup Boards Collection

was a publication founded by Eugene Swarzwald in 1925. It was made up entirely of photographs of California with captions but no other narration. This collection consists of mockup boards and loose photographs for the publication.

Picture collection

The collection consists of original 19th and 20th century photographs and reproductions covering a broad range of subjects as well as a small collection of original artwork. Subjects in the collection include: Los Angeles, Hollywood, Pasadena, California missions, adobes, and...

 
Pieraccini collection on Aldous and Maria Huxley

The collection contains correspondence and manuscripts by Aldous Huxley and his first wife Maria (née Nys) Huxley, photographs, and ephemera assembled over many years by the collector and scholar Rolando Pieraccini, author of Aldous Huxley e l'Italia (1998). Materials date...

 
Pierce and Company, San Francisco Records

Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, bills, accounts, receipts, and other business papers of the baking firm of Pierce and Company, San Francisco. Includes material relating to the wheat trade and shipping. Also includes personal letters and papers for William,...

Pierce (C.C.) Photographic Collection

This collection consists of glass photonegatives, glass positive transparencies, and black & white photographic prints of the photographer C.C. Pierce (1861-1946). The subject matter primarily covers Los Angeles and the surrounding vicinity.

 
Pierre (Dorathi B.) dance collection

Collection of photographs, performance programs, publicity information, and clippings related to dance, gathered by Dorathi Bock Pierre, a dance writer and publicist.

 
Pilcer (Harry) papers

Harry Pilcer was an American dancer and entertainer. The collection consists of papers and photographs pertaining to his life and career, particularly the time he spent partnering with Gaby Deslys, the French dancer and actress.

 
Pillsbury (Arthur F.) Papers

Arthur Francis Pillsbury (b.1904) joined the UCLA faculty in 1934. He became chairman of the Department of Irrigation and Soil Sciences, head of the engineering systems division, and director of the Water Resources Center. His research in hydrology made him...

 
Pinal Dome Oil Company records

The Pinal Oil Company originated in Santa Maria, California, ca. 1901; the original nine directors, constituting the bulk of the stockholders, were: E.W. Clark, J.W. Atkinson (vice president), Marks Fleisher (president), Sam Fleisher, D.D. Barnard, C.E. Reed, A.H. McKay, Pat...

 
Pinckney (Charles Cotesworth) papers

Collection consists of the papers of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney....

 
Pisa, Florence, Pavia, Milan, Naples, Pompei, and Fontainebleu Photograph album of art and architecture

Photographs by Giacomo Brogi of the art, architecture, and antiquities of Italy and France, probably created between 1870 and 1880.

 
Plagens (Peter) papers

Peter Plagens is an abstract painter, art critic, professor and novelist based in New York City. The collection consists of art work, exhibition materials, art criticism, published and unpublished novels, correspondence, lectures, course materials, photographs, slides, notebooks, datebooks, journals, and...

 
Platt (Benjamin) Papers

Benjamin Platt (d. 1960) founded the Platt Music Company (1905) in Los Angeles, and became the head of May Company's appliance department in 1924. The collection consists of correspondence, printed material, financial records, and photographs relating to the Platt Music...

 
Pleasants (Ben) papers

This collection documents the activities, writings, and political opinions of Ben Pleasants. Pleasants was a Los Angeles-based writer, as well as a close friend of both Charles Bukowski and Steve Richmond, seminal figures in the Los Angeles "Meat School." He...

 
Plummer (Edna C.) papers

Edna Covert Plummer (1907-1972) was the organizer of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank (Eureka, Nevada), the co-founder of the Legal Aid Foundation, and the nation's first woman district attorney. The collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, yearbooks, memorandum book, articles,...

 
Poe (James) Papers

James Poe (1923-1980) was associated with the motion picture industry (1941-80). He was a screenwriter who wrote documentaries, radio and television scripts, and a made-for-television movie. He won an Academy Award and New York Film Critics Award in 1957 for...

 
Political Cartoons and Caricatures Collection

Collection of Political cartoons and caricatures from various countries, notably England and Egypt.

 
Political Newspapers from Buenos Aires

This collection contains political newspapers published in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1812 to 1851. Publications contain a range of topics with a focus on Argentine national issues but also include international news. The newspapers are primarily in Spanish, with some...

 
Pollner (Melvin) papers

Melvin Pollner was a UCLA Professor of Sociology for nearly 40 years and a leading practitioner of ethnomethodology, one of the department's signature specialties. The collection consists of field notes, research files of ethnomethodology papers and notes, Pollner's drafts and...

 
Polonsky (Abraham) papers

Abraham Polonsky was a director, screenwriter and novelist. In 1951, he refused to confirm or deny membership to the Communist party before the House Un-American Activities Committee and as a result, he was blacklisted by the entertainment industry. The collection...

 
Polsky (Don) papers

Donald Perry Polsky (born September 20, 1928) is an American mid-century modern style architect. Polsky worked for the Richard Neutra firm early in his career (1953-1956), then continued with other firms and established his own in 1956. Polsky's works are...

 
Pomeroy (Everett) 1/2 Snap shot at Mexico

A typescript of a travelogue detailing Everett Pomeroy's 1900 trip to Mexico, supplemented with 71 photographs and illustrations. The journal includes observations on Mexican culture and history, but is mainly focused on the excitements and frustrations of a Catholic American...

 
Pope (Alexander) [Letter, 1735 June 22?, to William Fortescue]

Letter from Alexander Pope to his friend and legal advisor William Fortescue, largely concerning Pope's ongoing feud with Edmund Curll.

 
Pope (James H.) Papers

James Harlan Pope (1885- ) was a reporter in Detroit and Los Angeles before he was admitted to the California bar in 1915. He became the Los Angeles city public defender (1916-23), judge in the police court (1923-26), Municipal Court...

 
Pope (Laura M.) papers

Laura Means Pope was a former chair of the Los Angeles School Monitoring Committee. The collection consists of papers relating to the Committee.

 
Popper (Daniel M.) papers

Daniel M. Popper joined the new astronomy department at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1947 as its first stellar astronomer. At UCLA, Popper became a full professor in 1955, chaired the department from 1951-1957 and 1959-1963, and retired...

 
Porphyry Paving Company records

Collection contains correspondence, minute books, articles of incorporation, by-laws, reports on operations and personnel, time books, payroll records, legal papers, papers relating to stockholders' meetings, accounts and other financial records relating to the company's Los Angeles and San Bernardino offices....

Porter (Bern) papers

Bernard Harden Porter (1911- )was the Republican candidate for governor of Maine (1969) and was an author, poet, editor, illustrator, and publisher. The collection includes papers, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, books, printed items, ephemera, a film, illustrations, portraits, and lithographs by,...

 
Porter (Cole) Foreign Language Grammars

Cole Albert Porter (1891-1940) was a composer and lyricist for the Broadway musical theatre and wrote scores for Hollywood films. The collection consists of grammar books used by composer Cole Porter for learning Spanish, Italian, and French.

 
Porter (Jane) Papers

Jane Porter (1776-1850) wrote two historical romances, (1803) and (1810) as well as plays and novels. The collection consists of diaries, correspondence, receipts, account books, personal notes, memos, ephemera, a landscape painting by Sir Robert Ker Porter, and a copy...

 
Porter (Katherine A.) Letters to Margaret Winkler

Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) worked for the (1917) and the (1918), lectured, and accepted various appointments as writer-in-residence at several universities (1945- ). Her published books include: (1935), (1939), and (1962). The collection consists of correspondence and cards from Katherine...

 
Porter (Margaret A.) papers

Margaret A. Porter was a distinguished poet and translator of French poetry, best known for her work under the pen name, Gabrielle L'Autre. The Margaret A. Porter Papers contain drafts of her published and unpublished original poetry from 1928 to1989,...

 
Porterfield (William H.) Scrapbooks and Ephemera

William H. Porterfield (1872-1927) was a reporter and subscription solicitor for the before purchasing a half interest in the paper. He also founded, purchased, or ran various newspapers throughout California, and wrote a daily column in the from 1919 until...

 
Post (Dianne) papers

Dianne Post is a lawyer who specializes in developing policy and programmatic reform on issues related to gender equality. Also active in the lesbian feminist movement, she organized cultural and political activities in Arizona to challenge domestic violence and advocate...

 
Postcards and postcard albums collection

The first postcards were probably playing cards used as visiting cards (late 17th-early 18th century). They were replaced by visiting cards and most had pictures and a blank space for the name. Subjects were places of interest or general motifs...

 
Poster Collection

Collection consists of an assemblage of posters, primarily 20th century American and European. Includes travel posters, exhibit posters, and war posters from World War I France, and American posters from World War I and World War II....

 
Posy (Arnold) papers

Collection consists of Arnold Posy papers....

 
Potocki de Montalk (Geoffrey, Count) Collection of Letters and Ephemeral Material

Geoffrey, Count Potocki de Montalk is an author and publisher of the Mélissa Press in Draguignan, Var., France. The collection consists of letters, ephemeral material, and material written and/or published by Count Potocki de Montalk at the Mélissa Press.

 
Poulson (Norris) papers

Charles Norris Poulson (1895-1982) was elected and served in the California State Assembly (1938-42), was elected to the House of Representatives in 1942, served as mayor of Los Angeles (1953-61), and was a member of the California Water Commission (1965-68)....

 
Pound (Ezra) Papers

Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a poet, translator, and a representative for magazine, and . His published works include (1908), (1917), and (1920). The collection contains Pound's correspondence with E.W. Titus, letters to various persons, corrected proofs of poems, typescripts, and...

 
Povey (John) papers

The papers of UCLA professor John Povey consist of manuscripts, notes, printed material, publications, drawings, and correspondence related to his teaching, research, and administrative activities, including the editorship of the journal .

 
Powell (Dick) Papers

Dick Powell (1904-1963) made his film debut in 1932 and was featured in Warner Brothers musicals during the 1930s. He made the transition to dramatic roles in the 1940s, then became a producer-director in the 1950s. The collection consists of...

 
Powell Family papers

George Harold Powell (1872-1922) was born in Ghent, New York. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent him to California in 1904 to study citrus fruits rotting in transit. In 1896, he married Gertrude Eliza Clark (1870-1957). They had three sons,...

Powell (Lawrence Clark) papers

Lawrence Clark Powell (1906-2001) joined the UCLA Library staff in 1938, became a UCLA Librarian (1944-61), director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (1944-66), and the first Dean of the UCLA School of Library Service (1960). A prolific author,...

 
Powys (Llewelyn) papers

The collection contains materials related to British novelist and essayist, Llewelyn Powys....

 
Pratt (Ernest M.) Photograph Collection

Ernest Mitchell Pratt (1876-1945) was a commercial photographer and California pictorialist. The collection consists of approximately 500 photographs by Pratt, and works by Viroque Baker.

Pratt (Ernest M.) Photographs of Architecture Work of Mark Daniels

Mark Daniels was a Southern California architect who designed homes and gardens in the Bel Air area of Los Angeles and vicinity. Ernest Mitchell Pratt and Viroque Baker photographed Daniels' houses and landscape architecture to be published in magazines such...

 
Prefabricated housing studies in Europe and the U.S. Collection

Collection consists of files, including U.S. government and other publications relating to aspects of prefabricated housing in Europe and the U.S. Subjects include the Lanham Act, acorn houses, bathroom equipment, Greenbelt Homeowners Cooperative, Italian prefabs, Schilfhaus, Timber Engineering Company, Woolsey...

 
Prejudices - Collection of Material about

Collection consists of anti-semitic, anti-Afro-American and extreme right-wing political and religious booklets, pamphlets, and periodicals. Includes material by American nationists, states' rights activists, anti-United Nations advocates, the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party of the USA, and a variety of...

 
Presidents of the U.S. Collection of Material

Collection consists of ephemera related to various presidents of the United States. The bulk of the collection is made up of newspaper clippings. The collection also includes pamphlets, illustrations, postcards, and other ephemera. ...

 
Price (Monroe E.) Collection about Prisons

Monroe Edwin Price (1938- ) was the editorial assistant for American Heritage Publishing Company (1960-61), law clerk to associate justice Potter Stewart of the Supreme Court (1964-65), special assistant to the Labor Department secretary (1965-66), professor at the UCLA School...

 
Price (Monroe E.) Papers about School Integration

Monroe Edwin Price (1938- ) was the editorial assistant for American Heritage Publishing Company (1960-61), law clerk to associate justice Potter Stewart of the Supreme Court (1964-65), special assistant to the Labor Department secretary (1965-66), professor at the UCLA School...

 
Price (Rodman M.) Papers

Rodman M. Price (1816-1894) read the proclamation of the annexation of California from the custom house in Monterey, California. He became alcade of Monterey, was a member of the first San Francisco Municipal Council at the California Constitutional Convention (1849),...

 
Printers' Devices and Title Pages Collection

Collection consists of 18th century European printers' devices and title pages from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, England, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, and Austria....

 
Printing Ephemera Collection

Collection consists of ephemera relating to the art and trade of printing in various countries, including Germany, the United States, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, Switzerland, France, Italy, and The Netherlands. Also includes three posters....

 
Pritikin (Nathan) papers

Nathan Pritikin (1915-1985) developed patents in chemistry, physics and electronics, was the director of the Pritikin Longevity Center in Santa Monica, California, and chairman of the Pritikin Research Foundation (1976-85). The collection consists of correspondence, research materials, scrapbooks, published and...

 
Prod'homme (J.-G.) collection of material about Ludwig van Beethoven

Jacques-Gabriel Prod'homme (1871-1956) was a French music critic and librarian. He translated Wagner's prose works (1907-25) and musical dramas (1922-27) and Beethoven's conversation books (1946). His published works include (1905), (1921), and (1937). The collection consists of French, German, English,...

 
Project Blue Book (U.S.) Copies of Records

Collection consists of the investigative reports of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book into the phenomenon of UFO's, and includes photocopied records obtained by Mark VII Ltd. under the Freedom of Information Act, as well as scripts and related...

 
Prokosch (Frederic) papers

Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989) published novels and books of poetry, including (1935), (1936), (1937, winner of the Harper Prize), (1944), (1968), and (1983). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and a bibliography of Prokosch compiled at UCLA for a course in...

 
Propaganda Material from Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia

A compilation of pamphlets, books, newspaper issues and broadsides from Europe, North America, and Latin America. Major topics covered in the literature include: Marxism, communism, socialism, fascism, anarchism, and labor issues.

 
Prosin (Sue) papers

Sue Prosin was a social scientist who published studies on a range of topics like butch-femme relationships and attitudes of the Jewish community toward African-Americans. She attended San Fernando Valley State College (currenty California State University, Northridge) and was also...

 
Prospect records

Collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts relating to the periodical (Cambridge, England, 1959-65). Correspondents include Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones, and Gerard Malanga....

 
Protest Movements collection of materials

Collection consists of handbills, newspapers, mimeographed handouts, posters, and other miscellaneous ephemera from various protest organizations in the U.S., West Germany, Sweden, and other European countries. Includes anti-war periodicals, materials from Columbia University, G.I. underground materials, materials from Freie Universität...

 
Prudden (George H.) Papers

George H. Prudden (1896-1964) was a pioneer aviator and aircraft designer. He designed and built (with Bill Stout) the all-metal plane for the U.S. Navy and built the first internally-stressed wing. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and photographs related...

 
Prussing (Eugene E.) Papers

Eugene Ernst Prussing (1855-1936) practiced law in Chicago (1878-1918) before relocating to California in 1921. His publications include (1925) and (1927). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, typescript drafts, photocopies, and printed matter.

 
Pryce (Richard) Papers

Richard Pryce (1864-1942) was a novelist and dramatist. The collection consists of ten holograph manuscripts written by Pryce including , , , , , , , , , and .

 
Publishers' advertising pamphlets collection

Approximately 222 publishers' advertising pamphlets from primarily Los Angeles-based bookstores from the 1900s to the 1920s. The majority of pamphlets were produced by Alfred A. Knopf, Macmillan, Houghton-Mifflin, Scribner, Doubleday, Page & Company, Duran Books and P.F. Collier & Son.

 
Publishing and Self-Publishing - collection of material about the processes, including Samizdat

Collection consists of examples of Famous Writers School publications, typescript galley proofs, and Russian .

 
Publishing Ephemera Collection

Collection consists of ephemera relating to the publishing trade in various countries, including Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United States, and Italy....

 
Pucciani (Oreste F.) papers

The collection consists of correspondence, academic files, clipping files and personal ephemera....

 
Puce photographic album

Album, probably created in France in 1880, of twenty erotic photographs of a young woman inspecting herself for fleas, whose actions are intended primarily to titillate.

 
Puckett (Thomas L.) Papers

Collection consists of scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, books, ephemera, miscellaneous papers and memorabilia relating to Puckett's service as a U.S. Army pilot in 1918, to the Ford motor agency he operated, and his interest in horses and aviation. Includes riding trophies,...

 
Punk zines and ephemera collection

The zines and ephemera assembled in this collection document the California punk music scene, primarily in the greater Los Angeles area, from 1977 to 2018.

 
Puppets and Puppet Plays collection of materials

The collection is an assortment of materials about puppetry including various puppetry journals from the Czech Republic and the United States.

 
Pyle (Howard) and Katharine Pyle papers

Collection consists of ephemera relating to Howard Pyle and his students, including illustrations, page proofs, galleys, and ephemera. The work of his sister, Katharine Pyle, and some of his students are also included....

 
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Qayani Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts

Collection consists of manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish by or collected by the scholar, Sayyid Abu Talib bin Abi Turab al-Husayni al-Khurasani al-Qayeni (1818-1876)....

 
Quackenbush (Edward A.) Papers

Edward A. Quackenbush appears to have been involved in the mining business on the U.S. west coast. The collection consists of correspondence, accounts and miscellaneous papers related to Quackenbush, and letters of the Quackenbush family.

 
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Raab (Edmund W.) collection of photographic slides

The collection consists of photographic slides representing Los Angeles-area dance and theater productions photographed by Edmund W. Raab.

 
Rademaker (John A.) Papers

John Adrian Rademaker was a professor of Sociology, Ph.D., University of Washington (ca. 1939). He served as community analyst at the Granada Relocation Center, Prowers County, Colorado, during World War II. This collection consists of approximately 660 returned postcard-questionnaires on...

 
Radigan (Corinna) papers

Corinna Radigan was a sports writer for several newspapers and magazines, including the . This collection compiles her and several women's work, brought together by Radigan, including unpublished stories and manuscripts as well as materials related to The Coming Out...

 
Radin (Paul) papers

Paul Radin (1883-1959) was a field ethnologist at the Geological Survey of Canada specializing in the study of the Winnebago. His publications include (1910), (1913), and (1915). The collection consists of typed, annotated transcripts and translations relating to the book...

 
Rady (Donald) papers on the Brazilian Steel Industry and Volta Redonda

This collection contains items Donald E. Rady compiled for his dissertation and book project focusing on the Brazilian Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) and surrounding Volta Redonda community. After a bidding war between German and US firms to create a new...

Raebel (Hermann C.) papers

Hermann C. Raebel Jr. (1848-1869) was born in Leipzig, Germany. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (1866). While on maneuvers off the coast of Brazil in 1866, received a commission as ensign. He painted watercolors and wrote letters home...

 
Raemaekers (Louis) reproductions of World War I political cartoons

Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956) was a cartoonist and painter primarily known for his portrayal of World War I in the Dutch newspaper . His publications include (1912), (1918), and (1918-19). The collection consists of reproductions of anti-German political cartoons originally published...

 
Railroad Publications from the United States, Mexico, and Panama Collection

Collection contains mostly railroad company annual reports, as well as various company legal and financial information. Contains a small section on the Tehuantepec Isthmus, and many route maps covering each company's territory. Companies represented in the collection include: Atchison, Topeka...

 
Ramboz (John H.) Papers

John Henry Ramboz (1879-1960) served as the representative from San Marino to the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors in 1933. He was the vice-chairman in 1948, and chairman in 1949. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, graphs, pamphlets, books,...

 
Rancho San Pedro documents

Typescript abstract of title for the Rancho San Pedro, consisting of copies of documents related to the property, dated 1805 to 1854.

 
Randolph (Donald) papers

Donald Randolph was a stage, film, television, and radio actor. The collection includes two scrapbooks of programs and clippings documenting a number of projects in which Randolph was involved, photographs, and a small amount of ephemera, correspondence, and writings by...

 
Rawn (A.M.) papers

A.M. Rawn (1888-1968) worked for the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. He was promoted to chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (1941), and later appointed to California State Water Pollution Board (chairman, 1953-61). The...

 
Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc. records

is a Los Angeles-based punk rock fanzine established in 2001 and published by Sean Carswell and Todd Taylor. The collection includes zine issues, microcassettes of interviews, and punk memorabilia and ephemera.

 
Rea (Charles, Dr.) Papers

Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, memorabilia, and a scrapbook related to World War II....

 
Reams (David W.) Papers

David Wayne Reams (1917-1948) served in the U.S. Navy. The collection consists of papers related to Reams's service in the Navy including a scrapbook, U.S. Navy records, discharge papers, pins, photographs, and memorabilia.

 
Recuerdo de Montevideo / por Bate y Ca., Calle 33, ns. 170 y 172

Album containing ten photos of streets, market place, and special buildings of Montevideo, Uruguay, issued by Bate y Ca. during the 1870s.

 
Recuerdos del Perú

Photograph album, probably from 1871, containing 25 urban views of Lima, Peru, and 64 studio portraits of middle and upper class women of Lima by Eugenio Courret.

Red Bird, Oklahoma glass plate negatives

Red Bird is located in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. The town was settled before 1900 by the Barber and Ruffin families. Collection consists of a group of 12 original glass plate negatives, depicting early views of homes, businesses and townspeople in...

 
Redpath (Kenneth V.) papers

Kenneth V. Redpath was a charter member and secretary of the Los Angeles Driving Club, organized in 1899. The collection consists of photographs, clippings, and records of the Los Angeles Driving Club, programs of Los Angeles horse associations, and personal...

 
Reed (Alan) papers

Alan Reed (1907-1977) performed on Broadway (1930s-40s), and appeared in more than 50 films, including and . He also played character roles on television, most notably, as the voice of cartoon character Fred Flintstone (1960-77). The collection consists of correspondence,...

 
Reeve (Henry, Mrs.) Papers

Christina Georgina Jane Reeve was the second wife of Henry Reeve (1813-95). Henry Reeve's position as editor of the allowed the Reeves to move in leading social, literary, and political circles of London and Paris of their time. The collection...

 
Reher (Sven) Papers

Sven Reher (d. 1991) was prominent on the Los Angeles music scene as a violist and composer since 1934, when he left his studies at UCLA to audition for Otto Klemperer and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He was associated with...

 
Reid (Ruth) and Kent Hyde papers

Ruth Reid and Kent Hyde were both authors and lovers for over forty years. Their correspondence documents the changing political landscape of the twentieth century as well as their intellectual development and personal relationships. For most of their relationship Kent...

 
Reinhardt (Max) Prompt Books for Faust

Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) produced plays and was a stage actor. He founded the Kammerspiele and Grosse Schauspielhaus theatres in Berlin, was first to produce the early works of Richard Strauss and founded the Salzburg Festival. The collection consists of four...

 
Reinsch (F.H.) Papers

Frank Herman Reinsch (1885- ) was a professor of German and served as president of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast (1946-47). His publications include (1923) and (editor, 1946). The collection consists of correspondence files, manuscripts of articles on...

 
Remondino (P.C.) papers

P.C. (Peter Charles) Remondino (1846-1926) was a prominent doctor and author. The collection contains holograph and typed manuscripts of articles by Remondino, and 2 portraits and 1 oversize picture of him.

 
Reps (Paul) papers

Collection consists of books, manuscripts, clippings, correspondence, photographs, articles, and audio and video recordings related to the career of Paul Reps....

 
Republic Pictures Corporation records

Republic Pictures Corporation was created in 1935 by merging four minor studios. The studio produced mostly westerns in assembly-line fashion, and occasionally produced a major motion picture under direction of Raoul Walsh, John Ford, or Orson Welles. The collection consists...

 
Reshovsky (Ernest E.) Photographs

Ernest E. Reshovsky was a Los Angeles photojournalist. The collection consists of negatives and proof sheets of Reshovsky's work between 1949-72.

 
Rex Evans Gallery Records

The Rex Evans Gallery opened as a partnership by Rex Evans and Jim Weatherford in Los Angeles (1960). The gallery primarily featured works in smaller media of drawings and water-colors. The gallery closed in 1972. The collection documents the La...

Rexroth (Kenneth) papers

Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) was an author, critic, poet, teacher, translator and active member of San Francisco's cultural, political, and poetry scenes from the 1930s through the 1960s. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera by and about Rexroth, and...

 
Rich (Alan) Papers

Alan Rich was an American music critic, based in New York and Los Angeles, who began his professional career in the 1950s and continued writing until his death in 2010. The collection includes research files, correspondence and memorial tributes, promotional...

 
Richard Bentley and Son papers

Richard Bentley (1794-1871) worked at his brother Samuel's printing shop. He published a series of 127 volumes known as standard novels and retired in 1867, after which his son George Bentley (1828-95) ran the business. His grandson, Richard Bentley, (1854-1936)...

 
Richards (Richard) Papers

Richard Richards (1916- ) was a lawyer and legislator. He was the chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee (1950 & 1952), delegate at national conventions (1948-64), a Los Angeles County senator and a member of the California...

 
Richardson (James H.) Papers

James Hugh Richardson (1912-1963) worked for the (1912), and the (1913). He covered many of the celebrated crime and court cases of the 1920s, including the Frieda Lesser homicide and the William Desmond Taylor murder mystery. He became the city...

 
Richardson (James) papers on the Ku Klux Klan in Southern California

Research materials, notes, transcripts and audio cassette interviews relating to the Ku Klux Klan group based in Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These materials were created, collected and assembled by James Richardson (b. 1953), who was...

 
Richardson (John V.) papers

John V. Richardson (b.1949) is a professor of Library and Information Science at UCLA (1979- ). In 2013, he was awarded emeritus status in recognition of his long and accomplished career. This collection, spanning 1949 – 2013, focuses on Richardson’s...

 
Richardson (Ralph G.) Papers

Ralph Richardson was a board member of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the Los Angeles Community College District. He joined the faculty at UCLA in 1948 as a speech instructor. His wife, Mary Lou Richardson, served on...

 
Riley (Frank) Papers

Frank Riley (1915-1996) was an author, and the travel editor for the and the (1971-1988). His travel writings also appeared in other newspapers such as the , and . Riley also wrote screenplays, novels and short stories. The bulk of...

 
Riley (Jay) papers

Jay Riley was an African American actor who started his career in 1932. He appeared in Broadway productions and also found roles in motion pictures and television. The collection consists of script material, photographs and a small amount of biographical...

 
Ring (Frances) collection of Lawrence Clark Powell

Letters, clippings and other materials sent by Lawrence Clark Powell, librarian and author, to Frances Ring, editor of magazine.

 
Ring (Sidney) Papers

Collection consists of plays by or adapted by Sidney Ring, with material relating to his Music and plays, Hollywood, California....

 
Rio de Janeiro Photograph album

Album containing 35 amateur small (9 x 13 cm) color snapshot photographs of Rio de Janeiro.

 
Riseley (Jerry B.) Papers

Jerry B. Riseley (1920- ) was a author and a columnist for the . He wrote (1989), (1969), (1969), and (1970). The collection consists of Riseley's manuscripts, typescripts, legal papers, briefs, and clippings. Included are copies of Riseley's columns printed...

 
Robbins (George W.) papers

George W. Robbins was a UCLA alumnus. He returned to teach Economics as an assistant professor (1931), was the head of the University Extension program, chairman of the Department of Business Administration, and Dean of the Graduate School of Management....

 
Robert Bénard engravings for the 1763 Diderot Encyclopédie collection

() is an encyclopedia published in France between 1751-1772 and edited by Denis Diderot. This collection consists of engraving plates by Robert Bénard (1734-1777) for the 1763 edition. The plates were likely pulled from one volume of the .

 
Robert (Elyse) collection on Ruth St. Denis

Elyse Robert (1901-1993) danced for Ruth St. Denis' Church of the Divine Dance between 1934 and 1968. During this time, Robert performed with Ruth St. Denis (1880-1968), a pioneer of modern dance, for many events and in numerous churches in...

 
Roberts (Clete) Papers

Clete Roberts (1912-1984) was a broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker. The collection consists of broadcast scripts, reporter's notes, research materials, contracts, correspondence, articles and publicity material, awards, printed matter and ephemera, financial and legal documents, photographs, and audio reels and...

Roberts (L. G. (Lawrence G.)) papers

In 1965, L. G. Roberts (Lawrence G.) successfully implemented the first computer-to-computer packet link between MIT and Systems Development Corporation (SDC). In 1966, Roberts became the chief scientist and in 1967 the director of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO)...

 
Robertson (Sara Anne Catherine Whinyates) letters and estate documents

The collection consists of 46 letters, written in India by Sara Anne Catherine Whinyates Robertson. The letters are primarily to her grandmother Lady Frankland, her aunt Harriet Frankland, and her brother Sir Edward Charles Whinyates. The letters describe social life...

 
Robertson (W. Graham) Papers

W. Graham (Walford Graham) Robertson (1866-1948) was a dramatic author, and author/illustrator of several books, including: (1908), , , , and . The collection contains scrapbooks of clippings about Robertson's work, and photographs of Robertson and actors and actresses such...

 
Robin (Eva) papers

Eva Robin was born in Russia around 1877 and came to the U.S. with her family when she was six years old. She served as president of the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association and the National Council of Jewish Women in...

 
Robins (Joan) papers

The Joan Robins Papers contain documents related to various lesbian and feminist organizations and conferences. Also included is information related to organizing in defense of the Equal Rights Amendment and reproductive rights, and against the Family Protection Act.

Robinson (Jerome) theatrical photographs collection

Jerome Robinson (1910-1976) was the official photographer for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in New York (1930-31), published a book titled, (1938), joined the staff of magazines, and did theater features for magazine. He moved to Hollywood, California (1943) and...

 
Robinson (W. Heath) The Child's Arabian Nights

The manuscript consists of 84 pen and ink and watercolorimages by the famous British illustrator and humorist W. Heath Robinson for (London: Grant Richards, 1906).

 
Robinson (W.W.) papers

William Wilcox Robinson (1891-1972) wrote many pamphlets, articles, and books on Southern California history, including: (1939), (1948), (1968), and (1969). He also wrote poetry, fiction, children's books, and essays, and served on boards of numerous organizations. The collection contains manuscript...

 
Robson (Mark) Papers

Mark Robson (1913-1978) was a motion picture producer and director. He directed , , , and . He produced and directed , , and . The collection consists of scripts and related materials for the film, .

 
Roccaforte (Francesca) papers

Francesca Roccaforte is a photographer and teacher living in San Francisco, California. This collection contains photographic prints from several of her projects ranging from documenting horse races to Italian historical sites.

 
Rochlin (Davida) papers

Davida Rochlin is a second-generation Los Angeles architect born in October 1951. Rochlin received her Bachelor of Arts and Master's in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973 and 1976, respectively. Rochlin gained notoriety early on in her...

 
Rochlin (Fred) papers

Fred Rochlin worked most of his life as an architect, and pursued artistic endeavors, including writing, upon retirement. Collection consists of materials related to Fred Rochlin's career as a monologist, artist, and writer.

 
Rochlin (Harriet) Collection of Material about Women Architects in the U.S.

Harriet Shapiro (b.1924) was a freelance writer and contributor of articles, feature stories, and reviews to magazines and scholarly journals. She also published the novel, (1981) and the photodocumentary, (1984). She married Fred Rochlin in 1947. The collection consists of...

 
Rochlin (Harriet) Collection of Photographs of Western Jewish Life

Harriet Rochlin began collecting Western Jewish photographs in the late 1960s to illustrate articles she was writing on Jewish pioneering in the American West. The collection grew significantly when she and her late husband, Fred Rochlin, contracted with Houghton Mifflin...

 
Rochlin (Harriet) Collection of Western Jewish History

Harriet Shapiro (1924- ) was a freelance writer and contributor of articles, feature stories, and reviews to magazines and scholarly journals. The collection consists of biographical information relating to Jewish individuals, families, businesses, and groups in the western U.S. Includes...

 
Roditi (Edouard) papers

Edouard Roditi (1910-1992) was a surrealist author and poet. He published the first Surrealist manifesto in English, "The new reality," in the (1929). While continuing his literary interests, he worked for the U.S. government during World War II for the...

 
Roemer (Ruth) papers

Ruth Roemer was an internationally renowned public health lawyer, UCLA School of Public Health professor and advocate for tobacco control, health care reform, and women’s reproductive rights. The collection consists of correspondence, presentation transcripts, lecture notes, research files, publications authored...

 
Rogers (Will) State Historic Park Collection of Scrapbook Material about Will Rogers

William Penn Adair Rogers (1879-1935) was a Western entertainer, newspaper columnist and author. The collection consists of 4 microfilm reels of scrapbook material about Will Rogers, including clippings, photographs, correspondence, and Will Rogers State Historic Park collection inventory.

 
Rohrbaugh (James and Marion) collection of Ethiopian manuscripts, letters, photographs and objects

Collection consists of bound volumes, objects, and a small amount of artwork collected by James and Marion Rohrbaugh during their missionary work in Ethiopia in the mid-1930s. Additionally included are letters dating 1935-1936, with eye witness accounts of the Italian...

 
Rolfe (Franklin P.) Papers

Franklin Prescott Rolfe (1902- ) was a professor and administrator at UCLA. He was a English professor (1932-70), chairman of the department, (1944-48), dean of the division of humanities (1947-61), and dean of the College of Letters and Science (1961-70),...

 
Rolfe (Henry W.) Papers

Henry Winchester Rolfe (b.1858) was a English instructor at Cornell University (1883-85), professor of Latin at Swarthmore College (1885-90), lecturer in Latin literature at the University of Pennsylvania (1891-92), and associate professor of Greek at Stanford University (1900-10). The collection...

 
Romeo (Darby) Collection of Zines

The collection consists of privately printed and distributed arts and literary magazines.

 
Roof Climbing Around Cambridge University - Collection of Material

Robert Yost is a professor emeritus in the Philosophy Department at the University of California Los Angeles. He describes his collection as being due to a bizarre interest and that he has been fascinated unaccountably in the subject for many...

 
Rose (David) collection of Scripts and Storyboards

David Rose (b. 1910) was a layout artist Walt Disney Studios (1936-40), served with Signal Corps, U.S. Army (1943-45), illustrator and designer at various film and television studios (1945-60), and an instructor at Otis Art Institute and various other universities...

Rosecrans (William S.) Papers

William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898) commanded the Army of the Cumberland during the Tullahoma campaign and at the battles of Stone's river and Chickamauga during the U.S. Civil War. After the war, he moved to Los Angeles, California and became an...

 
Rosenberg (Betty) papers

Betty Rosenberg (1916- ) was a lecturer in library and information science (1973-77), and senior lecturer emeritus (1977- ) at UCLA, and an author. Her publications include (1978), (1982) and (1982). The collection contains notes and the manuscript for her...

 
Rosenberg-Lewin Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts

Collection consists of Hebrew manuscripts, including Kabala (mysticism), prayer books, poetry, synagogue records from the Jewish community of Ancona, Italy, printed official documents relating to the Jews of Ancona, and about 50 Italian manuscripts....

 
Rosove (Michael H.) collection of South with Scott editions

Collection consists of 80 editions of Edward R. G. R. Evans' work, titled South with Scott, collected by Dr. Michael H. Rosove for his bibliography titled Antarctica, 1772-1922 (Freestanding Publications through 1999 (Adélie Books, 2001) and Supplement to the Rosove...

 
Ross (Lillian B.) Papers

Lillian Bos Ross (1898-1959) was a author. The collection consists of early drafts, manuscripts, work sheets, and galleys of (1942) and (1944) written by Ross.

 
Ross (Sam) Papers

Sam Ross (1912-1998) was a author of plays, screen adaptations, television episodes, and books. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, cassette tapes, and other printed material of Sam Ross.

 
Rotha (Paul) papers

Paul Rotha (1907-1984) was a film critic, documentary filmmaker, and movie director. The collection consists of materials related to Rotha's documentary and feature films and Rotha's books on the cinema.

 
Rothenstein (Sir William) Drawings

Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) was the official artist of the British and Canadian armies during World War I. Later, he published artwork and biographies. The collection consists of original drawings of the portraits of men and women of letters by...

 
Rothschild (Otto) photographic archive

Rothschild was a Los Angeles commercial photographer and the official performing arts photographer for the Los Angeles Music Center, Hollywood Bowl, and Philharmonic. The collection consists of Rothschild's photographs and negatives, correspondence and periodicals.

 
Rowberry (John W.) Papers

John W. Rowberry (1948-1993) was a writer, editor, and film critic for various gay publications. His fiction was published in various anthologies and also in the book, (1993). The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, and publications related to the...

 
Rowell (Chester H.) Copies of Editorials from the Fresno Republican

Chester H. Rowell (1867-1948) was a prominent member of the Republican party in California. He was the chairman of the California Republican State Convention (1910), a member of the Republican National Campaign Committee (1916), chairman of the Republican State Committee...

 
Roybal (Edward R.) papers

Edward Ross Roybal (1916- ) was a public health educator for the California Tuberculosis Association (1942-44), the director of health education for the Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health Association (1945-49), a member of the Los Angeles City Council (1949-62),...

Royce (Josiah) Memorial collection

Josiah Royce (1855-1916) was a professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University. His published works include: (1881), (1885) and (1892). The collection consists of writings by and about Josiah Royce, copies of his correspondence,...

 
Roycroft Shop collection of publications and ephemera

Collection consists of Roycrofters publications and ephemera. The bulk of the publications are from the series . Also includes material relating to Elbert Hubbard and his family.

 
Ruby (Jay) Collection on Coffee House Positano

Coffee House Positano was a Malibu café and performance space (1957-1963) operated by Mike Dutton and Lorees Yerby off the Pacific Coast Highway. The café was known as a center of Bohemian life in Southern California. Collection was assembled by...

 
Rudnick (Isadore) papers

Collection consists of Isadore Rudnick's papers....

 
Rudolph (Richard C.) Collection of Japanese Maps

Collection consists of early Japanese woodblock maps and a small group of manuscript maps. A register by Takako Karplus consists of a chart/index, followed by a descriptive catalog which annotates each map with excerpts from major authorities. Copies of these...

 
Ruggles (Charles) Papers

Charlie Ruggles (1892-1970) made his first theatrical appearance at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. He later appeared in motion pictures. The collection consists of photographs, keybooks, annotated plays and scripts, clippings, fan letters, telegrams, playbills, framed awards, and ephemera...

 
Russell (Bruce A.) Papers

Bruce Alexander Russell (1903-1963) was a UCLA alumnus. He worked as a cartoonist for the (1925-26), and a staff artist (1927-34) and political cartoonist (1934-63) for the . He won a Pulitzer Prize for cartoons in 1946, was named The...

 
Russell (Peter) Papers

Peter Irwin Russell (1921- ) was a British poet, publisher, teacher, and editor of magazine (1949-57) and (1990- ). He was the poet-in-residence at the University of Victoria, British Columbia (1972-74), a teacher at Purdue University (1976-77), and a teaching...

 
S
Sachtleben (William L.) papers

Collection consists of photographs of a bicycle journey across Asia, the originals of which some were used for his and Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr's 1894 publication on the same subject.

 
Sackett (Samuel J.) papers

Samuel John Sackett (1928- ) was a professor of English at Hastings College (1949-51) and Fort Hays State University (1954-1977). In 1978, he became the dean of Salt City Business College. His published works include (1961), (1967), and (1972). The...

 
Sacks (Harvey) papers

Harvey Sacks (d.1975) taught in the Department of Sociology at UC Irvine, UC Berkeley and UC Los Angeles (ca. 1960s-72). He is best known for his work in ethnomethodology and conversational analysis. The collection consists of notes, drafts, diaries, unpublished...

 
Sadleir (Michael) papers

Collection consists of typescripts of articles, manuscript diaries of a Holiday in Switzerland (1908), letters to Sadler, German and French socialist pamphlets, clippings, and other memorabilia of Sir Michael Sadler, as well as a group of letters, clippings, tear-sheets, and...

 
Sadler (Michael, Sir) Papers

Michael Sadler (1861-1943) was a authority on educational matters, professor of education in England, and a patron of the arts. The collection consists of correspondence, holograph and printed articles, pamphlets, and clippings related to the Sadler's career in education.

 
Sado-Masochism - Collection of Material about

Collection consists of literary materials, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, advertising, paperback books, notebooks, cartoons, original pen and ink drawings, and photographs, including motion picture stills relating to sexual deviation in the field of Sadism and masochism. Also includes materials relating...

 
Saenz Pena (Roque) Scrapbooks

Roque Sáenz Peña (1851-1914) co-founded the journal, , served as Argentina's foreign minister (1890), and was elected president of Argentina in 1910. His major contribution was reform of Argentinian electoral laws (1912). The collection consists of scrapbooks related to Peña's...

 
Sakai (Yoneo) papers

Yoneo Sakai (1900-1978) was a editor for Japanese language newspapers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. He also travelled around the world as a correspondent for from 1931 until the outbreak of World War II when he was...

 
Sakurai (J.J.) papers

J.J. Sakurai (1933-1982) was a physicist credited with independently discovering the V-A theory of the weak interactions. He was a professor in the UCLA Department of Physics (1970- ), a Sloan Fellow (1962-66), a Fellow of the American Physical Society...

Sales (Ephraim) Collection of Tapes and Transcripts of Interviews by Roy Newquist

Roy Newquist (b.1925) was a copy supervisor for various advertising agencies in Minneapolis and Chicago (1951-63), a literary editor for Chicago's American and a critic for the New York Post (1963). He also hosted a radio program called Counterpoint, WQXR,...

 
San Buenaventura Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee Records

Collection consists of minutes, reports, and printed materials related to the San Buenaventura Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee and its activities between 1972-76....

 
San Francisco City Government collection of printed material

Collection consists of published reports of the Board of Supervisors and the Auditor of the City and County of San Francisco from 1869 to 1929.

 
San Martín (José de) collection of printed material

A collection of printed works regarding the life of José de San Martín (c. 1778-1850), the first president of Peru and a leader in South America's struggle for independence from Spain.

 
San Mateo County Recorder's Office Records

Collection consists of deeds, mortgages, liens, land claims, declarations, and abandonments of homestead recorded at the office of the County Recorder, San Mateo County between 1857 and 1872....

 
San Rafael (Calif.) Docket Books

Collection consists of docket books from the Justice court in San Rafael, California. Includes five volumes, covering the years 1865-68 and 1871-78....

 
Sanborn (James M.) papers

A collection of letters written to James M. Sanborn and his wife Lilia Sanborn. Includes letters from their sons, extended family, and friends and associates, as well as a ledger and some visiting cards.

 
Sanborn (John M.) Papers

Collection consists of 175 items of correspondence, papers, photographs, and ephemera relating to John M. Sanborn, school teacher and principal at various schools in Michigan, and his family. Includes an eight-page letter to Sanborn from his brother Lucius, describing military...

 
Sand Dollar Collection of Publications, Posters, Catalogs, and Ephemera

Collection consists of a virtually complete collection of about 40 books, along with broadsides, posters, catalogs, bookmarks, and ephemera produced by the Sand Dollar publishers in Berkeley, California. Includes limited and trade books, as well as a run of Sand...

 
Sanders (Marilyn) Photographs

The collection consists of 88 black and white, plus some Ektachrome color, photographs taken by Los Angeles based photographer Marilyn Sanders during the period 1976-1991. These are portraits of famous writers, artists, UCLA dignitaries, booksellers, plus photos of the Los...

 
Sanjian (Avedis K.) papers

Avedis Krikor Sanjian, Professor emeritus of UCLA's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, was a world-renowned scholar of Armenian studies who wrote ten books and authored more than 40 articles in English and Armenian. The collection consists of personal...

 
Sankary (Wanda) Papers

Wanda Sankary (b.1919) practiced law in Los Angeles and San Diego. In 1954, she was elected as a Democrat to the California State Assembly, representing the 79th district (San Diego), and was defeated in her 1956 re-election bid. The collection...

 
Santa Maria Buenavista and San Geronimo in Central Mexico (Haciendas) records

Copies of original sixteenth century documents reproduced at a later date for Don Aniceto Jose e Benavides.

 
Sant'Angelo (Giorgio di) papers

Giorgio di Sant'Angelo (1933-1989) was an Italian-American fashion designer based in New York. His fashion design career began in the mid-1960s with textiles and accessories and as a stylist on magazine photo shoots. He started his own fashion line in...

 
Santisi (Donna) collection of ephemera

Donna Santisi was a photographer and documentarian of the Los Angeles punk scene from 1976-1980. This collection is primarily comprised of punk rock ephemera created to document the Los Angeles punk scene between 1973-2017.

 
Sarnat (Bernard G.) papers

Bernard G. Sarnat was a UCLA professor in both the School of Dentistry and the School of Medicine, the chief of surgery at Cedars-Sinai, and a widely-published scientific researcher. Items in the collection include correspondence, copies of publications, surgery photos,...

 
Saroyan (Aram) papers

Aram Saroyan (1943- ) was a author, publisher, and editor of poetry magazine (1964-65). He also contributed poetry and prose to the , , and . The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts sent to Aram Saroyan while he was...

 
Sasaki (Fuju) Papers

The Fuju Sasaki Papers contain materials related to the Japanese and Japanese American migration to Seabrook Farms in New Jersey at the end of World War Two and their post-war daily life at Seabrook Farms. These materials were collected by...

 
Saucedo (David) Collection of Punk Ephemera

David Saucedo, a former musician turned actor, started his first band after seeing The Plugz play in Los Angeles in the late 70s. David was at the "Punk Massacre" show at the Elks Lodge in Macarthur Park on March 17,...

 
Saunders (Judith) papers

Judith Saunders was a registered nurse and advocate for gay and lesbian rights. This collection contains materials that document Judith Saunder's research and work as a registered nurse, as well as her involvement in LGBT organizations. Included are newsletters, organizational...

 
Savage (George W.) Papers

George Walden Savage (1903-1961) was a journalist and newspaper publisher for various newspapers around the Owens valley in California. He also served as secretary of the highway commission (1948-49), was a member of the Governor's Public Information Committee (1959-60) and...

 
Sawyer (Charles H.) Papers

Charles Henry Sawyer (1915- ) was a professor of anatomy at Duke University and at the UCLA School of Medicine (1951-85) where he served as chairman of the department (1955-63). His research interests included neuroendocrinology of reproduction, nervous control of...

 
Saxton (Alexander) Papers

Alexander Plaisted Saxton (b.1919) taught at UC Berkeley and Wayne State University before joining the Department of History at UCLA in 1968. His writings include (1943), (1948), (1958), (1970), and (1971). The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, notes, and clippings...

 
Sayers (Frances C.) papers

Frances Clarke Sayers (1897-1989) was a lecturer on children's literature at UCLA (1954-65). She won the Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship (1965), and the Clarence Day Award (1966) for . The collection consists...

 
Sayers (Frances Clarke) Eugene Hutchinson photographs collection

Collection consists of photographs of authors and poets taken by the Chicago photographer Eugene Hutchinson, as collected by Frances Clarke Sayers. These are of Ekaterina Konstantinova (Verigo) Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Rupert Brooke, Padraic Colum, Ford Madox Ford, John Galsworthy, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson,...

Schaefer (George) papers

George Schaefer (1920-1991) was a producer and director for television, film, and theatre productions. The collection consists of correspondence, production files, and scrapbooks related to Schaefer's career, particularly his work with television's Hallmark Hall of Fame.

 
Schaertlin (Alberto M.) The yellow count

Typescript of an unpublished account of a international swindle, , with extensive appendices of material relating to the fictional events.

 
Schenk (Congresswoman Lynn) papers

Lynn Schenk is a lawyer and politician who served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives as a congresswoman from San Diego. She also served as Chief of Staff to Gray Davis during his entire tenure as Governor of...

Schiller (Ferdinand Canning Scott) papers

F.C.S. Schiller (1864-1937) was a pragmatist philosopher. He was the president of the Aristotelian Society (1921), and was elected fellow of the British Academy (1926). The collection consists of manuscripts of published books and articles, correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera...

 
Schneider (Walter Otto) papers

Walter Otto Schneider served as comptroller of the Los Angeles Country Club from 1915, the year he came to the US from Germany, until his death in 1962. This collection consists of files of receipts and correspondence with bookdealers, as...

 
Schnitzler (Arthur) papers

Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) was a physician and author. He wrote poems, plays, short fiction, and novels. The collection consists of microfilm copies of the Arthur Schnitzler Archives from Cambridge. The microfilm includes manuscripts, correspondence, scripts, sketches, a dissertation on Schnitzler,...

 
Schoichet (Nathan L.) papers

Nathan L. Schoichet was a lawyer who specialized in civil liberty and constitutional cases. He worked closely with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for many years. The collection consists of research files, briefs, books, clippings, and other printed material...

 
Schou (Esther Van Vleet) Ephemera Collection

Collection consists of theater programs, clippings, playbills, ticket stubs, and other printed materials related to events attended by Esther Van Vleet Schou. Includes football programs and ticket stubs from various Rose Bowl and UCLA/USC football games, ca. 1936-1954. Theater programs...

 
Schram (Violet) papers

Violet Schram was an actress of the stage, radio, and film. The collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and a poster relating to Schram's theatrical, radio, and movie career.

 
Schreck (Frank E.) Collection of Material about Homosexuality

Collection consists of clippings, books, pamphlets, audiocassettes, and newsletters about gays, lesbians, transsexuals, and homosexuality collected by Frank Schreck....

 
Schroeder (Charles A.) Collection of Glass Slides

A collection of glass slides depicting landscapes, exterior and interior views of country residences, gardening, farming and flower and shrub specimens.

 
Schroeder (Linda) papers

This collection consists of inter-departmental communication, monthly activity reports, monthly newsletters, pamphlets on youth correctional facilities, literature on juvenile psychology and psychological disorders, and correspondence related to Linda Schroeder's position within the California Youth Authority. Also includes correspondence, bulletins, flyers,...

 
Schwartz (Delmore) papers

Delmore David Schwartz (1913-1966) was an English professor, editor (1943-47) and associate editor (1947-55) of the , and the poetry editor of the (1955-57). He also wrote poetry, plays, essays, translations, and stories, including (1938), (1948), and (1959), which won...

 
Schwinger (Julian S.) Papers

Julian Seymour Schwinger (1918-1994) worked with J. Robert Oppenheimer in developing the atomic bomb, and taught at Harvard University (1945-72) and UCLA (1972-88). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1965 for his contributions in the field of...

 
Scotland photograph album of views

Souvenir or travel album of views of Scotland by James Valentine, probably from the 1880s.

 
Scotland, the West Country, and Surrey photograph album

Album containing scenic views of Scotland, and Surrey and the West Country in England, probably compiled ca. 1889-1903.

 
Scott (Clement) Papers

Clement William Scott (1841-1904) was a author and drama critic. He contributed pieces to the , , , , , and others. He was also the editor of the , and adapted French plays for the London stage. The collection...

 
Scott (Donald O.) Papers

Scott was a patent lawyer. The collection consists of personal and business correspondence.

 
Scott (Flora M.) Papers

Flora Murray Scott (1891-1984) was a professor of botany at UCLA. Her research focused on physiological plant anatomy. She served as Chairman of the Department of Botany, and was the first president of the UCLA Association of Academic Women. The...

 
Scott (Joseph) Collection of Materials

Joseph Scott (1867-1958) practiced law in Los Angeles, California, was the president of the school board (1906-11), director (1907-18) and president of the board of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (1910), a member of the Charter Revision Committee (1902),...

 
Scott (Robert H.) papers

Robert H. Scott served in several legal and judicial posts in Los Angeles County including Deputy Public Defender, Municipal Court Judge, Justice of the Peace, and Superior Court Judge. The collection consists of copies of published articles authored by Scott...

 
Scrapbooks collection

Collection consists of scrapbooks, containing clippings, broadsides, manuscripts, portraits, photographs, and ephemera covering a variety of subjects, including the death of Edward VIII, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Southern California politics, Starege McCanless Swineford, Thomas Hardy, World War I, the Boer War, and...

 
Seaborg (Glenn T.) Papers

Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999) was a Nobel prize winner in chemistry credited with the discovery of plutonium and nine other new elements. He published books and over 250 articles and papers throughout his career. The collection consists of Seaborg's diaries...

 
Security-First National Bank of L.A. records

Security Trust & Savings Bank was founded in 1888 by J.F. Sartori and associates. The bank grew through the development of business and mergers and became Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles. The collection consists of property appraisal files on...

 
Sedgwick (Stephen J.) Papers

Stephen James Sedgwick (1820- ) was a member of the Photographic Corps of the Union Pacific Railroad. He took photographs for a history of the railroad's the route west of the Missouri River. His experience led to a series of...

 
Sedillo (Victor) photographs

Victor Sedillo documented the early LA punk scene of the late 1970s, with an emphasis on San Pedro, Wilmington, and Long Beach. Sedillo's photographs have been exhibited at LA Harbor College, Cameravision Gallery, and Angels Gate Cultural Center. Additionally, his...

 
See (Carolyn) papers

Carolyn See (1934-2016) was a professor in the UCLA Department of English. Her published books include: (1977), and (1981). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and manuscript drafts, clippings, books, and printed materials related to Carolyn See's literary career.

 
See (Lisa) papers

Lisa See is a best-selling Chinese American writer and a native Angeleno. Her works include historical fiction novels, a memoir of her biracial family's immigration and their role in founding Los Angeles's Chinatown, and mystery thrillers. In addition to manuscripts,...

Seeds (Corinne) Documentation project

Corinne Seeds (1889-1969)was the principal of the Training School of the University of California, Southern Branch (1925). In 1929, the school was renamed the University Elementary School (UES), and in the late 1940s, the school moved to the UCLA campus...

 
Seeds (Corinne) papers

Manuscript reports, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related printed matter concerning the University Elementary School, University of California, Los Angeles.

 
Segal (Lewis) collection of Dance and Theater Materials

Lewis Segal is a performing arts critic who has written on various topics related to the performing arts, from ballet to contemporary dance and musicals. He began working as a freelance writer in the 1960s for a number of publications,...

 
Segaloff (Nat) papers

The collection consists of materials pertaining to Nat Segaloff's career as a freelance writer, producer, teacher and journalist. A highlight of this collection is the large amount of material pertaining to the Hollywood blacklist.

 
Seidenbaum (Art) papers

The collection contains materials related to Art Seidenbaum, columnist, editor, and writer for nearly 30 years....

 
Seler (Eduard) Papers

Eduard Seler (1849-1922) taught science and mathematics until he was forced to resign because of poor health (1879). He moved to Trieste and began studying linguistics, and his interest in Pre-Columbian ethnography and archeology emerged. He served as the director...

 
Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel records

Collection consists of records from the organized Sephardic Jewish community of Los Angeles and other materials related to Sephardic life in 20th century Los Angeles.

 
Serling (Rod) papers

Rodman Edward Serling (1924-1975) wrote teleplays, screenplays, and many of the scripts for (1959-65). He also won 6 Emmy awards. The collection consists of scripts for films and television, including scripts for Serling's television program, . Also includes correspondence and...

 
Serrurier (Zenna L.) papers

Zenna L. Serrurier (b.1906) was a counselor at Edison Junior High School (later renamed Ramona High School), and later, served as principal of Ramona High School (1948-62). The collection consists of manuscripts, clippings, photographs, correspondence, high school yearbooks, and memorabilia...

 
Service Employees International Union, United Service Workers West records

The collection documents the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Los Angeles Justice for Janitors campaign (circa 1986- 2000), in which a low-wage workforce of largely Latino immigrants re-organized the Los Angeles commercial cleaning industry and organized janitors in surrounding counties...

 
Servoss (Mary) Papers

Mary Servoss (1881-1968) was a actress. She appeared on stage in Chicago, New York and London. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, books, scrapbooks, and printed materials related to Servoss' life and career.

 
Sevenpenny novels collection

Monograph/serial collection....

 
Severance Club records

The Severance Club of Los Angeles was a cultural conversation group founded in 1906. The club met regularly on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. The meetings generally began with a presentation from a speaker followed by discussion....

 
Sevir (Anton) Papers

Collection consists of the indictment, photographs of the indictment, and descriptive accounts relating to the case involving Nikolai Ivanovich Chapchai, Mikhail/Iakovlevich and Andrei Vasil'evich Danilenko for counter-revolutionary activities in Kiev in 1938. Includes 1948 typescript reminiscences of events in Russian,...

 
Shank (Russell) papers

2015 addition to the collection consists of a term paper/thesis by Russell Shank titled "Electrical communication Facilities for Library Service," dated May 22, 1957, written for Miss Winifred Linderman, Columbia University School of Library Service, L.S. 31...

Shankland Family papers

James Horton Shankland (1846-1923) was an attorney for the San Francisco Board of Trade for thirteen years before relocating to Los Angeles in 1888 where he founded, and was an officer of, the Los Angeles Bar Association. Joseph Smith Fowler...

 
Shapiro Family collection of ephemera

The Shapiro Family collection of ephemera is part of a book collection of mostly children's books from the early part of the twentieth century. The ephemera collection consists of postcards, newspapers, sheet music, some of which contains the name Shapiro,...

 
Shapiro (Victor M.) Papers

Victor Mansfield Shapiro was a independent publicity man for the Hollywood film industry. The collection consists of public relations and promotional materials relating to the motion picture industry, including questionnaires, codes, biographies, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and tapes of interviews with...

 
Shaughnessy (Alfred) papers

This collection contains material related to the script writer and editor Alfred Shaughnessy and his work for the British television series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-1975).

 
Shaver (Ruth M.) Collection of Material about the Kabuki Theater

Ruth M. Shaver lived in Japan and studied Kabuki for many years. She also published a book on Kabuki titled, (1966). The collection consists of photographs, clippings, watercolors, sketches, theater programs, sheet music, notebooks, and books related to Kabuki theater...

 
Shaw (Joseph E.) Papers

Joseph E. Shaw (1889-1965) was born in Lamar, Colorado. Shaw was the brother and secretary of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw (elected 1933, relected 1937). In 1938, a civic reform movement successfully sponsored the recall of Mayor Shaw. He...

 
Shaw (Joseph T.) Papers

Captain Joseph T. Shaw (1874-1952) edited the detective fiction magazine, (founded by H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan in 1920), from 1926-36. He later worked as literary agent for the Sydney A. Sanders Agency and his own Joseph T. Shaw...

 
Shawn (Ted) and Dougherty (John) correspondence

John Dougherty was one of the earliest students of Ted Shawn in the 1920s. He left the dance world in the 1930s and returned to it in 1955 as the Southern California Reporter for , a post he kept for...

 
Shaykhiyah collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts

Collection consists of theological and philosophical manuscripts in Arabic and Persian, as well as some poetry and works on astronomy.

 
Shearman (Warren C.) collection of English and American documents

This collection contains a variety of legal documents, including powers of attorney, indentures, writs, affidavits, correspondence, bonds, last wills and testaments, wills intestate, marriage settlements, land sales, etc., dating from ca. 1350-1875, with the bulk of materials originating from the...

 
Shellhorn (Ruth P.) papers

Ruth Patricia Shellhorn (1909-2006) was a landscape architect who practiced in Southern California. She is best known for her contributions to the creation of a new commercial shopping center landscape style through her work at the Bullock's Department Stores and...

 
Shelton (Charles E.) Collection of Photographs of the Southwest

Charles E. Shelton (1914-2002) was a newspaper and book publisher in Southern California. He published and edited the and the , published , and founded the weekly . Shelton also established Best West Publications and ran the Southwest Desert Art...

 
Shepherd (Theodosia B.) Papers

Theodosia Burr Shepherd was born in Keosauqua, Iowa. She was the daughter of Augustus Hall, a lawyer who later became Chief Justice of Nebraska. She married W.E. Shepherd on September 9, 1866, and they moved to California for her health...

 
Sherer (Lorraine M.) Papers

Lorraine Miller Sherer (1898-1985) was the superintendent of elementary education for Los Angeles County and a specialist in early childhood development at the UCLA School of Education. After her retirement, Sherer began compiling the first history of the Mohave people...

 
Sherwood Family Papers

Mary Martha Sherwood (1775-1891) was a English author of children's books. Her first story, “The traditions,” was published in 1794, and her major work was , the first part of which appeared in 1818. The collection consists of diaries, correspondence,...

 
Shevky (Eshref) papers

Eshref Shevky served in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of California Los Angeles. He contributed to dozens of research studies related to California land use policy and social area analysis, including the Central Valley Project prepared...

 
Shields (Currin V.) Papers

Currin V. Shields (b.1918) was an instructor at Yale University (1947-50), assistant professor at UCLA (1950-60), and professor, head of the department of government and director of the Institute of Government Research at the University of Arizona (1960- ). He...

 
Shima (Shinkichirō) papers

Shinkichirō Shima was born in 1877 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and arrived at San Francisco in 1894. He was a devoted Christian and poet, and worked as a cactus nurseryman in Southern California. During World War II, he was incarcerated...

 
Shipman (Harry W.) Papers

Collection consists of diaries, miscellaneous papers and blank forms relating to Shipman's career as a mining and petroleum engineer in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado....

 
Shippey (Lee) papers

Lee Shippey (1884-1969) was a columnist for many Southern California newspapers and a author. His books include (1938), (1948), and (1950). The collection contains manuscript drafts of two of Shippey's books and an autographed first edition of a third. There...

 
Shirreffs (Gordon D.) Papers

Gordon Donald Shirreffs (1914- ) was an author of westerns. He contributed 150 short stories and novelettes to periodicals, and published novels. The collection consists of manuscripts and galley proofs, and paperback and hardbound books by Shirreffs. Manuscripts include: ,...

 
Shneidman (Edwin S.) papers

Edwin S. Shneidman (1918-2009), Psychologist and Professor of Thanatology, was a leader in suicide research, or suicidology as he called it. His interest in the nature of suicide and the suicidal mental state began in the late 1940s, and he...

 
Shorthand (History of) Collection of Material

A collection serving to document the history of the teaching of shorthand. Collection consists of printed pamphlets, textbooks, notebooks, manuscripts, letters, clippings, documents, notes, and other materials relating to shorthand written by Pitman, Munson, Gregg, Baker, Murray, Beale, and others...

 
Shrader (E. Roscoe) Papers

E. Roscoe Shrader (1879-1960) was a illustrator for , , and , and a landscape painter. He was an original faculty member at Otis Art Institute (1918- ), and served as dean from 1928-48. The collection consists of Shrader's correspondence,...

 
Siegfried (Thorvald) papers

Collection consists of files, correspondence, and papers of Thorvald Siegfried....

 
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter records

The Sierra Club branch in Los Angeles, California was founded by Phil Bernays and some fellow Sierrans in 1911. The Chapter originally provided leadership for hiking trips into the local mountains and High Sierra, and helped spread the word of...

 
Sierra Club Ephemera Collection

The Sierra Club is a nonprofit organization in the U.S. and Canada that works to promote and protect natural resources. Local chapters organize conferences, lectures, films, exhibits, and various expeditions. The club also publishes reports, magazines, books, and special publications...

 
Sierra Club Oral History Project transcripts

Collection consists of transcribed oral history interviews documenting the leadership, programs, strategies, and ideals of the national Sierra Club as well as the club grassroots at the regional and chapter levels. The interviews feature various aspects of the club including...

 
Silliphant (Stirling) papers

Collection consists of film and television scripts by Silliphant. Also includes correspondence, clippings, and production notes.

 
Simpson (Roy E.) papers

Collection consists of scrapbooks containing clippings from various California newspapers concerning public education in the state, and documenting the administration of Roy E. Simpson as state superintendent of instruction....

 
Simpson (Russell) Papers

Russell Simpson (1880-1959) acted with touring companies and appeared on Broadway before appearing in moving pictures (1907). Over his career, Simpson appeared in television films and in more than 500 motion pictures. The collection consists of 158 motion picture stills,...

 
Singh (Gwen) papers

Gwen Singh was an American teacher who taught children of American service men during the post-World War II Occupation of Japan in Nagoya. She was married to Reginald Lah Singh. The collection consists of Singh’s biographical novel about her husband...

 
Sisson (Richard) Collection of Research Material on South Asia

Collection consists of research material collected by Richard Sisson concerning the politics and society of South Asia in the twentieth century, gathered during research trips, ca. 1960-1990.

 
Skelton (R.A.) Papers

R.A. (Raleigh Ashlin) Skelton (1906-1970) was a author and contributor to , , and . He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a member of the Royal Commonwealth Society....

 
Skene (Ralph) papers

Ralph Skene was a District Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate in Kenya's Lamu, Malindi, and Kipini Districts 1897- ). The East Africa Protectorate was later known (after 1920) as the Kenya Colony and Protectorate until Kenya became independent in...

Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee records

The Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee (formerly the Citizen's Committee for the Defense of Mexican American Youth) formed in 1942 in reaction to the indictment of 22 young men for murder. 12 defendants were convicted of first degree murder. The Sleepy...

 
Slichter (Louis B.) Papers

The Louis B. Slichter papers contain the professional and personal papers of UCLA Professor Louis B. Slichter (1896-1978). Slichter was the first director of the Institute for Geophysics at the University of California, Los Angeles (1947-1965). Slichter’s research areas included...

 
Sloat (Florence M.) Collection of Material about the House Committee on Un-American Activities

Florence M. Sloat was chairman of the Teacher Defense Committee during the period of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in California and was one of the subpoenaed teachers. The collection consists of printed materials and correspondence relating to the...

 
Small (Alice Jean) Sketchbooks

The collection consists of her original art work in "Sketch Book of Mexico," "My Around the World Sketchbook," and My Sketchbook in the Orient." Also included is what Ms. Small refers to as a résumé, which contains photocopies of articles...

 
Smirnoff (Nick) Papers

Nick Smirnoff was a production manager, assistant director, producer and photographer who has worked primarily between the 1970's-2000's in Los Angeles. His work includes numerous projects in the television industry, in addition to motion pictures and commercials. His most notable...

 
Smith (Albert E.) Papers

Albert E. Smith (1875-1958) co-founded the Vitagraph Company of America as the Reader, Smith, and Blackton Combination in 1894. He invented the Vitagraph, one of the first successful motion picture projectors, in 1896. The collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, albums,...

 
Smith (Ann C.) collection of letters from Juanita Harrison to Alice M. Foster

Ann Cunningham Smith's grandmother, Alice M. Foster, was a Pasadena resident who corresponded with writer Juanita Harrison known for her autobiography (1936). The collection includes letters from Harrison to Foster, clippings, a lap desk and materials related to a 1936...

 
Smith (Bradford) Papers

Bradford Smith (May 13, 1909- ) was a professor of English at St. Paul's University, 1931-36, lecturer at Imperial University (1934-36) in Tokyo, Japan, instructor at Columbia University, 1936-40. Later he was chief of Central Pacific Operations, United States Office...

 
Smith (Duncan S.) Papers

Collection consists of 6 photograph albums, photographs, glass negatives, correspondence, financial records, printed maps, notes, and miscellaneous papers related to the life of Duncan Smith, a mining engineer in the Belgian Congo. Also includes a diary from 1915....

 
Smith (Jack C.) Papers

Jack Clifford Smith (b.1916) was a reporter for the (1946-49), the (1950-53), and a reporter and rewrite man for the (1953-58). He was also the author of the “Jack Smith” column beginning in 1958 for . Several collections of his...

 
Smookler (Helene V.) Collection of Material About the Desegregation of the Los Angeles Unified School District

The collection consists of Helene V. Smookler's papers relating to the court case of Mary Ellen Crawford, etc. et al. (Petitioner) Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles (Respondent), and nation-wide school integration.

 
Snow crystal photomicrographs album

Album, probably prepared around 1931, containing 200 photomicrographs of snow crystals by W.A. Bentley, which were used to illustrate his book, / by W.A. Bentley and W.J. Humphreys. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1931.

 
Snyder (Allegra F.) papers

Research, personal and professional files of Allegra Fuller Snyder, professor emeritus and past chair of UCLA Dance Department and World Arts and Cultures. Her research areas included performance dance, dance ethnology, dance therapy, and film as a method of preserving...

 
Snyder (Elizabeth) Collection of Material about Women's Rights

Elizabeth Snyder (1914- ) was the first woman chairman of the California State Democratic Committee (1954-56). The collection consists of books, pamphlets, reports, clippings, and other printed material related to women's rights.

 
Socialist and Labor Movement Pamphlets and Books Collection

The collection consists of 2816 pamphlets and books on twentieth century socialist and labor movements around the world, with particular emphasis on communist, socialist, and collectivist political parties and organizations in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom, and...

Society for Psychophysiological Research records

The Society for Psychophysiological Research was created to foster research related to physiology and psychology. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, programs, publications, slides, and miscellaneous printed materials related to the Society for Psychophysiological Research.

 
Solomon (George F.) papers

Cartons 2-5 include correspondence, master reprint file, speeches and presentations, audio and video tapes, and ephemera related to the activities and career of George F. Solomon....

 
Sonnenschein (Ralph R.) bookplate collection

This collection consists of thousands of bookplates donated by the mother of Robert R. Sonnenschein, professor of Physiology at UCLA. In addition, it includes books and monographs related to bookplates.

Sontag (Susan) papers

Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was an American writer, director, and political activist. She authored numerous essays, short stories, novels, and non-fiction books, as well as films and plays that she also directed in the United States and abroad. The recipient of...

 
Sorrell (Herbert K.) Scrapbooks About Los Angeles and the Hollywood Strike

The Hollywood studio strike began on March 12, 1945 when the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), led by Herbert Sorrell, went on strike to protest the studios' delay in granting a contract renewal for interior decorators despite opposition from the...

 
South Coast Air Quality Management District records

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) formed as a result of the passage of the Lewis Air Quality Management Act (1976). In 1977, smaller county air pollution control programs merged together to form the AQMD; the AQMD's primary...

 
South (Garry) campaign papers

Collection of management files for the political campaigns of California Governor Gray Davis, compiled by Garry South, campaign manager.

 
South Pasadena Americanism Center records

The South Pasadena Americanism Center was founded by Jane Crosby in 1961 as community center where politically conservative Republicans could find support among others with similar beliefs. These records span from 1948 to 1990 and contain correspondence, journal entries, political...

 
Southern Calif. Streets Photograph Collection

Collection consists of ten photographs of major Southern California streets, possibly taken for a real estate developer, and as yet unpaved. Many include captions giving area land values. Streets include Beverly Boulevard (now Sunset Boulevard) in West Los Angeles and...

 
Southern California photograph album

Disbound leaves of an album containing mounted black-and-white photographs of Southern California views, probably taken between 1880 and 1899.

Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) collection

The Southern California Women for Understanding Collection contains the operational records of Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU), one of the earliest lesbian non-profit educational organizations in Los Angeles, California.

 
Southern Pacific Railway collection of material

Collection consists of time tables and other ephemera relating to the operations of the Southern Pacific Company.

 
Souvenir of Lude

Souvenir album of photographs of Lude House, Blair Atholl, the surrounding area in Perthshire, Scotland, and a deerstalking party attended by W.L. Winans, and his son Walter Winans.

 
Souvenirs d'Egypte 1862 photograph album

Album of photographs of Egypt by W. Hammerschmidt, bearing binder's date of 1862.

 
Spanish Civil War collection

Collection includes pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, a book, mailers, a typed manuscript, and broadsides relating to the Spanish Civil War, primarily covering Pro-Communist and Democratic materials.

 
Spaulding (George) papers

George Spaulding (1881-1959) was a screen, stage, radio, and television actor, as well as a stage producer and playwright. The collection consists of theater programs, mementos, and a scrapbook relating to the Spaulding's acting career.

 
Special Collections serial backlog

This is a collection of uncatalogued periodicals held by UCLA Library Special Collections.

 
Spelman (Dick) papers

Dick Spelmann (b. 1931) was a book dealer who sold science fiction and fantasy books and helped to organize trade sells at numerous science fiction conventions in the late twentieth century. This collection consists of his published checklists for trade...

 
Spencer (J.E.) Papers

Joseph E. Spencer (1907-1984) was a professor of geography at UCLA. His fields of expertise were East and Southeast Asia and cultural geography. The collection consists of manuscripts, course notes, syllabi, correspondence, publications, research files, and printed materials related to...

 
Speroni (Charles) Papers

Charles Speroni (1911-1984) was the first chairman of the Department of Italian at UCLA (1949-56), Dean of the College of Fine Arts, UCLA (1968-79), and served as editor of . After his retirement in 1979, he founded the Los Angeles...

 
Spingarn (Arthur B.) collection of Negro Literature Ephemera

The collection consists of pamphlets, brochures, advertising material, and newspaper and periodical clippings related to African Americans.

Spingarn (Arthur B.) Papers

Arthur B. Spingarn (1878-1971) was a lawyer, chairman of the NAACP national legal committee, and vice-president (1911-40) and president of the NAACP (1940-66). He collected books about African Americans, and founded the Spingarn Collection of Negro Literature at Howard University....

 
Spiro (Leon) papers

Collection consists of drafts and typescripts of essays and poems of Spiro and other contemporary writers, as well as translations, published works and reprints, periodicals, newspapers, correspondence, posters, and broadsheets. There are some materials in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and...

 
Spoto (Donald) papers

Donald Spoto (1941- ) wrote biographical studies of film and theater personalities. The collection contains files relating to Spoto's biographies and includes books, magazines, interviews, bibliographies, holograph notes, cassette recordings, film scripts, letters, and galley proofs covering the lives of...

 
Squire (John C., Sir) Papers

Sir John Collings Squire (1884-1958) was the literary editor for the (1913), a poet, editor of various books of poetry, the founder of the literary magazine (1919), and a reviewer for the (1937). The collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence,...

 
St. Denis (Ruth) papers

Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) was a modern dance pioneer who combined spirituality and dance. Throughout her career, St. Denis's dances were greatly influenced by eastern culture and religion. In the later years of her career, Christian themes were also explored...

 
St. Mark's Poetry Project Records

Collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, and ephemera relating to the St. Mark's Poetry Project of New York, a government-financed program of creative arts open to "alienated" youth from ages 17 to 25.

 
Stalvey (Dorrance) papers

Dorrance Stalvey was a composer, educator, and director of the Monday Evening Concerts series in Los Angeles from 1971 until his death in 2005. The collection includes extensive correspondence between Stalvey and other composers/presenters, musical materials including scores, audio recordings...

 
Stamps (Pearl P.) Abel Stearns : California pioneer 1798-1871

This manuscript is a biography of Abel Stearns, including typewritten copies of significant correspondence. Written as a master's thesis by Pearl Pauline Stamps, the work begins with Stearns' early life, and describes his political career.

 
Stanley (Jackson) Holman Day Materials collection

Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) wrote for Maine newspapers and magazines, published two books of poetry and several novels. The collection consists of correspondence, including 101 letters (1915-21) from Day to his wife Florence Levin Day and 71 letters (1914-35) from...

 
Stanley (Jackson) Papers

Collection consists of materials related to the career of writer Jackson Stanley. Boxes 1-98 include correspondence, manuscript material related to novels, story ideas for television, scripts for television, radio, and motion pictures, material connected to civic activities, and ephemera. Also...

 
Stanley (Leo L.) narrative about the Los Angeles Steamship Company cruise to Central and South America

The Los Angeles Steamship Company (LASSCO) was a Los Angeles-based passenger and freight shipping company that operated a Central and South American cruise in 1928. This collection consists of 3 bound volumes of a typescript manuscript and black and white...

 
Stansill (Peter) BAMN Collection

Peter Stansill and David Mairowitz published their book, , in 1971. Both were underground activists during the late 1960s. The collection consists of correspondence, posters, underground newspapers and periodicals, and ephemera related to Stansill and Mairowitz's research for .

 
Starr (Ben) Scripts

Ben Starr (b.1921) was president of the Radio Writers Guild, West and Television Writers of America. The collection consists of scripts by Ben Starr and various collaborators for television, radio, film, and a play. Includes scripts for , , ,...

 
Starr (Frederick) collection of material relating to Mexico

Frederick Starr (1858-1933) received his Ph.D. in biology (1883-87)He was the Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History (1889-91), professor and Dean of the Science Department at Pomona College (1891), and associate professor at the University of...

 
Steadman (Ralph) Collection of Materials

Ralph Steadman (1936- ) was a sketch artist and cartoonist whose work appeared in newspapers and magazines including , and . He also illustrated books including Daisy Ashford's (1965), Richard Ingrams' (1966), and Lewis Carroll's (1967). The collection consists of...

 
Stearns (Abel) [Letters]

This manuscript contains copies of correspondence from cattleman Abel Stearns, dated 1861 to 1865. Stearns, an American who married into a Californio family, had a unique perspective on the relationship between Mexico and the United States. The letters relate to...

 
Steele (Joan) Collection of Material about Mayne Reid

Joan Steele wrote her dissertation on Mayne Reid for the UCLA Department of English and later published a book titled, (1978). Mayne Reid (1818-1883) sailed from Ireland to the U.S. in 1839 and began to publish poetry and stories after...

 
Stein (Gertrude) Plaque Ceremonies at Bilignin, France Collection of Material

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) moved to Paris and established a salon with her brother Leo. She became a writer, worked with the American Fund for French wounded, and was a famous hostess. The collection consists of materials related to the placing...

 
Steiner (H. Arthur) Papers

H. Arthur Steiner (1905-1991) was a Marine corps officer during World War II and a professor of international relations and political science at UCLA. His areas of expertise were in India and China. The collection is composed of documents relating...

 
Steinitz (Kate Traumann) Papers

Kate Traumann Steinitz (1889-1975) was an artist, art historian, librarian, and Da Vinci and Renaissance scholar. As an artist and art historian, Steinitz maintained acquaintances and friendships with renowned German Expressionist and Dada artists such as Kurt Schwitters as well...

 
Stephens (W.H.) My journey from Sydney

Journal of W.H. Stephens' journey from Australia to Samoa, Tahiti, Honolulu, California, Mexico, and Panama. Includes detailed description of theaters in Australia and Northern california. Also includes some discussion of local customs and dress in Samoa, Tahiti, and Hawaii.

 
Stereoscopic Views Collection

Stereograph images were most commonly made by using the stereo camera, a machine that took two simultaneous images of the same subject through two lenses placed side by side. By the mid-1850s, collecting and viewing stereographs was very popular. The...

 
Sterling (George) Collection of Materials

George Sterling (1869-1926) wrote many books of poetry. The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, articles, newspaper clippings, and ephemera by and about George Sterling.

 
Stern (Arthur) papers

Arthur P. Stern (1925-2012) was a Holocaust survivor, engineer, and philanthropist born in Budapest, Hungary. The collection includes his personal and professional papers, such as technical publications, correspondence and printed material from conferences and professional organizations, and company-related correspondence and...

 
Stern (Charles F.) Papers

Charles Frank Stern (1879-1960) was a member of the California Highway Commission (1914-18), and later served as the Superintendent of Banks (1918-20), the vice president of the First National Bank of Los Angeles. He was also a partner with Ed...

 
Stevens (Henry) Papers

Henry Stevens (1819-1886) was a London bookseller, bibliographer, publisher, and an expert on early editions of the English Bible and early voyages and travels to America. He helped build up the collections of John Carter Brown and James Lenox, as...

 
Stevens (Norman D.) collection of word and reading games

Collection consists of word, card and reading games. Includes such word games as Boggle and Upwards, along with older reading games such as How Silas popped the question.

 
Stevenson (Jonathan D.) papers

The papers of Jonathan Drake Stevenson consist of correspondence, miscellaneous legal and business papers and a few accounts and clippings. They are contained in one document box and range in time from 1840 to 1892, although the larger part of...

 
Stevenson (R.C.) ethno-linguistic research manuscripts collection

Roland C. Stevenson was a teacher, linguist, and ethnographer who spent the greater part of his career documenting the indigenous languages of Africa. This collection consists of his sizable accretion of ethno-linguistic manuscripts drafted mostly during a period spanning from...

 
Stewart (Paul) papers

Paul E. Stewart (1879-1963) was born in Tennessee. He served as Santa Barbara Superintendent of Schools (1919-34) and was a member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors (1943-59). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs concerning...

 
Stiff (E.) Commonplace Book

This early nineteenth century commonplace book belonged to an Englishwoman, possibly living in Devonshire. Contents are largely poems and hymns, in addition to a few letters, literary excerpts, and riddles.

 
Stocks (Hugh) collection on community involvement in Los Angeles schools decentralization

Collection consists of by-laws, minutes, reports, correspondents, newsletters, public statements, internal communications, workshop materials, and papers in administrative and legislative activity relating to community involvement in Los Angeles schools decentralization. Includes materials from four organizations active at the time: Valley...

 
Stoermer (Grace) papers

Grace Stoermer organized the Bank of Italy's Los Angeles women's department in 1923. When the women's departments merged with general departments in 1930, Stoermer was named an assistant vice-president. The collection consists of correspondence, printed materials, rosters, and photographs related...

 
Stoller (Robert J.) papers

Robert Jesse Stoller (1924-1991) was a professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. The collection consists of correspondence, research files, publications, manuscripts, notes, and lectures related to Stoller's activities and career.

 
Stolz (Rose C.) collection of theatrical autographs

Rose C. Stolz's collection of theatrical autographs, correspondence or small pieces of paper within folders or scrapbooks.

 
Stone (Gladys I.) Papers

Collection consists of correspondence and papers related to Gladys Stone's involvement with the Japanese American Research Project at UCLA, 1960-77....

 
Stone (Joseph) Papers

Joseph Stone (1758-1837) was a country schoolmaster, poet and composer, music teacher, a land surveyor, a bookbinder, and a representative of the Massachusetts legislature. The collection consists of music manuscripts by Stone including the autograph manuscript and a first edition...

 
Stone (Peter) Papers

Peter Stone (1930- ) was a writer for the stage and screen in the 1960s. He wrote various musicals on Broadway, including (1961), (1965), and (1970). His film scripts include (1963), (1964), (1965), (1969), and (1978). The collection consists of...

 
Story (Harold H.) papers

Harold Hadley Story (1893-1963) was a reporter for newspapers in Tucson, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California, taught night school and UC Extension classes, did public relations work for Los Angeles Municipal Airport (known as Mines Field), and worked for the...

 
Story (Ralph) papers

Ralph Story was a broadcast journalist and television host for more than four decades, hosting programs such as -- an Emmy-winning weekly magazine series that ran on KNXT-TV from 1964 to 1970, , Ralph Story's , the KNXT Channel 2...

 
Stratford Works photograph album

Album of photographs and signatures of workers of the Stratford Works, presented to Sir William Birt, general manager of the Great Eastern Railway, on the occasion of his knighting, Jan. 1, 1897 in recognition of his leadership in making GER...

 
Strong (William A.) Papers

William Austin Strong (1875-1959) was a lawyer in California. The collection consists of court transcripts, correspondence, notes, books and ephemera concerning Strong's life and career as a lawyer. Included are materials regarding probate law, legal testimony, the Richfield Oil Company,...

 
Stuart de Rothesay (Charles) Papers

Stuart de Rothesay, Charles Stuart, Baron (1779-1845) was a British diplomat and peer. The collection consists primarily of correspondence related to his diplomatic career.

 
Stuart de Rothesay (Charles S., Baron) Collection of Maps

Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845) was a member of the British diplomatic service (1808-45). He served as joint chargé d'affaires at Madrid (1808), envoy to Portugal (1810), minister at the Hague (1815-16), ambassador to Paris (1815-30), and ambassador...

 
Student Protests, Paris 1968

In 1968, student dissatisfaction with university conditions in France resulted in riots. The unrest spread throughout Paris and to other parts of France. In June 1968, a graduate student in History at the Sorbonne was contacted by the UCLA Western...

 
Studley (Vance) collection of Barry Moser prints

Collection consists of proof prints, wood engravings or resingrave engravings, by Barry Moser. The majority of the prints were designed for the publications , and . Barry Moser (b. 1940) is an award winning artist who has illustrated over 300...

 
Sturak (Tom) collection on Horace McCoy

Tom Sturak was an English Department doctoral candidate and, later, professor at UCLA, whose dissertation on the life and work of ‘hardboiled’ fiction author Horace McCoy was published in 1966. This collection encompasses the materials collected by Sturak for his...

 
Sturges (Preston) papers

Preston Sturges (1898-1959) was a inventor, playwright and motion picture writer and director. He wrote the hit Broadway play, (1929), and received a Academy Award for his screenplay, (1940). He lived in Europe for a period of time during the...

 
Sturges (Tom) papers

Tom Sturges is the former executive vice president and head of creative at Universal Music Publishing, where he signed such artists as the Foo Fighters, 50 Cent, and Jack Johnson. He has also published two books on parenting, and ,...

 
Sugahara (Kay) papers

Kay Sugahara, a millionaire by the age of 29, was sometimes referred to as the "Nisei Onassis" by other second generation Japanese Americans. He was imprisoned in two West Coast camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor, yet managed to...

 
Sully (Frank) papers

Frank Sully started his acting career in 1929 and appeared on stage, film and television. The collection consists of a small amount of scripts, photographs, biographical information, clippings, and contracts related to Sully’s career.

 
Sumitomo Bank of California photographs

The Sumitomo Bank of California Photographs are enlarged and mounted black and white reproductions of photographs depicting the accomplishments and daily life of Japanese Americans from 1887 to 1976. The majority of the photographs document Japanese living on the west...

 
Sumner (Ann) papers

Anna Emily Sumner (b.1904) was a charter member of the Delta Gamma sorority, woman's page editor for the , a romance novelist, director of public information for University Extension (1932-66), vice president of the UCLA Alumni Association (1938-39), a founding...

 
Suski (P.M.) papers

Sakae Susuki was born in 1875. A native of Okayama Prefecture, he arrived in the United States in 1898. He graduated from the University of Southern California Medical School in 1917 with additional studies at Berlin University. He lived in...

 
Sutherland (A.R.) collection of material about the Hungarian Revolution

Collection consists of newspapers, magazines, and other contemporary documents about the Hungarian revolution of 1956....

 
Suto (Kotaro) papers

Kōtarō Sutō (ca. 1883- ) worked for Miami pioneer developer, Carl Fisher, before starting his own nursery business. This collection contains clippings about the Sutōs (mostly from Miami sources), photographs and snapshots of the Sutōs, records and correspondence related to...

 
Suto (Kotaro) Papers - JARP

Kotaro Suto was born circa 1883 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He came to the United States in 1900 and relocated to Miami Beach, Florida, ca. 1916. He married Masa Suto in 1921. Mr. Suto worked for Miami pioneer developer Carl...

 
Suttles (Omar) papers

Omar Suttles (1893-1980) was the founder of the Airfloat Coach Manufacturing Company and manufactured one of the earliest travel trailers built specifically for recreation. He co-founded the Trailer Coach Association (TCA), presently known as Manufactured Housing Institute, and wrote a...

 
Swallow (Alan) papers

Alan Swallow (1915-1966) was a professor of English at the University of Denver where he helped to found the University of Denver Press (1947). He also created the Alan Swallow, Publisher publishing company (1954). His imprints included Big Mountain Press,...

 
Swan Press Records

Swan Press was organized by the firm Sign of the Swan, and operated as a private press in London and Leeds, England. The collection consists of correspondence, proofs, papers, booklets, pamphlets, and the Swan edition of .

 
Swartzburg (Susan G.) papers

The collection contains materials related to the life and career of author, teacher, and librarian, Susan G. Swartzburg....

 
Swedish National Theatre Collection of Materials

Collection consists of photographs and advertising material. Includes many photographs of singers and personalities of the Swedish National Theatre relating to the plays of August Strindberg and Eugene O'Neill, as well as photographs of the Swedish restaurant, Berns....

 
Swing (Philip D.) Papers

Philip David Swing (1884-1963) practiced law in San Bernadino before becoming the deputy District Attorney and District Attorney in Imperial County (1908-15). He was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Imperial County (1919-21) and later elected as a Republican...

 
Swordsman Publishing Co. Records

Collection consists of book and periodical publications of the Swordsman Publishing Company. Periodicals include (sometimes published as ), , , and ....

 
Sylmar Earthquake photograph collection

Collection contains photographs and scrapbooks documenting the effects of the 1971 earthquake on the Sylmar, California area. Photographs include Olive View Hospital, Foothill Medical Center and Nursing Home, Indian Hill Medical Center, Pacoima Lutheran Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital, Veterans Hospital,...

Synanon Foundation records

Synanon was founded by Charles Dederich, Sr. in 1958. Synanon's detoxification therapy attracted wealthy drug and alcohol abusers with chapters in San Francisco, Tulare and Marin Counties, Detroit, and as far as Germany and Malaysia. The collection consists of correspondence,...

 
Szego (Clara M.) Papers

Clara M. Szego (b.1916-), a biologist, taught at the UCLA School of Medicine before accepting a position in the Department of Zoology where she was promoted to full professorship (1960). Her research included work on molecular and cellular mechanisms of...

 
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Taguchi (Kichimatsu) ppers

Kichimatsu Taguchi was born in 1881 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. He arrived in Hawaii in 1900; settled in Colorado ca. 1908. He was the owner of the Taguchi Company and joint owner of Manzanola Farming Company, both in Rocky Ford,...

 
Tahrir Documents Project flyers, newspapers, and other ephemera

Flyers, newspapers, and other ephemera were collected by the Tahrir Documents Project during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and its aftermath. The Arabic-language documents address a variety of topics, including constitutional amendments, moral conduct, women's rights, revolutionary strategy, and Muslim-Christian relations....

Takamura (Kango) paintings

Kango Takamura (1895-1990) was an photo retoucher for RKO Studios in Los Angeles when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy. He was detained by the FBI in 1942 after offering to sell a motion-picture camera to a...

 
Takayanagi (Shasui) Papers

Takayanagi was interned at Heart Mountain Relocation Center in northwestern Wyoming near the cities of Cody and Powell. It was one of ten United States government camps used to house Japanese Americans during World War II under the administration of...

 
Targ (William) letters from Lawrence Clark Powell

William Targ (1907-1999) was a successful publisher and editor who published several books by Lawrence Clark Powell (1906-2001). Powell was a librarian, bibliographer, and collector of books and avidly wrote on these subjects. After being appointed University Librarian of the...

 
Tate (E.) Collection of Material about the Study of Anthropology in France

Collection consists of photographs, manuscripts, original drawings, maps, and ephemeral material relating to the study of anthropology in France. Includes material relating to the 27th excursion of the Société d'Excursions Scientifiques, and the first, third, fifth, and sixth Congrés de...

 
Taylor (Edgar D.) Papers

Edgar Dorsey Taylor (1904-1978) was an artist who worked in the black and white woodcut medium. The collection consists of 240 woodblocks, 255 woodblock prints, correspondence, diaries, sketches, and printing tools related to Taylor and his work.

 
Taylor (Frederic W.) Papers

Correspondence, clippings, photographs, certificates, awards, letters of citation and related printed material concerning the activities of Taylor as Director General of El Salvador Agriculture and developer of rubber in the United States. Also included are 14 scrapbooks, reports, etc. with...

 
Teaching Workshop on U.S. Women's History records

This is an active collection. Items date from 1992 and include course syllabi, minutes, notes, photographs, and rosters....

 
Teague (Charles C.) Papers

Collection contains of microfilm copies of letters, memoranda, reports, speeches, bulletins, accounts, photographs, and printed material related primarily to Teague's career as president of various companies and associations connected with the citrus industry in California. Also includes microfilm copies of...

 
Teatro Experimental and El Teatro Ensayo de la Universidad Catolica de Chile Collection of Material

Collection consists of about 70 photographs, programs, and posters of the Teatro Experimental and El Teatro Ensayo de la Universidad Católica de Chile....

 
Tejon Hills Oil Co. Records

Collection contains carbon copies of well summary reports filed with the State of California Department of Natural Resources, together with electrical logs of the drillings. Includes well summary reports with well logs, wells 1-42, July 2, 1948-November 26, 1951, Tejon...

 
Television press kits collection

This collections documents a variety of television show genres broadcast on networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, PBS, SHOWTIME, and TNT.

 
Television Stills collection

The collection consists of American television stills dating from ca.1950s to the present and documents a variety of television series, movies for television, specials, mini-series, and documentaries. The collection represents a variety of television genres broadcast by commercial and cable...

 
Telewoman Newsletter records

is an independent, self-published lesbian newsletter, based in Pleasant Hill, California, which ran from the late 1970’s to mid 1980’s. Founded as a networking resource for lesbian writers, artists and educators, the newsletter served to connect isolated lesbians in...

 
Terry (Dame Ellen) Papers

Alice Ellen Terry (1847-1928) acted on the stage as a child and as an adult. She played the leading female parts in all of Henry Irving's productions between 1878 and 1896. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscript materials, ephemera, memorabilia,...

 
Texas oil fields photograph album

Album of 25 canvas-backed gelatin silver prints of Texas oil wells and oil workers taken during 1919 by J.W. Stephenson, a commercial photographer in Wichita Falls, Texas.

 
Theater arts ephemera collection

Collection contains clippings, handbills, stills, pamphlets, advertising, and other materials relating to theater arts, experimental theaters, lectures, dance, etc. from about the late 19th century to date, chiefly from the West Coast and New York. Subjects include George Arliss, Sir...

 
Theater, Motion Picture, and Concert Programs Collection

Collection consists of theater, movie, and concert programs, mainly from Los Angeles and California, but also from New York, Boston, Chicago, and others from London, Europe, and Australia....

 
Theater Playbills Collection

Collection consists of playbills from Britain, Europe, and the U.S. Includes playbills from various London theaters, some from Glasgow, and one from Dublin. Also includes playbills from California, mostly San Francisco and Los Angeles, and from other states, primarily New...

 
Theater prompt books collection

Collection consists of typescript and printed theater prompt books.

 
Theater Scripts Collection

Collection consists of six scripts of plays performed at the Pasadena Playhouse, including ; , by Martin Flavin; by Arthur Wing Pinero; , by Jules Romain; , by Edmond Rostand; and ....

 
Thomas (Annie) papers

Annie Thomas (1838-1918) produced 48 books, published widely in magazines, and attempted unsuccessfully to found a magazine titled (1878). The collection consists of over 200 letters from more than 150 correspondents when Thomas was attempting to recruit contributors for her...

Thomas (Grace M.) Collection about Ralph Bunche

Collection consists of newspaper clippings relating to the career and death of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche and a black and white photographic print of the members of his junior high school class, including Bunche....

 
Thomas (Peter and Donna) papers on the History of Papermaking in the Philippines

Peter and Donna Thomas have lectured and taught numerous workshops internationally and have published books and articles on papermaking, book binding, and other aspects of the book arts. The collection consists of drafts, correspondence, photographs, handmade paper samples, and research...

 
Thomas (Stephen S.) papers

S. Seymour Thomas (1868-1956) painted portraits of prominent people. The collection consists of Thomas' studio notes and memorabilia.

 
Thompson (Harlan H.) Papers

Harlan Thompson was a writer of western novels for young people, sometimes published under the pseudonym, Stephen Holt; international president of P.E.N., 1958-59; won Boys' Clubs of America gold medal for in 1948, and Commonwealth Club juvenile silver medal for...

 
Thompson (Jim) Papers

James Myers Thompson (1906-1977) was a journalist for the and the . He also wrote screenplays and mystery and suspense novels. The collection consists of typescripts written by Thompson.

 
Thrope (Martin) Papers

From 1969 to 1974, Martin Thrope was a member of the of the team at Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN), that implemented the ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. His papers detail the BBN company of that time, and his...

 
Thrower (Norman) papers

Norman Thrower was a professor in UCLA's geography department from 1957 to 1990, where he specialized in cartography, remote sensing, and Europe. He was the director of the (Columbus) Quincentenary Programs at the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies,...

 
Tibby (Ardella) papers

Ardy Tibby is a lesbian feminist activist and organizer as well as an entertainer and author. Her collection focuses on her personal life and connections during her life in California and Phoenix, Arizona.

 
Tiller (Ann Q.) papers on Juarez Távora

Marechal Juarez Távora (1898-1975) was one of Brazil's most popular military and political figures from 1922-1967. The collection contains Dr. Ann Tiller's research and collection of documents, letters and related materials that provide particular insight into Távora's actions, thoughts and...

 
Titus (Charles H.) Papers

Charles Hickman Titus (1896-1965) taught at Whitman College and Stanford before coming to teach at UCLA in 1927. He was an expert on American political theory and studied U.S. voting habits. During World War II, Titus served as a lieutenant...

 
Tobey C. Moss Gallery records on Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg

Founded in 1978, the Tobey C. Moss gallery presents the work of Southern California artists, including Lorser Feitelson (1898-1978) and Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999). The contents of this collection have been generated as a result of this representation and the gallery's...

 
Todd (Arthur) Dance collection

Collection consists of ephemera, photographs, programs, and memorabilia relating to dance in the twentieth century. Includes clippings, programs, fliers, magazines, and posters, as well as letters to Todd.

 
Toews (Emil O.) Collection of Material about Georg Kerschensteiner

Collection consists of slides, paintings, an audiotape, and articles, pamphlets, and books by or about Kerschensteiner, assembled by Emil Otto Toews in the preparation of his 1955 UCLA doctoral dissertation on Bavarian educator Georg Kerschensteiner. The books comprise six duplicates...

 
Togawa (Akira) Papers

Akira Togawa was born July 5, 1903. He came to the United States in 1923 and married his wife, Kimi, who was a kibei, in 1929, and they had five children. Before World War II, Togawa was employed by the...

 
Tonkin postcards collection

A collection of 98 black-and-white postcards of Tonkin, or northern Vietnam, under French colonial rule.

 
Toor (Frances) papers

Frances Toor (1890-1956) was a folklorist. Her publications include (1934), (c. 1944), (1947), (1953), and (c. 1960). The collection consists of books by Toor and Arsène Kersaudy, printed material, one manuscript by Kersaudy, travel brochures, research materials, and photographs used...

 
Toparovsky (Simon) papers

Simon Toparovsky is a designer and sculptor whose work has been exhibited internationally. The collection consists of printed material, exhibition brochures and catalogs, artwork, and clippings in English and Italian.

 
Torrey Canyon Oil Company properties in Ventura County, California photograph album

Album of ten large platinum photoprints (17 x 25 cm), by Ralph Arnold, of properties of the Torrey Canyon Oil Company in Ventura County.

 
Tournament of Roses Parade (11th Annual) photograph album

Small album of photographs of the 11th Tournament of Roses Parade, held in Pasadena, California on Jan. 1, 1900.

 
Townsend National Recovery Plan Records

The Townsend Plan was proposed in 1933 by Francis Townsend. The plan called for a $200-a-month pension to any retired person over sixty. Bills to establish the Plan were brought up and defeated in Congress many times and the movement...

 
Toyota family papers

Fred Shizutaro Toyota (1885-1959) worked as a labor contractor heading the Japanese labor camp for the Nevada Consolidated Copper Corporation from 1912 to 1941. He arrived in the United States from Hiroshima Prefecture in 1905. In 1916 he married Kame...

Tract Maps and Cadastral Maps of Southern California collection

The tract and cadastral maps in this collection are of real estate developments located in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and Ventura counties. The maps are listed by location using the and . A few maps fall outside of this territory,...

 
Tract Maps (Los Angeles) Collection from a Real Estate Business Scrapbook

Collection contains tract maps from a Los Angeles real estate business scrapbook. Includes such Los Angeles area neighborhoods as Arlington Heights, Grammercy Park, Torrance, Van Nuys Lankershim, and Wilmington....

 
Trade Cards collection

Collection consists of trade or advertising cards of various companies, stores, and products. Includes Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee, bakers and bakeries, Coca-Cola, dry cleaning, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, musical instruments, restaurants and hotels, sewing machines, tobacco, Union Pacific Tea...

 
Traven (B.) Collection of Material

B. Traven (1890?-1969) was a seaman and author. His publications include (1956), (1935), and (1965). The collection consists of several articles by Lawrence Clark Powell about B. Traven, as well as a copy of Edward R. Hagemann's article, A checklist...

 
Trebay (Guy) Collection of Fashion Ephemera

The collection consists of invitations, designer "look books", promotional material, and other fashion ephemera pertaining to the Milan, London, Paris, and New York City fashion shows spanning the years 2001-2005.

 
TreePeople Records

The Los Angeles-based environmental group TreePeople is known for promoting environmental awareness and conducting educational outreach programs locally as well as internationally. The collection includes slides, photographs, audiovisual materials, clippings, correspondence, organization files, ephemera, and awards documenting the development and...

 
Trieb (Martin H.) Papers

Martin Herman Trieb was a physical education teacher and Supervisor of Physical Education for the Los Angeles City School District (1931-55). The collection consists of manuscripts, photographs, printed materials, correspondence, and clippings related to Martin H. Trieb and his work...

 
Trollope (Anthony) Letters

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was a novelist known for his Barsetshire and Palliser series of novels. Individual novels include (1857), (1865), and (1875). The collection consists of photostat copies of 932 extant letters by Anthony Trollope used for the publication, ,...

 
Trollope Family Papers

Frances Milton Trollope (1780-1863) was born in Stapleton, near Bristol, England. She briefly lived in the U.S., but returned to England in 1831. Out of the experience came her best known work, (1832). Frances and her husband, Thomas Adolphus, both...

 
Trueblood (Kenneth N.) papers

Kenneth N. Trueblood, a pioneering crystallographer, contributed to research that led to two Nobel Prizes, received awards for his renowned teaching, and served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry at UCLA and Dean of the College of Letters and...

 
Trumbo (Dalton) Papers

James Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) was a screenwriter who became one of the Hollywood Ten and was blacklisted by the motion picture industry (1947). He was one of the first blacklisted writers to emerge from the underground when he received screen...

 
Tryout Theatre collection of radio plays

The Tryout Theatre was a non-profit organization founded in 1943 in Seattle, Washington to promote the development and production of new American plays. The collection contains transcripts of radio plays broadcast by the group.

 
Tsui (Kitty) Papers

Although born in Hong Kong in 1952, Kitty Tsui spent her childhood in California. She earned a degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Her poetry and prose has been published in over 35 anthologies, and she has...

 
Tsuneishi (Shisei) Papers

Tsuneishi (1888- ) was a haiku poet. The collection consists of periodicals, monographs, scrapboooks, and holograph journals of Shisei (Satoru) Tsuneishi. Most of the monographs in the collection relate to haiku, and scrapbooks contain accounts of Shisei and also clippings...

Tulancingo (Hildago, Mexico) Manuscript Collection

This collection consists of manuscript documents in Spanish and Nahuatl from the town of Tulancingo (Hidalgo, Mexico). The documents consist primarily of civil litigation case files, but also include a small amount of criminal case files and several government printed...

 
Tully (Jim) papers

The collection documents the life and career of Irish American novelist and writer Jim Tully. The papers contain manuscripts of novels, short stories, articles, plays and celebrity profiles written by Tully, as well as research material for his varied interests,...

 
Tupper (Jeanne) Collection about Jane Austen

Collection consists of correspondence, a bibliographic card index, journals and magazines, other printed material, film stills, posters, realia, sheet music, an audiocassette, and a tape recording. Includes a card index of works by and about Jane Austen and her library....

 
Turin, Italy Photograph album

Album of 29 albumen silver prints of architectural views of Turin, Italy by photographer Giovanni Battista Maggi. Included are panoramic views of the city and the Po River, one taken from the nearby Monte dei Cappuccini, and various government, civic,...

 
Turkish manuscripts collection

Collection consists of manuscripts of Turkish folk poetry. The entire collection is in Turkish.

 
Turman (Lawrence) papers

Lawrence Turman (1926- ) was born in Los Angeles, California and was a independent producer. The collection consists of scripts, drafts, and related materials for eleven of Turman's films, including .

 
Turner (Arthur A.) Papers

Arthur Allan Turner wrote a 1979 UCLA dissertation titled, . The collection consists of maps, surveys, copies of central and local government mine and railway records, and typed transcripts of interviews with Zambians from the Broken Hill area of Northern...

 
Tyger-Womon papers

Tyger-Womon was a writer, artist, musician, songwriter, and political activist of anarchist persuasion. She was a Native American shaman of Navajo and Consican descent. Also known as V.L. Adams, very little information can be found on Tyger-Womon before or after...

 
Tzu Hsi (Dowager Empress) of China, Princess Der Ling's collection of photographs of the

Collection consists of 8 photographs of the Empress Dowager of China.

 
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UCLA Department of Special Collections Lectures Audio Recordings

Collection consists of four audio cassette recordings representing lectures sponsored and held by the UCLA Library Department of Special Collections. Includes lectures by Sandra Tsing Loh (2001) and Mark Salzman (2005), and two Bonie Cashin Lectures presented by Judith Freedman...

 
Ueno (Harry Y.) Papers

While a cook at the Manzanar Relocation Center Harry Ueno was active in trying to organize kitchen workers in protest against camp conditions and was outspoken against the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). He was accused of beating JACL leader...

Underground, Alternative and Extremist Literature collection

Collection consists of newspapers and other materials representing American and some British and French underground, alternative and extremist literature. Includes materials from both sides of the political spectrum, such as Black Panther Party, Christian Anti-Communism Crusade, Communist Party, Industrial Workers...

 
Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL) records

The Union Oil Company of California was a major petroleum producer, refiner, and marketer incorporated in Santa Paula, California, on October 17, 1890. The company, later reorganized under the Unocal Corporation, remained one of America's oldest and largest independent enterprises,...

 
UNITE HERE records

UNITE-HERE Local 11 traces its origins to the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International union founded in 1891 and has been active in Southern California since the 1930s. Local 11 partnered with other labor and community organizations to play...

 
United Arab Emirates 2011 Parliamentary Election ephemera

Newspaper clippings and small posters from the September 2011 United Arab Emirates Parliamentary Election. Contains approximately 163 political advertisements dated from August to September 2011, including material on several women nominees.

 
United Nations Association of Los Angeles records

Collection consists of congratulatory letters from distinguished persons, city resolutions from Los Angeles mayors Tom Bradley and Sam Yorty, organizational records such as by-laws, newsletters, correspondence and minutes, and subject files on topics of interest to the organization and the...

 
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration records

Collection consists of research materials, pamphlets, newspapers, press releases, books, news bulletins, art prints, and ephemera distributed by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (UNRRA) and collected by David N. Leff while on assignment with the UNRRA Mission in...

 
United Office and Professional Workers of America records

Collection consists of office files, miscellaneous publications, clippings, newspapers and periodicals, and a nearly complete run of the semi-weekly union paper, , for 1950-54. Files include minutes of the general executive board and the administrative committee, financial records, and include...

 
United Republicans of California records

The United Republicans of California (UROC) was founded in 1963 by California State Assemblymen Bruce Reagan and Joe Shell and was developed to promote the principles of freedom and the Constitution in the United States. Their influence has aided conservative...

 
United States Building and Loan League records

The United States Building and Loan League was formed to serve as an advocate for the building and loan industry. The collection includes materials produced during the 1930s, a period of change to the existing legal code concerning thrift associations,...

 
United States Eclipse Expedition Collection

The United States solar eclipse expedition sailed on the U.S.S. Pensacola to the West African coast. The collection consists of newspapers, photograph albums, and a log or diary.

 
United States Ephemera collection

Collection consists of broadsides, clippings, brochures and other ephemeral material relating to the U.S., except for material on California and of the Southwest, which are in two separate collections. Subjects include Alaska, William Cullen Bryant, Richard Henry Dana, Eugene V....

 
United States naval cadets and officers photograph album

Album containing 21 carte de visite photographs, and one tintype, of young US Naval midshipmen--probably cadets at the U.S. Naval Academy, which had been moved to Newport, Rhode Island during the Civil War--as well as commandants, lieutenants, and those of...

 
United States v. Anthony Joseph Russo and Daniel Ellsberg Transcripts

Collection consists of pre-trial proceedings, the complete trial transcript, legal files relating to motions, exhibit materials, witness books, press files, clippings, biographical material, and photographs....

 
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, Institute of Industrial Relations Oral History Project Transcripts

Collection consists of 17 volumes of transcriptions of tape recorded interviews concerning labor and labor relations in California conducted by Corinne L. Gilb for the Institute of Industrial Relations Oral History Project at UC Berkeley. Subjects include anarchism, employer's association,...

 
Universal Pictures Corporation Walter Lantz Productions scripts and music cue sheets

Walter Lantz was an American cartoonist who is best remembered for the mischievous Woody the Woodpecker, a popular character who for many years appeared in cartoon shorts for theatres, and later on television. Universal Pictures bought the library of shorts...

 
University Club of Los Angeles Photograph album of members

Album, ca. 1910, belonging to Roy Jones, containing photographs of members of the University Club of Los Angeles.

 
University High School architectural drawings

The collection is comprised of blueprints and blueline prints of most of the original building on the University High School campus located at 11800 Texas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025, as well as most of the various additions and replacement...

 
Uno (Edison) papers

Edison Tomimaro Uno was born in 1929 in Los Angeles. He was interned with his family in a camp in Crystal City, Texas during World War II. He graduated from Los Angeles State College in political science. He moved to...

 
Uplifters Club Records

The Uplifters Club was founded in Dec. 1913 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club by Harry Marston Haldeman and a small group of business and professional men; acquired a country home in Rustic Canyon; activities included monthly dinner meetings, polo...

 
Urban (Clarence) Papers

Clarence Urban (1878- ) was a realtor until he was appointed Real Estate Commissioner of California on June 28, 1939. He also served as president of the Urban Mortgage Company (Los Angeles). The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, a...

Urquhart (Brian) collection of material about Ralph Bunche

Sir Brian Urquhart (b.1919) was active in the organization and direction of the United Nations (UN) Emergency Force in Middle East (1956) and responsible for the organization and direction of UN peace-keeping operations and special political assignments. Ralph Bunche (1904-1971)...

 
U.S. Farm Security Admin. and the U.S. Office of War Information Photograph Collection

Collection consists of a selection from the U.S. Farm Security Administration (FSA) photography project of the depression years representing the work of many well-known photographers, and from the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) reflecting efforts on the home front....

 
USA for Africa records

USA for Africa was part of a plan to distribute the proceeds of a musical recording to benefit famine victims in Africa and projects in the U.S. The collection consists of office files and videotapes related to the activities of...

 
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Vale (V.) Collection of Search and Destroy and RE/Search Publications Records

Collection contains production materials, administrative records, press and promotional materials, and correspondence from late 1970’s San Francisco punk zine and subcultural publishing outfit RE/Search Publications (briefly V/Search Publications). Established in 1981, RE/Search documents underground trends including body modification, industrial culture,...

 
Van der Veer (Judy) papers

Judy Van der Veer (1907-1982) was a author that contributed stories, articles and poems to magazines, and published books. The collection consists of Van der Veer's manuscripts, notebooks, diaries and correspondence. Manuscripts include , , , and . There are...

 
Vanity Fair Caricatures

Collection consists of 101 colored lithograph caricatures of prominent Victorian statesmen, writers, actors, and men of the day by Spy (Leslie Ward), Ape (Carlo Pellegrini), Max (Max Beerbohm), and others as featured in magazine. Subjects include Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Thomas Carlyle,...

 
Vaughan (Clifford) musical compositions

This collection consists of manuscript and reproduction scores of composer Clifford Vaughan, including works written for dance, organ, piano and violin, and other instruments.

 
Vaun (Ted) Papers

Ted Mendenhall danced professionally under the name Ted Vaun. His dance partner in vaudeville was Laurell Gaines, and they danced nationwide in Fanchon and Marco shows. The collection consists of a scrapbook and photograph album related to Vaun's life and...

 
Venezuela - copies of calendars and transcripts of various records in the Archivo General de Indias

31 volumes of typed (carbon copy) calendars and transcripts of various records in the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain, relating to Venezuela.

 
Venezuelan vistas : Spanish American life, and some notes on a year in Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela

Scrapbook containing the travel account by Ervine Denison York, General Manager and Assistant Vice-President of the American Telephone Company, of his travels from Washington, D.C. to Caracas, Venezuela via Cuba, between April 24,1889 and Mar. 30, 1890, illustrated with 103...

 
Venice, Murano, Padova, and Pisa photograph album of churches and palaces

Architectural views from 1855-1870, by photographers Carlo Ponti and Carlo Naya, of churches, palaces, and piazzas in Venice, Murano, Padova, and Pisa.

 
Ventura County Junior College District records

Collection consists of the minutes of the governing board of the Ventura County Junior College District (Feb. 6, 1962-Apr. 21, 1964), correspondence of board members, board committee reports, and memoranda, faculty manuals and handbooks, report of the committee on the...

 
Victorian Newspapers Collection

Collection consists of single issues of popular, humorous, religious, and sporting newspapers, as well as a few pamphlets....

 
Vidor (King) papers

King Wallis Vidor (1894-1982) made over fifty feature films and received five Academy Award nominations before retiring from films in the late 1950s. His directorial debut was (1919), but he is best known for (1925), (1931), and (1947). The collection...

 
Viglini (Janelle) Papers

Janelle Therese Viglini (1933- ) taught English in California and poetry at the Institute of Advanced Thinking (1974-75). her publications include (1974), (1975), and . The collection consists of Viglini's correspondence, literary manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera.

 
Villa (Simeon A.) Flight and wanderings of Emilio Aguinaldo

Typewritten English translation of Colonel Simeon A. Villa's diary, which records the flight of the Philippine revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo from American forces from 1899 to 1901. While most of the diary consists of observations on the hardships experienced by...

 
Volkersz (Evert) Collection of Material Relating to the UCLA Library and Labor Unions

Evert Jan Volkersz (1936- ) worked in the UCLA Library Department of Special Collections (1963-69), and in 1969, became the Head of Special Collections of the State University of New York, Stony Brook Library. The collection consists of files relating...

 
Von Grunebaum (Gustave E.) Papers

Gustave E. Von Grunebaum (1909-1972) was a professor of history and founder and director of the Near Eastern Center at UCLA (1957- ), and a noted scholar of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish studies. The collection consists of von Grunebaum's research...

 
Vosper (Robert) papers

Robert Vosper (1913-1994), born in Portland, Oregon, was an educator and librarian at the University of Kansas and UCLA. He served as library director for UCLA from 1961 to 1973. After retiring in 1973, Vosper taught courses at UCLA's School...

 
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Waddell (Charles W.) papers

Charles Wilkin Waddell was an educator and scholar whose emphasis was on the education of teachers. He served as the director of the training department at the Los Angeles Normal School and continued as a professor of education when the...

 
Wade (Ruth C.) Papers

Collection consists of photographs, two photograph albums, and biographical notes and clippings about Ruth Collins and Elbert Wade. Photographs include the Wade's 50th wedding anniversary and Northern California family scenes....

 
Wagner (Eleanor R.) papers

Eleanor Raymond Wagner was the executive secretary for the California Legislative Conference and administrative secretary for the Californians for Liberal Representation. The collection consists of reports, correspondence, printed materials and papers relating to her involvement with these organizations from the...

 
Wagner (Gordon) papers

Gordon Wagner was born on April 13, 1915 in Redondo Beach, California, and died in Long Beach, California, on December 4, 1987. From a young age Wagner was interested in mechanical designs as well as expressing his artistic vision through...

 
Wagner (Henry R.) Papers

Henry Raup Wagner (1862-1957) collected books and made contributions to the history and bibliography of Latin America as well as the American West. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, and printed material including his manuscript, .

 
Wagner (Rob) papers

Robert Leicester Wagner (1872-1942) was a illustrator for newspapers and the Encyclopedia Britannica. He also wrote for the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, and other magazines before moving to Southern California, where he directed films for Paramount and the Hal Roach...

 
Waldie (John) Papers

John Waldie (1781-1862) was the administrator of Hendersyde Park at Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland. The collection consists of 7 volumes of letters to John Waldie (1793-1841), 74 journal volumes, 11 volumes on travels transcribed from the journals, and 1 volume of...

 
Walker (Albert R.) papers

Albert R. Walker (1881-1958) was a architect who collaborated with Percy A. Eisen to design the Ardmore Apartments in Los Angeles, the Hollywood Plaza Hotel, the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, the El Mirador Hotel in Palm Springs, the...

 
Walker (Emery) papers

Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933) cofounded the process and general engraving firm of Walker & Boutall (later Emery Walker, Limited) and the Kelmscott Press with William Morris. Walker later helped found the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (1888), and was elected...

 
Walker (Theodore) A trip to the West Indies

This bound manuscript consists of the typescript of a journal kept during a 1908 trip to the West Indies, along with sixty-nine photographs and clippings tipped in.

 
Walley (David) research material about Ernie Kovacs

Research material collected by David Walley during the early 1970s for the writing of his biography on Ernie Kovacs.

 
Walnut Grove Japanese Methodist Church Records

The Walnut Grove Japanese Methodist Church was the only Japanese Christian institution in the Sacramento Delta region. Established in 1915, the church played a key role in the religious life of the Japanese immigrant community. For the American-born Nisei generation,...

 
Ward (Max) Collection of Powerviolence Material

The collection documents the emergence of the Powerviolence music scene, a little known subgenre of hardcore punk, which was primarily active in the 1990s through the early 2000s. Materials consists of original fliers, posters, handbills, correspondence, photographs, stickers, zines, and...

 
Warde (Frederick B.) Prompt Book Collection

Frederick B. Warde (1851-1935) was a actor who first appeared on stage in a minor part in at the Lyceum Theatre in Sunderland, England in 1867. He went on to perform in successive seasons at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow,...

 
Warner Bros. Research Department research albums

The six production research albums contain photographs and other background research materials for Warner Bros. films:

 
Warren (James L. La Fayette) Papers

James Lloyd La Fayette Warren (1805-1896) was the editor for , and helped establish the California State Agricultural Society. The collection consists of correspondence, editorials, accounts and receipts, clippings, manuscripts, and a list of subscribers pertaining to Warren's editorship of...

 
Warren (Stafford L.) papers

Stafford Leak Warren was the director of the Atomic Energy Project at the University of Rochester and worked on the Manhattan Project. After the war, Warren came to UCLA to serve as Dean of the School of Medicine and as...

 
Warren (Viola L.) Papers

Viola Lockhart Warren (1896- ) was a lecturer on medical history in the UCLA Department of History (1953-58) and wrote about early California for children and early California medical men. She was also the assistant editor for the (1918-20), did...

 
Warton (Robert G.) Papers

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gardner Warton of the Staff College, Camberly (F.R.G.S.) was the first Englishman in North Rhodesia (Zambia). He undertook three expeditions between 1892-1898, successfully receiving land concessions which he brought to the British Commissioner, and which were among...

Watkins (Carleton) collection of photographs

The collection consists of 136 photographs, with the majority being from Watkins's California mission series, Yosemite series, and pacific coast series. A few additional prints are from the Columbia River and Oregon series, studio portraits, and various images from the...

 
Watson (Diane E.) papers

Diane E. Watson is an American politician who served as a United States Representative, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Micronesia, California State Senator, and Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education member. The collection covers Watson's time...

 
Waxman (Henry A.) papers

Henry A. Waxman served as a lawyer in private practice and as a member of the California State Assembly from 1969 until 1974. In 1974 he was elected as Congressman for the California Twenty-fourth district, and served in Congress from...

 
Waymire (Carol) collection of periodicals and ephemera

Carol Marie Waymire is a California based lawyer who served underrepresented communities through her work on immigration law, rights of undocumented workers, racial and sexual discrimination, workers rights on the job, and child custody for gay parents. This collection contains...

 
Wayne (June) papers

June Claire Wayne was born on March 7, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, where at the age of 15 she dropped out of high school to pursue her career as an artist. In addition to her work in lithography, which revitalized...

 
Weathers (Carolyn) papers

Carolyn Weathers is a lesbian activist and publisher. This collection contain flyers, brochures, publications, and other materials related to the operation of Clothespin Fever Press, a lesbian press founded by Carolyn Weathers and Jenny Wrenn in the 1980s.

 
Weaver (Harriett) Collection about Residential Development and Fire, Flood, and Landslide Management in the Santa Monica Mountains

Harriett Sherwood Weaver (1913-1988) contributed book reviews and feature articles to the (1936). She married and moved to Los Angeles (ca. 1940). After the 1961 Bel-Air fire, Weaver crusaded for effective management of native brush in the Santa Monica Mountains...

 
Weaver (Harriett) papers

Harriett Sherwood Weaver (1913-1988) contributed book reviews and feature articles to the Kansas City star (1936). She married and moved to Los Angeles (ca.1940). After the 1961 Bel-Air fire, Weaver crusaded for effective management of native brush in the Santa...

 
Weaver (John D.) Collection about the 1984 Olympic Games

John D. Weaver (b. 1912) worked for various federal agencies, including the National Recovery Administration (1933-35). He was also a reporter, feature writer, book reviewer, and copy editor for the (1935-40) and contributed articles, short stories, and book reviews to...

 
Weaver (John D.) collection of Los Angeles ephemera and research materials

A file composed primarily of newspaper and magazine clippings, but also containing some letters, notes, public documents and official reports, collected during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s by the author of, among other books, (1980) and of the 1974 and...

 
Weaver (John D.) Collection of Material about Thomas Mann

John Downing Weaver (1912- ) was a reporter, feature writer, book reviewer, and copy editor for the (1935-40). He also contributed articles, short stories and book reviews to magazines, and wrote novels and non-fiction. The collection consists of photocopied articles...

 
Weaver (John Downing) papers

Collection consists of professional correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, proofs, publications, clippings, and scrapbooks of author John Downing Weaver....

 
Weaver (William) Papers

William Weaver (b.1923) was a free-lance writer, translator, music critic, associate editor of , Italian correspondent for the (London), music and opera critic in Italy for the , and record critic for . The collection consists of Weaver's translations from...

 
Webb (James R.) Papers

James R. Webb (1909-1974) wrote fiction for such magazines as , , and . He later became a Hollywood screenwriter and won a 1963 Academy Award for the original screenplay of (1962). The collection consists of 7 variant scripts for...

 
Weber (Eugen J.) Papers

Eugen Joseph Weber (b.1925) was a professor (1956- ) and chairman of the department of history at UCLA (1965-68), dean of social sciences (1976-77), and dean of the College of Letters and Sciences (1977-82). The collection consists of Weber's notes,...

 
Weinberg (Max) papers

Max Weinberg was a writer and producer of motion picture trailers. The collection includes Weinberg's files which may contain one or more of the following: business correspondence and memos, film trailer scripts, radio and television spot scripts, production notes and...

 
Weiner (Gerald and Barbara) collection of Ethiopic manuscripts

A collection of 239 Ethiopic manuscripts (137 bound volumes and 102 scrolls), on vellum, dated ca. 1600 - 1960. The collection consists of religious and liturgical works used in the Ethiopian Christian tradition. The majority of the texts were written...

 
Weinstock (Matt) Papers

Matt Weinstock (1903-1970) joined the as a sports reporter (1924), became managing editor of the (1934), and became an editorial columnist three years later. He subsequently wrote for the and . Weinstock also wrote two books as well as short...

 
Weintraub (Hyman) and William Goldberg Collection of Socialist Party Material

Collection consists of material concerning the Socialist Party in the U.S. and California, mainly during the 1930s and 40s, collected by Hyman Weintraub and William Goldberg in the course of their activities as local and national party officials. Includes local...

 
Weixlgärtner-Neutra (Pepi) collection of prints

This collection primarily consists of prints by Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra, an Austrian artist.

 
Welch (d'Alté A.) papers

d'Alté A. Welch (1907-1970) was a biologist and collector of children's books. His publications include (1972) and (1973?). The collection consists of research material compiled by d'Alté Welch on children's book collections, including microfilm, photographic negatives, card files, photocopies, correspondence,...

 
Welch (d'Alté) Bibliography of English Children’s Books Printed before 1821, with annotations and additional entries by Wilbur Jordan Smith

Manuscript for the Bibliography of English Children’s Books Printed Before 1821 by James d'Alté Aldridge Welch, with annotations and additional entries by Wilbur Jordan Smith

 
Weld (John) Papers

John Weld (1905- ) was a stuntman in Hollywood films (1923-26), a reporter for several newspapers, and a producer of film documentaries. The collection consists of Weld's manuscripts, notes, correspondence, and ephemera. Manuscripts include , , , , , ,...

 
Wellcome collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts

Collection consists of Arabic manuscripts, dealing with philosophy, logic, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, Islamic theology, etc. The entire collection is in Arabic....

 
Wellman (Paul I.) papers

Paul Iselin Wellman (1898-1966) worked as reporter, writer, and editor for various Wichita newspapers (1919-36) and the (1936-44) before becoming a screenwriter for Warner Brothers and M-G-M (1944-46). He also wrote histories of the west and many historical novels, including...

 
Wells (Carlton F.) Collection of Material about The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck

Carlton F. Wells was a English professor at the University of Michigan, and a author and editor. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and reviews concerning John Steinbeck's book, . The correspondence is a result of Professor Carlton F. Wells...

 
Welmers (William E.) papers

William Everett Welmers (1916-1988) was a professor of linguistics and African languages at UCLA, becoming emeritus professor in 1982. His publications include (1968), (1973), and (1976). The collection consists of Welmers' professional papers, including tape recordings, research materials and notes,...

 
Wenner-Gren Foundation research conference materials on Bantu origins

Collection consists of 31 reel-to-reel tapes of the Wenner-Gren Foundation research conference on Bantu origins in sub-Saharan Africa. It was organized by Dr. Brian M. Fagan, Professor of Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara, and held in Chicago, March 25-30, 1968....

 
Werfel (Franz) papers

Franz Werfel (1890-1945) was one of the founders of the expressionist movement in German literature. In 1940, he fled the Nazis and settled in the U.S. He wrote one of his most popular novels, , in 1941. The collection consists...

West (Andrew) Photographs of the Guelaguetza

Andrew West (1954- ) has worked as a photographer's assistant and as an annual report photographer. His photography of Guatemalan costumes appears in the exhibition catalog, , published by the Fowler Museum at UCLA (1992). The collection is composed of...

West (H.H.(Henry Hubbard)) photograph album

Album of photographs and newspaper clippings, primarily of Los Angeles and vicinity, but also including many photos of travels to Northern California, the Midwest, and New England, compiled by Henry Hebard West between 1896 and 1937. Most of the photos...

 
West (Louis Jolyon) papers

Louis Jolyon (Jolly) West, M.D. (1924-1999) was a well-known Los Angles psychiatrist who served as the chair of UCLA's Department of Psychiatry and as director of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute from 1969 to 1989. He was an expert on cults,...

 
Westergaard (Waldemar) Papers

Waldemar Christian Westergaard (1882-1963) was a historian who specialized in Scandinavian and European history. The collection consists of correspondence, transcripts and copies of documents and manuscripts, clippings,and photographs regarding Westergaard's career, research, and writings.

 
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute records

Western Behavioral Sciences Institute (WBSI) was founded in 1958 in La Jolla, California by Richard Farson, Wayman Crow and Paul Lloyd as an independent, nonprofit organization devoted to research, education and advanced study in human affairs. Collection consists of correspondence,...

 
Western States Jewish History Archive

The Western States Jewish History Archive contains the compiled research and activities of the Society's two founders, Dr. Norton Stern and Rabbi William Kramer. The bulk of the collection includes research files on individuals, institutions and organizations, and synagogues throughout...

 
Western Writers of America Records

Boxes 1-63 and 65 include paperbacks, hard bound books, correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera by or relating to members of the Western Writers of America. Most of their works are westerns....

 
Westfall (Victor B.) Papers

Victor Beebe Westfall (1885-1961) was the president of Fallbrook Public Utility District. The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and related printed material concerning the early history of Fallbrook and San Diego County, California.

 
Weston (Edward) photographs

Collection consists of 256 original Edward Weston photographs, taken between 1918 and 1945, and ten pieces of correspondence. 195 of the prints are a series of 8×10 landscape photographs of California that Weston created for Westways magazine. The remaining images...

 
Westwood Chamber of Commerce Records

The Westwood Chamber of Commerce (Los Angeles, California) was first organized in 1930 as the Westwood Village Business Association. The collection consists of correspondence, membership records, financial records, records of the Westwood Club House, annual reports, and records of activities...

 
Westwood-Holmby Historical Society records

The collection is comprised of administrative, organizational and membership files of the Westwood-Holmby Historical Society as well as materials about Los Angeles gathered between 1989 and 2014 through the Research Committee of the WHHS. Historical research and community support were...

 
Weyman (Stanley J.) Papers

Stanley John Weyman (1855-1928) was a lawyer before he turned to writing. His published works include (1890), (1894), (1895), (1922), and (1928). The collection consists of both incoming and outgoing personal and business correspondence, literary manuscripts, notebooks, a diary providing...

 
Weyse (Alice W.) Correspondence

Alice Wolfskill (Barrows) Weyse was the granddaughter of William Wolfskill, a Southern California pioneer, and the daughter of Juanita Wolfskill Barrows and Henry D. Barrows. Henry Dwight Barrows arrived in Los Angeles, California in 1854. He was a teacher, County...

 
Whipple (Derek) Collection of Zines

is a San Francisco based punk rock fanzine established in 1982. The collection includes a nearly complete chronology of issues from 1991-2003, along with a small assortment of punk rock zines from 1992-2003 including , , , , and...

 
White Fathers Records

The White Fathers (a Catholic society also known as the Society of Missionaries of Africa) was founded in 1868 by Charles M. Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algiers. The members of the White Fathers are bound by an oath to the establishment...

 
White (Lynn T.) papers

Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (1907- ) was a professor of history at UCLA (1958-72), and Director of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (1964-70). The collection consists of teaching and research material related to Lynn White's career as...

 
White (Thomas P.) papers

Thomas Patrick White (1888-1968) became the youngest judge in the United States when he was appointed to the Los Angeles City Police Court in 1913. He then worked at a private trial attorney in Los Angeles until he returned to...

 
Whitley (H.J.) lands near Corcoran, California photograph album

Snapshots of agricultural scenes, probably taken during the 1920s, on lands belonging to H. J. (Hobart Johnstone) Whitley, possibly near Corcoran, California, in the San Joaquin Valley, east of Paso Robles.

 
Whitley (Hobart J.) Papers

Hobart Johnstone Whitley was a Southern California real estate developer, and head of the H.J. Whitley land syndicate. The collection consists of about 2000 pieces of correspondence, and deeds, accounts, journals, ledgers, minutes of stockholders' meetings, maps of Southern California...

 
Whittlesey (Enid C.) Papers

Collection consists primarily of books related to spiritualism and typescript copies of lecture lessons from “The Temple of Living Thought” and other religious lectures by George Edwin Burnell. Also includes photographs illustrating the and miscellaneous photographs of various friends and...

 
Wickenden (Ida E.) Papers

Ida E. Wickenden (1886-ca.1972) spent her early years in Toledo, Ohio. Her interest in missionary work began as a college student, with her involvement in the Young Women's Christian Association. In November of 1906 she traveled to Nashville to attend...

 
Wilde (Irene) papers

Irene Wilde contributed poetry to the and the , wrote (1928), (c. 1938) and (1943). The collection consists of both typewritten and handwritten poetry by Wilde, correspondence, news clippings, and annotated rough drafts.

 
Wilkinson Collection of Library Postcards

A collection of approximately 5800 library postcards collected by Ann M. and Billy R. Wilkinson. The postcards are primarily of early 20th century American libraries, including many Carnegie libraries. There also a few foreign libraries represented.

 
Williams (J. Harold) Papers

J. Harold Williams (1888-1981) was a professor of education at UCLA (1923- ). He served as the associate director for the University of California Extension Division (1942-46) and as the provost of Santa Barbara College (1946-55), which became UC Santa...

Williams (Tennessee) papers

Thomas Lanier Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus, Missouri. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for , and another in 1955 for . Many of his plays were adapted for the screen. His works include 24 major plays, 2...

 
Williams (William Carlos) recordings

Collection consists of cassette tape recordings of William Carlos Williams issued by Keele University. Includes 15 audiocassettes and an accompanying booklet describing the recordings....

 
Willkie (Wendell L.) Collection of Material

Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was the president of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation (1933), a utility company operating in 11 states. He became a leading spokesman of business opposition to the New Deal and was the Republican presidential nominee for...

 
Wills (William H.) Papers

William Henry Wills (1810-1880) was a contributor to magazines and , served as one of the original literary staff of , and was a contributer and sub-editor of the (1846) before becoming a contributor and assistant editor of Chambers' journal,...

 
Wilshire Family Papers

Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861-1927) was a real estate developer who helped turn Long Beach into a seaside resort and developed Wilshire Boulevard. He became known as the millionaire socialist, publishing , which changed its name to . Gaylord stood as...

 
Wilson (Donna M.) Collection of Brazilian Slides by John S. Stiles, Jr.

Collection of color photographic slides that feature the travels of John S. Stiles Jr. from circa 1954 to 1956. The focus of his work documents his tour of Brazil as an agent for the United States Department of Agriculture. The...

 
Wilson (Richard A.) Papers

Richard Alan Wilson (1915- ) was a actor, stage manager, and assistant producer at the Mercury Theatre under Orson Welles. Wilson worked on all Welles' films and radio shows until 1948 when he began work as an associate producer on...

 
Winchell (Walter) papers

Walter Winchell gained acclaim as a journalist through newspaper, radio, and television. Most associated with his career are his gossip columns and political commentary. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings and/or written pieces by and/or about Winchell, and a small...

 
Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles Collection of Menus

Collection consists of about 50 menus pertaining to the dinners held by the Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles from 1935-1945....

 
Wine Material Collection

Collection consists of magazines, articles, menus, photographs, catalogs, auction records, posters, and ephemera related to the production, consumption, study and celebration of wines. Includes materials from such California wineries as Almaden, Beringer, Brookside, Charles Krug, Christian Brothers, Concannon, Gallo, Korbel,...

 
Wingfield (Michael Allen) papers

Michael Allen Wingfield, former UCLA engineering graduate student, was part of a team responsible for installing the Interface Message Processor (IMP) and creating the first Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) node at the University of California, Los Angeles. He...

 
Winstein (Saul) Papers

Saul Winstein (1912-1969) was a professor of chemistry at UCLA (1941-1969). He specialized in physical-organic chemistry and reaction mechanisms, and wrote over 175 articles for journals since 1933; won the award in pure chemistry from the American Chemical Society in...

 
Wire recordings of Japanese performers in Sacramento, California

Twelve wire recordings and corresponding digitized copies that contain portions of a variety of live concerts performed by Japanese and Japanese American musicians on tour in Sacramento, California in and around the year 1950. The recordings capture portions of small...

 
Wirth (Dawn) punk ephemera collection

Dawn Wirth bought her first camera in 1976, a Canon FTb, with the money she earned from working at the Hanna-Barbera animation studio. She enrolled in a high-school photography class and began taking photos of bands. While still in high...

 
Woellner (Frederic P.) Papers

Frederic Philip Woellner (b.1890) was a lecturer in civic education at the University of California, Southern Branch (1923-25), and professor of education (1925-56). In 1960, he was named California teacher of the year by proclamation of the governor. The collection...

 
Wolff (Victoria) Papers

Victoria Wolff (1908-ca. 1990s) was a scenarist and film scripter for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, a foreign correspondent for , and a contributor to Swiss and German magazines. The collection consists of books, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera related...

 
Wollman (William B.) collection of material about Calligraphy

Collection consists of original calligraphy, reproductions, photographs of exhibits, teaching materials, periodicals, books, clippings, and ephemera of calligrapher and teacher William B. Wollman. Includes wooden plaques and signs with calligraphic text....

 
Wolper Productions Records

David L. Wolper (1928- ) helped form Flamingo Films, which merged with a distributing company, Motion Pictures for Television before he formed Wolper Productions (1958), which became known for developing a new market for independently-produced documentary films. Wolper Productions was...

 
Wolpert (Stanley A.) Papers

Stanley Albert Wolpert was a professor of history at UCLA, and served as the department chair (1968- ). The collection consists of an early typescript with holograph corrections, galley proofs and a revised typescript with extensive holograph and editorial corrections...

 
Wolt (Irene) papers

Irene Bernice Wolt was a life-long activist and writer in the Los Angeles area who was involved in a diverse range of political, environmental, and social causes such as the anti-war war movement of the 1970s, redevelopment in Santa Monica,...

 
Wolverton (Terry) papers

Terry Wolverton, born in 1954, is a poet, writer, editor, teacher of writing, performance artist, and management consultant. She has also worked as a promoter of the arts, primarily at the Los Angeles Woman's Building, and served in management positions...

 
Woman's Building records

The Woman's Building was a feminist community space that served as an educational facility and central icon in the feminist art and larger political movements. During its eighteen year lifespan, it housed conferences, performances, exhibitions and community events in downtown...

 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Duarte, Calif.) Records

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) provided a national voice through which women expressed their views on social and political issues, and was also a vast grass roots organization that worked for charitable and political solutions to social problems during...

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) collection

The Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Collection is a mixture of papers and organizational records, publications, ephemera and audio-visual materials collected by organization member Dani Adams (national office in Los Angeles). Of particular interest are the internal memos and...

 
Wood (Edith M.) of Long Beach Photograph album containing snapshots of California

Family snapshot album documenting people, places, pets, cars, and events in the life of Edith M. Wood, of 125 Cedar Ave., Long Beach, California, between ca. 1909 to ca. 1918. Probable range of dates from scattered dates supplied in album...

 
Wood (Fred B.) Papers

Fred B. Wood (1888-1961) served on the state legislative council of California (1927-50), was a member of the state personnel board (1934-39), a justice of the California District Court of Appeals, District 1 (1950), and a member of the California...

 
Woodfield (William R.) Papers

William Read Woodfield (1928- ) was a free-lance writer and photographer, and wrote scripts for television programs including and . The collection consists of production materials and scripts for the television programs , and . Also available in the collection...

 
Woodruff (S.H.) album of photographs and renderings of homes in Hollywoodland

Album of 92 photographs (19.3 x 25 cm) from 1923-1929, documenting the development of Hollywoodland, a 500-acre subdivision at the top of Beachwood Canyon in Los Angeles, California.

 
Woodruff (S.H.) album of photographs relating to development of Hollywoodland and Dana Point, California

Album of 30 photographs (19.3 x 25 cm), including four duplicate, relating to the real estate developments by S.H. Woodruff in Hollywoodland (Los Angeles), and Dana Point, California between 1923 and 1929.

 
Woodruff (S.H.) community developer : Hollywoodland, Dana Point, California photograph album

Album of photographs (20 x 25 cm) from the 1920s, documenting the development of Hollywoodland, a 500-acre subdivision at the top of Beachwood Canyon in Los Angeles, California, and the seaside town of Dana Point, California.

 
Woodruff (S.H.) Hollywoodland album of photographs of homes

Album of photographs (19.3 x 25 cm) from 1923-1929, showcasing homes in Hollywoodland, a 500-acre subdivision at the top of Beachwood Canyon in Los Angeles, California.

 
Woods Family Papers

The Woods family was from Versailles, Missouri. Peter George Woods (1844-1919) was a doctor, druggist, prominent Democrat and Mason, and was also one of the founders of the Bank of Versailles. His brothers were: S.R. Woods, and Charles Carroll Woods,...

 
Work (Stuart A.) collection of material about automobile history

Stuart A. Work collected automobile literature while delivering cars for his father's auto agency and garage. The collection consists of automobile and racing magazines, auto show brochures, promotional booklets, technical manuals, books, clippings, catalogues, maps, time tables, and ephemera.

 
World War I Collection of Material

Collection consists of miscellaneous books, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to American and European civil and military participation in World War I. Includes , , , , , and . Also includes a complete file of ,...

 
World War II Collection of Material

Collection consists of documents, correspondence, proclamations, pamphlets, books, objects, war posters, flags, signs, ration books, and miscellaneous papers....

 
Worrell (Edward) A journal of a campaign through the south western and western prairies in the months of May and June, 1833

Two copies (one full, one partial) of a daily journal kept by U.S. Army surgeon Edward Worrell. The journal is noteworthy for its insights into the day-to-day life of a solider in the American West, as well as the attitudes...

 
Wright (Harold B.) Papers

Harold Bell Wright (1872-1944) was a painter and decorator (1887-92) and a landscape painter (1892-97) before becoming a pastor serving the midwest and Redlands, California (1897-08). He retired from the ministry in 1908 and became a novelist. His published works...

 
Wright (John M.) Papers

John M. Wright was the editor of the . The collection consists of letters to him from various political figures such as Earl Warren, Fletcher Bowron, Goodwin Knight, Richard M. Nixon, James Forrestal, and others concerning the paper's support in...

 
Wright (Lloyd) papers

Lloyd Wright (1890-1978) was the eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright. He trained as a draftsman/delineator in his father's Oak Park Studio, and studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin (1908-09). He was a landscape architect for various Los Angeles...

 
Wright (M.) diary of a Surveyor

The typed transcript of a diary by an Irish surveyor working in East New South Wales, Australia from July 1, 1847 to November 17, 1847. During this time Wright surveyed areas in the vicinity of Dungog, Newcastle, and Singleton. Wright...

 
Writers' Congress records

The Writers' Congress was an initiative to bring together various people within the entertainment profession to discuss how film, radio, music, and the press could support war efforts. The Congress was held at the University of California, Los Angeles in...

 
Wurtele (Morton G.) collection of Brechtiana

Collection of material by and about Bertolt Brecht, including typescripts of prose and poetry, books, recordings and a script for an adaptation of Brecht's play , collected by Morton G. Wurtele, professor emeritus of atmospheric science at UCLA.

 
Wyatt (Joseph L.) California Democratic Council records collection

The California Democratic Council (CDC), a federation of local volunteer clubs, was established in 1953. CDC endorsements and campaign support led to the first full statewide slate of Democrats in 40 years (1954) and also figured prominently in the election...

 
Wylie (James F.) papers

Scrapbooks of Wylie's service in the Marine Corps during World War II, short stories and collected poetry.

 
Wynn (Ed) Papers

Born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, Ed Wynn (1886-1966) was a successful New York vaudeville comic headliner by the age of 17. He appeared in Ziegfeld follies, wrote and produced his own shows on Broadway (1920s and 1930s), and appeared in television...

 
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Yadgâr-i Istanbul : Constantinople photographs

Souvenir album containing large mounted albumen prints of views of Istanbul, Turkey, published by the studio of Sébah & Joaillier, between 1888 and 1910.

 
Yale (Gregory) papers

Gregory Yale (1816-1871) was the author of (1867). The collection consists of correspondence, legal files, and accounts relating mainly to Yale's law practice in Jacksonville, Florida and in San Francisco, as well as some personal letters and papers.

 
Yamazaki (Shinichi) Papers

Collection consists of material of Yamazaki's as music editor for several motion pictures, including rerecording cue sheets, music scoring session forms, notes, scripts, still photographs, and ephemera....

 
Yankwich (Leon R.) papers

Léon René Yankwich (1888-1975) was a judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court (1927-35) and in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California (1935-64). He presided over one of the first cases under the Smith Act,...

 
Yasui Family Papers

Satosuke Yasui was born in 1881 in Hiroshima Prefecture. He arrived in Hawaii in 1907, where he was a newspaperman, Japanese language school principal and teacher, and publisher and editor of the Maui Shimbun. He also served as an officer...

 
Yates (Edmund H.) Papers

Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894) was a novelist. He also founded and served as editor-in-chief of . The collection consists of about 125 letters from Yates to various persons, and his personal diaries from the years 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, and...

 
Yellowstone Park : color photogravures by F. Jay Haynes

An album of twenty color photogravures, printed in Germany, possibly between 1890 and 1910, of views of Yellowstone National Park taken by F. Jay Haynes, who started photographing the park beginning in 1881.

 
Yerby (Lorees) papers

Lorees Yerby was a writer of short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. In 1957, she and her husband Mike Dutton opened Coffee House Positano, located in Malibu, California. The collection consists of plays including Save Me a Place at Forest...

 
Yoneda (Karl G.) papers

Karl G. Yoneda was a Kibei-nisei, born in Glendale, California in 1906 and stayed in Japan between 1913 and 1926. He returned to the United States in 1927 and joined the American Communist Party. During World War II, Yoneda was...

 
Yoshida (Yoshie) Papers

As an art critic and curator, Yoshie Yoshida (1929-2016) organized many exhibitions and events in Japan. After becoming a member of Art Critics Association, he was also engaged in supporting political and performance art. The collection ranges from monographs, serials...

 
Young (Ella) Papers

Ella Young (1867-1956) held the Phelan Memorial Lectureship on Celtic Mythology and Literature at UC Berkeley, and wrote poetry and books for children influenced by Irish folklore. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, clippings, horoscopes, books, other printed material,...

 
Young (Ethel) papers

Ethel Silver Young (1915-2005) is recognized as a pioneer in early childhood education. She developed preschool and K-level curricula for multicultural and mixed-income preschool environments, was a leader in the local cooperative nursery school movement, and helped develop award winning...

 
Young (Gordon R.) Papers

Gordon Ray Young (1886-1948) was a journalist in Chicago and San Francisco, the literary editor of the , and author of over forty novels, including the Red Clark adventure books. The collection consists of manuscripts, periodicals, three newsclippings, and six...

 
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Zamin (Ki Dost) papers

Zamin Ki Dost (1866-1947) was a medical missionary in India and lectured throughout the U.S. for Armenian Relief before settling in Los Angeles to teach philosophy and write stories and poems. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, including a manuscript...

 
Zeitlin (Jake) Collection of Material

Jacob Israel Zeitlin (1902-1987) was a bookseller, poet and book reviewer in Ft. Worth, Texas before moving to Los Angeles (1925). He was employed by the Holmes Book Company and the book departments of the May Company and Bullock's before...

 
Zeitlin (Jake) Graphic Arts Ephemera Collection

Collection consists of materials on typography, printing history, illustration and engraving, bookbinding, private presses, and fine printing. Includes assorted ephemera such as newsletters, announcements, clippings, memorabilia, keepsakes, and more. The various presses, printers, designers, and organizations represented include: Bremer Press,...

 
Zeitlin (Jake) papers

Jacob Israel Zeitlin (1902-1987) was a bookseller, poet and book reviewer in Ft. Worth, Texas before moving to Los Angeles (1925). He was employed by the Holmes Book Company and the book departments of the May Company and Bullock's before...

 
Zeitlin (Jake) Papers on D. H. Lawrence Manuscripts

Correspondence between Jake Zeitlin, a Los Angeles antiquarian book dealer, Frieda Lawrence and others regarding the sale of D.H. Lawrence manuscripts. Includes correspondence with book dealers, publishers, and academic institutions regarding the appraisal and exhibition of Lawrence manuscripts, books, and...

 
Zeitlin (M.A.) collection of reproduced manuscripts in Spanish

M. A. Zeitlin (1899-1993) was a professor in UCLA's Department of Spanish and Italian, founded the departmental program in Portuguese, helped to develop a curriculum in Latin American studies, and was a member of the initial committee on Latin American...

 
Zeitlin (M.A.) papers

M.A. Zeitlin (1899-1993) was the chair of the Department of Spanish and Italian at UCLA. He founded the departmental program in Portuguese, helped to develop a curriculum in Latin American studies, and was a member of the initial committee on...

 
Zen Center of Los Angeles records

The Zen Center of Los Angeles (ZCLA) was founded in 1967 by Taizan Maezumi. Associated with the Soto Zen sect, it provides Buddhist teaching and training to both lay people and monks. This collection spans 1937-2012 and primarily consists of...

 
Zermeño (Andy) papers

Andy Zermeño was a political cartoonist and graphic designer noted for his contributions to , a periodical produced by the United Farm Workers of America. The collection includes Zermeño's personal copies of , drawings, filmstrips, and ephemera.

 
Zitron (Isidore) collection of papers of Sydney Leyton

Collection consists of manuscripts, appointment books, notebooks, notepads, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newspapers in Russian, and telegrams....

 
Zitta (Victor) Papers

Victor Zitta (1926- ) was a professor of political science. He taught at Gonzaga University (1958-60), Marquette University (1961-65), and the University of Maryland (1966-68). The collection consists of Zitta manuscripts including typescripts with holograph corrections of (1981) and (1983).

 
Zuckerman (Bessie) papers

This collection consists of material relating to Bessie Zuckerman, a prominent member of the community of music associations in Los Angeles between 1920 and 1940. Items include music scores, sheet music, performance programs, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and publications. The collection...

 
Zugsmith (Albert) papers

Collection of screenplays, treatments and related material.

 
Zylbercweig (Zalmen) Collection of Yiddish Theater Scripts

Zalmen Zylbercweig (1894-1972) was born in Chortkov, Galicia. He started his career as an actor before he turned to writing, translating, and directing plays. He relocated to New York in 1937 where he served as editor for the for eleven...