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Colonel George W. Carrington Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-CGC
Abstract
Colonel George Williams Carrington was a United States Marine who served in China following World War II in 1946, and became the aide to Oscar Badger, the Commander of Naval Forces in the Far East. With a military career spanning from 1942 to 1968, he saw active duty during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He also spent time in Taiwan as an assistant naval attaché, and was the aide to General Maxwell Taylor, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy and Johnson...
Dates:
1945-1985
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Carte de Visite Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-CDV
Abstract
Cartes de visite are a small type of photograph patented in Paris, France in the 1850s, made when a photograph printed on thin paper is mounted onto a thicker piece of paper. Cartes de visite were printed in a standard size, 2 1/8" by 3 1/2", and mounted on a standard-sized piece of paper, 2 1/2" by 4". Usually featuring individuals rather than landscapes or other subjects, cartes de visite were inexpensive in comparison with other photographic prints available at the time, and were...
Dates:
circa 1860-circa 1889
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
John Walton Caughey School Integration Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-JWC
Abstract
A professor of History at UCLA, John Walton Caughey wrote extensively on the history of California and the United States. He was a representative on the State Superintendent's "Committee of Sociologists," an advisory committee on school segregation at UCLA, and worked with the ACLU on the Crawford school desegregation case. The Caughey Collection includes biographical data, legal briefs, plans and reports related to integration of Los Angeles public schools, and more specifically with the...
Dates:
1962-1980
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Bill Chandler Farm Worker and Health Care Organizing Papers
Collection
Identifier: URB-BC
Abstract
Bill Chandler worked with the Community Service Organization in 1960. During this time Chandler met Cesar Chavez and subsequently began working full-time with the United Farm Workers in 1965 in California and Texas. His activities included organizing people to participate in the strike and picketing at the Central Produce Market in downtown Los Angeles. Chandler was an observer in negotiations between farm workers and vineyards in Delano during the grape boycott. In the 1970s and 1980s,...
Dates:
1957-1995
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Carmen Ramos Chandler Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-CAC
Abstract
The Carmen Ramos Chandler Collection documents Chandler's term as president of the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild (LANG) and her work at California State University, Northridge during her time as a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News. The material within the collection dates from 1987 to 1996.
Dates:
1987-1996
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Irene Ramos Chandler Collection
Collection
Identifier: TBC-IRC
Abstract
Irene Ramos Chandler was an activist, a mother, and the wife of Bill Chandler, who was also an activist. She heavily participated in the United Farm Workers (UFW) and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the precursor to UFW, during the 1960s and 1970s in California and Texas through such activities as organizing, attending picket lines, assisting with office work, and recruiting the farmworker community to advocate for their rights. This small collection dates from 1966 to...
Dates:
1966-1978
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
E. Chappell World War II Royal Air Force Diary Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-EC
Abstract
E. Chappell, from North Barnsley, Yorkshire, volunteered to serve with British forces during World War II on May 26, 1941, and was called to serve with the Royal Air Force (RAF) on June 30, 1941. He served in the RAF until at least 1943. The collection consists of Chappell's World War II RAF diary, the original diary case and pencil, and assorted pieces of ephemera that were tucked between the diary's pages, and document's Chappell's experiences in the RAF during World War II.
Dates:
1941-1943
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Roland Charles Collection
Collection
Identifier: TBC-RCH
Abstract
The Roland Charles Collection is an extensive photographic collection that largely consists of people photography, art gallery and exhibit documentation, images of street scenes in Los Angeles, and documentation of a long-term project on Bobtown, a small town in Louisiana. Roland Charles was a Black professional photographer and gallery director who was born in Louisiana and lived in Los Angeles for most of his life. His work has appeared in publications, album covers, exhibits, and...
Dates:
1930-2013
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Joseph Chen Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-JCH
Abstract
The Joseph Chen Collection consists of various maps of China in the 1940s and 1960s, as well as organizational charts of the Chinese Communist and Nationalist military and government in 1964 and 1965.
Dates:
1943-1965
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-CSJH
Abstract
The Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust Collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Sarah Traister Moskovitz as part of her research on the experience of childhood during the Holocaust. The testimonies consist of video recordings documenting experiences in hiding, escaping persecution, incarceration in ghettos, labor camps, and concentration camps. Interviewees speak about their childhoods in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, the...
Dates:
1983-1985
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives