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Homer A. Halverson Collection

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Identifier: URB-HAH
Abstract Homer Halverson worked for the City of Los Angeles as an Engineer in the 1920s, on his family's orange grove in the San Fernando Valley in the early 1930s, and as a structural draftsman in the US Army Corps of Engineers from the mid-1930s to his retirement in 1965. The Homer A. Halverson Collection documents water history and related infrastructure in the greater Los Angeles area in the early- to mid-20th century, especially the...
Dates: 1915-1994
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Harold Hambrick Photograph and Video Collection

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Identifier: TBC-HHC
Abstract The Harold Hambrick Photograph and Video Collection is a small collection of photographs and videos that largely document Watts and the South Los Angeles area within the time period of 1966 to 2005, and primarily the 1990s and 2000s. Harold Hambrick was an African American businessman and active community member in Watts and surrounding areas. For over 40 years he held many roles at the Watts Health Foundation (WHF), and in the late 1990s he became President of the Los Angeles Black Business...
Dates: 1966-2005
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Iain Hamilton Collection

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Identifier: URB-IH
Abstract

The Iain Hamilton Collection documents perspectives from a uniformed LAPD officer based out of the West Valley Division for the majority of his career. This includes his daily work as a police officer, and his engagement with significant moments in late 20th century Los Angeles history, including the 1984 Olympics, the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

Dates: 1973-2011
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

R. H. B. Hammond-Chambers Logbook Collection

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Identifier: SC-RHB
Abstract

R. H. B. Hammond-Chambers served on the H.M.S. Royal Arthur, H.M.S. Plyades, H.M.S. Blake, and H.M.S. Duke of Wellington in the region of Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He kept these logbooks, dated November 4, 1897 to February 15, 1900 and February 15, 1901 to August 15, 1901 during his service.

Dates: 1897-1901
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Jane Hardy World War II Correspondence Collection

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Identifier: SC-JHWW
Abstract

Anna Jane Hardy lived in Dorset, Vermont and worked at the United Service Organization (USO). The collection consists of 15 letters Jane Hardy received between 1944-1946, and a 1944 newsletter titled GSO Tattler which mentions a going away party for Jane.

Dates: 1944-1946
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Herbert B. Harris Travel Scrapbooks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: OCH-HTS
Abstract

The Herbert B. Harris Travel Scrapbooks consist of two books, The Pageant of Chinese Historyby Elizabeth Seeger and Peking by Juliet Bredon, used as travel scrapbooks. Photographs, newspaper clippings, and notes document a trip to China in 1937 and are throughout the two publications.

Dates: 1922-1937
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Harris-Wheeler Collection

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Identifier: SC-AHDW
Abstract The Harris-Wheeler Collection documents the efforts of Alvin S. Harris, an amateur erotic photographer, and Richard "Dick" Oliver Wheeler, an enthusiast, to collect, share, and sell cross-dressing and sexual fetish materials, including literature, photographs, periodicals, catalogs, and other types of sexually explicit content. Notable figures represented in the collection include Irving Claw, John Willie, Louise Lawrence, and Christine Jorgensen....
Dates: 1870-2000; Majority of material found within 1950-1979
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Bill Harvey Collection

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Identifier: TBC-BHP
Abstract The Bill Harvey Collection features a variety of subjects representative of most of Harvey’s professional career as a publicity, commercial news, business, and freelance photographer. His wide range of subjects include World War II promotions, the Republican National Convention, KTTV, insurance groups, and travel companies. The collection consists of largely photographic materials in the format of negatives and prints. It also contains ephemera, index cards, memorabilia, correspondence,...
Dates: 1931-1997
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Bess Lomax Hawes Student Folklore Collection

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Identifier: URB-BLH
Abstract Bess Lomax Hawes is the daughter of famed folklorist John A. Lomax. Ms. Hawes had an active musical career as a singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Her career as an educator began in 1954 when she became an instructor in guitar, banjo and folk music in the extension division at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1963, she joined the Anthropology Department at San Fernando Valley State College. The material contained in this collection consists of folkloric data collected...
Dates: 1959-1975
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Tom Hayden Belmont Learning Complex Investigation Collection

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Identifier: URB-BLC
Abstract The Belmont Learning Complex (BLC) was established in an effort to relieve overcrowding in schools west of Downtown Los Angeles, as well as to provide a neighborhood school for students who were bused long distances (primarily to the San Fernando Valley). In September and November 1998, State Senator Tom Hayden chaired hearings of the Senate Natural Resources Committee into the issue of toxic pollution in urban schools, focusing attention on what had become widely known as the “Belmont...
Dates: 1978-2002
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

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