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Harris-Wheeler Collection

 Collection
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

Bill Harvey Collection

 Collection
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

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

Tom Hayden Belmont Learning Complex Investigation Collection

 Collection
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

Daniel R. Hayes Berlin Wall Piece and Customs Declaration

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Identifier: URB-DRH
Abstract

The Daniel R. Hayes Berlin Wall Piece and Customs Declaration consists of a small piece of the Berlin Wall affixed to a plaque, a larger piece of the Berlin Wall, and the associated customs declaration for both pieces.

Dates: 1989-1990

Sam Hayes Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-SHS
Abstract

This collection consists of a scrapbook which includes newspaper and periodical clippings from the late 19th century, as well as a Thanksgiving dinner menu dated November 30, 1893.

Dates: 1890-1893

Mabel Haynes Collection

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Identifier: OCH-MBH
Abstract

Mabel Haynes was born in Shanghai in 1918, and lived and worked in Shanghai and Hong Kong until 1949, when she and her husband fled from the new Communist regime. The collection consists of items collected by Haynes related to Shanghai and the Old China Hands experience, including correspondence, articles, and photographs.

Dates: 1943-2001

Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp Collection

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Identifier: SC-HMRC
Abstract

The Heart Mountain incarceration camp was established by the U.S. government’s War Relocation Authority (WRA) to incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II. This collection brings together materials documenting the Heart Mountain incarceration camp including meeting minutes, camp laws, and correspondence.

Dates: 1943-1945

H.L. Heartwell Collection

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Identifier: OCH-HLH
Abstract

H.L. “Sea-biscuit” Heartwell served as a civilian attached to the United States Army Air Corps in China in the 1940s, and as a technician for the Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (CNRRA) after the war. The collection contains items of clothing worn and collected by Heartwell during his time in China as well as four small wood carvings.

Dates: circa 1940-circa 1949

Julien Heimendinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-JHC
Abstract

Julien Heimendinger was a Renault salesman, with exclusive contracts to sell Renault vehicles in Shanghai in the 1930s. The collection consists of exclusivity contracts from 1934-1936 between Heimendinger and Renault, a letter from Renault offering discounts on certain Renault vehicles, and photographs of Heimendinger, Renault cars, and service stations in Shanghai.

Dates: circa 1930-circa 1939; Majority of material found within 1934-1936

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