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Foster H. Jenkins Voyage to San Francisco Journal
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-JFJ
Abstract
Manuscript journal by Foster H. Jenkins of a voyage from Boston to San Francisco aboard the barque Orion in 1849.
Dates:
1849-1864
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Dale Jennings Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-DJS
Abstract
Scrapbooks in the collection primarily consist of advertisements clipped from periodicals and newspapers, as well as photographs. Each volume has a theme, and was created between 1950 and 1996.
Dates:
1950-1996
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Jensen Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-JFC
Abstract
The Jensen Family Collection documents the lives of Manley Charles Jensen, his wife Sara Ludavica Haug, and the early years of their children Johan Waldemar Haug Jensen and Manley Charles Jensen, Junior. Manley C. Jensen, Senior was an American born in San Francisco, but his career took him initially to the Philippines and then to Dairen and Shanghai, China. He worked for Standard Oil for a number of years, before returning to the United States in the early...
Dates:
1880-1994
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Walter Jerome La Novia Ranch Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-WJN
Abstract
Walter Jerome lived on a ranch in Zelzah, California (now Northridge) with his wife Helen and his children in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He kept a diary from November 27, 1927 to January 15, 1930, in which he chronicled daily life on the ranch.
Dates:
1927-1930
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-JFSOH
Abstract
The Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles Oral History Project consists of 50 interviews of Jewish immigrants in the Los Angeles area. The goal of the project was to study and evaluate the life experiences of persons who came to the United States during one of the three waves of Jewish immigration - the period from 1900-1945, the years after the Holocaust, and the period of Russian immigration in the late 1970s. The life stories taken during the project reveal a rich folklore of the Jewish...
Dates:
1979-1981
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 1
Collection
Identifier: URB-CRC1
Abstract
In response to the spread of organized anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1930s, leaders of Los Angeles' Jewish community formed a special defense organization known as the Los Angeles Jewish Community Committee. The committee later changed its name to the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee. The collection documents the committee's efforts to combat prejudice and educate the public through cooperation with both Jewish and non-Jewish...
Dates:
1921-1937
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 2
Collection
Identifier: URB-CRC2
Abstract
In response to the spread of organized anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1930s, leaders of Los Angeles' Jewish community formed a special defense organization known as the Los Angeles Jewish Community Committee. The committee later changed its name to the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee. The collection documents the committee's efforts to combat prejudice and educate the public through cooperation with both Jewish and non-Jewish...
Dates:
Circa 1920-1950
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 3
Collection
Identifier: URB-CRC3
Abstract
In response to the spread of organized anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1930s, leaders of Los Angeles' Jewish community formed a special defense organization known as the Los Angeles Jewish Community Committee. The committee later changed its name to the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee. Part 3 of the collection continues the documentation of CRC’s activities under the leadership of Fred Herzberg through the end of his tenure in...
Dates:
1933-1951
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 4
Collection
Identifier: URB-CRC4
Abstract
The Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 4, documents the CRC’s activities primarily from 1950 to the late 1970s. CRC continued to function as the Public Relations arm of the organized Jewish community. This collection documents the CRC’s activities mostly under the leadership of Joseph Roos, until his retirement in 1969, and Charles Posner, as well as a smaller number of files from later leadership. It documents the committee's...
Dates:
1950-1990
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 5
Collection
Identifier: URB-CRC5
Abstract:
In response to the spread of organized anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1930s, leaders of Los Angeles' Jewish community formed a special defense organization known as the Los Angeles Jewish Community Committee. The committee later changed its name to the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee. The collection documents the committee's efforts to combat prejudice and educate the public through cooperation with both Jewish and non-Jewish...
Dates:
1933-2004
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives