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Merrymount Press Bible Specimen Pages

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-BSP
Dates: 1904

Mexican American Political Association Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TBC-MAPA
Abstract The Mexican American Political Association Papers documents the creation, communications, meetings, and early governance of the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), a nonpartisan political organization in California that advocated for Mexican-American representation in public office and in voting, and took on issues that impacted its demographic. It consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, memos, reports, financial records, rosters, programs, articles of incorporation, bylaws,...
Dates: 1960-1980

Milton W. Meyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-MWM
Abstract

Milton W. Meyer is a professor emeritus of history at California State University, Los Angeles, and has written multiple books on the history of Asia. The collection contains items collected by Meyer related to the history of China, including a map of Changsha, a 1947 article and letter written by Dr. Orient Lee on Chinese history, and a five part manuscript on Chinese history and culture written by Herbert E. House.

Dates: 1939-1949

Thomas Middleton China Marines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-TMC
Abstract

The Thomas Middleton China Marines Collection contains a photograph album along with loose photographs and ephemera that document Middleton's service in Peking and Tientsin after World War II.

Dates: 1945-1946

Migratory Labor Camp Newsletters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-MLC
Abstract

The collection consists of newsletters produced by migrant workers in labor camps established by the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration in California and Washington during the 1930s and early 1940s. These newsletters document everyday operations of the camps, and provide insight into the lives of the thousands of workers who migrated to the West Coast in the wake of the Dust Bowl seeking employment.

Dates: 1938-1942

Military Geographic Information on European and Asiatic Russia Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MGI
Abstract

The Military Geographic Information on European and Asiatic Russia Collection contains sets of maps and booklets with geographic information on Russia, the greater Soviet Union area, and one group of materials related to Southeast France. The materials were created by Army General Staff in the German Department for War Maps and Surveying in Berlin for military use during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1942

Elsa Shelton Miller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-ESMC
Abstract Elsa Shelton Miller was born in 1916, and lived in China and Japan until the early 1950s. She worked as a stenographer for a variety of employers, including the U.S. forces in Peiping after World War II, and Time Life International in Tokyo. The collection contains documents from Miller’s life in Asia, including identification and citizenship documents, a travel visa, Chinese Yuan from the late 1940s, postcards with pictures of Shanghai, and documents regarding Miller’s attempts to gain a...
Dates: 1946-1950

Reverend Wendell L. Miller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-WLM
Abstract Reverend Wendell L. Miller was pastor of the University Methodist Church, Los Angeles. He became involved in local politics when gambling and prostitution began edging toward the area surrounding the University of Southern California (USC) campus. Miller founded the Citizens Independent Vice Investigating Committee (C.I.V.I.C.), which also campaigned against crime and corruption in City Hall, ultimately resulting in the recall of Mayor Frank L. Shaw. The collection documents Miller's...
Dates: 1928-1988

Ruth Miller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-RM
Abstract

Ruth Miller was a prominent workers' rights advocate, women’s rights advocate, and union organizer from Los Angeles, California. Miller served as the Education Director of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). The collection documents Ruth Miller’s professional work during her time at the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), as well as the library of research materials she amassed on union organizing and related topics.

Dates: 1938-1995

Miss Griffith Letter

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-MGL
Abstract

This collection consists of a handwritten letter dated August 10, 1925, from a Miss M. Simpson to Miss Griffith, confirming a reservation made by Miss Griffith for two single bedrooms and a sitting room for five days at a hotel or boarding house in Mayfair, London, and detailing the cost of the room, meals, and other amenities.

Dates: 1925

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