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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

M'Liss, Child of the Sierras Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MCS
Abstract

The collection consists of promotional materials for an 1879 production of M’Liss, Child of the Sierras, a play based on a short story by American author Bret Harte starring actress Annie Pixley. Items in the collection include a poster advertising a specific performance, and three advertising cards with lithographs depicting scenes from the play.

Dates: 1879

Bill Mochon China Marines Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: OCH-BMC
Abstract

The Bill Mochon China Marines Photograph Collection reflects Mochon's interest in photography and U.S. Marines history through a collection of twenty photographic prints made from the original negatives collected by Mochon. The photographs primarily depict U.S. Marines in the Legation Quarter area in Peking (Beijing).

Dates: Circa 1912-1920

Monnet Notebook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-QAV
Abstract

Handwritten notebook, in French, by General Louis Claude Monnet de Lorbeau and Commandant Louis Marie Benjamin Monnet de Lorbeau.

Dates: ca. 1790-1819

Max Mont Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-MM
Abstract Max Mont was the West Coast Executive Director of the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), which serves as a representative body for working persons from the Jewish community by promoting human rights and assisting organized labor in its relations within the community and with other minority groups. As a JLC officer, Max Mont made himself available to other allied organizations to serve in various capacities, such as professional organizer, coordinator, advisor, public relations director and...
Dates: 1941-1980

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