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Carl Sandburg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-CSC
Abstract

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was a contemporary American poet, author, musician, well-known Abraham Lincoln scholar, and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes. The materials in the collection primarily document events featuring or celebrating Carl Sandburg’s career, including correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, scrapbooks, personal and press photographs, record albums, autographed memorabilia and ephemera, and writings by and about Carl Sandburg.

Dates: ca. 1875-1982; Majority of material found within 1958-1968

Elmer M. Sanders Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-EMS
Abstract

Elmer M. Sanders was a prominent African-American leader in the city of Pacoima, CA. His papers document the personal achievements of the Sanders family, their involvement in community affairs, and the educational efforts of the Trainers of Teacher Trainers project (TTT) of San Fernando Valley State College (now CSUN) in 1969.

Dates: 1952-1980

Santa Susana Mountain Park Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-SSMPA
Abstract The Santa Susana Mountain Park Association (SSMPA) was formed as a non-profit group in 1971 to preserve the Santa Susana Mountains and the Simi Valley Hills as open space during the rapid urban development of the Santa Clarita, Santa Clara, Simi, and San Fernando valleys. The SSMPA has acted as a citizens' lobbying group to obtain state and federal legislation, local governmental support, and favorable public policy to conserve wilderness areas. The collection consists of administrative...
Dates: 1804-1986; Majority of material found within 1970-1986

John B. Sawyer Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-JBSPC
Abstract

John B. Sawyer was American Vice Consul in Shanghai, China, from 1921 to 1938. The collection consists of photographs Sawyer took of China while stationed in Shanghai.

Dates: 1919-1938; Majority of material found within 1930-1938

Herbert Saxon System Development Corporation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-HSC
Abstract System Development Corporation (SDC) was founded in 1956 in Santa Monica, California. SDC specialized in information technology and systems sciences. Herbert Saxon held a number of key management positions at SDC. The collection is largely focused on Herbert Saxon’s work on a specific SDC project: the Emergency Command Control Communication System (ECCCS) for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The ECCCS was an automated police dispatching system designed to relieve congested radio...
Dates: 1969-1989

Martha Schellhaas Dickoff Travel Diary

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-MSD
Abstract

The Martha Schellhaas Dickoff Travel Diary documents the journey of a Swiss-born American woman to visit family in her hometown in Switzerland. She describes traveling on train across the United States, on the Queen Mary to Paris, her train journey to Switzerland, and her return trip via Italy. During her return she notes signs of militarization and the migration of those leaving Europe on the eve of World War II.

Dates: 1939

Lee C. Schlegel World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-LCS
Abstract

The Lee C. Schlegel World War II Collection documents the experiences of United States Army soldier, Lee Cyrus Schegel, whose enlistment period spanned the first three years of United States involvement in World War II. The collection consists of approximately two-hundred photographic prints, a scrapbook, two diaries, and a small amount of personal papers.

Dates: 1936-1954; Majority of material found within 1941-1944

Eric J. Schmidt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-EJS
Abstract

Eric J. Schmidt taught at the Shanghai American School and was interned by the Japanese in the Chapei camp outside of Shanghai during World War II. The collection contains drawings and photographs depicting life at Chapei camp, an oral history interview with Schmidt, and scenes filmed in Shanghai and the surrounding area post-World War II.

Dates: ca. 1941-1996

Jacob Schwartz and Charles Langstroth Correspondence

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-SLC
Abstract

Correspondence and other items from Jacob Schwartz, bookseller, New York, to Charles Langstroth, Long Beach, California.

Dates: 1939

Elizabeth T. Scott Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: URB-ETS
Abstract

The Elizabeth T. Scott Notebook is a research notebook kept by Scott from 1950 through 1960 containing research she gathered on the history of the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Monica Mountain area of Los Angeles County, California covering the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries in the area.

Dates: 1950-1960

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