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Tarzana Woman's Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-TWC
Abstract The Tarzana Woman’s Club was initially formed as the Runnymede Women’s Club in 1915, an auxiliary to the local men’s social organization, the Runnymede Poultry and Berry Association. The women’s association disbanded in 1923, but twelve former members re-formed as a separate organization shortly thereafter. In 1927, the club was renamed the Tarzana Woman's Club. It dissolved in 2001, as membership continued to decline. The collection consists primarily of the club's budgets and charitable...
Dates: 1922-2001; Majority of material found within 1990-2001
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

George and Anna Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-GAT
Abstract

The George and Anna Taylor Papers consist of photographs, postcards, and other materials created during the Taylor's two trips to California in 1904 and 1910/11. The latter trip was the couple's honeymoon.

Dates: 1904-1911
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Teatro Cometa Oral History Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-TCOH
Abstract This collection of oral histories tells the story of a grassroots Chicano theater group, Teatro Cometa, which was active during 1970s and early 1980s in and around Fullerton, California. During their approximately dozen year span, Teatro Cometa embodied elements of the rasquache ethic as well as formal theatrical productions with varying levels of municipal and private support. This collection of oral histories gives voice to...
Dates: 2007-2008
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Temperance Broadsides Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-TBS
Abstract The Temperance Broadsides Collection consists of broadsides printed by the National Temperance Society and Publication House, some on behalf of the Women's National Christian Temperance Union, all of which argue in favor of alcohol-free living. Broadsides in the collection were all part of numbered series, including "The Pint of Ale" (no. 24 of the Beer Series), "Close the Bars" (no. 22), and "What are You Doing?" (no. 6). They are undated, and consist primarily of text, with some...
Dates: circa 1880-circa 1900
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Temperance Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-TSB
Abstract

The Temperance Scrapbook is a scrapbook compiled by an unknown person in San Diego, California. The book contains newspaper articles, editorials, and other writings on the temperance movement and women’s suffrage in the United States, religion, famous women, and world events from 1889 to 1894. The scrapbook also contains handwritten diary entries and religious musings from 1941.

Dates: 1889-1941; Majority of material found within 1889-1894
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Robert and Eva Tharp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-RNT
Abstract Robert and Eva Tharp were both born in China to missionary parents, and both took on missionary work in China individually and after they married in 1938. After the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, Robert was imprisoned by the Japanese, and after his release 8 months later the Tharps moved to India where they worked as liaisons between Chinese and Indian citizens and for the British government. They returned to China to continue their mission work, but were forced to flee to America in the wake...
Dates: 1902-2004
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Theater Playbill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-TPB
Abstract

The Theater Playbill Collection includes playbills from local Los Angeles area theaters dated from 1940 to 1970.

Dates: 1940-1970
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Theatrical Promotion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-TPC
Abstract

The Theatrical Promotion Collection primarily consists of broadsides advertising theatrical events at major and minor English theaters, but also includes a small number of American, Scottish, and French broadsides, theater programs, directories, newspapers, and other literature relevant to the theater industry.

Dates: 1801-1936; Majority of material found within 1820-1836
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Shayla and Rebecca Thomas Wedding Program

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SC-SRT
Abstract

Shayla and Rebecca Thomas, two queer women, married on June 12, 2004. Their wedding program documents the main events of the ceremony and identifies who was in their wedding party. The time of their wedding coincided with the start of the formal recognition of and legal battles surrounding same-sex marriage in California.

Dates: 2004 June 12
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Coralie Hewitt Tillack Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-CHT
Abstract In 1956, Coralie Hewitt Tillack began her 26-year employment with Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank, California. Starting as a telephone switchboard operator and later transferring to Field Operations, Coralie was captivated by the history of the first million-dollar airport constructed in the United States, and gathered material to write a column for the company newspaper. Over the years, Coralie accumulated a large collection of newspaper clippings, magazines, books, and photographs, along...
Dates: 1930-1987
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

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