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Hanni Sondheimer Vogelweid Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-HLS
Abstract Hanni Sondheimer Vogelweid was born on October 5, 1923, in Berlin, Germany. Her family was living in Lithuania when World War II began, and fled to Japan in an attempt to emigrate to America where they had relatives. This did not work out, and the family was forced to move to Shanghai, as they had become officially stateless upon leaving Lithuania. Vogelweid lived in Shanghai from 1941 to 1946, and during the war was forced to live in the Hongkew ghetto with other Jewish refugees. The...
Dates: 1941-2003; Majority of material found within 1941-1946

Asher Vogler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-AV
Abstract

This collection documents some of the significant events of the community of South Gate, including social and political issues affecting the city during a period of nationwide depression. Three organizations in the community reflected South Gate's concern with these issues: the Democratic State Central Committee, End Poverty League, Inc., and the Epic Club of South Gate.

Dates: 1935-1950

Richard Vogler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-RVC
Abstract The collection contains newspaper clippings, small booklets and publications, and newsletters and newspapers from the World War II era. Topics include the United Autoworkers Union, opinions for the United States to remain out of WWII, pro-Nazi publications, J. Robert Oppenheimer, United States government security and information commissions, the Socialist Labor Party, and the Council for Civic Unity. A large portion of this collection is the News from...
Dates: 1937-1954

Frank and Trixie Wachsner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-FTW
Abstract

Frank and Trixie Wachsner were both children of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai to escape persecution during World War II. The collection consists of items related to their experiences living in China and the reunions they attended in later years to reconnect with other "Old China Hands."

Dates: 1941-circa 2013

Kathryn Waite Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: URB-KW
Abstract Kathryn Waite (née Wilson) was born in 1901 and died in 1998. She and her husband Harry Edgar Waite (1885-1963) lived in the City of San Fernando. She worked on the nursing staff at Veterans Administration Hospital in Sylmar and was a member of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her husband Harry worked as the San Fernando City Engineer. The Photograph Album depicts Harry’s work as Chief of the Survey Party for the California State Survey of Ridge...
Dates: ca. 1910-1940

War Relocation Authority Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-WRA
Abstract

This collection brings together materials largely generated by the United States War Relocation Authority (WRA). Additional materials are authored by the press, academics, and other U.S. government agencies. The materials document the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II and their incarceration in American concentration camps.

Dates: 1941-1949

Lincoln Ward Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-LWC
Abstract In his capacity as president of the Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley, Lincoln Ward, of the Pacific Telephone Company, and Joseph Staller, of the Southern California Gas Company, conducted a series of weekly interviews over radio station KCSN. The program was called "Our Business is Your Business" and ran from 1976 to 1977. Ward and Staller interviewed outstanding business leaders of the San Fernando Valley. The 25 half-hour programs were designed to inform the public about...
Dates: 1975-1977

Harriet Ware Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-HAW
Abstract

The collection consists of a scrapbook by an unknown creator, which contains news clippings, programs and other announcements about Harriet Ware, her music, and her performances. It also includes a phonograph recording and correspondence from Leila Sherman concerning the donation of the scrapbook and recording.

Dates: undated

Benjamin Watson Papers

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Identifier: OCH-BWP
Abstract

Benjamin Harrison Watson was an American working in the export business in Shanghai when World War II began. The Benjamin Watson Papers document the experiences of internees in the Chapei Civilian Assembly Center in 1943 through the camp newsletter Assembly Times.

Dates: 1943

Francis Gilbert Webb Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-FGW
Abstract Francis Gilbert Webb (1853-1941) was a well-known English music critic and musicologist writing from the turn of the 19th century until 1932 as 'Lancelot" of The Referee. The collection consists of the correspondence files of Mr. Webb and the correspondence of Lady Monckton and a few other letters addressed to different people found in the Webb collection. The correspondence in Webb’s files includes letters from many music personalities such as Samuel...
Dates: 1769-1934; Majority of material found within 1889-1915

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Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles. Community Relations Committee 5
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