Abstract The Los Angeles Newspaper Guild (LANG) was chartered in 1937 as a local chapter of the American Newspaper Guild. They organized and represented newspaper employees throughout Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Orange, and San Bernardino counties in grievances and collective bargaining negotiations. In 2001, they merged with the Communications Workers of America. The collection documents these and other activities of the union via extensive administrative records, correspondence, legal documents,...

Abstract Mario Jose de Souza Machado, a Portuguese-Chinese descendant, was born in Shanghai, China on April 22, 1935. He was an eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster, and was also heavily involved in local community and Old China Hands events. He helped organize the 1996 Old China Hands Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada, and invited special guest speakers from various governments, media, and business. The collection consists mostly of documents regarding the 1996 reunion, in...

Abstract Marjorie Macris was born on January 30, 1935 in Chicago and raised in the Midwest. Macris was a pioneer for women in the field of city planning. She worked as planning director for Marin County and the City of Berkeley. Macris passed away in San Francisco on October 16, 2023. The collection documents the professional life and career of Marjorie Macris from the time she began her career as one of the only female planners, to her retirement and work as a planning consultant. Materials include...

Abstract Yervand Markarian was born in Harbin, China, to Armenian refugees, and he grew up in Tientsin where his father ran a billiards hall. He attended St. Louis College in Tientsin, and in 1939 volunteered to fight in World War II with the French Foreign Legion. After serving some time working as a police officer in the French Concession in Shanghai, he opened a Russian restaurant, Kavkaz, which served as the headquarters for the American forces after World War II. After the Communist takeover...

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The Floyd M. Martinson Collection consists primarily of reproductions of secondary source material used by Dr. Martinson in his research regarding the family and the development of sexuality in children.

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Charles McHaney was a U.S. Marine stationed in Tientsin, China during and after World War II. While in Tientsin, he took numerous photographs, the subjects of which are primarily his fellow Marines, local geography, and local culture. The collection consists mostly of these photographs, with some additional print materials related to the U.S. Marine presence in Tientsin in the late 1940s.

Abstract The Mimi Melnick Collection documents the personal and professional life of native Angeleno Miriam (Mimi) Clar Melnick, Jazz critic, Jazz pianist, and patron of Jazz musicians, whose activities played an influential role in the development of Jazz in the Los Angeles region between 1958 and 2010. The Collection also includes materials related to Melnick's family relationships and friendships, educational pursuits, her work as an author and editor, and her...

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...

Abstract A founding member of Culture Clash, Richard Montoya was born in San Diego in 1959, the son of two educators. Culture Clash was founded on Cinco de Mayo, 1984 at René Yañez's Galería de la Raza/Studio 24 in San Francisco's Mission District by Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, Herbert Sigüenza, and José Antonio Burciaga. Culture Clash's brand of Chicano comedic theater has brought them to renowned venues including the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Lincoln Center in New York City, the...

Abstract The Susan B. Nelson Collection documents the professional and personal life of Susan Louise Barr Nelson, an environmental and community planner, and social and political activist. Nelson played a fundamental role in the establishment of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, which became the largest urban national park in the United States. The collection also details Nelson’s work with numerous groups and organizations to preserve open space...