Abstract Donald Gordon was an American who lived in Japan with his parents when he was a child. On March 31, 1889 his mother gifted him a journal. He filled his journals with daily entries of varying lengths. The first was a gift from his mother, and the second a Christmas gift from his father. In the journals, Donald wrote about issues of typical concern to a young boy, including school, friends, church, leisure activities, and family vacations. The journals also include clippings, sketches, and...

Abstract Fred M. Greguras served as a United States Marine in Vietnam in 1970 with Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, before entering the field of law and becoming a partner at a law firm in California. The Fred M. Greguras California Military Places Collection reflects his research interest in the history of the U.S. Marines and American military sites through research materials, photographs, documents, and collected ephemera that focus on United...

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The Herbert B. Harris Travel Scrapbooks consist of two books, The Pageant of Chinese Historyby Elizabeth Seeger and Peking by Juliet Bredon, used as travel scrapbooks. Photographs, newspaper clippings, and notes document a trip to China in 1937 and are throughout the two publications.

Abstract The Harris-Wheeler Collection documents the efforts of Alvin S. Harris, an amateur erotic photographer, and Richard "Dick" Oliver Wheeler, an enthusiast, to collect, share, and sell cross-dressing and sexual fetish materials, including literature, photographs, periodicals, catalogs, and other types of sexually explicit content. Notable figures represented in the collection include Irving Claw, John Willie, Louise Lawrence, and Christine Jorgensen....

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This collection consists of a scrapbook which includes newspaper and periodical clippings from the late 19th century, as well as a Thanksgiving dinner menu dated November 30, 1893.

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The Captain Forrest G. Houlehan Scrapbook contains photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, typed letters and other ephemera that document Houlehan's life from World War I up until the beginning of World War II in 1941. Many materials in the scrapbook relate to Captain Houlehan's work between the wars at car dealerships and the Civilian Conservation Corps.

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The Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley (IASFV), now called the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA), is a non-profit organization formed to attract industry to the San Fernando Valley, a suburban community in Los Angeles. The records of the Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley, 1949-1981, document the establishment and development of the Association, and corresponding growth across the San Fernando Valley.

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The Captain Charles Jackson Papers documents Jackson's personal life and military career in the United States Marine Corps from 1934 to 1955.

Abstract The Japanese American Soldier Photograph Album was compiled by an unknown Japanese American United States Army soldier, noted as "Robert" in a handwritten title on the cover of the album, post World War II. The book contains photographs of his family, friends, and fellow soldiers. The majority of photos are labeled with handwritten captions which often include names, jobs, and where they are from. The photographs depict locations in Hawaii as well as the Marianas-Bonins Command (MARBO) in...

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Scrapbooks in the collection primarily consist of advertisements clipped from periodicals and newspapers, as well as photographs. Each volume has a theme, and was created between 1950 and 1996.