Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Tgmi
Found in 312 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Montoya Culture Clash Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-CC-RM
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...
Dates:
1989-2022
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild, Local 839 Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-SCG
Abstract
The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild was a professional guild and labor union of cartoonists and animators. The Guild, then known as the Hollywood Screen Cartoonists, held their first union meeting in 1937. Throughout its existence the Guild represented animators at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the Walter Lantz Studios, Walt Disney Studios, and Terrytoon, Inc. The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild Collection contains historical records relating to the...
Dates:
1937-1951
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Catherine Mulholland Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-CM
Abstract
Catherine Rose Mulholland, granddaughter of William Mulholland, former Chief Superintendent of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, was a historian, writer, civic leader, and public speaker in the San Fernando Valley and the greater Los Angeles area, where she spent much of her life. The Catherine Mulholland Collection documents her personal and professional life, chronicles the life of her grandfather, William Mulholland, and provides a unique...
Dates:
1812-2011
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Musicians, Singers, and Actors Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MSA
Abstract
The collection consists of snapshots and studio photographs of well known figures in the entertainment industry, including several photographs from the film Guys and Dolls and photographs of Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Placido Domingo, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Fred Lowery, Caterina Valente, Guy Mitchell, Marie Osmond, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Joan Crawford, Martha Hyer,...
Dates:
1930-1980
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Nansen International Office for Refugees Illustrated Annual Report
Collection
Identifier: SC-OIN
Abstract
The illustrated annual report of the Nansen International Office for Refugees documents the humanitarian aid provided by the Office to Armenian refugees from Turkey settling in Syria and Lebanon from 1926 to 1934.
Dates:
1934
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Julian Nava Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-JNC
Abstract
Julian Nava was born and raised in East Los Angeles, was one of the first Mexican-American graduates of Pomona College, and one of the first Mexican-American doctoral students at Harvard University. He had a distinguished career as a professor of history at California State University, Northridge, served as a member of the Los Angeles Board of Education, and as United States Ambassador to Mexico from 1980 to 1981. Nava's collection documents his wide personal and professional interests in...
Dates:
1804-1993
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Julian Nava Los Angeles Olympics, Spanish Olympic Committee Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-JNL
Abstract
Julian Nava served as the Envoy (Attache España) of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) to the Spanish Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Español - COE) for the 1984 Summer Olympics and preceding 10-week-long adjunct Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival. The Spanish Olympic Committee was founded in 1912 to develop, promote, and protect the Olympic Movement in their country and support Spanish athletic participation in the Olympics. The collection documents the 1984 Los Angeles...
Dates:
1980-1985
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Susan B. Nelson Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-SBN
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...
Dates:
1892-2003
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Nineteenth Century Photograph Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700111416995]
Identifier: SC-NCP
Abstract
This collection consists of tintypes, ambrotypes, and cartes de visite of unrelated individuals, probably photographed in the United States from the 1860s through the 1890s. The cartes de visite are photographs of Civil War soldiers, mostly officers. There is one early 19th-century albumen print.
Dates:
1860-1880
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Lillian Noce Travel Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-LNT
Abstract
This collection contains two travel scrapbooks compiled by Lillian Noce of Denver, Colorado. The scrapbooks document her trip to Japan as a Delegate for the World Federation of Education Associations (WFEA) World Conference in 1937, and the associated tour of the Philippines, China, and Japan.
Dates:
1937
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives