Frank A. Irvin was a First Lieutenant in the 7th Iowa Infantry during the US Civil War. He was assigned to the US Signal Corps, and served as Aide-de-Camp to General Franklin's Staff. He participated in the Vicksburg (May 19-July 4, 1863) and Red River (March 10-May 28, 1864) campaigns. The collection consists of military dispatch books and individual dispatches from 1862-1864, personal military records and orders from 1862-1865, and testimonials dated 1870-1915.

John Janosco was a West Coast Representative for the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) from 1949-1960. His area of coverage included California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. Janosco through most of his life was an active participant in the labor movement. Records included in this collection document Janosco's activities as UPWA West Coast Representative and include weekly field reports, correspondence with union locals, and photographs.

This collection brings together nineteen newspapers produced by Japanese American incarcerees from inside nine different American concentration camps during World War II.

This collection brings together materials documenting the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

The Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project consists of interviews conducted by students as part of their course work in Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge.

The Robert B. Jay Collection consists of photographs, maps, correspondence, and research materials collected by Jay related to World War II-era China. Of particular note is a toy Chinese Yo-Yo and original photographic prints possibly depicting the Tientsin flood of 1939.