Gloria Watson Curtis Kliene was a British national born and raised in Shanghai, China. During World War II Gloria and her family were interned by the Japanese at the Yu Yuen Road Camp and the Yangtzepoo Camp from February 1943 until April 1945. The collection consists of materials related to Gloria's life in Shanghai, such as identification documents, internment notices, and personal mementos.

William Hogarth was a famous English painter, printmaker, satirist and editorial cartoonist who lived during the early 18^th century. The collection consists of a number of engravings by or in the style of Hogarth.

The Truman C. Kuehn White Rock Advertisement Collection consists of an original color advertisement for White Rock Mineral Water produced in 1907 and published in Puck, and correspondence between Kuehn, the Los Angeles Times and the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles regarding the advertisement.

The Captain Alv Kulstad and George Kulstad Collection contains correspondence, 3D objects, monographs, serials, ephemera, and research materials related to the maritime career of Peter Alv Kulstad and the lives of his wife Helen (Nellie Thomas) Kulstad and children George Kulstad and Olav E. Kulstad in Shanghai in the first half of the 20^th century. The bulk of the materials date from 1920-1949.