Skip to main content

Documents

 Subject
Subject Source: Tgmi

Found in 469 Collections and/or Records:

Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Realm of California Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-KRC
Abstract During the 1910s, the Klan, which had been defunct since the concluding decades of the 19th century, was revived in Atlanta, Georgia and spread across the country within a decade. The Klan's revival was due in part to urbanization and industrialization. Many Klansmen in the 1920s – 1940s were lower to middle class whites who sought to protect their jobs and neighborhoods, both from black migrants moving out of the South and new immigrants arriving in industrial...
Dates: 1921-1947

Truman C. Kuehn White Rock Advertisement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-TKWR
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1907-1962

Captain Alv Kulstad and George Kulstad Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-AGK
Abstract

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 20th century. The bulk of the materials date from 1920-1949.

Dates: 1916-2012

Laan Tau Mountain Camp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-LTM
Abstract The Laan Tau (Lantau) Mountain Camp was a retreat above the city of Hong Kong dating back to 1925, which consisted of a number of stone cabins owned by both individuals and church organizations, and which served as a well-loved vacation spot for many foreigners in Hong Kong. The collection consists of the records of the Mountain Camp’s Residents’ Association, which includes meeting minutes, financial statements, records of building repairs, lists of owners, and correspondence related to the...
Dates: 1924-1986

Thomas G. Lambert California Gold Rush Letter Book

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700110334355]
Identifier: SC-TGL
Abstract

Thomas G. Lambert traveled to California during the gold rush. He wrote a letter to his "Dear Parents" in a Cooke & Le Count's California Letter Book. In it he gives them a "confidential" account of his friends and acquaintances in California, and describes other events in his life.

Dates: 1855

Harvey and Connie Lapin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-HCL
Abstract Harvey and Connie Lapin's son Shawn was diagnosed with severe autism as a child. In the 1970s, they became activists in advocating for autistic children and adults, and Shawn became national poster child for the National Society for Autistic Children shortly after. The Harvey and Connie Lapin Collection documents the couple's advocacy work with various agencies beginning in 1971 and continuing through the 2000s. The collection consists primarily of manuscript...
Dates: 1969-2006

Susan LaTempa Magazine Publishing Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-SLT
Abstract The Susan LaTempa Magazine Publishing Oral History Collection documents individuals working in the magazine publishing industry in Los Angeles from the 1960s to the 1990s during a golden age of quality and popular print media. The eleven interviewees and narrators held many roles, including editor, owner, publisher, collector, critic, writer, commentator, technical expert, and production director, which gave them varying experiences of and perspectives on a range of publications and types of...
Dates: 1999-2023

Latino Cultural Heritage Oral History Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-LCHOH
Abstract

The Latino Cultural Heritage Oral History Project Collection contains interviews conducted with several donors to the Latino Cultural Heritage Archives as part of the Urban Archives Center’s efforts to expand its holdings documenting the Latino and Chicano experience in Southern California.

Dates: 1995-2005

Marie Laurencin Letter

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112777254]
Identifier: SC-MLL
Abstract

Letter from French painter Marie Laurencin, handwritten in French, to an unnamed "Monsieur" thanking him for sending books and apologizing for losing a letter.

Dates: ca. 1920-1929

Aristide J. Laurent Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-AL
Abstract Aristide Joseph "A.J." Laurent was a U.S. Airman, writer, publisher, printer, and pioneer activist for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities. He clandestinely co-founded The Advocate—the oldest and largest LGBT publication in the United States—in the basement studios of ABC Television in 1967, two years prior to the infamous Stonewall Riots of NYC which marked the beginning of the gay liberation movement in America. Consisting...
Dates: 1967-2010