Ruth Miller was a prominent workers' rights advocate, women’s rights advocate, and union organizer from Los Angeles, California. Miller served as the Education Director of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). The collection documents Ruth Miller’s professional work during her time at the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), as well as the library of research materials she amassed on union organizing and related topics.

This collection consists of a handwritten letter dated August 10, 1925, from a Miss M. Simpson to Miss Griffith, confirming a reservation made by Miss Griffith for two single bedrooms and a sitting room for five days at a hotel or boarding house in Mayfair, London, and detailing the cost of the room, meals, and other amenities.

The collection consists of promotional materials for an 1879 production of M’Liss, Child of the Sierras, a play based on a short story by American author Bret Harte starring actress Annie Pixley. Items in the collection include a poster advertising a specific performance, and three advertising cards with lithographs depicting scenes from the play.

John David Morris served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. This collection contains one letter from Morris to his mother, and his military discharge record from 1966.

Daily reports of cases assigned and daily activities submitted by Officer E. B. Mortensen to Police Captain George K. Home.