Elmer M. Sanders was a prominent African-American leader in the city of Pacoima, CA. His papers document the personal achievements of the Sanders family, their involvement in community affairs, and the educational efforts of the Trainers of Teacher Trainers project (TTT) of San Fernando Valley State College (now CSUN) in 1969.

The Martha Schellhaas Dickoff Travel Diary documents the journey of a Swiss-born American woman to visit family in her hometown in Switzerland. She describes traveling on train across the United States, on the Queen Mary to Paris, her train journey to Switzerland, and her return trip via Italy. During her return she notes signs of militarization and the migration of those leaving Europe on the eve of World War II.

The Lee C. Schlegel World War II Collection documents the experiences of United States Army soldier, Lee Cyrus Schegel, whose enlistment period spanned the first three years of United States involvement in World War II. The collection consists of approximately two-hundred photographic prints, a scrapbook, two diaries, and a small amount of personal papers.

Eric J. Schmidt taught at the Shanghai American School and was interned by the Japanese in the Chapei camp outside of Shanghai during World War II. The collection contains drawings and photographs depicting life at Chapei camp, an oral history interview with Schmidt, and scenes filmed in Shanghai and the surrounding area post-World War II.

Correspondence and other items from Jacob Schwartz, bookseller, New York, to Charles Langstroth, Long Beach, California.

The Elizabeth T. Scott Notebook is a research notebook kept by Scott from 1950 through 1960 containing research she gathered on the history of the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Monica Mountain area of Los Angeles County, California covering the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries in the area.

The James Sefton World War II Correspondence Collection contains materials collected by Dr. James E. Sefton that document the lived experiences of American military servicepeople in the first half of the 20th century. Correspondence, photographs, and ephemera document the everyday lives of American soldiers, and the many ways that they communicated with the home front, especially during World War II.