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Found in 463 Collections and/or Records:
John M. Sell Civil War Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-JMS
Abstract
John M. Sell of Erie, Pennsylvania enlisted in the 83rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers July 29, 1861. He was commissioned First Lieutenant on August 27 and promoted to Captain on September 4 the following year. Captain Sell was struck in the left leg by a solid shot at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, and died from effects of amputation the next day. The collection consists of correspondence between Captain John Sell and his parents, brothers William and Charles, and sister Sarah during...
Dates:
1861-1865; Majority of material found within 1861-1863
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Harrison Sheppard Secession Movements Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-HSS
Abstract
A native of New Jersey, Harrison Sheppard worked as journalist and city editor for the Daily News of Van Nuys, California, from 1999 to 2014, where he covered numerous secession movements around Los Angeles in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The collection documents Sheppard’s work as a reporter for the Daily News, and covers the grassroots efforts of the citizens of the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood, and Los Angeles' Harbor...
Dates:
1961-2002; Majority of material found within 2000-2002
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Nina Shestakoff Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-NSC
Abstract
Nina (Deniakin) Shestakoff was born in 1919, and moved to Shanghai from Russia with her family, where her father worked as a lighthouse keeper for multiple lighthouses in China. Shestakoff attended boarding school at both the St. Joseph Convent and the St. Francis School for Girls. The collection consists of copies of photographs and photocopied family albums from the 1930s and 1940s, along with descriptions of the photographs provided by Shestakoff. Also included in the collection is a...
Dates:
1927-1949
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Zoya Shlakis Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-ZSC
Abstract
Zoya Shlakis was born in Mukden, China in 1927, to Stayses and Alexandra Shlakis. Her father was of Lithuanian descent and her mother a White Russian. The Shlakis family fled Russia for China, eventually settling in Shanghai in 1936. In 1948, as Communist forces advanced across China, the Shlakis family relocated to Taipei, Taiwan. In Taipei, Zoya acquired a visa under the 1948 Displaced Persons Act, which allowed her legal entry into the U.S. The collection consists of records documenting...
Dates:
circa 1902-2009; Majority of material found within 1930-1949
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Sergeant Major Robert J. Shovar China Marine Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-RJS
Abstract
Sergeant Major Robert J. Shovar was a United States Marine and editor of the China Marine Association publication Scuttlebutt prior to William J. Parker. This collection is comprised of photos, letters and other material related to the publication of Scuttlebutt.
Dates:
1935-2007
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Herbert Sigüenza Culture Clash Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-CC-HS
Abstract
A founding member of Culture Clash, Herbert Sigüenza was born in San Francisco. Culture Clash was founded on Cinco de Mayo, 1984 at René Yañez's Galería de la Raza/ Studio 24 in San Francisco's Mission District by Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, Herbert Sigüenza, and José Antonio Burciaga. Culture Clash's brand of Chicano comedic theater has brought them to renowned venues including the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Lincoln Center in New York City, the Huntington in Boston, the...
Dates:
1984-2005
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Sipe Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-SPE
Abstract
The materials are the personal and professional family papers of Norman Jonathan Sipe, his wife Isabel Sipe (née Deines), and their son Gregory F. Sipe. The materials include identification papers, correspondence, photographs, and journals. Topics include personal family history, the United States Army, the Vietnam War, and architecture teachings.
Dates:
1907-1987
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
L. E. Sissman and Charles Kaplan Correspondence Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700111419940]
Identifier: SC-LES
Abstract
The collection consists of three letters exchanged between L.E. Sissman and Professor Charles Kaplan in the English Department of California State University, Northridge after he reviewed Sissman's "War Requiem."
Dates:
1969-1970
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
S.L. Mitchell General Store Account Book
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700110129797]
Identifier: SC-SLM
Abstract
The S.L. Mitchell Account Book is that of Mr. Mitchell's General Store of Jonesville, New York from 1850-1851. Entries include customer name, items, and quantites sold.
Dates:
1850-1851
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Stanley S. Slotkin Printed Book Leaves Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-SSB
Abstract
Stanley S. Slotkin was a successful Los Angeles businessman who owned the medical and party supply rental company Abbey Rents. He was also an avid collector of antique bibles and other rare books, amassing hundreds of thousands of books which he also regularly donated to various museums, universities and libraries across the United States. In the 1960s, Slotkin began to donate individual leaves from books to institutions rather than whole works, as he felt intact books were too often locked...
Dates:
1495-1876
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives