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Subject Source: Tgmi

Found in 469 Collections and/or Records:

Lee C. Schlegel World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-LCS
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1936-1954; Majority of material found within 1941-1944

Eric J. Schmidt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-EJS
Abstract

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.

Dates: ca. 1941-1996

Jacob Schwartz and Charles Langstroth Correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112680037]
Identifier: SC-SLC
Abstract

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

Dates: 1939

Elizabeth T. Scott Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: URB-ETS
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1950-1960

James Sefton World War II Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-JSWW
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1849-2013

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

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

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

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

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