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Roland Charles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: TBC-RCH
Abstract The Roland Charles Collection is an extensive photographic collection that largely consists of people photography, art gallery and exhibit documentation, images of street scenes in Los Angeles, and documentation of a long-term project on Bobtown, a small town in Louisiana. Roland Charles was a Black professional photographer and gallery director who was born in Louisiana and lived in Los Angeles for most of his life. His work has appeared in publications, album covers, exhibits, and...
Dates: 1930-2013
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Joseph Chen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-JCH
Abstract

The Joseph Chen Collection consists of various maps of China in the 1940s and 1960s, as well as organizational charts of the Chinese Communist and Nationalist military and government in 1964 and 1965.

Dates: 1943-1965
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Zaruhy "Sara" Chitjian Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-SCC
Abstract Zaruhy “Sara” Chitjian was an educator, immigrant, and daughter to survivors of the Armenian genocide. The Zaruhy “Sara” Chitjian Collection was created to preserve the material content of the Harry and Ovsanna Chitjian Family Foundation, which works to increase awareness and promote recognition of the Armenian genocide. The materials detail the timeframe before and after the genocide, starting in 1914 and continuing until 2020, and also document the Chitjian family immigrant experience. The...
Dates: 1914-2021
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

E.R. Chumley World War II Diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112633119]
Identifier: SC-ECH
Abstract E.R. Chumley was in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was aboard the USS Palawan. The diary documents Chumley’s locations and activities with chronological entries beginning when he was sworn into the Navy on December 3, 1943 and continuing until September 16, 1945. Near the end of the chronological entries there is a notation in different handwriting which states that Chumley died in Danville, Kentucky on May 23, 1959. Towards the middle of the diary...
Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

W.F. Clingman World War II Journal

 Collection
Identifier: SC-WFC
Abstract W.F. Clingman, a United States Coast Guard officer, kept this handwritten journal from September 22nd to October 3rd, 1945 while assisting in minesweeping operations in the Kii Channel (Kii Suido) in Japan after the end of World War II. In the journal, Clingman describes in detail his experiences in Japan, writing about the minesweeping process, the weather, his interactions with the local Japanese people, his observations of Japanese culture...
Dates: 1945
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Coalition for Women's Economic Development Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-CWED
Abstract The Coalition for Women's Economic Development was the first microenterprise development organization in Los Angeles and an early leader in the field of microenterprise development within the United States. The group's training and lending services initially focused on helping impoverished women become self-sufficient business owners and expanded over time to include men and low-to-moderate-income entrepreneurs. The Coalition for Women's Economic Development...
Dates: 1980-1999; Majority of material found within 1986-1999
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Irvin Cobb Letter

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700110246245]
Identifier: SC-ICL
Abstract

In this letter Irvin Cobb of Santa Monica, CA asks Edwin Shallant whether a float representing African Americans could be included in the upcoming Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena on behalf of Claude Honeybuss, who is seeking sponsorship for such a float.

Dates: 1936
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Patrick Coghill Deed of Emancipation

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112679955]
Identifier: SC-PCE
Abstract

Deed of emancipation setting Patrick Coghill free from enslavement.

Dates: 1815
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Harry and Mickey Cohen Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-HMC
Abstract

The Harry and Mickey Cohen Correspondence Collection consist of personal correspondence primarily between one of the Cohen brothers and newspaper woman Agness Underwood during the period of Mickey Cohen's last prison term in the 1960s.

Dates: 1954-1969; Majority of material found within 1962-1964
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Collection of Typescripts on Mary Baker Eddy

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MBE
Abstract

This collection consists of three typescripts on the subject of Mary Baker Eddy, author, teacher, religious leader, and founder of Christian Science. Included in the collection are Memoirs of Mary Baker Eddy by Adam H. Dickey, Mrs. Eddy as I knew her in 1870 by Samuel Putnam Bancroft, and The Unfolding Idea/The Power of an Endless Life by Blanche Hershey Hogue.

Dates: 1923-1928
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

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