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The Album Cartes Postales contains French art postcards from 1908-1911, along with several portrait prints of prominent individuals.

Abstract The American Planning Association California Chapter Collection documents the administrative activities of the national organization's California Chapter, as well as the history of planning in California in the 20th and early 21st centuries. APA California is a network of practicing planners, citizens, and elected officials committed to urban, suburban, regional and rural planning in the State of California. APACA offers information, services and support to advance planning in California....

Abstract Greg Andermann is an Old China Hand who attended St. Francis Xavier’s College and the Jiao Tong University of Shanghai. He currently works in the film industry, and has directed, produced, and written many films, including Shanghai Exodus, a documentary about Old China Hands and their life in Shanghai. The collection consists of items related to the 130th anniversary celebration of St. Francis Xavier’s College, now called Beihong...

Abstract The Arleta Chamber of Commerce was established in February 1975 after the Arleta Property Owners Council, a group of business and home owners in the area, began petitioning to break free from the city of Pacoima and establish Arleta as its own community in the northeast corner of the San Fernando Valley. From its inception, the principle purpose of the Chamber was to "promote business within [Arleta's] boundaries and to further the best community interest of the Arleta area." The majority of...

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The Meyer Auerbach Collection contains photographs, correspondence, invitations, paper currency, and memoranda related to Auerbach's time in post-World War II Chungking and his visit to China in the 1980s.

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Philip E. Bailey was a Lieutenant in the United States military, who was stationed in China during the final years of World War II. The collection contains a set of Chinese porcelain soup bowls, saucers and soup spoons made during the Guangxu period (1875-1908) with a card stating they are from President and Madame Chiang.

Abstract The Baldwin-Shaffner Family Collection consists of materials that document the personal lives and business activities of the Baldwin, Shaffner, Sackett, Bacon and Bishop families. It reflects the migration to California of the Shaffner family from Ohio, and the Sackett family from Colorado Territory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It contains personal correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, ephemera, clothing, artifacts, ledgers, diaries, periodicals, scrapbooks, and...

Abstract Kitty Bell was born in Paris, but moved to Shanghai at eight years of age to live with her new adoptive parents. At age 15, she was sent to an internment camp in China by the Japanese, where she met her husband, Chris Bell, who was interned at the Chapei camp outside of Shanghai. They were married soon after their release, and immigrated to the United States where they had four children. The collection mainly consists of photographs of Shanghai, the Bell family, and Chris Bell's extended...

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Block was a visual effects artist, matte artist, painter, illustrator and educator who worked as an artist in the film industry and later taught at California State University, Northridge. The collection consists of visual artwork and personal papers including film production records, three 16mm films, and California State University, Northridge Santa Susana Press records.

Abstract Edwin Booth was a 19th century American actor from a well-known acting family that also included his thespian brothers Junius Brutus Jr. and John Wilkes Booth. Booth made his stage debut in 1849, and his great granddaughter Edwina Booth Waterbury Cutting continued the family vocational tradition by pursuing an acting career of her own in the 1930s and 1940s. The Edwin Booth Family Collection contains ephemera and photographs related to Edwin Booth's acting...